The Little Mermaid(2023) is the Disney Live Action Remake to ever exist...
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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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.
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?
That courage the cowardly dog bit at the beginning was brilliant. 😂
Nice opening
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.
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.
I wouldn't be surprised if the Government uses the "Skuttlebutt" song as a new torture method.
Awkwafina's so absolutely torturous.
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
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
Exactly, in the Broadway musical, Ursula is Trition’s sister…
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
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
That Courage the Cowardly Dog intro was perfect.
I agree
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
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.
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.
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.
“Except for ‘Scuttlebutt,’” that sh** was cancer” 😂😅
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.
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 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?
Peter Pan and Wendy looks like an art house film compare to the little mermaid 2023
The Raisor MerBlade!🧜♂️🧜♀️🐠🦀
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.
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.
Ursula was always tritans sister
She used to rule the ocean at on point according to her in the original
Whenever clips from this film are shown I try to increase the brightness on my computer. 😂
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
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 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 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.
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.
Ok if Disney is remaking hunch back they better 1) make it pg 13 and 2) cast Ed Sheeran as Quasimodo
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
Well, it’s no “Splash: The Musical”! 😂
For those who don’t get the joke, it’s the name of a fictional Broadway musical (albeit based on a real 1984 film) that was produced by the fictional Oliver Putnam in the Hulu series “Only Murders in the Building”.
For me, the only good Live action Disney Remakes are Cinderella, The Jungle Book, Cruela and Lady and the Tramp.
In the meantime, I’d rather stick with the original while I wait to watch on Disney Plus.
To be fair, some of the changes in the 2023 live action remake such as *Ariel killing Ursula in the climax, Ariel singing about her first time on land (albeit through her inner thoughts), and Ariel’s multiracial sisters* existed in the 2007 Broadway show of the same name.
In fact, alongside “Splash”, the 2007 Broadway show is a better live action remake of “The Little Mermaid”.
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!!!
From what I heard the Ursula being tridents sister was from the Broadway show
When Spotify spammed me with I wanna be where the people are, I knew it was bad
You know that scene in Full Metal Jacket when Vincent Denafrio has gone crazy with the shotgun? Yeah that’s me every time I hear “The Scuttlebut” song. Lin Manuel Miranda should lose his Tony because of that abomination!
Alright. Who wants to see the people behind this crap turn into sea foam like in the book the original movie is based on?
I'm probably one of the few black people who care less about being represented in media since entertainment is all I really care about. If this remake was at least halfway entertaining, I could forgive some of the changes made (even though some were justified by egregious lies or completely unnecessary). Sadly it wasn't. It only generated a "meh" feeling in me compared to the original, which holds an unshakable place in my heart. It wasn't atrociously bad, but it wasn't good as a standalone movie either.
I’m black too and didn’t care either 😂
Don't forget Home on the Range for bad songs.
The fact that Disney has reverted back to making live action remakes and all the while using the same names just makes me sick to my stomach. I mean it’s like me saying: “If I name a dog Scooby, does that make HBO’s Velma better or worse?”
Hey raisorlade, what with you talking about live action remakes lately, are you making a video about the httyd remake.
I'm saying this as a vaguely-Little Mermaid Disney Adult who liked it, but still gave the movie a 6-7/10 at best. Disney didn't pick Halle due to to representation. They picked her based on merit, and then capitalized on the response from TikTok afterward. The belief that Halle got the role solely due to diversity initiatives is why so many of us think people are being racist. One of the main complaints with the other remakes like Beauty and the Beast was that they hired actors who couldn't sing and had to use autotune. The director was ready to dial it in until he watched the Grammys and saw an 18 year old girl not only performing at the ceremony, but using a similar vibrato and vocal tone to the original voice actress. He then found out she was already a Disney television/movie actress the company was happy with, a fan of the original film franchise, and a musician who could improvise appropriate changes to modernize the songs. Halle was also great with kids, good at interviews, and could sing the songs live for ceremonies. She still had to audition, and after the audition they tried to replace Halle by seeing hundreds of other actress including natural redheads. Don't you think any actress would be dying to star in this movie, just to get their name out there, even with the bad reputation of the remakes? White actresses had the chance to compete and they didn't get the role. After seeing the movie myself, as someone who even watched the TV show, Halle did an excellent job as Ariel. You could clearly read her emotions and intentions from her facial expressions even after she lost her voice. If I had one minor complaint, she didn't really do the big and goofy body movements that Sherri Stoner came up with for Ariel in the original movie. Separately, a lot of us do see similarities between Halle and Ariel, such as the small body, round face, the nervous giggles, etc. The other live action actresses don't resemble their characters, such as Lily James not looking like Cinderella; but they get passes because they're at least white. Halle should get the same pass. When people say things like "Halle should have just been Tiana", they're telling us all black women look and act the same - when Halle looks/sounds/acts far closer to Ariel than Tiana. Disney decides who Ariel is, like when they cast a latina actress in Once Upon a Time. I'm not speaking for all black people here; but a lot of black people have this same view. Stop saying Halle got the role due to representation alone. Like with the stage show, when the actors and audience told the producers they had a diverse cast, Disney's marketing team pounced.
Halle cannot act. She should have only dubbed this film😒
Zendaya could’ve been a good choice. She can act and sing. Ariel wasn’t small. She was lanky. Unless you mean slim? I didn’t like Lily James for Cinderella. She didn’t fit the role.
Despite its changes I still enjoyed this movie
One thing that gets me is that Disney thought people would pick apart Song of the South for being "racist," when this stinking movie is WAY more racist! I would know; I watched Song of the South last night, and I can tell you in no uncertain terms that it really ISN'T racist! In the meantime, this remake has fricking SISTERS in DIFFERENT RACES when in the original, they were WHITE! How is that not racist?!?
Wait wasn't Ursula already Triton's sister?
No. That was an idea they had for the original that they changed. However the sister thing was included in the Broadway show
If I wanted to watch a live-action version of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid”, I will watch “Splash” (1984) instead.
Sure, “Splash” was released by “Touchstone Pictures”, but since “Touchstone Pictures” was a LABEL created by Disney in order to release “mature content” without undermining the wholesome “Disney brand”, “Splash” still counts as a DISNEY film.
Heck, “The Little Mermaid” was initially rejected by Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg out of concern that it sounded *too similar* to “Splash”.
And well, they’re not exactly wrong about that: ua-cam.com/video/5K5_sGzckvc/v-deo.html
In fact, to avoid turning “The Little Mermaid” into an animated remake of “Splash”, the Disney animators gave Ariel *red hair* in order to distinguish herself from Daryl Hannah’s blonde mermaid character Madison from “Splash”: ua-cam.com/video/XdMMg6OSn1Q/v-deo.htmlm15s
Honestly, remaking Hunchback could actually be really cool. Ditch the annoying gargoyles. Lean into the dark and sinister overtones of the original even more. Cast people that can actually act. Unfortunately Tony Jay is not longer with us to give us another rendition of Hellfire, but I am sure there is someone out there who could do a good job. Could be freaking awesome. But of course it won't be. It's modern Disney we're talking about after all.
i got an better idea little mermaid
a black original character that likes to travel the world and swims to distant unknown lands to north where vikings exist or something
they dont speak the same language and their body language would be the focus
the viking doughters or himself lost a relic or someking of valueable item that sunk to the bottom
there weird things going on in that part of the abyss where getting a relic wont be easy
the viking king sees the item orders everyone to hold the hostility cause they see mermaids as demonic hostiles
some character villain development bla bla bla everyone gets it
but that wont make money and milk populart for cash grab who even wants to be original then remaking what people already know is cheaper and much more profitable
In the words of the Cinema Snob (Brad Jones): “If I wanted a good Little Mermaid movie, I will stick with the original movie from the 80s.”
Good thing I saw the mario movie instead when it was 1st out
“Is the Disney Live Action Remake to ever exist”
If y’all think this is bad just wait until next year. We’re getting Snow White live-action and I heard that she’s not even going to marry the Prince plus the dwarfs won’t be in the movie.
If people haven’t forgotten Peter Dinklage fussing over the dwarfs in the film already, the film needs to avoid more controversies but who cares. The film is doomed from the obvious wrong casting already.
Here's the thing: changing the main character's race but not changing anything substantial about the story isn't real representation. What you've done is tell the same "white" story with the same "white" character just with a different skin tone. Instead of making unique stories with underrepresented groups like Turning Red, Encanto, etc., what they're doing is essentially telling minorities that they best they deserve is unoriginal table scraps.
Besides, you know that Ariel will revert to being a white character when all the media attention, praise, and fan-protection is soaked up. This has happened with ALL the live-action Disney princesses. I went to Costco last month with my family, and toy section had nothing but white Ariel dolls and books. No black Ariel in sight. So even during the movie's marketing campaign, they were STILL pushing the white Ariel. Remember all the fuss about Raya being the first Southeast Asian princess? Only a year later after her movie's release and all of her praise, attention, and merchandise is GONE. It's literally just a bunch of rich white guys using minorities to push their crappy products. How on Earth is that "diversity" or "inclusive" when, after the predominantly white businessmen scoop up their profits, all mention of said "diverse character" vanish off of websites, shelves, park grounds, etc.?
Spoilers: The upcoming Hispanic Snow White movie is going to be so pandering that it's gonna make Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs look progressive by comparison. And no, it's not because of race: it's about wanting higher quality films for people of all races and fighting predatory marketing campaigns that target already venerable minorities.
(Also, I find it ironic that the same people defending Halle Bailey as Ariel were the same people who years prior were complaining that Naomi Scott was too white to play Jasmine- despite not actually being white- in the Aladdin remake and threw temper tantrums over an original white character being used in that same movie for a single scene.)
How is this a white story? And why change it just because a person of color is in the role? Like what the fuck do y’all be talking about 😭 and no one and I mean absolutely no one is focusing on Naomi Scott the same way Halle is under a microscope for taking on the role of Ariel.
@@via3155 I meant to say retelling the exact same story as Disney's 1980s animated version just with a black mermaid is NOT a substantial enough reason to remake the entire damn movie.
@@yourclairygodmother they were gonna remake the little mermaid regardless….casting Ariel as a black woman was not the reason behind this my god you people are so beyond delusional
@@via3155 Halle Bailey could be the whitest, red-headedest mermaid on the damn planet and this movie still would've been awful. And yeah, Halle Bailey isn't a good actress in the slightest so she wasn't the "best choice" for the part. Her performance aside from the songs sucked. If I wanted to see Bailey's performance, she and her sister could've done covers of the songs on UA-cam and I would've gotten more of a pleasant experience. You're so desperate to come across as "smart" or "superior" that you're fishing for gotchas that aren't even there. And "delusional?" You're defending trash Disney remakes, THAT'S delusional!
@@yourclairygodmother It’s clearly not the exact same story. If it was, Eric would be actual royalty, and there’d be a kitchen fight between Sebastian and the head chef.
Tell me what characters this far in live action had been purposely removed everyone in the comments?
Remember...Hercules will be centered around TikTok culture. And we thought Scuttlebutt was bad enough, we haven't seen true cringe yet. Also, representation like raceswap is lazy and insulting. Should ask for better representation or if you are going to raceswap, do something DIFFERENT like The Wiz's take on The Wizard of Oz.
Awkwafina is absolute cringe.
I love this movie
I ever being unfriended by Disnerd stan friend for criticizing this Remakes
I Don't mind being unfriend rather than i get the death threat mail
When someone is giving other people a death threat in order to defending a fandom , i thinks its an act of treating a fandom as a cult
Its ironic when Disney once a respected animation juggernaut in animation scene , is now betraying animation
Heck, someone unfriended me and denounced me as a racist. Why? Because I said that Halle was a talented singer with a good voice but her vocal style didn't properly convey the mood of her anthem, "Part of Your World." That was enough to make this one guy blow a gasket and call me a bigot.
So, did we all forget about the live action Disney remake of Cinderella?
My friends and I went to the movies and watch a screen of The Little Mermaid and Across the Spiderverse like immediately after. 5 hours of movie watching. Obviously we enjoyed Spiderverse more lol.
We were mostly there for Halle Bailey and we loved her performance, but we also acknowledge the fact that it's another typical Disney remake. The changes did...leave me headscratching a few times. Eric's singing voice was...slightly laughable. I admit I also did have trouble seeing the darker parts of the movie. They definitely could’ve turned up the vibrance some.
"Scuttlebutt" though...VERY cringe.
So we thought it was good or ok, but it was mostly Halle's performance we enjoyed. Really glad she took part in this role as Ariel and that Jodi Benson heavily supported her.
Just be very clear, if I wasn't before or ever, I know 100% Raisor has not a SINGLE racist objective. Not just when talking about The Little Mermaid but everything else.
The Brittle Spermaid halfbake sucks and is nothing more than a waste of time and money. Jodi Benson > Halle Bailey. #NoMoreDisneyRemakes #1989TLM 🧜🏻♀️
(Hell fire will be cut from the live action remake of hunchback) also there remaking what films hades just free the titans already
U serious? Just like how Be Prepared was originally cut from The Lion King remake, they’re also removing Hellfire? Bro 😑
@@sweetdreams1028 it’s just a guess but most likely
@@jurgen1395 wouldn’t be out of character for Disney to not include that song
I respect your opinion!
😅4:04 this !
keep doing ur thing raisor yea kinda tired of these remakes as well
This is hell…
Trition and Ursula were siblings believe it or not that was in one of the Disney villian books that came out a while ago so it already is confirmed. However, I agree with you man. I have nothing aganist people who are black but the way they changed ariel's looks doesn't sit well with me. ariel is supposed to have red hair and a cute personality and they kinda demolished it in the remake. plus, the remake felt completely soulless and the cgi was complete dogshit compared to the original.
It's honestly amazing that The Little Mermaid Remake is on par with Disney's Remake of Beauty And The Beast. I will say that race swapping Ariel is one of the many reasons why I hate The Little Mermaid Remake. Disney's orginal Little Mermaid was based off the original book written by Hans Christian Andersenin 1837 The Little Mermaid Story is based out of Denmarc. Disney's original Little Mermaid clearly takes place somewhere in The Mediterranian. Not a whole lot of Black people or Non-White people in Denmarc or The Mediterranian at that time. So yes it's clearly OK to make race a factor in one's criticism. At this point I can't wait for Disney and Marvel to make Gerard Butler The New Black Panther I'm being sarcastic they never will The Race Swaps only go in one direction
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
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.
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).
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 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
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
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. 😀
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.
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.
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!
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
@@andreafraustoz 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
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.
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
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
I figured you didn't like but that's fine i found it decent.
Wish they had kept it as Eric killing ursula
I swear its like Disney is trying to self sabotage themselves
They're destroying themselves.
Dear Disney, STOP!
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
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
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.
I triple dog dare Disney to give the Live Action treatment to The Black Cauldron and Pocahontas
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.
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.)
Just another waste of time of these live action disney movies
I DESPISE these remakes
90% of these are just awful
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?).
'The princess and the frog' did the black princess thing before
I love the little mermaid when I was young and the remake didn’t just enrage me, it disappoint me.