I mean I always saw the original Ariel as empowered. She always marched to the beat of her own drum. She always was fascinated about human life, always went off on her own adventures, and regardless about what Sebastian and her Dad told her, continued to do so because it made her happy. She was already independent and headstrong. Maybe not as much as Jasmine or Belle, but to say she wasn’t empowered or making her own decisions about her life is just not true. Need I remind you that her decisions drive the narrative of the original movie OR that she saves Eric’s life at least three times? Eric was just a catalyst for her to go up to the surface. Yes I get she's not very smart when it comes to said decisions but 1. She's 16. That's the prime age of stupidity and 2. More importantly, they were HER decisions. You cannot tell me that Ariel has no agency in the original movie when she always goes after her dreams and what she wants. Even when Sebastian tries to convince her to go back on the first day and she seems so sad when he tries, he understands fully that that would be going against what she wants. The team behind this movie and Halle herself completely misunderstand this character and it's really annoying to read interviews about them "fixing Ariel" and "giving her her power back." Lady with all the flaws with Ariel, her power being undermined was NOT one of them.
Halle quite literally cleared what she meant about changing the perspective. My god it’s insufferable to see people complain about this without actually going out to see what she has said
@@via3155 I've read all of her interviews. It's pretty much the same perspective over and over. And furthermore that's not even the main point of what I was saying. I have nothing against Halle and I hope she has a great career with this and the Color Purple. But like it's very clear the people behind this movie missed the point of what made the original special.
@@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343 she’s stated many times that Ariel was never only focused on just being with Eric, however her love for Eric did talk center stage while her infatuation for the human world took a backseat and it’s what led to many people to have this misconception about her character which the live adaptation never even wanted to give that breathing. If you read all her interviews you would know she quite literally says that.
@@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343 then what interview are you referring to because she has made it abundantly clear from the controversy and backlash she got from this that she’s aware that Ariel never was only focused on Eric however there was a lot of breathing room for narrative to grow and the live adaptation doesn’t even give it space.
At first I thought they got rid of Chef Louis because he was offensive to French chefs, but now I see they needed more screen time for Awkwafina's rap. 😢
Has any French chef ever been offended by that??? 😅 That’s the ridiculous woke culture, think everything is offensive without considering the actual people shown
Honestly you think they’d do justice to Louis’s comedy kitchen battle against Sebastian in live action? A sad cut but maybe for the best they skip ruining it here.
That's just lame pure lame. No Chef Louis hurts this movie hard Heck the stage version has him and made it better. Her voice singing is just nails on a chalk board.
@@annas4843 Not really! I mean, yes, the French accent is exaggerated and stereotypical. However, Rene Auberjonois, the voice of Chef Louis, has some French ancestry and had lived in France for a short time after World War II before moving back to the States.
Remember how in original Eric was the one who killed Ursula with the ship? Remember how that was one of the main reasons why Ariel's father let her marry him because he saw Eric risk his life for her? Remember how Triton learnet to trust humans again because of that? Disney production sure didn't
When I saw the original Little Mermaid from the 80s, I didn’t see actors. I saw Ariel and the other characters. When I saw the trailer for this remake, I see actors dressing up for Halloween.
And i also don’t understand the logic behind the fact the bird… i forgot what it was called… was changed from a seagull cause that’s what it was in the original, and is more hatable than funny, and probably what disappointed me the most despite it not having that big of an impact on the story, they completly cut out the chef that tried to cook Sebastian
I don’t like the change of Ariel not having to sign a contract, and Ursula making Ariel forget the deal. Ariel made a bad choice and realized too late. With her forgetting the deal, she doesn’t have any real agency, or goal. She’s just wondering around the surface. Oh also Scuttle being a diving bird means the Ariel never visited the surface. She never broke the rules, which is the entire reason the plot happens
You know how this movie could’ve worked? By adapting the original dark fairytale story, That way it wouldn’t of mattered that Ariel was black. However, because this is a remake of something Disney did before that’s why fans of the original film or upset that Disney is changing it’s own history. The 2009 “Princess and the frog” was received very positively because even though Tiana was black the story has never been done before and therefore something new and entertaining was given to us.
Are you insane? A lot of people were using danish culture to undermine Halle being casted in this Role. You think a direct adaptation of the Hans christen Anderson tale wouldn’t get her backlash for being a black woman playing the role of “the little mermaid”……oh my god you people are fucking tone deaf idiots
Lion king was a scene for scene remake and people hated it. People are going to complain regardless of anything Disney would’ve created. that’s why I barely listen to the negative Nancy’s. Most of the complainers are just mad at this current remake because they’re flabbergasted that a mega corporation that catered to people that looks like them for decades have decided to be more inclusive and aren’t treating those entitled narcissistic a******* like the end all be all. 🤷🏾♂️
I think I heard that Ursula being Triton's sister he banished was an idea for the animated film but they didn't use, because I guess it didn't make any difference. Also....why does Disney want people to hate Scuttle? As a kid, he was my second favorite character next to Sebastian, and I'd be willing to like this version since she's at least visually interesting compared to the undersea animals, but they give her an obnoxious song.
It was apparently better implemented in the stage play version. they even gave her a second song to expand on it. WHY Disney didn't include that so the addition makes more sense is beyond me.
Scar being Mufasa's brother actually has a point to it. It was part of his motivation to kill Mufasa and Simba since he would be the only one left to inherit the throne. Ursula being Triton's sister adds nothing to the movie
@@homecruz7743 Maybe it makes sense if she was a mermaid who looked like Vanessa. Then he cursed her with the trident into having octopus tentacles instead.
Not only that but the way she acts like an idiot is so annoying throughout the movie because she’s just a more annoying version of Dory. And one thing i don’t understand is why they changed it from being a seagull to whatever bird it is now
I'm not surprised it wasn't good. To think Lin Manuel Miranda, who wrote Hamilton and Encanto's songs, wrote that awful scuttle song. Ursula, being Tritant's sister, was in the original script and included in the Broadway stage version. I loved you talking about the representation plus. Love your work.
Disney is over-saturating LMM and I’m worried it’s going to impact his career and favorability. They need to give him a few movies off so folks can miss him and his musical style/ability.
This movie was not terrific, but it wasn't terrible either. And quite frankly, I hate it when people call movies cash grabs or say they have no soul, because that is an insult to the actors, the writers, etc, involved with the film.
The Triton/Ursula relation makes even less sense when you take into consideration the novel that explains Ursula's backstory and how she became a villain (because of course Triton is the one who made her evil). Apparently, merfolk can decide what bottom half they want and Triton disliked Ursula because she chose tentacles over a fish tail - so much so that he turned her into a human and cast her away to wash up on shore to be raised by humans (he literally kicked her out of the ocean over a fashion choice).
This absolutely sucks. The cgi creatures look awful, They completely butchered Scuttle, and they tried way to hard to change Ariel. This film should just go jump in the ocean and turn to sea foam like Ariel in the original fairy tale.
@@unknownchoujin1436 Probably because Disney remembered that they had Awkwafina voiced Sisu in Raya and the Last Dragon and they said “Let’s have her voice another character associated with water for the funny.”
@@zeldagameryt4018 I don't mind Awkwafina, she's a decent actress, I guess. But I don't understand what goes through the empty skulls of Disney executives. She just doesn't fit with this movie or the character of Scuttle, tbh.
@@unknownchoujin1436Scuttle was a dude in the original, and apparently they thought it was a good idea to not make it a seagull like he was in the original movie, i don’t understand the changes to a talking animal like this
The Idea that Triton and Ursula are Siblings, was originally planned for the Movie but was then cut. It was however reused in the stage show and some Novels, so this Remake wasn't the first time to use that.
The question that the original Little Mermaid answers is this: What is best for Ariel? Ariel and Triton spend the whole movie at odds with this question. Ariel's arc is that she matures. The wedding scene for Ariel, hugging her dad with tears in her eyes, is her "thank you" moment, her visually grown up, her "I understand you father, I understand that everything you do is to protect me and do what is best for me" moment. The real "arc" is Triton. What changed is Triton realized what was best for Ariel. Not to be under the sea. In this way, Ariel was right. But that doesn't make her a poorly written character. In a story, a main character is either proven to be wrong and changes themselves, or the main character is proven to be right and the world around them changes or external characters change (Hiccup in How to Train Your Dragon is an example of this). Characters can fumble and go about things the wrong way but in the end every good movie will demonstrate a clear message and theme. Every good movie will answer their question.
This is everything that the current writers have no concept of. The movie was reimagined for *m0dErN aUdiEnCeS* who don’t care about silly little things like plot, settings, or character arcs. They care about girl boss moments, diversity, loud singing with too many runs, and the importance of why Ariel don’t need no man. It’s sad, really.
@@lessismore8533 thank you! I've watched the remake a couple of times now, and I can only like it when I think of it as a whole new mermaid story that has nothing to do with OG Ariel.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame musical is amazing; if they go darker and do a remake based on that, it will be a winner (the additional songs are incredible, and they fixed the issues with the gargoyles)!!!
@@purgeblue They just need to commit. The decided that 2D and 3D is for kids, and live action was for adults... So treat us like an adult audience and let it reflect in the script. Make Esmeralda Romani (in the book she was a white woman who had been stolen by the Romani people; so this should probably be updated to remove the stereotype of baby-stealing travelers). Make Frollo's brother Quasimodo's father. Have the death of innocent people to make the point.
I don’t mind the change where Ursula and triton are Brother and sister because it was originally supposed to be in the animated film wow really does say something when Disney reuses their old ideas but I do agree they nothing with idea
This movie is honestly just offensive to all the people who created the 1989 original Little Mermaid movie and made it to be such an iconic and beloved Disney film. If they really wanted to pay respects to the original creators of these characters and the story they would have not completely messed with the song lyrics of several of the songs that the original songwriters put their hearts and souls into and changed extremely pivotal plot points of the movie like Eric defeating Ursula and saving Ariel.
When you said Ariel experiences no arc in the original, she just wants something for herself and gets it, I was reminded of a past comment from somewhere else. Ariel wasn't the one with the character arc, Eric was. Because Eric wanted the perfect girl, the girl with a beautiful singing voice who saved his life. But over time, he loses that fantasy of perfection and falls in love with Ariel, the silent sweetheart he has a lot of fun with. And I just love the fact that they both save each other multiple times in the animated ending. They work together and love each other.
Actually, Ariel isn't the character with the arc. It's King Triton (and Sabastain, too). Ariel didn't need to change or have a character arc because her want to to go to the surface because she sees humans as good people while Triton (and Sabastain) see humans as dangerous. So, Ariel's need is to stay away from humans. But, in the end, Ariel was proven right and Triton was mistaken. The surface is where she belongs and not all humans are bad (However, she did strike a deal with Ursula and put everyone in danger. We all make mistakes. But, we need to learn and grow from our mistakes. IDK. Is it really worth getting so angry over?).
Just like the case of Pinocchio Remakes , in the Remakes he portrayed as a OP wood puppet that can save himself while he being imprisoned by a puppeteer without the help of the fairy So what’s the purpose of the fairy for being involved of the story ? Ariel can swim to the surface while she transformed into human for the first time so what’s the purpose of her friends ? Disney is making some mistake at writing a character here Its not to be wise for Heroes character to portrayed as Miss Perfect or Mr Perfect Because it will erase an element of struggle and development of the heroes which is an important element of the Hero character If a Hero just simply portrayed as Mr or Ms Perfect in a story all the time , of course audience can get bored easily
I will never forget when my mom forced me to go out to watch this at the theater, right as the prince was thrown into the water. A little boy shouted breaking the silence from across the mostly empty auditorium. "He drowned!" I almost pissed myself with laughter
Never saw the movie, but i predicted that there was going to be a little mermaid remake like years ago! And what do you know? It unsurprisingly came true
Really, at this point aside from THAT song I don’t know what to say about these remakes that hasn’t been said before. Disney has just really stopped trying at this point
Your complaints about Kiss the Girl hit the nail right on the head. There was never a controversy because the context made sense. So how do they rectify a non controversy? By being disingenuous and make their own controversy. They change the context of the film to make it problematic just for the film to virtue signal and fix it themselves. You solved a non issue by making it an issue just so you can fix it. "See! We changed it so we're right!" - The Filmmakers Probably
Shills: THIS MOVIE IS AMAZING AND IF YOU DON'T THINK SO, YOU'RE A RACIST! Me: No, I just hate Disney live action remakes and performative diversity that you keep shilling for. Can't wait for you to tear this apart!
You’re blind if you haven’t seen the awful racist comments online. And let those of us who love the movie enjoy it. I’m not a shill, I enjoy a movie with pleasing scenes and beautiful music. And I hate the people screaming about forced diversity, Halle has more talent in her pinky than any of you who post have in your entire families.
@@meta527II A Shill is someone who is blindly convinced that any product is good and tries to convince others that said product is worth their time or money.
Wasn't the whole "Ursula being related to Ariel/Triton" thing a big theory/headcanon fans had regarding the original Little Mermaid movie? If so, I can see why they would run with that for the remake... not that it was particularly executed well... but I at least understand the logic behind that choice
I wish to mention a curtain live action remake that's actually great, if not better, but unfortunately, someone finds it as an offensive insult to Disney's swan song. Is not like casual disney fans can have different tastes to die hard
@@Maretoast Yeah, I did enjoy the live musical version because it adds good changes from the Musical adaptation And the original film. Something that the Lion King remake should have done imo
Finally somebody agrees with me this remake sucked. Can't believe critics gave it a pass? It's like these days movies will just pull out the nostalgia card and not even try and everybody will love it? The original 1989 Little Mermaid is the only good Little Mermaid movie we'll ever get!
After this, I suspect RaisorBlade's review is more entertaining than the movie itself. As improbable as it seems, a Disney live action remake may just surprise us someday. Having said that, I'm certain that Bambi and Robin Hood are doomed on account of Disney's misguided obsession with photorealism. Edit: For the record, The Little Mermaid (2023) was so bad, I couldn't finish it when I rented it on DVD.
Ursala being Triton's sister could have worked. Just make her adopted and because she wasn't royal by blood she was always ignored by the family while Triton was seen as a golden child by their parents and that's why she hates him and wants to ruin his life.
Funny (and ironic) that a movie that supposedly started Disney’s golden age can also bring them into the dark ages. (Also, the whole racist thing for not saying the movie is bad is the equivalent of what happen to Ghostbusters 2016.)
That film was the last gasp for 2D animation, and, yet another sign that whenever something progressive occurs, it's usually because the movement has already ended.
Also, I’d like to remind everyone that Sebastian in this movie is a type of ghost crab. This is significant because ghost crabs cannot live under the sea because otherwise they will FUCKING DROWN.
Great video! I do question race swapping characters who have been icons for decades, but I agree with everything I this video! Little Mermaid has been one of my favorites and they have turned it into the worst, unemotional, empty, dark, terrifying nightmare, and toxic fan experience I've ever seen! Was hoping it wouldn't get this bad with Disney, but here we are!
I KNEW IT! I knew this would happen! Just as bad as Mulan! And people say Home on the Range is Alan Menken's worst movie. Well not anymore, because this makes Home on the Range look like the Prince of Egypt! 1989 Little Mermaid: Beginning of the Disney Renaissance 2023 Little Mermaid: Beginning of the Disney Suicide
The idea of Triton and Ursula being siblings was actually going to be used in the 1989 little mermaid but I guess the writers decided not to add it. In this movie though they say they’re siblings but literally never explain anything. Why the hell is Ursula a Squid and triton a merman? If they’re supposed to be blood related. We don’t get any flash back scenes or anything to really explain the history of the 2 characters. And why the hell is Eric adopted now? If he’s adopted that literally means he’s illegitimate and is technically no longer a prince! All they had to do was cast a white woman to play his mother and leave out all the adoption bullshit. They had to take away Eric’s masculinity in this film and he literally doesn’t do anything. Doesn’t save Ariel from Ursula, and of course Disney decides to make Ariel a girl boss who somehow despite never been on a ship somehow knows how to steer a ships wheel with no legs? Tf?
Every time i hear that Scuttlebutt song, all i can think of is JRoc from Trailer Park Boys doing that "awah!" booty thing and now i just imagine how funny it would be if JRoc was Scuttle.
I think the biggest problem is that Disney push for themself to adapt thier old movies. Not the stories they used. Jungle Book I think changed so many things it helped it making it it´s own Movie. But everyone else are just trying to be the same but "fixing" the problem they feel there is in the movie. RaisorBlade mention that people felt Ariel was just after a man not understanding it is the whole surface world. Well I read some big singer or something going out not liking this version becuse she think it is still telling the message girls should give up everything for a man. So some are really thick headed or think they can´t think for themself. I like Aladdin but I did´t try to lie myself into being a prince to impress a princess. Or lie about myself for a girl at all. If you don´t think you can learn from a main character doing misstakes then you have unrealistic expectations of people in general. Like with Pinocchio not making him flawed in the Disney+ remake.
The only things that I like IS the sister part with Ursula. I heard that it originally is like that, Triton and Ursula are children of Poseidon. That part was a GREAT callout to the original, but the lack of sassy aunt energy from Ursula destroys that moment ;-;
As far as I know, in the book, Ursula was related to Triton. Whether or not it a brother/sister I don't remember. But that change is not a bad one in hindsight. Sidenote: How's your day been, Raisorblade?
I just wish they make NEW movies ABOUT these minorities. You’ve done it before, Disney. They’re called “Princess & The Frog” and “Moana”, and they’re both really good. Still haven’t seen “Encanto” though.
Funny thing is they even had a different mermaid which was originally written as black which would have made a much better candidate for a black mermaid story. Why rewrite the face and receive hate and backlash when you can stick with what’s liked.
I only have one thing i actually praised this movie for and that was Sebastian’s design, not his voice, his design. I feel like his VA wasn’t the best pic for him. But design wise is actually acceptable. Like when Disney wants to make their movies into live action, i can sorta see how making a singing crab that has a head that retracts like a snail in the original movie, would be pretty hard to emulate in live action. But regardless of design, that still doesn’t justify why they cut out the chef trying to cook him
PSA from your local black man: Y’know if Disney really cared about having black people in movies, they would adapt a movie from an actual African myth/fairy tale
Best part is that there was black mermaid myths and Disney has rights to a black mermaid they created meanly for toy lineups. They didn’t even need to make Aerial black and receive backless. They could have expanded upon characters they own and make something truly unique.
I've given up on these remakes since "Beauty and the Beast" (and technically Aladdin, which I saw part of while visiting some relatives), so I'm skipping this one. I do hope, however, that Halle Bailey will at least have better films to work on in the future. As for Ariel in the original, while I can understand some of the complaints given to her, I still think there's some genuine charm in her character. Also, the Broadway show did a much better job at expanding on Ariel's desires while also having an equal understanding with her dad and maintaining what made her likable.
@@lessismore8533 Most people that criticized Ariel felt she left her family and world behind just to live with a guy she barely knew, and felt she didn't grow as a character (i.e. wanting to live on the surface and getting that in the end without any consequence, even with Ursula's pursuit of her). I personally disagree with these issues though, since I viewed it as more like how some people want to travel to other countries and explore their culture, and may even find love there. It also helps that Ariel showed interest in the surface world long before seeing Eric. That, and Ariel contemplated on whether or not to go through Ursula's deal, as shown during the latter's song, and still showed love for her family in the end (especially her dad).
I think you need to study a little more on your Greek Mythology Raisor. It's been established for a while now that Triton and Ursula were siblings. Their father was Poseidon, Greek God of the Seas. In Greek Mythology, Triton is literally the son of Poseidon and his mother is Amphitrite, who was a Sea Nymph or Nereid. Which is where the original legend of the mermaid is said to originate from. The Trident that Triton wields was passed down to him by Poseidon and it's said that the seashell that Ursula has was given to her by him as well.
Ursula originally was Triton's sister in the first script of the 1989 animated classic but was changed to less complicate things and now this remake makes them both siblings which makes me wonder why Ursula is an octopus when all the other mermaids and merman are still humans with fish tails.
I’ve only seen two films with awkwafine (raya and the last dragon,Shang Chi and the legend of the ten rings) her song is something that insane people listen to
@@jurgen1395 She's a hack that's been in films, few are great, but, not, because of her, and, it just gets even more painfully obvious with each performance.
@@mikaelafox6106 Josh Gad needs to turn down Disney for the inevitable third Frozen film as he can actually act, lest he surely will find himself typecast, period.
I always kind of thought Ursula and Triton were siblings, maybe not as a kid but definitely as an adult, it just made sense to me somehow. Very much like Scar and Mufasa. “Why does HE get to be king?!” But yeah… the tentacles. The only thing I can think of is that Ursula did something REALLY AWFUL, like she brainwashed the humans to kill Triton’s wife or something, or nearly destroyed the sea kingdom. And so in punishment, not only did Triton banish her (to a place that’s like 20 minutes away and that his daughter finds with little trouble, but okay)… BUT he also used his staff thing to turn Ursula from a mermaid into an octopus. Maybe Octopi are just gross to them, or Ursula was afraid of octopi. Who knows.
@@nicholassims9837 omg right?! Instead of Sally Field as their random governess. Pat Carroll was still alive, she even voiced Ursula in Dreamlight Valley. I bet she would have happily done the movie.
4:34 tritons dad is posidon god of the sea and water and shit lmao Edit: oh and he made horses. Edit 2: also i find this funny but in greek mythology i could only ever find triton having one wife or lover. I find that quite funny with what theyve done in the remake lol
So I personally have no problem with Ariel being black in this movie. What I have a problem with is how some people are responding to it. It bothers me how many people are resorting to calling any who questions why Ariel is black a racist. You know that's not always going to be the case. They might not like it because they could think that Halle Bailey isn't a good fit for her or etc. It just seems extremely spiteful to accuse someone of being racist just because of that. Could you imagine if The Princess and The Frog came out today and people started accusing others of being racist just because they thought the movie was bad. It's the same thing as those left wing numbskulls who thought that anyone who gave Black Panther a bad review racist. It's so fucking stupid. I just wanted to get that off my chest.
There there is a deleted scene where are Ursula and Triton siblings in the original haven't watch the movie yet but I know every watch the remake yet it's also at Broadway musical when they are siblings too so it makes sense for them to be related going to make them siblings but the remake is still probably bad
Thinking about it, if they were gonna have Ursula be related to Triton, why not have where she’s his step sister or maybe his adopted sister? It could explain her not being able to become ruler of the sea and Ursula and Triton not being on the best of terms. That would honestly make more sense and this is coming from someone who hasn’t seen the remake yet.
Maybe because I grew up watching a million versions of Alice and Wonderland, Cinderella and Peter Pan from all generations (and every musical out there is always redone a hundred times), I don’t get what the fuss about reinterpreting stories in new ways is. I liked having Ella Enchanted, Brandys Cinderella, and Disneys trilogy on my shelf as a kid. I liked having Hook and Disneys Peter Pan and Tinker Bell too. Redoing the same stories over and over again is human nature, as is rewatching. It’s basically all we do. Disney may be soulless and a cash grabbing company (movie studios under Capitalism tend to be), but I think Halle really embodies the innocent, curious nature of Ariel (FAR better than Emma Watson managed to embody Belle (plus Halle can actually sing), so this is imho going to be treasured on the shelves of many little girls/kids for decades to come. Maybe not grown men tho.
That's understandable, and a good point you've made as well! However, the difference between this and something like Hook or Brandy's Cinderella is that there's no passion behind it. Disney remakes are products, not movies. And I don't want little girls to value a product over art.
That's not the problem. The live action Disney remakes cause so much drama because besides the visuals, it's nearly the exact same story but blander. And it's too frequent & unnecessary. People want Disney to make more purely animationed movies🤷♀️. Humans tell the same stories time & time again, but that's not an excuse. Like you said, people usually reinterpret the story in ways that are different (and really, it's more like tropes are reused, because I can think of many plots that are pretty original, most coming from different countries & small creators) if you look, you'll notice it's really only these remakes that cause a fuss. Most of the remakes you listed are also liked by the same people who dislike this one or any of the recent ones (at least from what I've heard). I haven't seen kids be hyped about any other Disney remake yet, but idk. Unless they've never seen the original. Some people are too serious, but don't act like it's only men when it's not.
That's because those movies are good. These are just ugly, copy paste movies that are changed to be more modern and political. Alot of the actors they cast can't even sing. Do you think that sounds fun?
I don’t agree Halle captures Ariel at all unless you mean HER version of Ariel, she didn’t remind me of Jodi Bensons Ariel at all except maybe the singing on the beach scene. But hey that’s just voice. Acting counts too. Her acting could’ve been better
I rather watch the Stand By Me Doraemon movies that are currently on Netflix than this! No seriously, why the f**k is everyone sleeping on those movies? JUST GIVE THEM A CHANCE, AND YOU SHOULD TOO!
That intro with Ramses' Curse is perfection! But you know this remake is shit when Halle Bailey and Melissa McCarthy actually have amazing acting and singing performances unlike the rest. I'd rather play KH2 with Atlantica once I give this treachery a go, but reminder that no one should watch these live action remakes anymore. If they make terrible reimaginings of Disney movies you grew up with, ignore them altogether so it would be a likely chance the big cheese would not make these remakes anymore. So btw, a review of The Little Mermaid 2023 releasing at the end of Mermay? Neat!
Ariel’s sisters look like previous Disney princesses. You’ve got Elsa, Jasmine, Mulan, Tiana, Aurora, and Isabel from Encanto. The CGI on them is really bad. They move like marionette puppets. And why are they wearing clothes? If it’s fish scales, why does it look like Mulan mermaid is wearing a blouse with ruffled halter top straps?
I actually had a fun time with this one over the last few remakes, but then again it's another shot for shot remake. However, Halle Bailey did won me over for her take as Ariel. Looks like this year, it might be her biggest year yet!!!
[Shrug] Maybe Aeriel's mom was a shapeshifter and the kids looks like what she looked like at the moment. Or I guess Tritent could be a shapeshifter too in this case. Which would explain Ursula as his sister. Whatever.
Hi raisorblade, just wanted to say that since the first movie, ursula and triton have been hinted as for those two to be siblings...and by the musical, it was placed that they are siblings...
I like Akwafina, but yeah that Scuttle rap was insanely cringe. You literally had Daveed Diggs, the lead singer of clipping, on the cast, but gave the rap to Awkafina? Really?!
You got guts, I despise her, but, what I despise even more is the fact that the industry stubbornly refuses to admit that she's a lost cause, and, that's awful.
@Matthew Daley I never really got why so many people hated Awkwafina. Like She's not amazing, but she's decently funny. She was good in Oceans 8 and Redfield, and was one of the few tolerable parts of Crazy Rich Asians.
@@jeremyusreevu237 They hated the fact that Hollywood treated her like genuine talent when she was tolerable at best, insufferable at worst, overexposure also didn't help.
@@matthewdaley746 Fair. I haven't really seen that much Awkwafina stuff, so the overexposure thing didn't really affect me, and I'm not going to act like she's above critique. I just think she's perfectly fine.
@@jeremyusreevu237 That's a realistic assessment, but, also an optimistic one, if audiences feel they're being forced to love somebody, their reaction's decidedly bad.
I mean I always saw the original Ariel as empowered. She always marched to the beat of her own drum. She always was fascinated about human life, always went off on her own adventures, and regardless about what Sebastian and her Dad told her, continued to do so because it made her happy. She was already independent and headstrong. Maybe not as much as Jasmine or Belle, but to say she wasn’t empowered or making her own decisions about her life is just not true. Need I remind you that her decisions drive the narrative of the original movie OR that she saves Eric’s life at least three times? Eric was just a catalyst for her to go up to the surface.
Yes I get she's not very smart when it comes to said decisions but 1. She's 16. That's the prime age of stupidity and 2. More importantly, they were HER decisions. You cannot tell me that Ariel has no agency in the original movie when she always goes after her dreams and what she wants. Even when Sebastian tries to convince her to go back on the first day and she seems so sad when he tries, he understands fully that that would be going against what she wants.
The team behind this movie and Halle herself completely misunderstand this character and it's really annoying to read interviews about them "fixing Ariel" and "giving her her power back." Lady with all the flaws with Ariel, her power being undermined was NOT one of them.
Halle quite literally cleared what she meant about changing the perspective. My god it’s insufferable to see people complain about this without actually going out to see what she has said
@@via3155 I've read all of her interviews. It's pretty much the same perspective over and over. And furthermore that's not even the main point of what I was saying. I have nothing against Halle and I hope she has a great career with this and the Color Purple. But like it's very clear the people behind this movie missed the point of what made the original special.
@@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343 she’s stated many times that Ariel was never only focused on just being with Eric, however her love for Eric did talk center stage while her infatuation for the human world took a backseat and it’s what led to many people to have this misconception about her character which the live adaptation never even wanted to give that breathing. If you read all her interviews you would know she quite literally says that.
@@via3155 I'm not even talking about that particular interview as stated in my original comment.
@@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343 then what interview are you referring to because she has made it abundantly clear from the controversy and backlash she got from this that she’s aware that Ariel never was only focused on Eric however there was a lot of breathing room for narrative to grow and the live adaptation doesn’t even give it space.
At first I thought they got rid of Chef Louis because he was offensive to French chefs, but now I see they needed more screen time for Awkwafina's rap. 😢
Has any French chef ever been offended by that??? 😅
That’s the ridiculous woke culture, think everything is offensive without considering the actual people shown
The flick is over an hour longer than the original isn't it?!
Honestly you think they’d do justice to Louis’s comedy kitchen battle against Sebastian in live action? A sad cut but maybe for the best they skip ruining it here.
That's just lame pure lame. No Chef Louis hurts this movie hard Heck the stage version has him and made it better. Her voice singing is just nails on a chalk board.
@@annas4843 Not really!
I mean, yes, the French accent is exaggerated and stereotypical.
However, Rene Auberjonois, the voice of Chef Louis, has some French ancestry and had lived in France for a short time after World War II before moving back to the States.
Remember how in original Eric was the one who killed Ursula with the ship? Remember how that was one of the main reasons why Ariel's father let her marry him because he saw Eric risk his life for her? Remember how Triton learnet to trust humans again because of that? Disney production sure didn't
this comment sums up everything wrong about this movie.
When I saw the original Little Mermaid from the 80s, I didn’t see actors. I saw Ariel and the other characters. When I saw the trailer for this remake, I see actors dressing up for Halloween.
And i also don’t understand the logic behind the fact the bird… i forgot what it was called… was changed from a seagull cause that’s what it was in the original, and is more hatable than funny, and probably what disappointed me the most despite it not having that big of an impact on the story, they completly cut out the chef that tried to cook Sebastian
@@inaciosthirdstudioagreed
To be fair, the 2007 Broadway show had Ariel kill Ursula (albeit by smashing her conch shell).
I don’t like the change of Ariel not having to sign a contract, and Ursula making Ariel forget the deal. Ariel made a bad choice and realized too late.
With her forgetting the deal, she doesn’t have any real agency, or goal. She’s just wondering around the surface.
Oh also Scuttle being a diving bird means the Ariel never visited the surface. She never broke the rules, which is the entire reason the plot happens
I had the feeling that they scrapped a ton of tension from the movie with Arielle losing her memories of the deal
You know how this movie could’ve worked? By adapting the original dark fairytale story, That way it wouldn’t of mattered that Ariel was black. However, because this is a remake of something Disney did before that’s why fans of the original film or upset that Disney is changing it’s own history. The 2009 “Princess and the frog” was received very positively because even though Tiana was black the story has never been done before and therefore something new and entertaining was given to us.
Are you insane? A lot of people were using danish culture to undermine Halle being casted in this Role. You think a direct adaptation of the Hans christen Anderson tale wouldn’t get her backlash for being a black woman playing the role of “the little mermaid”……oh my god you people are fucking tone deaf idiots
Why couldn’t many Disney remakes stay faithful to the original stories to the movies they remake based on like Jungle Book 2016
The Princes and the Frog is based on a book.
@@briana8088 yeah, one that Disney has never tackled before. So having Tiana be black with a modern-day twist on the story was refreshing.
Lion king was a scene for scene remake and people hated it. People are going to complain regardless of anything Disney would’ve created. that’s why I barely listen to the negative Nancy’s. Most of the complainers are just mad at this current remake because they’re flabbergasted that a mega corporation that catered to people that looks like them for decades have decided to be more inclusive and aren’t treating those entitled narcissistic a******* like the end all be all. 🤷🏾♂️
I think I heard that Ursula being Triton's sister he banished was an idea for the animated film but they didn't use, because I guess it didn't make any difference.
Also....why does Disney want people to hate Scuttle? As a kid, he was my second favorite character next to Sebastian, and I'd be willing to like this version since she's at least visually interesting compared to the undersea animals, but they give her an obnoxious song.
It was apparently better implemented in the stage play version. they even gave her a second song to expand on it. WHY Disney didn't include that so the addition makes more sense is beyond me.
Scar being Mufasa's brother actually has a point to it. It was part of his motivation to kill Mufasa and Simba since he would be the only one left to inherit the throne. Ursula being Triton's sister adds nothing to the movie
@@homecruz7743 Maybe it makes sense if she was a mermaid who looked like Vanessa. Then he cursed her with the trident into having octopus tentacles instead.
Not only that but the way she acts like an idiot is so annoying throughout the movie because she’s just a more annoying version of Dory. And one thing i don’t understand is why they changed it from being a seagull to whatever bird it is now
@@purgeblueThey changed him into an alcatraz, wich is a sea bird, that also lives in coasts like the seagulls do
I'm not surprised it wasn't good. To think Lin Manuel Miranda, who wrote Hamilton and Encanto's songs, wrote that awful scuttle song. Ursula, being Tritant's sister, was in the original script and included in the Broadway stage version. I loved you talking about the representation plus. Love your work.
Disney is over-saturating LMM and I’m worried it’s going to impact his career and favorability. They need to give him a few movies off so folks can miss him and his musical style/ability.
This movie was not terrific, but it wasn't terrible either. And quite frankly, I hate it when people call movies cash grabs or say they have no soul, because that is an insult to the actors, the writers, etc, involved with the film.
@@bluethunder250 WTF cares? The role of the actors, writers, etc is to give soul to an economic protect. It's their fault
@@Gabry4777 I CARE!!
@@bluethunder250 about what? Peoplr giving fault to the ones deserving it?
The Triton/Ursula relation makes even less sense when you take into consideration the novel that explains Ursula's backstory and how she became a villain (because of course Triton is the one who made her evil). Apparently, merfolk can decide what bottom half they want and Triton disliked Ursula because she chose tentacles over a fish tail - so much so that he turned her into a human and cast her away to wash up on shore to be raised by humans (he literally kicked her out of the ocean over a fashion choice).
God Damn, if I got exiled over a fashion choice I would be evil too because who the hell does that?
Interesting! I did not know that! Where can I find the novel? Thanks for sharing. 😀
That courage the cowardly dog bit at the beginning was brilliant. 😂
Nice opening
This absolutely sucks. The cgi creatures look awful, They completely butchered Scuttle, and they tried way to hard to change Ariel. This film should just go jump in the ocean and turn to sea foam like Ariel in the original fairy tale.
@@matthewdaley746 Wait, wasn't Scuttle a dude in the original? Why is Awkwafina voicing... never mind. It's because of "diversity", isn't it?
@@unknownchoujin1436 Probably because Disney remembered that they had Awkwafina voiced Sisu in Raya and the Last Dragon and they said “Let’s have her voice another character associated with water for the funny.”
@@zeldagameryt4018 I don't mind Awkwafina, she's a decent actress, I guess. But I don't understand what goes through the empty skulls of Disney executives. She just doesn't fit with this movie or the character of Scuttle, tbh.
@@unknownchoujin1436Scuttle was a dude in the original, and apparently they thought it was a good idea to not make it a seagull like he was in the original movie, i don’t understand the changes to a talking animal like this
Fun fact: This is the same girl who said animation is for kids.
To be fair, that was the academy that made them say that.
@@AJ-xc4qe Don't care. She said that WITH HER OWN MOUTH.
@@AnimationFanboy2k4 So your just gonna pour hate on her?
@@marshmallowfluff2nd413so the girl is just a brainless piece of meat who says anything as long as they throw some dollars on her?
@@marshmallowfluff2nd413they were exposing her not hating.
The Idea that Triton and Ursula are Siblings, was originally planned for the Movie but was then cut. It was however reused in the stage show and some Novels, so this Remake wasn't the first time to use that.
Though it did ultimately prove why that idea was cut in the first place
The question that the original Little Mermaid answers is this: What is best for Ariel?
Ariel and Triton spend the whole movie at odds with this question.
Ariel's arc is that she matures. The wedding scene for Ariel, hugging her dad with tears in her eyes, is her "thank you" moment, her visually grown up, her "I understand you father, I understand that everything you do is to protect me and do what is best for me" moment.
The real "arc" is Triton. What changed is Triton realized what was best for Ariel. Not to be under the sea.
In this way, Ariel was right. But that doesn't make her a poorly written character.
In a story, a main character is either proven to be wrong and changes themselves, or the main character is proven to be right and the world around them changes or external characters change (Hiccup in How to Train Your Dragon is an example of this).
Characters can fumble and go about things the wrong way but in the end every good movie will demonstrate a clear message and theme. Every good movie will answer their question.
This is everything that the current writers have no concept of. The movie was reimagined for *m0dErN aUdiEnCeS* who don’t care about silly little things like plot, settings, or character arcs. They care about girl boss moments, diversity, loud singing with too many runs, and the importance of why Ariel don’t need no man. It’s sad, really.
@@mikaelafox6106so true on that “too many runs part” lol
@@lessismore8533 thank you! I've watched the remake a couple of times now, and I can only like it when I think of it as a whole new mermaid story that has nothing to do with OG Ariel.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame musical is amazing; if they go darker and do a remake based on that, it will be a winner (the additional songs are incredible, and they fixed the issues with the gargoyles)!!!
If there is one thing they have to do in order to even make the Hunchback of Notre Dame likeable is to not completly ruin Frollo and Esmeralda
@@purgeblue They just need to commit. The decided that 2D and 3D is for kids, and live action was for adults... So treat us like an adult audience and let it reflect in the script. Make Esmeralda Romani (in the book she was a white woman who had been stolen by the Romani people; so this should probably be updated to remove the stereotype of baby-stealing travelers). Make Frollo's brother Quasimodo's father. Have the death of innocent people to make the point.
I don’t mind the change where Ursula and triton are Brother and sister because it was originally supposed to be in the animated film wow really does say something when Disney reuses their old ideas but I do agree they nothing with idea
I triple dog dare Disney to give the Live Action treatment to The Black Cauldron and Pocahontas
This movie is honestly just offensive to all the people who created the 1989 original Little Mermaid movie and made it to be such an iconic and beloved Disney film. If they really wanted to pay respects to the original creators of these characters and the story they would have not completely messed with the song lyrics of several of the songs that the original songwriters put their hearts and souls into and changed extremely pivotal plot points of the movie like Eric defeating Ursula and saving Ariel.
People hand drew all of the bubbles in the OG movie. All of them. And here there’s nary a bubble in sight.
When you said Ariel experiences no arc in the original, she just wants something for herself and gets it, I was reminded of a past comment from somewhere else. Ariel wasn't the one with the character arc, Eric was. Because Eric wanted the perfect girl, the girl with a beautiful singing voice who saved his life. But over time, he loses that fantasy of perfection and falls in love with Ariel, the silent sweetheart he has a lot of fun with. And I just love the fact that they both save each other multiple times in the animated ending. They work together and love each other.
Actually, Ariel isn't the character with the arc. It's King Triton (and Sabastain, too). Ariel didn't need to change or have a character arc because her want to to go to the surface because she sees humans as good people while Triton (and Sabastain) see humans as dangerous. So, Ariel's need is to stay away from humans. But, in the end, Ariel was proven right and Triton was mistaken. The surface is where she belongs and not all humans are bad (However, she did strike a deal with Ursula and put everyone in danger. We all make mistakes. But, we need to learn and grow from our mistakes. IDK. Is it really worth getting so angry over?).
I wouldn't be surprised if the Government uses the "Skuttlebutt" song as a new torture method.
Awkwafina's so absolutely torturous.
Wish they had kept it as Eric killing ursula
Exactly, in the Broadway musical, Ursula is Trition’s sister…
Just like the case of Pinocchio Remakes , in the Remakes he portrayed as a OP wood puppet that can save himself while he being imprisoned by a puppeteer without the help of the fairy
So what’s the purpose of the fairy for being involved of the story ?
Ariel can swim to the surface while she transformed into human for the first time so what’s the purpose of her friends ?
Disney is making some mistake at writing a character here
Its not to be wise for Heroes character to portrayed as Miss Perfect or Mr Perfect
Because it will erase an element of struggle and development of the heroes which is an important element of the Hero character
If a Hero just simply portrayed as Mr or Ms Perfect in a story all the time , of course audience can get bored easily
I will never forget when my mom forced me to go out to watch this at the theater, right as the prince was thrown into the water. A little boy shouted breaking the silence from across the mostly empty auditorium.
"He drowned!"
I almost pissed myself with laughter
'The princess and the frog' did the black princess thing before
I swear its like Disney is trying to self sabotage themselves
They're destroying themselves.
Never saw the movie, but i predicted that there was going to be a little mermaid remake like years ago! And what do you know? It unsurprisingly came true
That Courage the Cowardly Dog intro was perfect.
I agree
Mulan: I am the worst Disney live-action remake!
Pinocchio: Hold my root beer!
Little Mermaid: No, hold my dinglehopper!
You are seriously saying that THIS is worse than Mulan & Pinocchio with your full chest? Really?
Mulan is the worst because it's horrible, boring, bad camera, gets Chinese folklore wrong, and of course the real life controversy
Beauty And The Beast: Hold my grey stuff
I still regret for making my dad pay the tickets to watch Mulan 2020
Dear Disney, STOP!
Really, at this point aside from THAT song I don’t know what to say about these remakes that hasn’t been said before. Disney has just really stopped trying at this point
Your complaints about Kiss the Girl hit the nail right on the head.
There was never a controversy because the context made sense.
So how do they rectify a non controversy? By being disingenuous and make their own controversy.
They change the context of the film to make it problematic just for the film to virtue signal and fix it themselves. You solved a non issue by making it an issue just so you can fix it. "See! We changed it so we're right!" - The Filmmakers Probably
Shills: THIS MOVIE IS AMAZING AND IF YOU DON'T THINK SO, YOU'RE A RACIST!
Me: No, I just hate Disney live action remakes and performative diversity that you keep shilling for.
Can't wait for you to tear this apart!
Took the words right out of my mouth
You’re blind if you haven’t seen the awful racist comments online. And let those of us who love the movie enjoy it. I’m not a shill, I enjoy a movie with pleasing scenes and beautiful music. And I hate the people screaming about forced diversity, Halle has more talent in her pinky than any of you who post have in your entire families.
@@moubalisalisa6317 Yeah well I've written fanfics that are better than the remake.
What's a Shills?
@@meta527II A Shill is someone who is blindly convinced that any product is good and tries to convince others that said product is worth their time or money.
Wasn't the whole "Ursula being related to Ariel/Triton" thing a big theory/headcanon fans had regarding the original Little Mermaid movie? If so, I can see why they would run with that for the remake... not that it was particularly executed well... but I at least understand the logic behind that choice
It was cut content from the original animated film, apparently. which was better implemented in the stage play where they even added a new song.
Honestly, I'm so burned out with these remakes that I'm not gonna see this one. I wish that Hallie's talent was used on a much better project
I wish to mention a curtain live action remake that's actually great, if not better, but unfortunately, someone finds it as an offensive insult to Disney's swan song. Is not like casual disney fans can have different tastes to die hard
@@Maretoast Yeah, I did enjoy the live musical version because it adds good changes from the Musical adaptation And the original film. Something that the Lion King remake should have done imo
@silly goober Good. Save your money
Halle should just stick to music cause acting ain't her talent at all
4:05 nearly gave me a HEART ATTACK 🤣
Finally somebody agrees with me this remake sucked. Can't believe critics gave it a pass? It's like these days movies will just pull out the nostalgia card and not even try and everybody will love it? The original 1989 Little Mermaid is the only good Little Mermaid movie we'll ever get!
After this, I suspect RaisorBlade's review is more entertaining than the movie itself. As improbable as it seems, a Disney live action remake may just surprise us someday. Having said that, I'm certain that Bambi and Robin Hood are doomed on account of Disney's misguided obsession with photorealism.
Edit: For the record, The Little Mermaid (2023) was so bad, I couldn't finish it when I rented it on DVD.
Ursala being Triton's sister could have worked. Just make her adopted and because she wasn't royal by blood she was always ignored by the family while Triton was seen as a golden child by their parents and that's why she hates him and wants to ruin his life.
Funny (and ironic) that a movie that supposedly started Disney’s golden age can also bring them into the dark ages.
(Also, the whole racist thing for not saying the movie is bad is the equivalent of what happen to Ghostbusters 2016.)
I figured you didn't like but that's fine i found it decent.
Year late
It was awful
“Except for ‘Scuttlebutt,’” that sh** was cancer” 😂😅
Your beef with Awkwafina is more extreme then your beef with the nine realms😂😂
I agree with him regarding Awkwafina, I absolutely can’t stand her.
It's really justified unquestionably.
@@natefontana5757 I absolutely abhor enabilization.
@@matthewdaley746 Idk what enabilization means
@@natefontana5757 Unjustifiably promoting undeserving actors.
I still have faith in Disney, but yeah this didn’t need to exist.
I wish I still had faith, I'm jealous of you. I miss Disney. :(
2:05 Hey RaisorBlade, isn't that what Princess Tiana already was from The Princess & The Frog back in 2009?
That film was the last gasp for 2D animation, and, yet another sign that whenever something progressive occurs, it's usually because the movement has already ended.
6:57 - 8:14 Awkwafina and Lin Manuel-Miranda sat down and decided to give all the kids in the movie theater some trauma.
I love the little mermaid when I was young and the remake didn’t just enrage me, it disappoint me.
Also, I’d like to remind everyone that Sebastian in this movie is a type of ghost crab. This is significant because ghost crabs cannot live under the sea because otherwise they will FUCKING DROWN.
No one wants to go under the sea
Great video! I do question race swapping characters who have been icons for decades, but I agree with everything I this video! Little Mermaid has been one of my favorites and they have turned it into the worst, unemotional, empty, dark, terrifying nightmare, and toxic fan experience I've ever seen! Was hoping it wouldn't get this bad with Disney, but here we are!
Yes like he said there’s room for new black princesses but NOT through race swapping. Ariel was already taken. It’s not fair to OG Ariel fans
You get a like and sub for that, "BODY LANGUAAGGGEEE!" baha
The best dub ever
I KNEW IT! I knew this would happen! Just as bad as Mulan! And people say Home on the Range is Alan Menken's worst movie. Well not anymore, because this makes Home on the Range look like the Prince of Egypt!
1989 Little Mermaid: Beginning of the Disney Renaissance
2023 Little Mermaid: Beginning of the Disney Suicide
HOTR committed The Eighth Deadly Sin by wasting Bonnie Raitt, that was just one more log on the inferno of offenses it performed, wretched.
I never got how Home on the Range was THAT bad. Its not Disney's best at all, but people make it sound Disney Renaissance sequel bad or worse. D:
@@plantlady42069 Expectations absolutely obliterated it.
The idea of Triton and Ursula being siblings was actually going to be used in the 1989 little mermaid but I guess the writers decided not to add it. In this movie though they say they’re siblings but literally never explain anything. Why the hell is Ursula a Squid and triton a merman? If they’re supposed to be blood related. We don’t get any flash back scenes or anything to really explain the history of the 2 characters. And why the hell is Eric adopted now? If he’s adopted that literally means he’s illegitimate and is technically no longer a prince! All they had to do was cast a white woman to play his mother and leave out all the adoption bullshit. They had to take away Eric’s masculinity in this film and he literally doesn’t do anything. Doesn’t save Ariel from Ursula, and of course Disney decides to make Ariel a girl boss who somehow despite never been on a ship somehow knows how to steer a ships wheel with no legs? Tf?
Every time i hear that Scuttlebutt song, all i can think of is JRoc from Trailer Park Boys doing that "awah!" booty thing and now i just imagine how funny it would be if JRoc was Scuttle.
Disney already has a black Disney Princess
Princess Tiana
So, the whole "We need more black Disney Princesses" arguement means nothing to me
I think the biggest problem is that Disney push for themself to adapt thier old movies. Not the stories they used.
Jungle Book I think changed so many things it helped it making it it´s own Movie. But everyone else are just trying to be the same but "fixing" the problem they feel there is in the movie. RaisorBlade mention that people felt Ariel was just after a man not understanding it is the whole surface world. Well I read some big singer or something going out not liking this version becuse she think it is still telling the message girls should give up everything for a man.
So some are really thick headed or think they can´t think for themself. I like Aladdin but I did´t try to lie myself into being a prince to impress a princess. Or lie about myself for a girl at all. If you don´t think you can learn from a main character doing misstakes then you have unrealistic expectations of people in general. Like with Pinocchio not making him flawed in the Disney+ remake.
The Raisor MerBlade!🧜♂️🧜♀️🐠🦀
Oh I love that courage the cowardly dog reference
Peter Pan and Wendy looks like an art house film compare to the little mermaid 2023
6:58 oh god its scuttle!
Worse it's Awkwafina horrible.
According to the guide to merfolk tie in book of this remake there’s a prehistoric whale in this continuity.
The only things that I like IS the sister part with Ursula. I heard that it originally is like that, Triton and Ursula are children of Poseidon. That part was a GREAT callout to the original, but the lack of sassy aunt energy from Ursula destroys that moment ;-;
As far as I know, in the book, Ursula was related to Triton. Whether or not it a brother/sister I don't remember. But that change is not a bad one in hindsight.
Sidenote: How's your day been, Raisorblade?
10:58 Remaking Hunchback & especially at 11:03 Oh FUCK RIGHT OFF DISNEY, LMFAO!😂🤣🥸
Seriously, they shouldn't even touch that movie, THEY'RE INCAPABLE....
Remaking Hunchback is gonna be extra terrible considering the themes and topics in that film
The moment the trailer was made I knew you were going to make this video
I just wish they make NEW movies ABOUT these minorities. You’ve done it before, Disney. They’re called “Princess & The Frog” and “Moana”, and they’re both really good. Still haven’t seen “Encanto” though.
Funny thing is they even had a different mermaid which was originally written as black which would have made a much better candidate for a black mermaid story.
Why rewrite the face and receive hate and backlash when you can stick with what’s liked.
I only have one thing i actually praised this movie for and that was Sebastian’s design, not his voice, his design. I feel like his VA wasn’t the best pic for him. But design wise is actually acceptable. Like when Disney wants to make their movies into live action, i can sorta see how making a singing crab that has a head that retracts like a snail in the original movie, would be pretty hard to emulate in live action. But regardless of design, that still doesn’t justify why they cut out the chef trying to cook him
Ursula was always tritans sister
She used to rule the ocean at on point according to her in the original
PSA from your local black man: Y’know if Disney really cared about having black people in movies, they would adapt a movie from an actual African myth/fairy tale
Best part is that there was black mermaid myths and Disney has rights to a black mermaid they created meanly for toy lineups.
They didn’t even need to make Aerial black and receive backless. They could have expanded upon characters they own and make something truly unique.
Diversity doesn't mean profit diversity means critic shield.
Whenever clips from this film are shown I try to increase the brightness on my computer. 😂
I've given up on these remakes since "Beauty and the Beast" (and technically Aladdin, which I saw part of while visiting some relatives), so I'm skipping this one. I do hope, however, that Halle Bailey will at least have better films to work on in the future.
As for Ariel in the original, while I can understand some of the complaints given to her, I still think there's some genuine charm in her character. Also, the Broadway show did a much better job at expanding on Ariel's desires while also having an equal understanding with her dad and maintaining what made her likable.
What complaints did she get?
@@lessismore8533 Most people that criticized Ariel felt she left her family and world behind just to live with a guy she barely knew, and felt she didn't grow as a character (i.e. wanting to live on the surface and getting that in the end without any consequence, even with Ursula's pursuit of her). I personally disagree with these issues though, since I viewed it as more like how some people want to travel to other countries and explore their culture, and may even find love there. It also helps that Ariel showed interest in the surface world long before seeing Eric. That, and Ariel contemplated on whether or not to go through Ursula's deal, as shown during the latter's song, and still showed love for her family in the end (especially her dad).
I think you need to study a little more on your Greek Mythology Raisor. It's been established for a while now that Triton and Ursula were siblings. Their father was Poseidon, Greek God of the Seas. In Greek Mythology, Triton is literally the son of Poseidon and his mother is Amphitrite, who was a Sea Nymph or Nereid. Which is where the original legend of the mermaid is said to originate from. The Trident that Triton wields was passed down to him by Poseidon and it's said that the seashell that Ursula has was given to her by him as well.
I always knew they would underplay the destruction of the grotto. I saw it coming a continent away.
I'm calling it! Disney will ruin "Hell Fire"!
Ursula originally was Triton's sister in the first script of the 1989 animated classic but was changed to less complicate things and now this remake makes them both siblings which makes me wonder why Ursula is an octopus when all the other mermaids and merman are still humans with fish tails.
I’ve only seen two films with awkwafine (raya and the last dragon,Shang Chi and the legend of the ten rings) her song is something that insane people listen to
Not nearly as insane as the studio execs that keep giving her work, it's past time to cut the cord while our collective sanity remains intact.
@@matthewdaley746 what
@@jurgen1395 She's a hack that's been in films, few are great, but, not, because of her, and, it just gets even more painfully obvious with each performance.
She shouldn’t have been in this movie since she already voice acted for the dragon in the Raya movie. That’s like casting Josh Gad as Flounder.
@@mikaelafox6106 Josh Gad needs to turn down Disney for the inevitable third Frozen film as he can actually act, lest he surely will find himself typecast, period.
honestly the best take that i heard about this movie so far
From what I heard the Ursula being tridents sister was from the Broadway show
11:04 I can't wait for them make every so kid friendly we don't need a mature story
I haven’t seen the original but why did they remove chef Lewis the Lewis fans are mad
I always kind of thought Ursula and Triton were siblings, maybe not as a kid but definitely as an adult, it just made sense to me somehow. Very much like Scar and Mufasa. “Why does HE get to be king?!”
But yeah… the tentacles. The only thing I can think of is that Ursula did something REALLY AWFUL, like she brainwashed the humans to kill Triton’s wife or something, or nearly destroyed the sea kingdom. And so in punishment, not only did Triton banish her (to a place that’s like 20 minutes away and that his daughter finds with little trouble, but okay)…
BUT he also used his staff thing to turn Ursula from a mermaid into an octopus. Maybe Octopi are just gross to them, or Ursula was afraid of octopi. Who knows.
I strongly think Ursula should have been in The prequel movie .
@@nicholassims9837 omg right?! Instead of Sally Field as their random governess. Pat Carroll was still alive, she even voiced Ursula in Dreamlight Valley. I bet she would have happily done the movie.
Pirates killed his wife, but maybe Ursula spell cast them into doing so.
4:34 tritons dad is posidon god of the sea and water and shit lmao
Edit: oh and he made horses.
Edit 2: also i find this funny but in greek mythology i could only ever find triton having one wife or lover. I find that quite funny with what theyve done in the remake lol
Oh, God! That fucking song! It makes "Marry the Mole" look like Bohemian Rhapsody, even though I have no problem with it.
Terrible, "song," worse, "artist."
So I personally have no problem with Ariel being black in this movie. What I have a problem with is how some people are responding to it. It bothers me how many people are resorting to calling any who questions why Ariel is black a racist. You know that's not always going to be the case. They might not like it because they could think that Halle Bailey isn't a good fit for her or etc. It just seems extremely spiteful to accuse someone of being racist just because of that.
Could you imagine if The Princess and The Frog came out today and people started accusing others of being racist just because they thought the movie was bad. It's the same thing as those left wing numbskulls who thought that anyone who gave Black Panther a bad review racist. It's so fucking stupid. I just wanted to get that off my chest.
There there is a deleted scene where are Ursula and Triton siblings in the original haven't watch the movie yet but I know every watch the remake yet it's also at Broadway musical when they are siblings too so it makes sense for them to be related going to make them siblings but the remake is still probably bad
I had no desire to see this film...
thanks for the review I can't believe they took out all the things that I actually wanted to go and see in the movie as a live-action movie
Ok if Disney is remaking hunch back they better 1) make it pg 13 and 2) cast Ed Sheeran as Quasimodo
Thinking about it, if they were gonna have Ursula be related to Triton, why not have where she’s his step sister or maybe his adopted sister? It could explain her not being able to become ruler of the sea and Ursula and Triton not being on the best of terms. That would honestly make more sense and this is coming from someone who hasn’t seen the remake yet.
They didn’t even give Vanessa’s solo song when Scuttle found o it the truth.
Maybe because I grew up watching a million versions of Alice and Wonderland, Cinderella and Peter Pan from all generations (and every musical out there is always redone a hundred times), I don’t get what the fuss about reinterpreting stories in new ways is. I liked having Ella Enchanted, Brandys Cinderella, and Disneys trilogy on my shelf as a kid. I liked having Hook and Disneys Peter Pan and Tinker Bell too. Redoing the same stories over and over again is human nature, as is rewatching. It’s basically all we do.
Disney may be soulless and a cash grabbing company (movie studios under Capitalism tend to be), but I think Halle really embodies the innocent, curious nature of Ariel (FAR better than Emma Watson managed to embody Belle (plus Halle can actually sing), so this is imho going to be treasured on the shelves of many little girls/kids for decades to come. Maybe not grown men tho.
That's understandable, and a good point you've made as well! However, the difference between this and something like Hook or Brandy's Cinderella is that there's no passion behind it. Disney remakes are products, not movies. And I don't want little girls to value a product over art.
That's not the problem. The live action Disney remakes cause so much drama because besides the visuals, it's nearly the exact same story but blander. And it's too frequent & unnecessary. People want Disney to make more purely animationed movies🤷♀️.
Humans tell the same stories time & time again, but that's not an excuse. Like you said, people usually reinterpret the story in ways that are different (and really, it's more like tropes are reused, because I can think of many plots that are pretty original, most coming from different countries & small creators) if you look, you'll notice it's really only these remakes that cause a fuss. Most of the remakes you listed are also liked by the same people who dislike this one or any of the recent ones (at least from what I've heard).
I haven't seen kids be hyped about any other Disney remake yet, but idk. Unless they've never seen the original. Some people are too serious, but don't act like it's only men when it's not.
That's because those movies are good. These are just ugly, copy paste movies that are changed to be more modern and political. Alot of the actors they cast can't even sing. Do you think that sounds fun?
I don’t agree Halle captures Ariel at all unless you mean HER version of Ariel, she didn’t remind me of Jodi Bensons Ariel at all except maybe the singing on the beach scene. But hey that’s just voice. Acting counts too. Her acting could’ve been better
I rather watch the Stand By Me Doraemon movies that are currently on Netflix than this! No seriously, why the f**k is everyone sleeping on those movies? JUST GIVE THEM A CHANCE, AND YOU SHOULD TOO!
That intro with Ramses' Curse is perfection! But you know this remake is shit when Halle Bailey and Melissa McCarthy actually have amazing acting and singing performances unlike the rest. I'd rather play KH2 with Atlantica once I give this treachery a go, but reminder that no one should watch these live action remakes anymore. If they make terrible reimaginings of Disney movies you grew up with, ignore them altogether so it would be a likely chance the big cheese would not make these remakes anymore.
So btw, a review of The Little Mermaid 2023 releasing at the end of Mermay? Neat!
Not neat, mermazing. 😂
@@mikaelafox6106 Roll credits. 😌
Ariel’s sisters look like previous Disney princesses. You’ve got Elsa, Jasmine, Mulan, Tiana, Aurora, and Isabel from Encanto. The CGI on them is really bad. They move like marionette puppets. And why are they wearing clothes? If it’s fish scales, why does it look like Mulan mermaid is wearing a blouse with ruffled halter top straps?
I actually had a fun time with this one over the last few remakes, but then again it's another shot for shot remake. However, Halle Bailey did won me over for her take as Ariel. Looks like this year, it might be her biggest year yet!!!
[Shrug] Maybe Aeriel's mom was a shapeshifter and the kids looks like what she looked like at the moment.
Or I guess Tritent could be a shapeshifter too in this case. Which would explain Ursula as his sister. Whatever.
Maybe Triton grew up to be like his father Poseidon.
Hi raisorblade, just wanted to say that since the first movie, ursula and triton have been hinted as for those two to be siblings...and by the musical, it was placed that they are siblings...
7:38 YESSA
When, "progressivism," backfires, disastrously.
Watching this right before my friends take me to go see it, pray for me
I like Akwafina, but yeah that Scuttle rap was insanely cringe. You literally had Daveed Diggs, the lead singer of clipping, on the cast, but gave the rap to Awkafina? Really?!
You got guts, I despise her, but, what I despise even more is the fact that the industry stubbornly refuses to admit that she's a lost cause, and, that's awful.
@Matthew Daley I never really got why so many people hated Awkwafina. Like She's not amazing, but she's decently funny. She was good in Oceans 8 and Redfield, and was one of the few tolerable parts of Crazy Rich Asians.
@@jeremyusreevu237 They hated the fact that Hollywood treated her like genuine talent when she was tolerable at best, insufferable at worst, overexposure also didn't help.
@@matthewdaley746 Fair. I haven't really seen that much Awkwafina stuff, so the overexposure thing didn't really affect me, and I'm not going to act like she's above critique. I just think she's perfectly fine.
@@jeremyusreevu237 That's a realistic assessment, but, also an optimistic one, if audiences feel they're being forced to love somebody, their reaction's decidedly bad.