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This Movie Wasted An Opportunity With Gaston
We could have had this, America.
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I'm fully aware of the original story and how it played out.
"Lucky" to have Gaston as a villain? Your passive-aggressiveness is so misdirected. I wouldn't consider him one of my FAVORITE villains. I just find his case fascinating and I can't help but think about other possibilities. Something you have no concept of.
If they did, I never saw any alternate endings or storyboards for it. They also had Linda Woolverton on the writing team and she's known for being a flaming FemiNazi.
Your condescending know-it-all attitude says way more about you than it does me.
How do you know that? You can't.
And it's not my version, genius. Way to ignore my last post.
Who is to say the prince wouldn't have done any of that or worse had the Enchantress not intervened?
I did not miss his behavior at all. I'm saying the movie didn't go far enough in having him punished.
You are indeed missing my point and missing it on purpose because you are so damn closed-minded on what Disney puts in front of you.
Also, artists are not always right about their work. Disney is especially not in a position where you can say they are right about their own work.
"He was a narcissistic asshole that didn't understand boundaries"
And the prince wasn't? Heck, even the Beast wasn't?
"He practically wanted to force Belle into marrying him without her consent."
And you think the prince wouldn't have done a similar thing had the Enchantress not intervened? Or something equally as bad or worse?
"Nobody except you"
This is how I know you are closed-minded and don't want to explore other possibilities except what Disney has put in front of you. Using an appeal to the majority argument (as if that works on me).
And by the way, no I'm not the only one who sees how this could have played differently. Take it up with this person who wrote this story.
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I think it's more simple than you think.
How many times have you seen the antagonist meet their defeat by falling off a high object?
Most likely countless.
It's been done before so many times that it's long lost the initial impact it first had. The story still doesn't completely follow through on the parallels drawn between Gaston and the prince.
If this scene had been written a completely different way, and actually have Gaston meet a much more shameful defeat that is even more humiliating for him, that would have made it much more satisfying and have the themes of the story ring even more true.
Where was Embarrassment in the first film? Young children get embarassed too.
You don't know what you're missing. You should check it out anyway.
I'll check out that game sometime.
You're speaking as if this can't work for any villain.
The problem with Hollywood is that they do this wrong. Especially Disney. Disney does it by not doing it (i.e. Maleficent and Cruella).
Then cursing him and him refusing to change would have been his just reward.
For most of the movie, yes.
Then he would have gotten cursed at the end just like the prince did.
Much more satisfying consequence in my opinion.
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