Cocteau vs Beaumont: Opening statements

When I began to watch Cocteau's version I was very caught off guard by how differing the relationships of characters were in the opening minutes, which set the tone of the whole film.  When reading Beaumont's version I envisioned Beauty as tender and mild, a girl of only seventeen.  As I watched Cocteau's version I was caught off guard by how old the actress playing Beauty was, as well as how sexual her interaction with the first suitor was.  In Beaumont's version I believed Beauty to be somewhat more reserved, and I felt as if she was flirting back with the suitor event though she was rejecting his marriage proposal in the video.

I was also surprised while watching the film that the father acknowledged that his daughters were rude and spoiled. In Beaumont's version, although the two elder daughters were mean and cruel to Beauty, it never came off to me that they were rude to their father.  The brothers also played a larger role in Cocteau's version.  I may be wrong, but I only briefly remember then being mention as present in the story, not as actually ever saying anything.