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Disney’s The Little Mermaid (2023)
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All right, I’ve seen it, so let’s do this.
PROS:
- I have some problems with Ariel in this movie, but Halle Bailey ain’t one of ‘em. I mean, good lord. Not only is her singing as beautiful as expected, but her vocal impression of Jodi Benson from the original movie is phenomenal. If you hadn’t seen either movie and just heard audio files of the two back to back, it would be exceedingly difficult to pick out which was which, that’s how spot-on Bailey is with her performance. And even when Ariel is mute, Bailey never fails with her facial expressions, which continue to convey her lovable personality. You totally believe her to be Ariel because she totally believes herself to be Ariel; the sincerity that she exudes is proof of just how committed to doing this iconic character justice she was.
- Luca Paguro himself, Jacob Tremblay, was perfect castling for the voice of Flounder. 
- While I hate everything else about him, I love King Triton’s design and general vibe. He’s less of a traditional king and more of a Poseidon-like god, and that’s a cool take on him.
- The shark attack sequence. I especially liked the new way that Ariel outsmarts the shark. 
- "Part of Your World", both how the scene is staged and, of course, Halle Bailey’s singing. 
- "For the First Time". Again, it’s a Halle Bailey song. You can’t go wrong there.
- Noma Dumezweni as Queen Selina, Eric’s adoptive mother. As pointless as this character was from a story standpoint, I thought that Dumezweni sold it with her performance. 
- Art Malik as Grimsby. I totally bought his fatherly concern and affection for Eric.
- Once they’re finally allowed to start bonding after needlessly putting it off to pad out the runtime some more, Ariel and Eric’s chemistry is on point, especially in the dancing scene.
- Jodi Benson’s cameo as a merchant who gives Ariel a fork. Unexpected and delightful. 
- From the second half of “Poor Unfortunate Souls” and all through the second half of the movie, Melissa McCarthy is suddenly good as Ursula. She’s no Pat Carroll, of course, but she finally has the bombast and intimidation factor down which she was lacking in before.
- Jessica Alexander as Vanessa, who owned those two-or-so minutes she was on screen.
- Before the way it ended I was enjoying the climax. King Triton being straight-up killed rather than turned into a polyp was a genuine shock, and gigantic Ursula was utterly terrifying.
CONS:
- The opening scene is awful. Rather than that epic shot of Eric’s ship coming out of the fog with the music blaring, we get what looks to be a mermaid (actually a dolphin) swimming underwater as whimsical music plays, only for it to get cut off like a joke as the sailors on Eric’s ship try to harpoon the “mermaid” while yelling hateful superstition. Just a terrible start.
- Rather than Triton’s hatred of humans being pure bigotry on his part, the movie decides to "both sides" the conflict, making humans equally as hateful and fearful of merpeople as merpeople are of them. Worse still, they each have valid reasons for this hate and fear, making the end resolution of it being brushed off as a big misunderstanding ring hollow.
- Jonah Hauer-King as Eric. I’m sorry, I just couldn’t take him seriously in the role.
- Worse still, Eric's whole character is fucked up on multiple fronts. First off, he’s now adopted royalty instead of genuine royalty, which gives off the unfortunate implication that this is the real reason he bonds so well with the common folk and desires a life of adventure. Secondly, his life situation is made the same as Ariel’s instead of different, pushing them as kindred spirits too literally and losing much of what made him desirable to Ariel in the original. And finally, his romance with Ariel starts and ends on a lackluster note, with him being too quick to dismiss having anything to do with her after he learns she’s mute and then too quick to accept being together with her was a fantasy never meant to happen after he learns she’s a mermaid. In trying to give him more depth, the filmmakers just made him more confusing.
- The undersea world lacks appeal. You know it, I know it, everyone knows it and have since the trailers came out. More proof that animation is an art form that has things live-action can never replicate, and that Disney needs to stop making these live-action remakes already.
- Javier Bardem as King Triton. He is absolutely terrible in this, giving one of the most dull and disinterested performances I’ve seen in recent memory. He sells none of his lines.
- Triton's character isn’t any better than his actor’s performance. Beyond his bigotry against humans having more justification to it, he is downright cruel and unrelatable in his treatment of Ariel. When Triton crossed the line into abusive parenting in the original by destroying Ariel’s collection, we immediately see a flicker of realization, horror and remorse on his face once he snaps out of his rage. He’s too proud to admit to anything yet, but it helps sell his “What have I done?” remorse that we see later, and his sacrifice for Ariel’s sake in the climax. But here, he seems to have no such remorse. He’s hardly a father; just a tyrant.
- Flounder looks unappealing and Jacob Tremblay’s voice can’t save that. Sebastian looks even more unappealing, and Daveed Diggs’ obnoxiously high-pitched voice only makes his character worse. Scuttle looks unappealing, and Awkwafina creates such a different character with her performance that I don’t get why they bothered even keeping the “Scuttle” name. Much like with The Lion King remake, it again shows animation’s superiority in this regard.
- Ariel's hair is boring regular red and not vivid real red. That’s a fail on such an absurdly fundamental level, as well as a disservice to Halle Bailey who could have rocked such hair.
- Ariel's character, in the script, is as sanitized as I feared. She’s more of a socially conscious fighter for equality rather than a teenager realistically out primarily for herself and her own ambitions, her sexual lust for Eric is toned down to near non-existence, she’s much less of a rebel since she only goes to the surface for the first time when going to see Eric’s ship, she’s made to have far more hesitation in her deal with Ursula to the point she almost backs out entirely until Ursula cranks up her pressure campaign, and as I will talk more about later gets some needless “girlboss” additions the same way previous Disney heroines in live-action remakes have. Thank God for Halle Bailey, who minimizes the damage as best as she can.
- In the first half of the movie all the way through to the first half of “Poor Unfortunate Souls”, Melissa McCarthy is way too understated as Ursula. She’s doing a campy Bette Midler or Eartha Kitt style of voice, but doesn’t go big enough on her lines and absolutely lacks the skin-crawling, psychotic menace that Pat Carroll so effortlessly provided the character with.
- Restoring the deleted concept of Ursula being Triton’s sister and Ariel’s aunt was pointless. 
- "Under the Sea". Beyond the issues of the underwater world on display not working as well as in animation and Daveed Diggs’ ear poison of a voice and delivery not holding even a candlewick to Samuel E Wright, Ariel joins in on the song by the end! Excuse me? The whole point of the song is to convince her to give up her interest in the human world! Her singing along (without being forced to because it’s part of a stage musical rehearsal that she’s obligated to partake in, as is the case in Kingdom Hearts II) is akin to signing off on that! 
- There’s a plot hole about Eric’s kingdom. Apparently it’s incredibly paranoid and isolationist, and part of why Eric wants to explore other places and make connections with them is so that the kingdom “doesn’t get left behind”. That doesn’t stop its village and marketplace from being a bustling hub of multicultural diversity! Which is it? Is the kingdom isolationist or not?
- Related to the above: Eric’s song, “Wild Uncharted Waters”. Yawn.
- Also, Ariel's sisters are all different ethnicities. I assumed this meant that King Triton slept around, which certainly wouldn’t be out of place for a Greek god like he’s styled after. But no, the sisters still speak of “Mother” as if they all have the same mother! How does that work?
- Flotsam and Jetsam don't talk. Boo! Let them talk!
- There is an absolutely pointless change where Ursula, apparently having no real confidence in herself, cheats in her deal with Ariel by slipping in an amnesia potion so that Ariel forgets she needs to kiss Eric in three days’ time to stay human forever. OK, but why does that prevent her from retaining the memory of Sebastian later straight-up telling her she needs to kiss Eric? And why is she still that heartbroken when Eric gets engaged to Vanessa, given that she no longer thinks it means she won’t get to kiss him and thus won’t remain human? 
- Instead of the newly human Ariel making it to shore and getting dressed in a sail before Max sniffs her out and leads Eric to her, she gets caught in a fisher boat’s net, the fisherman gives her a cloak to wear, and he...brings her to the castle? Why? When you fish out a mute girl adrift at sea, why does your mind jump to the freaking castle and its prince as the go-to solution for getting her help? And like I said before, it actually takes away from Eric and Ariel’s bond, since him finding her and, despite his disappointment that she can’t be the girl who saved him since she’s mute, still taking care of her personally since that’s the decent thing to do was a great showing of Eric being a nice guy whom you could understand Ariel loving.
- Actually, the usage of Max is disappointing in general. Eric saves him on the burning ship so that important plot point is checked off, but him having earlier met Ariel and memorized her scent ends up having no pay-off since he isn’t the one to lead Eric to Ariel. On top of this, he doesn’t get to be the one who causes Vanessa’s shell to break and Ariel to get her voice back later, so that’s another important plot function he’s deprived of. And he’s not even a sheepdog anymore, he’s a bearded collie. What was stopping the filmmakers from using a sheepdog!?
- The stupid little jade mermaid sculpture that Eric calls “my Little Mermaid". OK, so is the movie’s title supposed to be in reference to that now? Why include that as a thing at all?
- "Kiss The Girl", beyond being ruined by Daveed Diggs’ voice, has the pointless lyrical change to make sure Eric has Ariel’s consent before kissing her. As the new lyrics say: “Use your words to ask her”. Except...Eric doesn’t fucking do that! He leans in to kiss Ariel, with her also leaning in to kiss him, at the end just like in the original, without him having asked her beforehand if it’s OK! So a classic, perfectly good love song got altered for nothing!
- "The Scuttlebutt". The only good part about it was Ariel hating it as much as I did! 
- Instead of the animals all divebombing Vanessa at her and Eric’s wedding, with Max dealing the finishing blow that makes her lose the shell containing Ariel’s voice, we have Ariel being a girlboss and....engaging Vanessa in a cat fight over the shell, ending with Ariel grabbing it and breaking it herself. Because a cat fight between women is so much more progressive?
- The climax ends with Ariel and Eric swapping places, and Ariel killing Ursula with the ruined ship. This doesn’t work, since not only does Ariel not know how to steer a ship and she looks kind of ridiculous sliding around the deck on her fish tail, Ursula going after Eric specifically rather than Ariel makes no sense (Ariel just killed Flotsam and Jetsam, Ursula is pissed off at her above all else) and Eric not killing Ursula means Triton has no impetus for learning that he was wrong about humans. Maybe this wouldn’t be a problem if Triton stayed dead in this version (since, y’know, he actually died), but alas he gets resurrected once Ursula is killed and loses the trident. And sure enough, he’s learned nothing, which leads us directly into...
- The Ending. Ariel just accepts living under the sea from now on and becomes severely depressed about it, which somehow makes Triton change his mind and turn her human (she was depressed after he destroyed her grotto and he clearly didn’t give a fuck; what’s the difference now?) Eric had also accepted he and Ariel weren’t meant to be after all, but once she shows up as a human again he instantly reverse on that. Queen Selina sadly remarked that the human world and mer-world just weren’t meant to exist together...but then Ariel is made human again and gets together with Eric, and then she says the exact opposite and endorses the two worlds existing together! Everyone is just changing their mind at the drop of a hat; it’s ridiculous! And rather than ending on a wedding with a beautiful choir version of “Part of Your World” being sung, the movie abruptly ends with Eric and Ariel sailing off in a boat toward a ship that they will use to explore other kingdoms and further connect the two worlds together in the process while the generic instrumental “Part of Your World” plays. There’s just....no real heart to it. Which sums up this movie’s problem: like the vast majority of these live-action remakes, it was not made with the same heart as the animated original. The best that can be said about it is that it’s not the worst of the remakes, and that it provides a great stepping stone for Halle Bailey’s professional acting career. Beyond that, it’s useless.
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intoxicatingimmediacy · 10 months
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Daveed Diggs, Jacob Tremblay take on iconic 'The Little Mermaid' roles
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the-invisible-queer · 6 months
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So I finally watched The Little Mermaid (2023)
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Anyone who disliked the Little Mermaid remake is a cunt, a scoundrel, and your opinions don't matter.
I don't believe anyone can watch that movie and not like it!
I absolutely loved it and this is a rambling post so I'll add a cut so it doesn't kill your dash.
Holy shit! AS EXPECTED Halle Bailey is an amazing Ariel! Get your racist and invalid opinions out of here. She was so fucking GOOD! Her voice, her performance. I absolutely love her as Ariel.
THAT'S MY ARIEL
Daveed Diggs as Sebastian was the single best casting choice of the whole movie. I knew he was gonna be the perfect Sebastian and I was right. Can't wait to put his version of "Under the Sea" on repeat finally.
Awkwafina as Scuttle was iconic! I love her. Gotta explore more of her work. We stan.
Javier Bardem, my beloved, as King Triton was *chef's kiss*. We love to see it
Jacob Tremblay as Flounder was perfect but what was that Flounder design? Like they did my boy dirty.
MELISSA MCCARTHY KILLED IT AS URSULA! I was concerned about her singing "Poor Unfortunate Souls" because no one can do it like the OG Pat Carroll. But she made it her own and I loved it.
THE JODI BENSON CAMEO 💜💜💜💜
Everyone was great and I absolutely loved it!
NOW let's talk about the one I was most skeptical about: Jonah Hauer-King as Eric. I'll be the first to admit I was underwhelmed when they first announced his casting because Prince Eric is near and dear to my heart. I'm sure you can find my posts about being skeptical about his casting. But actually seeing him in the role I think he's the perfect live action Prince Eric. He was charming. I enjoyed his song. We have decided to stan.
The movie was so good. I knew I was gonna love it.
The Little Mermaid was one of my favorite movies growing up. Ariel was my favorite Disney Princess and Pribce Eric owned my heart. So yes I consider the original movie near and dear to me.
But I refused to watch this one with those expectations. Because it's a completely different movie. Sure it follows the same characters and plot with the same songs. But it was created for a new audience. And I think that's why people hate the remakes so much. They watch them through the lense they watched the original.
I loved the inclusion of Queen Seline. Not the biggest fan of Eric's new backstory but I will take more character lore over no lore.
Absolutely loved that we got to see more of Ariel's sisters. And LOVED that she was the hero in the end not Eric. I support that change.
My biggest complaints are Flounder's character design and the removal of "Les Poisson" which is single handedly the best song on the original soundtrack. Fight me.
However I do appreciate the inclusion of "Fathoms Below" because I was worried they took that one out too.
I loved it. Would watch again. There hasn't been a remake I've disliked. Gonna go listen to the soundtrack on repeat now.
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simplyclary · 10 months
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The Little Mermaid: A Part of my World Come To Life
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Looking back, I have never been so excited for a Disney live-action movie.
It was my biggest childhood fantasy dream came to life. I feel like I have waited for this for 20 years and now, I finally saw it and I couldn't ask for anything more.
Before the actual review of the movie, I'll take myself (and you guys) on a little trip down memory lane for a little bit.
*nostalgic music*
I was about 3 or 4 (Idk exactly) when I saw Disney's The Little Mermaid for the very first time and her song "Part of your World" was one of the very first songs that I have ever learnt to sing.
Of course, I can't remember most of this but I remember being mesmerized by Ariel and the environment of the entire underwater kingdom. I love her so much that I even dreamed of becoming a mermaid at one point in my life.
I also collected a few Ariel-related merch, including a paper doll that I folded in the bottom part that made it seem like she had fins and I walked around the hallway of my house and waved her around and imagined she was swimming.
I would also like to share that with the few times that I have been to Disneyland (I've only been to HongKong Disneyland and Disneyland California), I have always teared up at everything Little Mermaid-related. Hearing the melody of her theme song always fills my eyes with tears. Seems like I'm exaggerating, but it's true.
Throughout my childhood and teenage years, Ariel had a constant spot in my top 3 favorite Disney Princesses (she's usually switching with Belle for the top one spot) and I seemed to always wish for a live-action movie.
And now, it finally came true....
*a little over 6 months ago*
During D23 last year, the first teaser to the live-action Little Mermaid movie starring Halle Bailey was revealed and I remember watching it over and over again, just to listen to her sing the last bit of Part of your World and I admit that I teared up just hearing that.
It was at this point that I knew that this film is something that my child self and present self would enjoy.
And I did...
The Movie Review
This review will not need spoiler warnings because the movie is still the same story (with a few twists that I will not reveal for the sake of still leaving you guys with surprises) from the original 1989 animated movie.
First off, the review of the characters and I shall start with the titular character herself, Princess Ariel. Ariel (Halle Bailey) is mesmerizing. Ariel's signature instrument is her voice and Halle just hypnotized me with it. Every time she vocalizes and sings, I just turn awestruck and teary-eyed. She's meant to be Ariel and I couldn't imagine anybody else playing my favorite princess.
As for Prince Eric (Jonah Hauer-King), he is a good love interest and character overall. I love how he adventurous he is. He may have a solo song in the movie so watch out for that.
The king himself, King Triton (Javier Bardem), is executed well. In the scene where he finds out that Ariel is in love with a human, his anger just emanated through the screen and I frightened myself a bit and I shared Ariel's sadness when he destroyed her entire collection because I would have reacted the same way.
No story is complete without a villain and Ursula (Melissa McCarthy) just serves. I love how funny she can be, especially with how Melissa enunciated some of her lines and sang her song "Poor Unfortunate Souls". She's one of those villains who can make me scared and laugh at the same time.
The side characters Scuttle (Awkwafina), Sebastian (Daveed Diggs) and Flounder (Jacob Tremblay) remains to be iconic. Their dynamics with each other is just hilarious and they provide some of the most light-hearted moments in the film.
Songs wise, I have nothing to complain about because they simply revamped the original music from the original film and turned it into something more modern. I also love the new songs that Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote for the film. I will be listening to them on repeat, for sure.
I am not one to be technical so I don't really have complaints about the CGI and stuff like that. I know there are some flaws because movies are not made to be perfect and I simply like to appreciate everything.
I would like to thank the cast and crew for bringing this amazing story that I love so much to live-action. It is stunning, mesmerizing and enchanting. I also like to thank Halle Bailey for bringing Ariel to life. I couldn't imagine any other person playing her than you!
*conclusion*
I am honestly still reeling from this movie experience because I really feel like I've waited for this my whole life and now that it's done, I just want to relive every single moment. I will surely watch it again when it comes on digital because how can I not?
Ariel's story is a part of my world that I have been retreating to for comfort and happiness and seeing that story come to life just gave happiness to my inner child. This is a movie that I will forever love and cherish.
Be sure to join Ariel and friends under the sea by watching "The Little Mermaid" this Friday in theaters.
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brandedcities · 10 months
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Daveed Diggs, Jacob Tremblay lend their voices to 'The Little Mermaid' as Sebastian and Flounder
Disney's live action remake of "The Little Mermaid" hits the big screen in less than a week, and Daveed Diggs and Jacob Tremblay are stepping into the iconic roles of Sebastian and Flounder.
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webnewsify1 · 11 months
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The Little Mermaid Character Posters Revealed
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The live-action remake of The Little Mermaid opens in theaters exactly one month from now, and Disney has released vivid posters for Ariel and some of the other characters. The posters were published by the House of Mouse on Twitter this morning, giving us one last look at everyone on land and under the water, including Ariel's alarmingly realistic animal companions Sebastian, Scuttle, and Flounder. Certainly, here's a revised version of the passage:  The character of Sebastian, voiced by Daveed Diggs, has been designed to closely resemble a real crab. His eyes protrude from his shell in a manner similar to the popular animated character Mr. Krabs. As for Scuttle, voiced by Awkwafina, the character has undergone an evolutionary change, now depicted as a female northern gannet diving bird instead of a male seagull. Despite this change, Scuttle retains her iconic fork (or "dinglehopper," as she calls it). Similarly, the character of Flounder, voiced by Jacob Tremblay, has been updated to resemble a blue fish rather than a royal angelfish. https://youtu.be/kpGo2_d3oYE The photographs of Sebastian, Scuttle, and others can be found in the slideshow below. Ariel, played by Halle Bailey, is shown gazing up towards the surface of the water, her long, braided red hair flowing around her. Ursula the Sea Witch, portrayed by Melissa McCarthy, appears particularly sinister, with Flotsam and Jetsam - her eel-like minions - swimming alongside her, their glowing eyes reflecting their malevolence. King Triton, played by Javier Bardem, emerges from the water in a dramatic display of power, wearing his iconic seashell armor and wielding his trident. Lastly, Jonah Hauer-King's Prince Eric is shown looking out over the ocean from the deck of his ship, his expression pensive and contemplative. Disney has published the latest teaser for The Little Mermaid, which shows Ariel and Flounder visiting a shipwreck in search of lost wealth and the former meeting Ursula, beginning off the consequences of Ariel's decisions. The Little Mermaid will be released in theaters on May 26. Read the full article
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