Beauty and the Beast - The Enchanted Christmas (Special Edition)

Beauty and the Beast - The Enchanted Christmas (Special Edition)
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Actor: Bernadette Peters, David Ogden Stiers, Jerry Orbach, Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson
Director: Andrew Knight
Editor: Daniel Lee
Producer: Susan Kapigian
Writer: Bill Motz
Writer: Bob Roth
Writer: Cindy Marcus
Writer: Flip Kobler
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 72 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-11-12
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Walt Disney Video

DVD Reviews of Beauty and the Beast - The Enchanted Christmas (Special Edition)

DVD Review: Touching Story
Summary: 4 Stars

In this volume of Beauty and the Beast they have an amazing 3-D of one of the characters. Also it a heartwarming story leading up to the grand ballroom dance. Although, I must amitted that the waiting of the delivery was a little longer than I would have like it.

DVD Review: Beauty and the Beast-- The Enchanted Christmas
Summary: 1 Stars

It's what you'd expect from a bad Disney sequel (need I say Return of Jafar, Mulan 2, Cinderella 3, etc.-- yeah, it falls in the same category).
The bad guy is pretty sinister for a kid's movie. His "villain song" is sick (not like the one in Swan Princess or Cruella De Ville-- those are great). He is dissuading Beast from loving Belle. In it he says:
"It's hell when someone's always there
It's bliss to be alone
And love of any kind is bad
A dog, a child, a cat
They take up so much precious time"

Not a fan of that.
Also, I don't know what happened to Paige O'Hara (Belle's) voice? It was a gap of 6 years between the original and this travesty but her voice has really dropped in quality-- singing flat notes left and right. Trust me. Don't believe me? Ask the dishes... or rather, listen to the soundtrack.
In addition, the Beast is down right cruel-- chucking Belle in a cell and telling her "You will rot in this dungeon forever!"
Sorry, but if someone said that to me, I'd have a hard time falling in love with him the next day (which is of course what happens).
Needless to say, not recommended.

DVD Review: Lacks the charm of the original
Summary: 3 Stars

My 4-year-old and I just checked this out of the library today [my daughter got all excited when she saw Belle on the cover] and were underwhelmed by the story. The setting is Christmas time and Belle is now happy with her "Beast" who has by now assumed his human form. The various characters from the original "Beauty and the Beast", i.e. the teapot, chandelier etc are also in their human forms, and reminisce about the time when Belle attempted to bring some Christmas cheer to Beast's castle. She is aided by her faithful allies Cogsworth, Lumiere and company, but is thwarted by Forte, the diabolical pipe organ.

As a holiday show, this DVD has some rather dark undertones - Forte appears very menacing and quite scary [for little ones] throughout most of the movie, and so does Beast, as he appears in a rage most of the time. I think this DVD is definitely better suited for older children, preschoolers and up. It lacks the magical animation of the original, and the songs aren't as catchy. It's worth a watch, but it's not a keeper.

DVD Review: wrong video
Summary: 1 Stars

I ordered "Beauty and the Beast" not a Chrisrmas one. I wanted the original. I wrote back to the seller and got no response so for $22,00 i AM STUCK WITH A product I do not want. Very disappointing.

DVD Review: DVD Review
Summary: 5 Stars

This is one of my all time favorite stories and I was able to share it with my grand-daughter this year thanks to Amazon.

Description of Beauty and the Beast - The Enchanted Christmas (Special Edition)

Obviously the Disney suits gave more than two figs about the legacy from the first Beast film, as they reassembled the former cast and spent some cash on production and tune-smithing for this straight-to-video effort. The events unfold between the time in the first film where Belle bartered herself to the Beast and her later return to the village to save her father. So the Beast's heart still hasn't been melted yet, and he's susceptible to the inky persuasions of Forte (Tim Curry), a malevolent pipe organ (and former music teacher to the prince). Belle is still trying to win over the Beast and decides that bringing Christmas to the castle will be the way to do it. Please control that gag reflex for this does work remarkably well, and though entirely unnecessary and certainly not a complement to the original, it doesn't tarnish its good name. --Keith Simanton

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