In that promo pic they used in that magazine scan, it even looks like an advertisement for a generic prom dress.Thumper_93 wrote:It's normal...The dress looks like a cheap prom dress. In "The art of Disney costuming" book you can see some details of the dress and It's a shame. I also have a magazine that was released with the film and the Shoes have more details than de dress.I've heard from sources online that Disney is very embarrassed about the dress and how they basically gave Emma Watson completely freedom to overhaul it.
It says that the dress has 2160 crystals, 12.238 hours of filming, 55 meters of organza fabric and that 1000 meters of thread was used. The bodice is designed with a shape that remembers an eagle feathers and it reprensets Belle's free spirit. The shoes also wears feathers and tbe necklace represents "the tree of life".
In my opinion an eagle doesn't have anything to see with Belle. But if they believe so it's ok.
I think that they should not have chosen Emma for the role. She doesn't have Belle's spirit. In the movie She doesn't look comfortable in the role and She doesn't have chemistry with Dan. She was the worst choice in the film.
There's nothing at all about Belle's dress that would make me think it has 2160 crystals. I don't remember how many crystals Cinderella's dress had but it was very apparent in that one. I don't get the eagle feathers except for trying to represent Belle wanting to fly away and escape from her prison but the symbol doesn't work because of how anachronistic it is. The bald eagle is an American symbol, most certainly not a French one let alone a European one. I don't think they even exist in Europe if I'm correct. I have no idea where this "tree of life" stuff comes from. Sounds like they realized how bare and simple her ensemble was so they just snatched up the first necklace they saw. Belle was never very inclined with nature like the classical princesses so this symbol works even less and this is hardly the Animal Kingdom.
I have to agree about Emma even though I'm a huge Harry Potter fan. I love her as a human being and for her philanthropy work but I don't think she's an amazing actress and she has a tendency to play every character the same, hence why live-action Belle is often referred to as Hermione 2.0. When the song Belle was first released before the movie in this thread, I remember I watched it and felt almost uncomfortable from Emma's performance. In the beginning there's a part where she's walking with this smirk almost like she feels she is too good for this. I remember I didn't comment on it because I wanted to remain positive and hoped that her performance would carry through for the rest of the film but sadly it didn't.
Dan Stevens was better than Emma but I didn't really like him much either. In part because we never get much of him since he's all CGI and I didn't like his take on the Beast with him being more learned but also stereo typically against romance.