Yes, the storyline has been, ahem, modified a tad, but the sets, costumes, lighting, and live-action personifications of the household items in the Beast’s castle are very well-done. It’s a jewel of a film-a culmination of three years of screenplay adaptation, choreography, songwriting, and CGI. If you haven’t seen the live-action Beauty and the Beast yet, I encourage that you do. I know the GeekMoms and GeekDads were super excited about the release back in March, and we had plenty of posts about it, including our “8 Things” post from March 17th. The weekend the film was released in theaters was in the middle of our family’s move from one house to another, and before I knew it, other movies had come out that caught our family’s attention more.

I’m probably one of the two people on earth who didn’t get to see this film in the theater this past spring, but it wasn’t for lack of trying. This weekend my family received Disney’s live-action version of Beauty and the Beast to review the Blu-ray/DVD combo pack included a digital code that I used for an iTunes download.

Download the new Beauty and the Beast