Speaking of fish friends, I'm definitely boycotting if Flounder isn't an actual flounder
powerbelly said:
It's pretty cold up near Denmark, they probably would have a nice layer of blubber.
bluefire579 said:
Speaking of fish friends, I'm definitely boycotting if Flounder isn't an actual flounder
powerbelly said:
It's pretty cold up near Denmark, they probably would have a nice layer of blubber.
I did NOT give you permission to post my picture. MODS BAN HIM!MEEN Ag 05 said:powerbelly said:
It's pretty cold up near Denmark, they probably would have a nice layer of blubber.
looked on par with the recent Marvel crapitaloozaSea Speed said:
Tha trailer looked terrible. The acting seemed extremely hollow and cgi was awful. That did not look like it was made up to Disney's standards
RikkiTikkaTagem said:
I didn't really like it. My wife and girls wanted to see it so I took them.
The CGI was distractingly bad. Flounder, Scuttle and Sebastian due to them being live action, are unable to really show any emotion because of the live action, so it just makes it weird. Awkwafina just does the same voice she always does which sounds like a 5 pack a day smoker sucking helium. Can barely understand Javier as triton due to his his accent being so thick. It sounded like he was saying half his lines with peanut butter in his mouth.
Some high points. McCarthy does great. Ariel can sing well. Follows closely the original movie.
RikkiTikkaTagem said:
I didn't really like it. My wife and girls wanted to see it so I took them.
The CGI was distractingly bad. Flounder, Scuttle and Sebastian due to them being live action, are unable to really show any emotion because of the live action, so it just makes it weird. Awkwafina just does the same voice she always does which sounds like a 5 pack a day smoker sucking helium. Can barely understand Javier as triton due to his his accent being so thick. It sounded like he was saying half his lines with peanut butter in his mouth.
Some high points. McCarthy does great. Ariel can sing well. Follows closely the original movie.
ea1060 said:
Agree with everyone else. Decent movie, not great. Halle Bailey has an awesome voice. She did a good job as Ariel, but something was missing from her performance. The special effects were subpar. Had some funny moments.
Definitely Not A Cop said:ea1060 said:
Agree with everyone else. Decent movie, not great. Halle Bailey has an awesome voice. She did a good job as Ariel, but something was missing from her performance. The special effects were subpar. Had some funny moments.
Thus far, is there a live action remake that you prefer over the original Disney cartoon?
It does feel like all of the ones I've seen so far just lack something the cartoons had. They just don't feel as fun/endearing.
this one will at best break even. and it is still possible it loses money. TLM is one of Disney's crown jewels aimated movies.Another Doug said:
I haven't seen any of them, but doesn't really matter if they are better. they will keep making them as long as prove to be low risk/medium profit movies.
This reminds me of when disney went through a phase at the end of the golden era where they started releasing straight to VHS/DVD sequels of half of their catalogue. They were all crap but they must have been profitable since they kept making them. Same deal with the live action remakes. Why take a risk on a new franchise when you can still extract dollars from things you already have the rights to.ABATTBQ11 said:Definitely Not A Cop said:ea1060 said:
Agree with everyone else. Decent movie, not great. Halle Bailey has an awesome voice. She did a good job as Ariel, but something was missing from her performance. The special effects were subpar. Had some funny moments.
Thus far, is there a live action remake that you prefer over the original Disney cartoon?
It does feel like all of the ones I've seen so far just lack something the cartoons had. They just don't feel as fun/endearing.
To answer the question, no. I haven't seen a live action remake I would even watch again.
I feel like the biggest issue facing them is that they're pulling from the golden and silver ages of Disney and remaking absolute classics. The reference point is already hard to top because of the combination of the quality of the originals and the nostalgia.
On top of that, they are going from animation, where a voice actor can be different from a singer, looks are not important, and any kind of animal or side creature can be anthropomorphized and expressive, to live action where you need actors/actresses who look the part, can actually act, and can sing and where you get these weird talking animals that have lost all facial expression. I think all of the live action movies have failed in one or more of these areas. Beauty and the a Beast was a load of meh because Emma Watson simply isn't a good singer. Honestly, Anna Kendrick should have been Belle or no one because she is the only actress who checks off every box. They also did a horrible job costuming. Aladdin had the same problem. Will Smith was ok, but he was no Robin Williams and the guy who played Aladdin was simply flat. I was shocked someone listened to that and okayed it instead of insisting on someone else lip syncing. To me they all seemed kind of like glorified, made for TV, Disney channel movies that got by on nostalgia and riding the coattails of their predecessors than big budget films.
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Fans in mainland China have shared their objections to the movie online, mainly expressing disappointment with Bailey's casting.
On Douban, a popular Chinese movie review website, users scored the film just 5.1 out of 10.
On Maoyan, a Chinese movie review and box office tracking platform, one user said they were "puzzled" as "the 'Little Mermaid' in my mind is White." Several others made discriminatory comments about Bailey's skin color.
"The fairy tale that I grew up with has changed beyond recognition!" wrote another Maoyan user.