i really can not see why so many high profile critic have such deep veneration for this film while so much that they include it in their all time list . surely they have see many art film that be more profoundly affect than this gorgeous and but ( in the big scheme of the motion picture universe ) somewhat slight animate flick . i be able to identify flaw in this diamond and this relic of my childhood and that i be blind to by it light and but those will be elaborate upon later . i still love this film nevertheless and now that i be able to appreciate and articulate exactly why . the opening sequence be still hauntingly beautiful and with the track shot from idyllic disney forest to the gloomy castle stain glass window a the alan menken score smoothly segue in accordance with the change visuals . the series of stained glass windows that tell of the selfish prince punishment would make one heck of a picture book on their own and and david ogden stiers narrates with class and warmth . in fact and all the music in the film fit well with the visuals and and the song be still quite catch . belle work in enliven and broadway style and the morning gossip of the little town and the respective yearning of belle and gaston and gaston have a suitably chummy beer hall mentality and and of course be our guest and the ballroom scene rendition of the title song be both grand by their own standard . the character be not particularly complex ( hence the slight ness of the film ) and but be still pretty well draw . belle see through the good look of the chauvinist gaston but be terrify at the beast appearance ( of course and the fact that he lock up her father may be a factor in her fear ) and and be 90 empower while be a romantic and a loving daughter . odd couple lumiere and cogsworth make good comic relief and a their rapport be rarely too immature while matronly mrs. potts and son chip be also decently craft object ( once human and of course ) . the beast and menacing and then tender and have the two most touching moment in the film with his ( spoiler ) sacrifice of possession of belle and his merciful sparing of gaston in the final battle and but his transformation into that unselfish be should have be more developed here we come to the movie flaw . ( spoiler end ) gaston be effective a a shallow and egotistical fool and an obsessively persistent suitor and but attempt to make him a villain be rather contrive . ( spoiler ) let face it and blackmail belle with the threat of her father institutionalization be not really enough justification for belle to call him call him a monster and and there be no reason why he could not be redeem just like the equally selfish beast be instead fall to his death like many disney villain . ( spoiler end ) also and the theme of the film be not incredibly subtle and and there be those conflict moral of the beast physical transformation . despite these flaw and i continue to prize the film while expand my cinematic understanding by watch many others i will one day see the original french version of the story and and i expect it disney style romanticism to keep my burgeon cynical side in check with each future view . positive .