Books are everything to Belle – they are her form of escapism in the town and a mark of the Beast's love. It's no wonder that when Belle learns that the Beast is almost illiterate, she decides to teach him how to read. She's not the only Disney heroine who gives her romantic lead reading lessons, however.
Belle adores reading. Different stories bring her to new places, introduce her to new people, and allow her to see new perspectives. She knows it takes courage and kindness to see beauty where others don't.
Belle isn't considered odd because she reads; Belle is considered odd because she is so immersed in her readings that she can subconsciously walk around a busy town without even looking up. The fact she can do this as well as the gossip about her suggest that this is usual behaviour.
“100 percent – Belle is Disney's bookworm,” says Stapleton. “I completely understand her love of books. I think for her it is about escapism, because she's stuck in this town where she feels she doesn't belong.
4. Sleeping Beauty – 1697. This one is not explicitly stated. While no confirmation that Sleeping Beauty features as Belle's favourite book, there are some hints that Belle is describing Sleeping Beauty when she sings “here's where she meets prince charming…”.
The main – indeed the only – stated piece of feminism is that Belle has a job, so escapes the passivity and helplessness that has defined heroines since Disney and beyond. Eagle eyed feminist-checkers noted even before the film's release that Belle's inventing is unpaid – so it's not a job, it's a hobby.
Her smarts and free-thinking attitude make her stand out from her fellow townspeople, who regard her as a little odd behind her beauty. Unlike most characters in the film, Belle is not concerned about her or others' appearances and she's able to look past how people appear and see into their hearts.
“[Belle is] able to walk through a crowded marketplace without looking. She knows exactly when everyone wakes up every morning. She talks about the baker having the exact same tray of goods every day,” they wrote. “Belle and her father are considered odd because they change and age!
Belle. Belle, the beautiful princess from Beauty and the Beast is an extremely intelligent lady who loves to read but was imprisoned by a mean beast to free her father. She suffered from Stockholm disorder which means a victim forms an emotional bond with the abuser.
Clearly, Belle is schizophrenic, and the strain of her efforts to reconcile the ease and luxury of an aristocratic lifestyle with the oppression and social injustice required to perpetuate its existence causes her to experience increasingly vivid hallucinations.
I would say that a “flaw” of Belle that caused the majority of the conflict was that she was perhaps at times too aggressive, and stood her ground way too much and stood up for herself way too much throughout the movie, such as when she stood up to the Beast without fear when he unfairly imprisoned her father, and got ...
Belle is an independent thinker, was raised in a geeky household, and *loves *to read. Her dad loves to tinker and make inventions and growing up in a house like that she was bound to be geeky. In a time when it was unheard of for women to think for themselves, Belle does exactly that.
Gaston pursues Belle, determined to marry her, as she is the most beautiful girl in the village and thus the only one good enough for him. He also finds her independence to be a thrilling challenge, and shows disdain for the Bimbettes who constantly fawn over him purely because of his appearance.
They were given an official number in the franchise line-up based on the chronological order in which their films were released, starting with Snow White as the first and original Disney Princess, with Cinderella being the second, followed by Aurora and so on.
“Though we didn't completely take blue out of the village, Belle is distinct within the town as the only one who wears a column of blue,” says Durran. “She stands out as different than her environment.” And therein lies the essence of the blue dress.
Bell DOESN'T have Stockholm Syndrome (Disney's Beauty and the Beast - The Good One) If you have been on the internet for enough time, you saw it. Now, the reason that those people are wrong is because, in the film, this doesn't work like that.
Refusing to watch Jean Cocteau's 1946 film adaptation of the fairy tale, Woolverton instead based Belle on actress Katharine Hepburn's portrayal of Jo March in the 1933 film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's book Little Women.
Gaston was Belle's greatest enemy. He wanted to marry her by any means necessary just because she was the most beautiful girl he laid eyes on. However, Belle strongly disliked Gaston for his snobbish, arrogant, and narcissistic personality and was the only girl in the village to not be infatuated with Gaston.
The film runs in two worlds - the real world and the virtual world U. The real world is done with hand-drawn animation, whereas the world of U is done in full CG.
Pocahontas is sometimes forgotten amidst the newer Disney characters, but she was one of the first female leads to fight for what she believes is right. Reddit users have brought up the important role she played in maintaining peace in her tribe.
There's some amazing big-screen spectacle in this weird postmodern emo photo-love drama from Japanese anime director Mamoru Hosoda, whose previous film Mirai elevated him to auteur status. Suzu, voiced by Kaho Nakamura, is a deeply unhappy and lonely teenager at high school, who lives with her dad.
