How I'd Remake Beast To A Certain Extent

As much as I find the Beauty and the Beast (2017) to be really bland in terms of acting but it did add some backstory like why Beast turned out like that. It was revealed in the 2017 version that well Beast's mother died at a young age and he had a selfish father. So I'd assume that this selfish father died prior to the events of the movie. I thought it was a nice addition though I thought about trying to alter the curse's origin.

Whether or not the Beauty and the Beast midquel should even be considered canon is somewhat debatable. I remembered the slight contradiction where he didn't dismiss her twice but only once prior to the curse. It does add some problems such as when was Chip born or was Beast really only eleven when the curse happened or was ten years an exaggeration? I wanted to even shorten the deadline for the curse. So if Belle is presumably 17 years old and Beast would be 20 going 21 -- then I thought about what about if the curse happened to him in his late teens instead? Maybe, let it happen when he was 17 and Belle would be 13 at that time. Make the curse be a matter of four years so at least Mrs. Potts and Chip can easily fit into the picture.

So what parts would I keep from the 1991 version? I would give Beast the challenge of why he wants Belle. Does he like Belle because she's pretty (making him no better than Gaston) or does he like her for who she is? This would be the dilemma that is set when he mentions, "What's the use? She's so beautiful but look at me!" at his servants. He at first accepts her proposal to take her father's place as she's enchanted by her beauty. He offers her a room to stay immediately -- trying to charm her into becoming his bride. This would give Belle a dilemma of choosing between two men who lust after her but the only one becomes better in the long run.

Beast still has his guilt and saves Belle when he scares her off. He starts to look past Belle's pretty face which causes the latter to look past his ugliness. However, I'd give him a kinder side that was long forgotten -- he offers Belle her freedom much earlier by telling her she didn't have to take her father's place. However, Belle voluntarily stays seeing that there's still some inner kindness and humanity left in him. He does plan to send her off but not without professing his feelings. So after the ball -- he uses a magic book which sends Belle back home to be with her sick father. He would later contemplate for the first time he's ever learned to let go.

I'd do a bit of a twist with Gaston's attack on Beast. Beast is heartbroken, gets back his strength (for a while) but since he hasn't eaten for days -- it makes it easy for Gaston to overpower Beast. Belle would eventually shield him and Gaston tries to make her go away. Belle says, "If you want to hurt Beast then you will have to hurt me first!" This results in the same fairy that cursed Beast to appear and finally reverse the curse. He reverts back to his human form but discovers he's got a more muscular build than he had prior to the curse. Gaston is then turned into a beast and gets chased away by the villagers leaving audiences to decide his fate.