"I'm pretty sure I read somewhere about them doing Beastly re-shoots, so they might've started out with the drug-dealer ending and then jettisoned it for something sappier and safer."

Yeah, that would have made a lot of sense. I mean, they really looked like they were setting up for it and it was the ONE THING I was actually looking forward to seeing and they SKIPPED IT! >:(

I liked the ending for the same reason that I liked Disney's ending - we get to see how much the Beast has changed, saving the girl and willingly dying for it. One thing about the changed ending that REALLY cheesed me though was the forced "I thought you couldn't love someone as ugly as me" bit. Um, HELLO Kyle? Did you watch your own movie at all??? I mean, I know in the book he didn't think she could love him, but wasn't it mostly because he thought she secretly resented him?

Olsen was good, but I did wish they kept her involvement with Kyle. I liked how the two were almost friendly at some points. I did love Neil Patrick Harris as Will, especially a lot of his snarking. The bit where he implies that Kyle was building a structure for kidnapping and breeding with virginal teenagers a la a b-movie ripoff was hilarious. XD