Emma Watson in Beauty and the Beast - Part 2

[DarthSkywalker]

 

[Dave McFly]

movies are hitting home video so fast compared to when I was a kid:

6 months, for rent (or sale if it was a family movie like this)
1 year, for sale (if it wasn't a family movie like that)
3 years, broadcast on network tv like ABC/CBS, etc

 

[sueb1863]

And VHS tapes were priced to rent, not own, at first. I remember some fuss being made when "Ghost" came out and a copy cost $100.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

And VHS tapes were priced to rent, not own, at first. I remember some fuss being made when "Ghost" came out and a copy cost $100.

Wait, what?

 

[Silvermoth]

Emma was wonderful casting I reckon. She might not be the strongest singer but neither am I

 

[GreenKToo]

And VHS tapes were priced to rent, not own, at first. I remember some fuss being made when "Ghost" came out and a copy cost $100.

Lol, I can remember when you would go and rent a vcr, and get a couple of films with it. It was an event.
If I'm remembering correctly, I think my mom paid like 500 bucks for our very first VCR. You can buy a DVD player now for 30. Crazy.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Movies feel like they come and go now... I actually miss the ''anticipation'' of the home video release. They would often turn the hype machine back on just for that.

 

[sueb1863]

Wait, what?

At first, video tapes were priced to rent, not own. The idea was to encourage people to rent them instead of buying them.

From the website Quora:

For most of the 1980s, movie studios charged anywhere from $79.95 to $89.95 retail price for most videotapes, but in most cases, consumers wouldn't buy VHS tapes at this price. Instead, retail sales were few, and most VHS tapes were sold to independent video rental stores for approximately $50-$55 wholesale. This all changed in 1987, when Paramount Pictures began offering the movie Top Gun for $26.95, which was then the lowest price ever offered for a new VHS tape of a major Hollywood movie.

https://www.quora.com/How-much-did-VHS-tapes-cost-in-the-80s

My first VCR cost $400. At first we bought a Betamax, but when we got to the video rental store and realized that they only had a few shelves of Beta tapes and the rest of the store was VHS, we took it back and got a VHS player instead! Complete with "remote control" attached with a long plug-in cord...

 

[Drizzle]

Movies feel like they come and go now... I actually miss the ''anticipation'' of the home video release. They would often turn the hype machine back on just for that.

I'd be inclined to agree but I love instant gratification more. I still find it obscene that it took Jurassic Park nearly a year and a half to hit VHS, and that was over 20 years ago.

 

[Sawyer]

*listens to Belle*
*rewinds to Luke Evans' "Just watch, I'm going to make Belle my wife" verse*
*rewinds again*
*rewinds again*
*rewinds again*
*rewinds ag--

 

[Reel-Man]

Finally saw it. With the hype and amount of money this made, I expected something really close to the animated classic. Did not like the liberties they took for some aspects and to me some roles where miscast. I think I'll leave it at that since it seems to be a very pro-type thread on the movie.

Edit: Set designs were really outstanding.

 

[TheVileOne]

Finally saw it. With the hype and amount of money this made, I expected something really close to the animated classic. Did not like the liberties they took for some aspects and to me some roles where miscast. I think I'll leave it at that since it seems to be a very pro-type thread on the movie.

Edit: Set designs were really outstanding.

You are being more than fair.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

10 highest grossing movie all time WW. About 8m ahead of The Fate of the Furious. It is going to be close in the end.

 

[Drizzle]

Yeah, Fate of the Furious lost a hell of a lot more steam than Beauty and the Beast did domestically. They really eat it up overseas.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

On that note, BatB could pass a 500m domestically next Monday. It would be only the 8th movie to ever do it.

 

[Silvermoth]

I have no idea why people keep thinking musicals are dead with numbers like that

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Mojo has it passing 500m today based on estimates. Would be the 8th movie to do so.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beautyandthebeast2017.htm

 

[Drizzle]

Amazing how it was still clinging on in the top ten this weekend even though it's on Blu-ray next week.

 

[righthooksrus86]

Finally got to see this...loved it! Emma Watson was great. Such a pretty movie

 

[LoganPool]

I have a question for anyone that's willing to answer. I was hoping to find the answer to my question on the Blu-ray special features, but failed to do so. (BTW, really disappointed in the special features for this movie.) Anyway... towards the end, when the Beast sings 'Evermore' is that Dan Stevens singing? Or someone else? Thanks in advance.

 

[Darkness Falls]

yes that is dan stevens singing evermore in the movie, the version that plays over the credits is josh groban

 

[sueb1863]

It'd be awesome if Evermore got nominated for a Best Song Oscar and Dan Stevens got to sing it at the show next year.

 

[auditor]

I was not impressed. I loved the original. This was a waste of time.

 

[MadVillainy]

The Honest Trailer was great

 

[tanita_mors]

it was good, but the HT for the original was well, more original.then again, rehashing is part of the joke. i just adored the redone honest songs, be our guest aka. we are stressed and depressed is just brilliant.