Disney's Live Action The Little Mermaid

[mf1972]

i thought mccarthy sounded a bit like carroll’s ursula. i think i can wait for it to hit disney+. it’s more of live action remake overkill than anything else.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Some people have seen the classic animation once. And that's enough for them. And that's fine.

Some people have seen the classing animation several times. And so, the live-action will be just one more re-watching, but with a different visual interest.

No one is forced to watch a live-action remake. If seeing TLM once is enough, then peace be with you as you go about your business.

But stop dumping on people's desire to see it again with a different 'staging.'

Reprisals of Broadway musicals are quite popular even tho it's the same plot, dialogue, and music.

 

[DKampy]

How tacky of Disney to run a trailer for one of their movies in the middle of an awards show, as PART of the awards show. And have actresses introduce it. Yeesh...

Well there is talks going on behind closed doors about allowing all the big studios to show previews of their upcoming slates on next years Academy Awards… with viewership decreasing the last few years they are trying to figure out ways to entice more people to watch… Even though the Academy Awards is one of my my most anticipated TV events of the year… I realize I am in the minority

 

[Phroobar]

Weird coloring choices for the backgrounds. Everything seems very dark including the above surface scenes while the Under the Sea number seems overly saturated.

 

[Rich T]

Some people have seen the classic animation once. And that's enough for them. And that's fine.

Some people have seen the classing animation several times. And so, the live-action will be just one more re-watching, but with a different visual interest.

No one is forced to watch a live-action remake. If seeing TLM once is enough, then peace be with you as you go about your business.

But stop dumping on people's desire to see it again with a different 'staging.'

Reprisals of Broadway musicals are quite popular even tho it's the same plot, dialogue, and music.

Most of us not enjoying what we’re seeing so far are not dumping on the people looking forward to this; we’re dumping on Disney’s current lack of creativity.

I have with no problem whatsoever with reimaginings and rethinks (your comparison to Broadway revivals is a great point) as long as they’re imaginative and have a point for existing beyond just quick cash. The casting of Ariel for this gave me hope that this was really going to strive to present something new. This latest trailer is so by-the-numbers copycat of the animated film, it’s ridiculous.

BUT, it’s just a trailer. The finished film could be solid and full of fantastic performances. But this trailer, for me, is sending out “here we go again” warning signals. I still hope the movie turns out to be a delightful surprise.

 

[GimpYancIent]

Have not watched an Oscars for a couple of decades. Not interested in seeing a black-tie ego affair for a mutual admiration society. That said, did see the Little Mermaid clip (separately after the Oscars) it is well made and is interesting. The live action Little Mermaid may just be a high point in an otherwise dismal collection of live action remakes.

 

[Phroobar]

It could be just the scenes from the trailer but Halle doesn't have very many facial expressions. There is no personality there.

 

[mary2013]

Sometimes things just go out of fashion and people lose interest in watching.

I saw an interesting video over the weekend. I think it was Fandom's By the Numbers. Basically, they took a look at box office success and critical acclaim of Best Picture winners. Up until about 2000, there was a correlation between the 2. The nominated movies were movies people went to see. Then the Academy started nominating all these prestige, art house movies that very few people had seen.

If your favorite movie during the year was nominated, you'd watch the Oscars to see if it wins. If movies you never heard of are nominated, why bother watching?

I'll try to find a link to that video.

 

[LittleBuford]

Disney has released the official trailer for The Little Mermaid.

I actually got emotional watching this! Can’t wait!

 

[LittleBuford]

Just saw the new trailer. Until now I’d been optimistic. I still like the casting.

But, oh my gosh. this looks so boring! Just another nearly shot-by shot remake with horrible CGI animals???? That’s the impression this new trailer gives. No thanks. Cripes, I’d rather watch “Cats” a second time.

I hope I’m wrong. I’d genuinely love for this to actually be excellent and much more imaginative than the trailer suggests.

I had the opposite reaction: I’ve not been all that hopeful about the remake, but then the trailer totally won me over.

 

[BuddyThomas]

There are two things that make The Little Mermaid watchable: the quality of the animation and the beauty of Jodi Benson’s voice. This remake will have neither, so why would I want to watch it? The animated picture has a horrible moral lesson that if you make a deal with the devil, everything will work out great in the end for you. The only way this remake can offer anything of value is if it is faithful to the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale and something tells me that won’t happen.

LOL, they are not making a mermaid movie where she turns into sea foam at the end. On the other hand, they are making a film version of Once on This Island, which is loosely based on The Little Mermaid and has something resembling the Hans Christian Anderson ending.

 

[BuddyThomas]

, what do you think of the new mermaid trailer? Because this thread is about a mermaid. It’s not about how you hate Hollywood.

 

[Magenta Panther]

Since it offends you to your very core so much, please also refrain from watching any movies, television shows, podcasts, concerts, or theatre. You wouldn’t want to support any pampered overpaid nitwits in any way, after all.

As long as entertainers focus on entertaining me, I've got no problem with them.

 

[BuddyThomas]

Or, they could just stick to talking about what they are (mostly) good at, which is entertainment.

Just like you, anyone is allowed to express an opinion. As previously stated, there were very few politics on view last night so I don’t know what your problem is this time.

 

[BuddyThomas]

A studio obviously tries to put their best foot forward in a trailer so I was also surprised by how incredibly bland she seemed.

I don’t anything about the actress, but I assumed she would be a key driver in my interest to see this, but if that is an example of her acting ability, consider me greatly concerned.

Perhaps this is why they waited so long to release the full trailer, who knows….

Oh my God.

 

[Jedijax719]

So do we know who will play Ursula in human form?

You really are a piece of work. Completely clueless.

I believe either Jessica Alexander or Emily Coates.

 

[Nunu]

So do we know who will play Ursula in human form?

Melissa McCarthy

 

[erasure fan1]

I believe either Jessica Alexander or Emily Coates.

Imdb has nothing listed yet. Maybe that's the change, it won't be her going to the surface. It will be something else.

Melissa McCarthy

No she just plays Ursula. They won't have regular Melissa go up and stop Ariel. At least I wouldn't think.

 

[Phroobar]

A studio obviously tries to put their best foot forward in a trailer so I was also surprised by how incredibly bland she seemed.

I don’t know anything about the actress, but I assumed she would be a key driver in my interest to see this, but if that is an example of her acting ability, consider me greatly concerned.

Perhaps this is why they waited so long to release the full trailer, who knows….

Looking at her credits in IMDB, she is a singer not an actress. Her only real acting credit was on Grown-ish.

 

[Jedijax719]

A studio obviously tries to put their best foot forward in a trailer so I was also surprised by how incredibly bland she seemed.

I don’t know anything about the actress, but I assumed she would be a key driver in my interest to see this, but if that is an example of her acting ability, consider me greatly concerned.

Perhaps this is why they waited so long to release the full trailer, who knows….

The first full trailer was released on the same exact day as the first trailer for Aladdin. (rolling eyes)