Belle

One of the few movies, that are simply PERFECT

This movie is a great depiction of the online world and how virtual personas affect our daily lives and our online interactions. With beautiful visuals and loveable characters, this movie makes for a fun and entertaining animated story.

what if Beauty and the Beast but anime with a story focused on online celebrity personas and mental health. great flick and the animation both in the real world and the virtual world is breathtaking.

Suzu is a shy high school girl who has difficulty expressing herself. One day she enters the virtual reality world known as "U". There Suzu finds an avenue to express herself and ends up becoming a pretty big viral star. Meanwhile other high school relationship and family drama ensue. Mamoru Hosoda has a consistent track record of good, but not great films. He has yet to make an awful film, he is a safe bet for a 6 ~ 7 out of 10 film. This one falls as my third favorite of his, underneath "Wolf Children" and "Boy and his Beast". "Belle" is a beautifully animated movie...for the most part. There is some questionable blend of computer aided effects, but since that is saved for a virtual world the characters use, it works out well enough. I am able to forgive the animation looking more artificial, when in the movie the characters are going into a video game. There are also a couple of long moments where there is no animation at all. Scenes where they will just hold on a still frame for about 40 seconds of runtime. Some could argue artistic intent behind it, but it just comes across as lazy. One thing I had to quickly ignore in the movie was the logic behind the "U" universe. In the story, the characters put in these headphones and are transported to their online avatars which are auto generated by the system. The avatars will adapt to whatever condition the real person is in. The way this video game works in this world makes absolutely no sense. We never see what the people in the real world are doing when they are in this virtual reality world. Are the characters actually throwing punches, singing or dancing in the real world, or is all being done telepathically? Eventually I had to just abandon any attempts to make sense of it. In my head cannon their bodies are completely still as their minds get transferred to their avatars, like they're entering the Matrix. This movie surprised me. I have seen a lot of retellings of Beauty and the Beast and seen a lot of animated films in general. I know how story beats go and am typically pretty good at figuring out where a story is going. But this film did a good job of subverting my expectations. I won't go into much detail, but there are characters and plot points that I did not see coming. And with all the movies I've seen, I give kudos to movie that is able to genuinely surprise me. Is it the most coherent and well put together story? No. But with the characters, creativity and emotion put into this, there certainly is beauty.

Animation was decent if you are looking for a disney anime vibe. Some of the more subtle scenes are striking. Beauty and the beast though? Ruined it.

最初のbellが鯨の上で歌ってるシーンが物語のピーク、Uに中にログインする際にSAOの様なフルダイブの様な描写があるのにbellはリアルでマイクを握っていたり、登場人物にも謎が多すぎる。 bellが少年を助けに行こうとしてる時に知らない土地へ行こうとしてるのに誰も着いて行く気配がない。ゲーム内でもアバターを剥がしてリアルの姿を暴く装置があったが、運営公認では無くスポンサーが着いてると理由だけで正当化されていたのが意味がわからなかった。サマーウォーズの方が設定面などで矛盾が少なかった。

Muito bom, só algumas coisas que não fazem sentido tipo a protagonista enfrentar o pai dos moleques sozinha lá.

The animation was FANTASTIC! I loved the character designs as well. The songs were all amazing, especially "Gales of Song" and "U Parade". The plot was the weak point-- it was good, but it felt like there was a lot of information left out. For example, we spend almost half the movie in the World of U, but not much about it is explained... It would've been nice to have just a bit more exposition about how it worked and what was going on. Still, the animation was eye-candy and I really liked this movie regardless!

I came here expecting to see a retelling of The Beauty and The Beast, instead I got a retelling of The Beauty and The Beast, and an insight on teen angst. I found a performance of great animation, combined with excellent story writing and character development. This will surely become a classic.

I had the opportunity to watch this film for the first time just last night with a friend of mine, and it was visually and musically gorgeous. I sat there in wide-eyed wonder as the story unfolded, completely spell-bound. There are definite (and intentional) parallels to “Beauty and the Beast,” but director Mamoru Hosada puts a modern and unexpected twist on it. At times, I laughed. At times, I outright sobbed. This was a very emotional film, and the English VA for Suzu/Belle was absolutely extraordinary in the role. I almost fell out of my chair when I realized it was her debut role. She’ll definitely go far! Pitch-perfect casting! There were a few parts of the plot that I wish were given just slightly more time to breathe and slightly more closure, but overall this film was a visual and musical marvel. It’ll stay with me for a long, long time! It’s Hosada’s best film yet, and definitely not to be missed! See it wherever, whenever and however you can if you haven’t already!