It's weird that watching Beauty and the Beast as an adult has me rooting for Gaston. Granted, this has more to do with Luke Evans's portrayal in the live-action version, but I digress. A lot of the questions I had for the animated film were answered in the live-action version, like "Why do the villagers not remember there's a big castle in the woods?" or "How old was the prince when he was turned into the Beast?"
I probably shouldn't be too hard on Belle, particularly if I take into account the logistics of running a farm. But you're telling me she didn't have a single friend in the ENTIRE town? Or she couldn't ask her father to take him with her on these trips to the fair he travels to each year? Plus, while I get that the Beast is well, a beast, if he'd just been more transparent with Belle or chilled out about the whole rose stealing thing, the movie might've been much shorter.