There are some movies out there that you just shouldn't touch. The famous saying "Don't fix what isn't broken" tends to come to mind when I see remakes of movies such as "The Karate Kid" and "Halloween". When Disney announced that they were going to bring the magic that is "Beauty and the Beast" to life in a live-action film, my first reaction was pure joy and excitement. Then I started to think, and that excitement turned into worry. "Beauty and the Beast" is one of the greatest Disney films of all time, there was no way they would dare to mess with it. But after I saw the different trailers for the film, my faith was being restored. This really looked like the cartoon brought to life.

And it was.

I walked into the movie theater like I was walking down Main Street in Disney World. I was so excited, and anxious. I made a bet with myself that I would cry at least five times. I'm pretty sure it was more like seven or eight.

As soon as it started, the tears started flowing. If I closed my eyes, and just listened to the instrumentals, I could've sworn I was in my living room watching the beloved 1991 cartoon classic. Unlike the original, the live action film went into more detail about the night that the enchantress showed up to the castle and cast her spell. We got to see just how nasty the Prince was. Like, this guy deserved what he got. He was Gaston...only super rich and royalty.

A small difference was that the narrator also mentioned that the memories of anyone who was in the castle were erased from their loved ones. Super harsh, right? This was a nice touch, as I felt that it connected you to characters like Lumiere and Mrs. Potts even more so.

There were a few differences actually. One major difference in my eyes was that Maurice (Belle's father) is an artist in the live action film, and he is traveling to an art fair. In the original, he is an inventor on his way to an inventor's fair with his amazing wood chipper. Not gonna lie, I was a little bummed that I wasn't able to see Chip use the wood chipper to break Maurice and Belle free from their house.

The audience also gets to know the story behind Belle's mother, as well as the Beast's family. This was a huge part of the film because of the connection that Belle and the Beast share relating to their mothers. With all of these new scenes and songs, one would think that it would stray from the magic from the original, but it actually did the complete opposite. It added to the magic.

Belle is known for being one of the strongest and independent Disney princesses, and she was even stronger and more independent in this film. It's even more obvious that the people of her village find her strange not only because she's a book worm, but because she's smart and inventive. There is a scene where she literally invented a washing machine (it was brilliant) and as she was washing her clothes, she was teaching a young girl how to read. That was a huge no-no. It really took the inequality of women even more seriously than the original film did.

The casting: there are no words as to how wonderfully casted this film was. Emma Watson is a vision as Belle, Luke Evans is drop dead gorgeous, and a spitting image of Gaston, and Dan Stevens was the perfect choice for the Beast/Prince. Even Emma Thompson's rendition of "Beauty and the Beast" was beautiful. I was mostly interested to see how that would play out because Angela Lansbury's version is just perfection.

Like I said earlier, I cried a few times throughout the film. I am also a Disney fanatic, so this was something I was expecting. I cried for a multiple of reasons. The music was perfect, the costumes were perfect, the dialogue was perfect, the movie itself was perfect.

So did 2017's "Beauty and the Beast" deliver? Absolutely. It did the 1991 original masterpiece proud. Bravo, Disney.