Hi everyone, it's been ages since I had written my last review! Anyway, today I am going to be Письмо the Little Mermaid review and what my younger brother name Prasert and I felt about this 2023 live action reboot!
The Storyline
While the majority of the story is the same, however there are a number of changes I felt that it filled the plot hole of the 1989 film to which we all grew up with. Like we get to see the backstory of Triton and Ursula relationship as siblings, which was the original idea for the 1989 animated film.
Prasert and I were surprised to see Eric's mother for the fist time and she's black too. My assumption is that Eric was actually adopted as a baby and that his adopted father sadly passed away prior to the events of the film, his relationship with his mother is very similar to Prince Kit's relationship with this father in Disney's 2015 live action film, Cinderella.
I was disappointed that the Crash the Wedding scene was rushed and not very comedic enough for the film, but on the other hand, I guess that it could be shorten in the interest of time constraint. The same applies for Chef Louis and his signature song, Les Poissons which was excluded from the film itself.
During the Destruction of the Grotto, it's portrayed very differently, in the animated film, Ariel finds Eric's statue that landed in her grotto and she's jumping with joy until it was short-lived when her father, King Triton arrived after Sebastian was being pressured to blurt the secret out and destroyed everything, but in this reboot, it was less scary and very short.
Finally, I Любовь how they also included Hans Christian Anderson's quote at the prologue, this was done as a tribute to the Автор who penned both The Little Mermaid and The Snow Queen, the latter would become the basis of Disney's Frozen!
The Characters
Ariel is played by African-American actress and singer, Halle Bailey in her very first Дисней film. I was really amazed by the character developments of Ariel in this live-action film. Especially when she came to confront Vanessa moments before the film's climax, unlike her animated counterpart.
At least she has еще screen time and her character is very bold and has еще courage as well. To which I salute the producers for giving Ariel еще character developments!
Sebastian remains the same as his animated counterpart, despite the fact that he looks like Mr Krab from Spongebob Squarepants!
камбала looks the same as well, except he's skinner than his animated counterpart.
King Triton is very stern in this reboot, but at least he's not hotheaded like his cartoon version. He creeps me out during the Destruction of the Grotto!
Unlike his animated counterpart, Scuttle is changed into a woman and can dives into the water. Her mannerisms is very much like a tomboy and she sounds a bit like Мулан when she joined the army! Despite this, she's hilarious and her Пение is WAY better than her cartoon version!
Like Ariel, Prince Eric also went through character developments and his Пение voice sounds like Michael Ball, the singer who originated Marius Pontmercy in Les Miserables! An observation that Prasert pointed it out during his song after his mother tells him to forget about Ariel, who was known as the mysterious girl at this point of the story.
Finally, Ursula is another character that when through some changes as well. Her tentacles also have minds of their own when looking for the potion when she's about to transform into Vanessa, unfortunately her death is scarier than the animated one and it scarred me to this very day. Melissa McCarthy played Ursula in this reboot and her Пение blew me away, especially with her rendition of Poor Unfortunate Souls! Initially, I thought Queen Latifah would play her considering that she played her in the 2019 The Little Mermaid live.
Music & Songs
We get to hear a number of familiar songs like Part Of Your World, Poor Unfortunate Souls, Kiss The Girl and Under The Sea. Alan Menken was asked to write new songs specially for this reboot with the help of lyricist Lin Manuel Miranda, who was also the composer of Disney's Moana.
Plus, Halle's voice sounds a bit like Ariana Grande when she sang part Of Your World, and she gave a very powerful rendition of Part Of Your World! She's breathless.
The new songs gave both Ariel and Eric character developments! Initially, I thought that the film was going to take songs from the short-lived musical. But I was wrong in the end!
Visualisation
The visualisations and the special effects played a very dominant role in this reboot, and it reminded me of Avatar: The Way Of Water due how similar the visualisation and the ambience of the film itself!
Part Of Your World
So, there Ты have it! My review on this 2023 live action reboot based on the 1989 animated film that we all grew up with. If Ты want me to do a comparison of both the 1989 and 2023 versions, please let me know in the Комментарии section below.
The Storyline
While the majority of the story is the same, however there are a number of changes I felt that it filled the plot hole of the 1989 film to which we all grew up with. Like we get to see the backstory of Triton and Ursula relationship as siblings, which was the original idea for the 1989 animated film.
Prasert and I were surprised to see Eric's mother for the fist time and she's black too. My assumption is that Eric was actually adopted as a baby and that his adopted father sadly passed away prior to the events of the film, his relationship with his mother is very similar to Prince Kit's relationship with this father in Disney's 2015 live action film, Cinderella.
I was disappointed that the Crash the Wedding scene was rushed and not very comedic enough for the film, but on the other hand, I guess that it could be shorten in the interest of time constraint. The same applies for Chef Louis and his signature song, Les Poissons which was excluded from the film itself.
During the Destruction of the Grotto, it's portrayed very differently, in the animated film, Ariel finds Eric's statue that landed in her grotto and she's jumping with joy until it was short-lived when her father, King Triton arrived after Sebastian was being pressured to blurt the secret out and destroyed everything, but in this reboot, it was less scary and very short.
Finally, I Любовь how they also included Hans Christian Anderson's quote at the prologue, this was done as a tribute to the Автор who penned both The Little Mermaid and The Snow Queen, the latter would become the basis of Disney's Frozen!
The Characters
Ariel is played by African-American actress and singer, Halle Bailey in her very first Дисней film. I was really amazed by the character developments of Ariel in this live-action film. Especially when she came to confront Vanessa moments before the film's climax, unlike her animated counterpart.
At least she has еще screen time and her character is very bold and has еще courage as well. To which I salute the producers for giving Ariel еще character developments!
Sebastian remains the same as his animated counterpart, despite the fact that he looks like Mr Krab from Spongebob Squarepants!
камбала looks the same as well, except he's skinner than his animated counterpart.
King Triton is very stern in this reboot, but at least he's not hotheaded like his cartoon version. He creeps me out during the Destruction of the Grotto!
Unlike his animated counterpart, Scuttle is changed into a woman and can dives into the water. Her mannerisms is very much like a tomboy and she sounds a bit like Мулан when she joined the army! Despite this, she's hilarious and her Пение is WAY better than her cartoon version!
Like Ariel, Prince Eric also went through character developments and his Пение voice sounds like Michael Ball, the singer who originated Marius Pontmercy in Les Miserables! An observation that Prasert pointed it out during his song after his mother tells him to forget about Ariel, who was known as the mysterious girl at this point of the story.
Finally, Ursula is another character that when through some changes as well. Her tentacles also have minds of their own when looking for the potion when she's about to transform into Vanessa, unfortunately her death is scarier than the animated one and it scarred me to this very day. Melissa McCarthy played Ursula in this reboot and her Пение blew me away, especially with her rendition of Poor Unfortunate Souls! Initially, I thought Queen Latifah would play her considering that she played her in the 2019 The Little Mermaid live.
Music & Songs
We get to hear a number of familiar songs like Part Of Your World, Poor Unfortunate Souls, Kiss The Girl and Under The Sea. Alan Menken was asked to write new songs specially for this reboot with the help of lyricist Lin Manuel Miranda, who was also the composer of Disney's Moana.
Plus, Halle's voice sounds a bit like Ariana Grande when she sang part Of Your World, and she gave a very powerful rendition of Part Of Your World! She's breathless.
The new songs gave both Ariel and Eric character developments! Initially, I thought that the film was going to take songs from the short-lived musical. But I was wrong in the end!
Visualisation
The visualisations and the special effects played a very dominant role in this reboot, and it reminded me of Avatar: The Way Of Water due how similar the visualisation and the ambience of the film itself!
Part Of Your World
So, there Ты have it! My review on this 2023 live action reboot based on the 1989 animated film that we all grew up with. If Ты want me to do a comparison of both the 1989 and 2023 versions, please let me know in the Комментарии section below.
Snow White has never been pretty to me. Princesses like Elsa, Anna, Aurora and Belle have always been beautiful to me. Snow White was the ugliest to me, the ugliest. Even uglier than princesses like Merida, Mulan, and Kida. I don't understand how they call Snow White "the fairest of all people" in the movie.
Things that make Snow White ugly:
Snow White's neck looks combined with her head.
The shape of Snow White's hair is so ugly, it's like a cotton Конфеты that doesn't look realistic at all.
Snow White's nose is sometimes not visible
These princess eyes are scary and the pupils don't fit in her eyes.
His eyebrows are thin
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Oh my god, she's so ugly except for her crimson lips and rosy cheeks! In the movie, either the mirror was broken или the movie was. Snow White is so ugly! Duh should make it to the Список of the ugliest in the world!
Things that make Snow White ugly:
Snow White's neck looks combined with her head.
The shape of Snow White's hair is so ugly, it's like a cotton Конфеты that doesn't look realistic at all.
Snow White's nose is sometimes not visible
These princess eyes are scary and the pupils don't fit in her eyes.
His eyebrows are thin
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Oh my god, she's so ugly except for her crimson lips and rosy cheeks! In the movie, either the mirror was broken или the movie was. Snow White is so ugly! Duh should make it to the Список of the ugliest in the world!