Continuity mistake: In the beginning of the movie for the song "Belle", her dress is tucked into her belt, exposing her under undergarments, for majority of the song. Then when she enters the library to exchange her book, her dress is down. (00:04:50 - 00:06:30)
Continuity mistake: When Belle gets to the castle to save the beast she's wearing a coat. Where did she get it though? When she left the village she removed the top of her dress but did not have a coat in hand. (01:42:25 - 01:46:40)
Continuity mistake: After Belle says good morning to Jean Potts, when she feeds the apple to the donkey note the rope (crosstie) is tied off at the donkey's throat, but in the next closeup the rope is tied off directly to the halter knot at its cheek.
Continuity mistake: When Belle goes to the castle to rescue her father, her father takes the horse back, but when Belle runs away the horse is still there.
Continuity mistake: When Belle finds her father locked up she's holding her stick with one hand, then the angle changes and she's using both. We switch back and she's using one hand again.
Continuity mistake: When Gaston and Le Fou approach the village on horseback, they watch Belle through a telescope. In the shot from behind, Le Fou has to stretch out to reach the telescope when Gaston passes it across and his fingers barely touch the end of it, but when the view changes to the front the horses are closer together and he is holding the telescope firmly in the middle.
Revealing mistake: When Belle exits her house, the reflection on the window by the door shows a rectangular flat roofed building, nothing to do with the old gable roof we see in further shoots. In the making-of we are revealed that the prop building is in fact rectangular and flat, with a green screen on top to allow for the CGI.
Factual error: The schoolmaster chastises Belle for teaching a little girl to read. But in 1692, a time before the story is set, King Louis XIV issued a royal decree requiring villages to establish schools and requiring all parents to send their children - boys and girls - to the village schools until they were 13 years old.
Factual error: The head master of the school criticizes Belle for "teaching another girl to read." But beginning in 1692, well before the movie is set, all parents in France were required, by royal decree, to send all their children, boys and girls, to school until at least age 13.
Continuity mistake: Gaston fires at the ceiling and debris falls all over, but in the next shots the debris is gone.
Continuity mistake: When Belle exits her house singing, in the front shot the building to the right in in shadow. The angle changes and it's suddenly much brighter.
Continuity mistake: In the opening number, Belle picks up a loaf of bread at the start and puts it in a bag around her waist. Later in the number it's not there. There's a deleted scene which explains the disappearance, but with that scene missing, the bread just disappears for no reason, hence it's a mistake.
Revealing mistake: When the wolves attack the Beast, neither one leaves footprints on the snow.
Continuity mistake: When Le Fou enters the castle, he's holding a torch to his left - angle changes and it's suddenly to his right. The angle changes back, and it's back on the left again.
Other mistake: During the final fight, apparently Mrs. Potts can hold dozens of liters of boiling water inside herself.
Continuity mistake: After Belle gets the bread from the baker while she's singing, when she stops at the horse we see the halter rope looped twice around the horse's muzzle, but next shot it's wound around only once.
Continuity mistake: When the Gaston song is about to start, he says "Imagine Le Fou..." and Le Fou's arm swaps from resting on Gaston's chair to bent, between angles.
Continuity mistake: After Gaston ties Belle's father against the tree, the father's head changes positions between shots.
Plot hole: The wolves seem to conveniently make an appearance to further the story, only to disappear in other parts. They are there for Belle's dad at the beginning and Belle when she tries to escape the castle initially. When Belle's dad leaves the castle after Belle takes his place and when Belle is freed to save her dad, they are not there.
Audio problem: When the wolves attack Maurice and Philippe, the wolves make growls that only big cats (lions/tigers) would make.
Chosen answer: Gaston's horse was actually a Friesian cross. Incidentally, it was the same horse Luke Evans rode in "The Hobbit". Purebred Friesians were used to pull the prison wagon. Belle's horse was a Spanish horse, an Andalusian. And actually 3 different horses were used for Belle's horse, 2 of which had to be painted each day. I do believe for some of the action scenes, one of the horses was a Percheron. Lefou's horse does appear to be a Gypsy Vanner.
Bishop73
I don't understand why Philippe was played by Andalusian when he was Belgium draught, don't get me wrong but Andalusian are incredibly beautiful horses but Philippe identity was a Belgian draft.
Are you referring to the 1991 cartoon and asking why the change? Or are you saying in the 2017 film he is identified as a Belgium draft? There were a handful of changes made in the 2017 film that seemed to make Belle more empowered. Or the filmmakers simply may have wanted a different look. Of course, there are many mistake entries pointing out inaccurate breeds being used or named if that's what you're suggesting.
Bishop73