Californian Elitist
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It’s the likely fake concern about black performers and what they do and don’t deserve for me.
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Disney's Live Action The Little Mermaid
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Disney Analyst
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I am a movie guy….I will see just about any type of movie if it is good from a small independent to a huge blockbuster…I can tell you the last few years I have seen plenty of original films that should have done better, but people did not go see them…. While the Disney remakes have had profits over a billion…Studios only have 1 agenda to make money… you want original movies…go see original movies
People are cheering that Barbarian made 10 million opening weekend…it should have made more
People are cheering that Barbarian made 10 million opening weekend…it should have made more
Brer Panther
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I don't have a problem with Ariel not being white, but I have the uneasy feeling that they race-swapped Ariel simply because if people/critics didn't like it, they'd all just be brushed off as racists (like how the folks who made that Ghostbusters remake brushed off those that hated the film as sexists).
Well, uh, actually... from what I've heard, before Halle was cast they also apparently wanted Keke Palmer or Zendaya for the part. Hailey Kilgore was also in the running. From my understanding, only black actresses were considered. Not even any other ethnicities. But I could be wrong.
Personally, I'm far more iffy on Melissa McCarthy as Ursula.
BuddyThomas
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I don’t remember if I posted this or not but considering that Ursula was based on the late drag queen, Divine, I was hoping for an edgier choice than McCarthy, like Harvey Fierstein. Then some heads would truly explode. He actually already did it at the Hollywood Bowl.
Just watched it...that would of been great...Just that one song I could completely picture him as Ursula
Figgy1
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I was just thinking the same thing. He would have been fantastic then again he's always
BuddyThomas
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The Blue Fairy is Broadway superstar Cynthia Erivo. She is anything but awful. The rest of that movie, on the other hand, is a complete disaster.
Jedijax719
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People complain when remakes are too identical to the animated versions. Then they complain if something is different. Yikes!
BuddyThomas
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Try reading the 39 page and counting complaint letter, I mean thread, about Moana and Zootopia replacing Dinoland at AK. That one is super fun…….or something.
Goofy Ninja
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Yep, we'll see how it does for that month at the box office. Before they pull it out of the theaters (because it's doing horrible) and put it on D+.
LSLS
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Oh this thread is so funny. The people judging how bad this looks off of a pan through the ocean (with CGI that very well could not be done yet) and 4 seconds of singing, are you kidding? Likewise, people proclaiming this movie incredible based on partial singing of a single song? You equally are kidding.
Me personally? My initial thought is I'm not overly excited for it. Simply because the live actions I like are the ones that tell the stories differently or from a different perspective. When they tell the same story, I have my preconceived notions already on the characters, and my expectations are HIGH (maybe why Beauty and the Beast was the last one I saw that was a retelling and I hated it). It felt like this will be the case from how it was being reported on, BUT, I'm not crushing it yet either until we hear more on the story/see more than 5 seconds.
Me personally? My initial thought is I'm not overly excited for it. Simply because the live actions I like are the ones that tell the stories differently or from a different perspective. When they tell the same story, I have my preconceived notions already on the characters, and my expectations are HIGH (maybe why Beauty and the Beast was the last one I saw that was a retelling and I hated it). It felt like this will be the case from how it was being reported on, BUT, I'm not crushing it yet either until we hear more on the story/see more than 5 seconds.
Goofy Ninja
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809,000 
2.1 million
2.1 million
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2.1 million
erasure fan1
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To play devil's advocate here, why does it need to be a major fairly tale? A quick Google search turned up a bunch of African American fairly tales and folklore. There was even a story about a girl and a mermaid. Regardless of what anyone thinks of the casting for this. Shouldn't we be holding Disneys feet to the fire for not exploring the content that is available? Personally I would much rather they explore new content. Even If they found an actress that looked 100% like the Ariel in the animated movie. Guess who's still not going to see this movie? This guy. Because it's lazy and cheap what they're doing with the remakes.
Any further posts that are dismissing the movie out of hand, based solely on how an actor/actress looks - not their ability to do the job - will be deleted, along with posts accusing others of racism. Posters who continue in this back and forth argument will not be allowed to participate in the discussion.
itsy bitsy spider
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Exactly, they should have more original stuff with new looking people. Rather than just remaking old Cartoons, that have already established a certain look for the characters.
Jedijax719
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We have Strange World, Elementals, and Wish coming up which are all originals. Animated films seem to be where the originality is going. And that is separate from remakes. There are departments and I am sure that the live action remakes have its own group. There is a huge market for them and thus they are continuing to be made. The well will run dry for theatrical releases for these, but they were never going to not make Little Mermaid after the incredibly successful Aladdin, BatB, and Lion King. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Meanwhile, there will always be original titles being presented and proposed. Now that D+ is a success, however, more and more originals will go there just like they are on other streaming services. Familiarity is king right now in the live action world though.