Corrected entry: There is a very sudden change in the seasons partway through the movie. In the first part where Belle is in the town and later dancing and singing in her meadow, it is spring or summer. Later that day, after she's gone to the castle and rescued her father, then had her dinner with the dancing dishes, she decides to run away, and what do you know there's snow. It stays winter for a while until Gaston and crew go charging out to kill the Beast, at which point it starts raining.
dizzyd
5th Jan 2003
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Correction: Mountain weather is notorious for unpredictability anyways.
27th Aug 2001
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Corrected entry: After Belle has run away after being scolded by the beast in the west wing, she is attacked by wolves. The beast saves her, but is injured and collapses to the ground. In the next scene, you see Belle leading Phillipe back to the castle with the Beast slumped over the back of the horse. How did Belle get someone as big as the beast on the horse?
27th Apr 2004
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Corrected entry: In the famous ball scene in the middle of the movie, not only is Belle wearing short sleeves (with long gloves) but there is green foliage outside on the balcony when they go out to watch the stars. You can even hear crickets in the background. In all previous scenes at the castle and most of those coming after, it is the middle of winter. The castle may be enchanted, but we have seen Belle walking her horse and feeding birds in the snow, and when she leaves to look for her father it is also mid-winter. Even if the Beast had some very strange looking evergreens dotted around his balcony, there would never be crickets outside.
Correction: This may be a legitimate mistake, but Disney might just be aware of the original tale. In it, the Beast's castle is split - one side is always winter while the other side is always spring.
Correction: Also, this is in the mountains, where the weather is wildly unpredictable, even in the middle of winter or summer.
6th Nov 2002
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Corrected entry: If the Beast was once a prince with a huge castle, wouldn't he have governed people? Why didn't anyone remember that, or know where his castle was?
Correction: I'd say Beast became a Hermit ruler, ie news of the realm and supplies are left in sealed chests at the front gate, royal decrees in writing with his sign and seal are left outside in same. Peculiar, but not without precedent, or that big a stretch. Furthermore, the Pre-Curse Prince was such a jerk that no-one else is really in the mood to investigate further about the change.
Correction: Every now and then, you see trees with yellow and red leaves in the background, so it's probably fall, when the weather can change quite suddenly. Furthermore, the castle is in the mountains, so it's not inconceivable that the weather would be cooler and/or snowy there.
Sereenie