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Disney's Live Action The Little Mermaid
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erasure fan1
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Maybe it was just my connection, but I wasn't impressed with the CG used when she was swimming. It just looked too fake.
It's hard to judge SFX on trailers on the web since everything is compressed and they may not be finished with the full renderings.
Brer Panther
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It is, of course, possible that Halle Berry will be the best part of an otherwise lousy remake. Like how John Oliver, Billy Eichner, and Seth Rogen were the best parts of the otherwise lousy Lion King remake.
Californian Elitist
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*Bailey.
GimpYancIent
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Disney live action remakes do not have an impressive track record. Usually, the teasers and trailers are better than the features. This one is in line to be no different. IMO it's a meh.
Jedijax719
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Trailer looks a TON more beautiful, vibrant, and eye-popping in 4K !!!
erasure fan1
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Yup. Because the trailers are typically nothing more than nostalgia bait. They take what was already successful, and they know people love, and focus on that. Then everyone is like, oh wow, I love that! Then when you finish the actual movie you realize you've just been bamboozled.
Brer Panther
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D'oh. I don't know how I made that mistake...
MickeyMouse10
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LOL, I did the same thing while talking about Little Mermaid. I think Halle Berry has been famous for so long you can't help, but say her name.
Californian Elitist
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I’ve made the same mistake a few times. Their names sound incredibly similar. It happens.
CaptainAmerica
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From what I've seen, I love the casting, hate the musical direction, and I'm puzzled by the non-Halle parts of the character design. It feels incongruous that they went for animation-accurate vibrant green for the tailfin, but went with muted barely-red for the hair.
The scorecard on Live Action Remakes:
Not counting the two date and date releases, the Box Office Totals:
Average budget: $172M
Average gross BO: $782M
Average rule-of-thumb profit: $133M
Arranged by critics' scores:
Arranged by audience score:
Arranged by BO profit:
Keep in mind: Neither Cruella nor Mulan had a full theatrical release, just in areas of the world in which theaters were open, and we don't know how much income was generated with premier purchases.
Not counting the two date and date releases, the Box Office Totals:
Average budget: $172M
Average gross BO: $782M
Average rule-of-thumb profit: $133M
Arranged by critics' scores:
Arranged by audience score:
Arranged by BO profit:
Keep in mind: Neither Cruella nor Mulan had a full theatrical release, just in areas of the world in which theaters were open, and we don't know how much income was generated with premier purchases.
GimpYancIent
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A different mermaid with a different fresh story, different fresh music score, not named Ariel would be interesting and appealing. These attempts to redo / live action established hits keep coming out as cheap copies. Not exciting.
MickeyMouse10
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That's Impressive!
What's truly amazing about it is every Live Action they've done (except for Jungle Book) has really sucked. I guess Disney has been paying the right people to say good things.
Not according to the audience. A score in the 60's is "OK." Not "it sucks."
The CineScore is a random sample of those attending opening weekend, and they're almost all very good. So, fans are on board.
The 70s is "good." and 80s and above is excellent.
It's a difference story with critics.
tcool123
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Will you be updating this chart with the Disney+ original remakes such as Lady and the Tramp and Pinocchio?
Oops, forgot about the direct to D+ remakes that didn't get a theatrical release. Yeah, I'll get to them...