Surprised that National Review would actually state the 1991 version was awful (not that I disagree with them. If anything, yeah, I have to agree it was pretty bad, especially when they turned Belle into a snob in that movie, not to mention those triplets that fawned over Gaston came across as being a LOT closer to the beauty in and out than Belle did, in both areas, I should add, and came across as feminist propaganda well before the 2017 version doubled down on it).
And yeah, the 2017 version doubled down on the left-wing tripe that the 1991 version already (the latter of which was all Jeffrey Katzenberg and especially Linda Woolverton’s fault).
I liked the 1991 version, especially Angela Lansbury and the title song.
Armond White thinks most acclaimed films are awful.