Beauty and the Beast 3D

Have I mentioned how utterly fantastic Beauty and the Beast looks in 3D? I mean, good freaking gravy, it was amazing. It was like a totally new movie. The opening scene was drastically different looking, it was like I could see a mile away. I didn't have very high expectations for this 3D conversion, especially since the only other movie that I had seen that had been converted to digital 3D was The Nightmare Before Christmas back in 2007 (one of the first theatrical rereleases to use the technology). That movie was like a stinkin' pop up book: 2D images (for the most part) that were positioned at varying depths. But Beauty and the Beast was way different. Every object, every detail had depth. There were no 2D paper cutout characters in this one, oh no. The Beast's face was 3D; his horns had depth. I mean, even Maurice's hand had depth as he held the fully three-dimensional Chip.

In short, the 3D conversion was brilliant. I think Pixar may have even helped with it. Not to mention it's one of my favorite movies ever.