lisafordeay Beauty and the Beast Enchanted Christmas is a direct to Vhs follow up of the most acclaimed film of all time Beauty and The Beast which has been given the live action makeover with Emma Watson and Dan Stevens. This one is based on the something there segment with Mrs Potts telling her son Chip about Belle and the Beast starting to fall for each other,but an evil organ named Forfe voiced by Tim Curry doesn't want the beast and belle to fall in love and will do anything to get rid if Belle. But will Beast accept Xmas since he isn't a lover of it?Overall I found this one not bad. Is it as good as the 1991 classic no way

blueeyedactress As a child growing up I definitely enjoyed watching this movie because I couldn't tell the difference between the characters. However, now I am a theatre major and I have been trained to tell the differences between voices. I love looking up trivia for movies, and I was utterly shocked to realize that Paige O'Hara was still the voice of Belle! I could easily tell that the majority of others were the original actors, but I simply could not tell about Paige! And one other thing. Forte was super epically creepy! Well done, Disney on that front! :DI love Disney, I do, despite the whole stigma of Disney being for little kids, and I love their films. One other thing that makes me sad for this film, was the odd animations. Especially for motion. One moment that stuck out to me was when Beast was thinking about what to get Belle for Christmas, his grasping of his face and pondering. It seemed too simple and not well thought out. Otherwise, good! :D

Electrified_Voltage 1991's "Beauty and the Beast" was one of a good bunch of Disney films that I was familiar with from an early age. I first heard of this straight-to-video sequel not long after its release, when I was eleven years old. Would I have enjoyed "Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas" at the time? Probably, but I never ended up seeing it at the time for some reason, even though I was interested for a while. It's been ten years, and I have finally seen it, but am not that satisfied.The story is set somewhere in the middle of the events we saw in the first movie, when the castle was still under the spell from the enchantress, meaning the prince was still a beast, and Belle was his prisoner. It's Christmas Eve, but Belle is the only one who is aware of this. She plans to decorate the castle for the forthcoming occasion, despite warnings from castle servants that the Beast hates Christmas, remembering that was the day the enchantress came! Belle believes that bringing Christmas back to the castle will save the Beast from his misery, but will it? Meanwhile, Forte, a former pipe organ player, now a self-playing pipe organ since the casting of the spell, does not wish to return to his original human form, and plans to have Belle permanently removed from the castle so the spell will never be broken! I guess this isn't really a sequel, as it does not take place after the events of the first movie. Instead, it adds more to the original story. Either way, it's rather disappointing. I did find a bit of excitement in "The Enchanted Christmas", but certainly not as much as in the original. Also, unlike the 1991 smash hit, I did not find so much humour in this film. I guess one reason for that is Gaston and Lefou are not in it, but I also didn't find Lumiere and Cogsworth's arguments in this film as funny as they were in the original, and I'm not sure why. The story is also a bit bland in comparison, as almost all of it is set in the castle, so there isn't as much of a variety in locations, and there aren't as many characters, even though there are two new ones, Forte and Fife. As I recall, there aren't too many memorable songs, either. Nothing lacking in the animation as far as I could see, though.As you can see, I've given "Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas" a 5/10, despite the fact that I've given "The Return of Jafar" a 6/10, and have definitely noticed more problems with that Disney straight-to-video sequel than this one. It's a bit hard for me to describe my experience watching this film, as I wouldn't exactly say I was bored, but didn't really enjoy it, either. These straight-to-video sequels from Disney are never as popular as their theatrical predecessors, but it appears I'm only the 25th user to review this one, and the film has well under 1000 votes, so I guess it's even less popular than I thought! For fans of the original 1991 film, "The Enchanted Christmas" MIGHT be worth a try, but it's definitely not a must-see, at least not for adult fans.

Cephyran Comparing this to the theatrical original, I have to say I am pleasantly satisfied. Enchanted Christmas builds itself as a strong point in the story, emphasizing a time during the passage of the first film where the household tried to rekindle the Christmas spirit that was so long lost.Pretty much all of the original voice cast is back, which is a nice thing for a Disney movie. The artwork is neat and colorful. The writers did a good job inserting this keystone into the continuity of the first. Personally, my favorite element was Forte, the organ. The computer animation blended in nicely with the darker environment established whenever the scene included him. If it had been a bright, colorful scene, he may have looked somewhat bulky against the traditional cell animation. Also, I admire Tim Curry, the voice actor of Forte. He's a cool guy, prone to playing villains or someone otherwise so inclined to be a bit creepy. But that's his strength, and he does well with it.Overall, I liked it. It's a good movie for the kids, and a good movie for the Christmas spirit.