I thought it was good. I thought Emma Watson would be a bad match for the movie, because it's all about magic and she looks sort of like a naturalist, and probably is one because she's intelligent and went to college and got a degree. But she really did fit the part well, at points I could even see the magic in her eyes; that's rare and outstanding. I also found out that she's been in love with Beauty and the Beast since she was like 6, and her heart was bursting on the ceiling when she found out she was going to be doing this movie, which means it's not at all like she just did it because of the prestige and the pay, etc. while not really resonating with it.

I also thought the graphics were nice and stunning, especially the clock and the candlestick, thought the CGI for Beast sort of looked like CGI, like all living beings made with CGI do. It's a shame they didn't do it with makeup like I've heard the director actually wanted to.

I also liked that they changed a couple of things in the movie from the original that actually made it better rather than worse, surprisingly, such as making the reason Belle takes her father's place in prison be that the whole reason he was in there was that he was getting the rose that she had asked for, and also supposedly there were lyrics that were added to the song "Gaston" that were originally written for it but didn't make it into the 1991 film and are more mature-themed.

Oh, and the acting was pretty good in general—Gaston's, Belle's, her father's, everybody's. It's especially impressive that Gaston's acting was good since he's also good-looking in a way that fits the part.