Post by Belle Fan 4 Ever on Nov 15, 2008 19:49:58 GMT -8
he film begins inside the castle, as the community from the village (sans the deceased Gaston and possibly LeFou, who fled the castle afterwards) is allowed in for a great festival. Among the celebrations, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts and the rest are human after the spell was broken in the previous movie. Cogsworth and Lumiere are arguing over "who saved Christmas" last year. Mrs. Potts agrees to tell the story.
One year earlier, the spell is still upon the castle. The objects begin looking for Belle; they are still in high hopes that she will break the spell. Belle reminds Chip that today is December 24, Christmas Eve, but the others are completely unaware, and she leaves to go ice-skating. The Beast is already there and, with some help, learns to skate with his feet.
Meanwhile, in an unknown part of the castle (through a secret door in the West Wing), an enormous pipe organ is playing a very creepy version of Ludwig van Beethoven's Für Elise while a small piccolo applauds. The organ is Forte, the ex-court composer for the musicians during his human years. He sends Fife, his small piccolo servant, to break up the merriment between Belle and the Beast, not wanting them to break the spell. He believes that "humanity is overrated" and that he has more use and power in his enchanted form. Fife manages to break up the two, as the couple are making snow angels. However, when the Beast sees his "angel" he sees it as a "shadow of a monster" and leaves in fury and depression.
Believing that Christmas will brighten the Beast's mood, Belle creates a wonderful new book for him, and with a little persuasion for Cogsworth, Christmas is officially being prepared. The group goes to the highest tower in the castle, which serves as a storage room for old decorations. In one of them lies Angelique, who once served as the Royal Decorator. However, she is not pleased to hear about Christmas, arguing that she will not raise her hopes again in a belief that they could all get together in celebration, only to have them destroyed by the Beast's foul temper and hatred for the holiday. Belle sings to them about how "hope is the greatest gift", saying that there is always hope, even for breaking the spell, and there will "always be a time when the world is filled with peace and love". Eventually, Angelique agrees.
However, Fife has been overhearing all this and rushes off to tell Forte. When the Beast finds out, he is not at all pleased. The Beast thinks that Belle didn't know how he felt about Christmas yet, but Forte lies to him by saying that she does now and that she doesn't care, separating the two even more. The Beast reflects on his past: Christmas was the day he became very selfish, and it was on that day that the Enchantress put the spell on him and the castle 10 years ago. Belle enters the boiler room to get a Yule Log, explaining that it is a great tradition: "one log is chosen, then everyone in the house touches it, and makes a Christmas wish". The Beast will not listen, shouting that she has no idea what it is to be a true prisoner, but she knows all too well. Belle asks why the Beast is being so selfish, but he refuses to disclose that the spell occurred at that day in the first place. At that rate, Belle won't give up, and concludes that they will have Christmas with or without the Beast, but not before sending him her gift, the storybook.
Belle and Chip go along with an axe from the boiler room to go look for a Christmas tree. The Beast finds his gift, but Lumiere won't allow him to open it as it is not yet Christmas. He explains that everyone understands how the Beast feels about the holiday, but giving a gift to another is a way of saying "I care about you". The Beast gets in the mood and decides to promote Christmas, and asks Forte to play Deck the Halls as a present, who agrees unhappily. When he leaves, Forte puts his plans in motion, and plays Pathétique Sonata, attracting Belle to his room. Forte quickly manipulates the situation, telling her that the tree has always been Beast's favorite part of Christmas, and that the perfect tree lies in the Black Forest, the woods outside the castle. Getting the tree would break Belle's promise never to leave the castle, but she wants to make Beast happy, so she agrees to go. The Beast is still waiting for Belle to show up, but Forte claims "she's abandoned you!" and feeds the Beast's anger by hypnotizing him with Edvard Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King. Forte orders Fife "to make sure they don't come back", and mostly because of ice, a dangerous chain reaction starts that leads to the Beast having to rescue Belle from drowning.
Belle is locked in the dungeon to rot there for eternity, but Anqelique admits that she was wrong to believe that Christmas could never come. They all agree, they don't need decorations or gifts to celebrate Christmas; they have each other, and that's the best gift they could ever ask for. The Beast prepares to destroy the Rose and end his suffering due to Forte's urging, but he remembers the gift Belle gave him and he opens it, beginning to read the story:
Once upon a time there was an enchanted castle. Its master seemed as cold as winter. Deep inside his heart ... His cries echoed through the stone wall of the castle ... though surrounded by servants, he was all alone. ... And in that simple act of kindness, he knew that someone cared. Christmas that year was spent exchanging humble gifts but the greatest gift that anyone received was the gift of hope. "Hope..." the Beast murmurs. All his life, he has lost a sense of it, but now he realizes, more than ever, that there is hope. He then realizes that there is no reason to forbid Christmas, even though the spell was cast 10 years ago at that day in the first place. There is hope to break the spell, hope to have someone to like him for who he is, Beast or not. So he decides to free Belle from the dungeon and apologize to her. She forgives him, and they now plan to have the best Christmas ever.
But Forte won't fade into the background, though he's no longer needed. Playing the grand tune of Beethoven's 5th, he plans to bring the whole castle down, threatening to kill everyone inside it, as they can't fall in love if they're dead, much to the disagreement of Fife as it is extreme. The Beast, angered by this, manages to get into the room, and tells him to stop it ("ENOUGH!!!"). Forte refuses and attacks him with his music until Belle and Fife come to help the Beast. As for the Rose, it was about to fall until Cogsworth and Lumiere save it. Fife reminds the Beast about the keyboard that is powering Forte up, and Beast moves to grab hold of it, silencing the music to the unfinished final notes of Franz Schubert's Unfinished Symphony and saving the castle. He then throws the keyboard away, destroying it. Forte, shocked by this, pulls in to kill the Beast, but the bolt that holds him to the wall breaks off, making Forte crashing down to the floor, killing him.
The others continue to have a happy holiday, which brings us back to the actual party, but of course, if anyone actually saved Christmas, it was Belle. The others celebrate to a musical composition produced by the castle's new maestro composer, Fife, who promtply has placed a piccolo solo at the start. The Prince then gives Belle a gift, a single rose.
One year earlier, the spell is still upon the castle. The objects begin looking for Belle; they are still in high hopes that she will break the spell. Belle reminds Chip that today is December 24, Christmas Eve, but the others are completely unaware, and she leaves to go ice-skating. The Beast is already there and, with some help, learns to skate with his feet.
Meanwhile, in an unknown part of the castle (through a secret door in the West Wing), an enormous pipe organ is playing a very creepy version of Ludwig van Beethoven's Für Elise while a small piccolo applauds. The organ is Forte, the ex-court composer for the musicians during his human years. He sends Fife, his small piccolo servant, to break up the merriment between Belle and the Beast, not wanting them to break the spell. He believes that "humanity is overrated" and that he has more use and power in his enchanted form. Fife manages to break up the two, as the couple are making snow angels. However, when the Beast sees his "angel" he sees it as a "shadow of a monster" and leaves in fury and depression.
Believing that Christmas will brighten the Beast's mood, Belle creates a wonderful new book for him, and with a little persuasion for Cogsworth, Christmas is officially being prepared. The group goes to the highest tower in the castle, which serves as a storage room for old decorations. In one of them lies Angelique, who once served as the Royal Decorator. However, she is not pleased to hear about Christmas, arguing that she will not raise her hopes again in a belief that they could all get together in celebration, only to have them destroyed by the Beast's foul temper and hatred for the holiday. Belle sings to them about how "hope is the greatest gift", saying that there is always hope, even for breaking the spell, and there will "always be a time when the world is filled with peace and love". Eventually, Angelique agrees.
However, Fife has been overhearing all this and rushes off to tell Forte. When the Beast finds out, he is not at all pleased. The Beast thinks that Belle didn't know how he felt about Christmas yet, but Forte lies to him by saying that she does now and that she doesn't care, separating the two even more. The Beast reflects on his past: Christmas was the day he became very selfish, and it was on that day that the Enchantress put the spell on him and the castle 10 years ago. Belle enters the boiler room to get a Yule Log, explaining that it is a great tradition: "one log is chosen, then everyone in the house touches it, and makes a Christmas wish". The Beast will not listen, shouting that she has no idea what it is to be a true prisoner, but she knows all too well. Belle asks why the Beast is being so selfish, but he refuses to disclose that the spell occurred at that day in the first place. At that rate, Belle won't give up, and concludes that they will have Christmas with or without the Beast, but not before sending him her gift, the storybook.
Belle and Chip go along with an axe from the boiler room to go look for a Christmas tree. The Beast finds his gift, but Lumiere won't allow him to open it as it is not yet Christmas. He explains that everyone understands how the Beast feels about the holiday, but giving a gift to another is a way of saying "I care about you". The Beast gets in the mood and decides to promote Christmas, and asks Forte to play Deck the Halls as a present, who agrees unhappily. When he leaves, Forte puts his plans in motion, and plays Pathétique Sonata, attracting Belle to his room. Forte quickly manipulates the situation, telling her that the tree has always been Beast's favorite part of Christmas, and that the perfect tree lies in the Black Forest, the woods outside the castle. Getting the tree would break Belle's promise never to leave the castle, but she wants to make Beast happy, so she agrees to go. The Beast is still waiting for Belle to show up, but Forte claims "she's abandoned you!" and feeds the Beast's anger by hypnotizing him with Edvard Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King. Forte orders Fife "to make sure they don't come back", and mostly because of ice, a dangerous chain reaction starts that leads to the Beast having to rescue Belle from drowning.
Belle is locked in the dungeon to rot there for eternity, but Anqelique admits that she was wrong to believe that Christmas could never come. They all agree, they don't need decorations or gifts to celebrate Christmas; they have each other, and that's the best gift they could ever ask for. The Beast prepares to destroy the Rose and end his suffering due to Forte's urging, but he remembers the gift Belle gave him and he opens it, beginning to read the story:
Once upon a time there was an enchanted castle. Its master seemed as cold as winter. Deep inside his heart ... His cries echoed through the stone wall of the castle ... though surrounded by servants, he was all alone. ... And in that simple act of kindness, he knew that someone cared. Christmas that year was spent exchanging humble gifts but the greatest gift that anyone received was the gift of hope. "Hope..." the Beast murmurs. All his life, he has lost a sense of it, but now he realizes, more than ever, that there is hope. He then realizes that there is no reason to forbid Christmas, even though the spell was cast 10 years ago at that day in the first place. There is hope to break the spell, hope to have someone to like him for who he is, Beast or not. So he decides to free Belle from the dungeon and apologize to her. She forgives him, and they now plan to have the best Christmas ever.
But Forte won't fade into the background, though he's no longer needed. Playing the grand tune of Beethoven's 5th, he plans to bring the whole castle down, threatening to kill everyone inside it, as they can't fall in love if they're dead, much to the disagreement of Fife as it is extreme. The Beast, angered by this, manages to get into the room, and tells him to stop it ("ENOUGH!!!"). Forte refuses and attacks him with his music until Belle and Fife come to help the Beast. As for the Rose, it was about to fall until Cogsworth and Lumiere save it. Fife reminds the Beast about the keyboard that is powering Forte up, and Beast moves to grab hold of it, silencing the music to the unfinished final notes of Franz Schubert's Unfinished Symphony and saving the castle. He then throws the keyboard away, destroying it. Forte, shocked by this, pulls in to kill the Beast, but the bolt that holds him to the wall breaks off, making Forte crashing down to the floor, killing him.
The others continue to have a happy holiday, which brings us back to the actual party, but of course, if anyone actually saved Christmas, it was Belle. The others celebrate to a musical composition produced by the castle's new maestro composer, Fife, who promtply has placed a piccolo solo at the start. The Prince then gives Belle a gift, a single rose.