Goliath wrote:mooky_7_sa wrote:Here's how I tried to explain that goof. I wrote this on BatB's IMDb board:
21 years before the film's beginning
- the prince is, let's say, 18 years old or even older
- the Enchantress casts the spell on the prince to last for 21 years ("The rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose, which would bloom until his 21st year")
With all due respect, but your explanation doesn't make any sense. The rose would bloom until the 21st birthday of the Prince. So there can't pass that many years between the casting of the spell and Belle's arrival.
Nowhere it’s said it's his 21st birthday. I don’t know how it’s translated in other languages, but in the English-language version they say “Which would bloom until his 21st year” and, as far as I know, “year” is not the same as “birthday”. It could well mean just a number of years he's supposed to spend as a beast, like some sort of imprisonment. Had they said “birthday” in the prologue, I would never even try to explain it. Just for the record, I know this is a plot hole, I just wanted to show it can be explained if you take into account everything that's been said and shown in the movie.
Goliath wrote:I don't seen why it couldn't have happened when he was 11 years old.
Have you seen the Prince’s portrait as the beginning? Does that look like an eleven-year-old to you?
OK, I just thought of something else. What if Lumiere's line actually is true? The servants could have been "rusting" long before the Enchantress' spell.
So here's a new timeline:
10 years before the movie:
- the prince is 11 and a huge brat
- there's no guests, servants are beginning to feel unneeded
6 years before the movie:
- the prince is 15 (judging by the portrait and the way he was portrayed in "The Enchanted Christmas"), his bratness-level has reached its peak
- the Enchantress casts the spell
The movie begins:
- The prince/beast is nearing his 21st birthday
Does this sound more plausible? The only problem I can think of with this theory is that there's not enough time for the castle to be forgotten. Or maybe that can be attributed to Enchantress' spell as well.
And if it's OK with the moderators, I think all parts of this thread dealing with "Beauty and the Beast" should be taken to BatB's official thread. Thanks in advance!