History YMMV / BeautyAndTheBeast1946

* FandomRivalry: This sometime overlaps with FriendlyFandoms, fans of Cocteau's movie and [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Disney's take]] can have heated debate which version is better. As mentioned below, Cocteau fans prefer this movie for its poeticism and greater influence in cinematic history (as mentioned below) and sees the Disney version as being [[AnimationAgeGhetto too commercial]] and [[SweetnessAversion saccharine]]. Disney fans, in other hand, while some respects the older version for what its merits, thought the Cocteau version to be worn-out, boring, and pretentious. This rivalry could be (half-jokingly) summed up in this bit of skit in WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh's [[https://youtu.be/5XdGK2lHye4?feature=shared&t=618 three-part review of Cocteau's movie]].

* NightmareFuel:
** The castle itself. While it has the enchanting feel to it, the human-like arms holding the candles and the statues having eyes looking at Belle can give some people an eerie and unsettling vibe.
** The loud roar, which wakes up Maurice after falling asleep from eating, that was presumably made by the Beast himself.
** The scene where Beast returns, after running away from being upset about Avenant's proposal to Belle, showing up covered in blood implying of his vicious hunt he went on.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Many people will be surprised to hear that much of the elements found in Disney's version originally came from this. The animated furniture, the fact that Beauty's name is Belle, the magic mirror, hell, the character of Gaston was heavily based on a character in this movie who pretty much served the same purpose.

* UnnecessaryMakeover: Many viewers were disappointed with the fascinating Beast's transformation into a generic prince, with Creator/GretaGarbo famously saying "Give me back my Beast!" as she left the theater. According to Cocteau, this was ''intentional''.

* TearJerker: As part of a plan to make her stay away from her wealthy life with the Beast, [[ManipulativeBitch Adelaide and Felicity]] trick their sister Belle into staying by pretending to cry, which in turn makes her cry out of guilt in her room. When she ''does'' stay, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the sisters change their tune and guilt-trip and verbally abuse her for thinking she's "suddenly too good to serve them"]]. This makes Belle run outside to have a good cry, no doubt torn by their emotional manipulation and gaslighting. It's bound to hit hard for some audience members who may struggle with toxic family members like her.

* WhatAnIdiot: The Beast gives Belle the key to the pavilion containing all his treasures and emphasizes how monumental a display of trust this is. So naturally, Belle leaves this extremely important and valuable key out in the open where her greedy sisters can easily nick it and doesn't even notice its absence until days later.

* HilariousInHindsight: A watchful eye might notice all the stag imagery present throughout the movie. While this was mostly an intentional reference to celtic mythology, one could also say that Beast [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast uses antlers in all of his decorating!]]

* OlderThanTheyThink: Many people will be surprised to hear that much of the elements found in Disney's version originally came from this. The animate furniture, the fact that Beauty's name is Belle, the magic mirror, hell, the character of Gaston was heavily based on a character in this movie who pretty much served the same purpose.

* WhatAnIdiot: The Beast gives Belle the key to the pavilion containing all his treasures and emphasizes how monumental a display of trust this is. So naturally, Belle leaves this extremely important and valuable key out in the open where her greedy sisters can easily nick it and doesn't even notice its absence until days later.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Many people will be surprised to say that much of the elements found in Disney's version originally came from this. The animate furniture, the fact that Beauty's name is Belle, the magic mirror, hell, the character of Gaston was heavily based on a character in this movie who pretty much served the same purpose.

* UnnecessaryMakeover: Many viewers were disappointed with the fascinating Beast's transformation into a generic prince, with Creator/GretaGarbo famously saying "Give me back my Beast!" as she left the theater. According to Cocteau, this was ''intentional''.

* HilariousInHindsight: A watchful eye might notice all the stag imagery present throughout the movie. While this was mostly an intentional reference to celtic mythology, one could also say that Beast [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast uses antlers in all of his decorating!]]