Lilo and Stitch live-action remake

[FettFan]

Would that have been a first with, an actor playing the same character animated and in live action?

Katee Sackhoff voiced Bo-Katan in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, then jumped over to play her in live action in The Mandalorian.

Lars Mikkelson was Grand Admiral Thrawn in Clone Wars, then crossed into live action with Ashoka.

Gerard Butler was Stoick in How to Train Your Dragon, and will be the live action version this year.


And in the opposite direction, you have a nice chunk of the MCU reprising their roles for the animated "What If..." series.

 

[michmousefan]

Nice little touch... the "fan screenings" at AMCs in my area this evening all start at 6:26pm.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Katee Sackhoff voiced Bo-Katan in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, then jumped over to play her in live action in The Mandalorian.

Lars Mikkelson was Grand Admiral Thrawn in Clone Wars, then crossed into live action with Ashoka.

Gerard Butler was Stoick in How to Train Your Dragon, and will be the live action version this year.


And in the opposite direction, you have a nice chunk of the MCU reprising their roles for the animated "What If..." series.

And all the voice actors from Creature Commandos will play their live-action counterparts in the upcoming DCU movies.

 

[Agent H]

I'll be seeing it Saturday as a date night with my wife (who loves the original and is essentially Lilo personality-wise)....however I'm really not looking forward to it after Jeremy Jahns' review, which indicated that the emotional heart of the movie (the theme of family bonds and overcoming tragedy), has been ripped out in favor of more "wacky aliens try to catch Stitch" antics (because that worked out *so well* in Tomorrowland).

I suppose "Ohana" these days just means "overpriced character breakfast at the Poly and you better exit through the gift shop".

Can’t we have both meanings? (I love ohana. It’s the best character meal.)

 

[Disney Irish]

Yeah but would it have killed them to hire Ving Rhames back?

Or was he too busy with Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning?

This was commented on previously in the thread, but he was busy filming M:I Final Reckoning when they started filming Lilo and Stitch, so he wasn't available.

 

[Figments Friend]

I saw the film earlier today.
This will do well, and families are going to love it.
Kids will be doing a lot of laughing methinks.
Stitch fans will also lap this up.

My mostly spoiler free review -

Like most of these live action remakes, the film basically recreates many of the scenes from the animated film but adds some additional content and subtext.
There are also several changes to the story for various reasons, some I am not sure why they felt a need to change.

The film begins at a very fast pace …but then slows down a little for story development which worked good considering the subject matter ( Nani and Lilo’s situation ).
The characters all held interest, and even a couple of new characters were entertaining.
Jumba’s role was shifted a bit…I won’t elaborate to keep this spoiler free, but I was in slight disagreement with the shift.

There were a lot of fun moments, and some of it happens at a breakneck speed.
Probably done to keep people engaged, since few today…especially kids…can’t focus on anything for more then 20 seconds.
Nothing seemed to drag by too slow or become too tedious…which was good.

Music sounded great.
The remade versions of the opening song and ‘Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride’ were terrific hearing though the theatre loudspeakers.

The CGI animation done for Stitch is excellent.
Very true to who the character is and mimics the animation movements from the original film.
Lots of fun and unexpected surprises with this character, and all looking photo real and ‘cute and fluffy’ as Stitch would probably say himself.
Animation fans take note - it is worth seeing this film JUST to see the CGI Stitch in action.
Very well done.

Would I see this again?
Yes, I would sit through it again on the big screen…and probably will in a couple of days as I am getting more invitations to view it with different friends.

But having now seen it, I can say that I don’t think it necessarily needs to be seen on the big screen.
This can make fine tv screen viewing…so don’t feel like you are missing anything.
Certain films NEED to be seen on a giant screen.
This is not one of them, in my opinion.

This film is going to rake in the bucks regardless at the box office for sure.


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[Figments Friend]

Supposedly, they combined a few characters to streamline the story (and probably the budget too).

Yep.
They certainly did.

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[MisterPenguin]

The biggest headline of Thursday’s latest tracking report from the National Research Group was Lilo & Stitch. Three weeks ago, NRG’s four-day opening number was $120 million. Now, it’s $165 million, a jaw-dropping gross that would, in an ironic twist, see Lilo & Stitch supplant Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick ($160 million) as the biggest Memorial Day opener of all time, not adjusted for inflation.​

‘Lilo & Stitch’ Tracking Soars, Now Eying Record $165M Memorial Day Box Office Bow

'Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning' is likewise set to shatter records over what could be the biggest Memorial Day weekend of all time.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[Disney Irish]

I saw it tonight, real good. Enough of the original for those that love it, and enough updates to be a fresh take on the story.

Ohana still means family, and the ending shows that family doesn’t mean one has to sacrifice one’s dreams in order to ensure family is taken care of.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Tough crowd of “critics” here…
…there’s always an empty theater of Snow White or thunderbolts next door if you need more artistic stimulus

Back to the biz…they crushed it at the gate yesterday, gonna destroy the weekend, and likely will beat mission impossible…

That’s a “W” for the old bobster…who should still have been fired yesterday

Happy Friday

 

[Agent H]

The only way Disney stops making these bad remakes is if people stop going. Might as well discourage people from paying expensive ticket prices for these things.

With all due respect I don’t think anyone is going to not see the movie because of what you posted. I certainly don’t intend to.

 

[Disney Irish]

The only way Disney stops making these bad remakes is if people stop going. Might as well discourage people from paying expensive ticket prices for these things.

So you think that is going to dissuade people from going? Yeah not likely, as posters in this thread have likely already made up their mind if they were going or not. Also this particular thread reaches maybe a couple hundred people, that isn't even going to be .001% of tickets sold this weekend, so it doesn't do anything in the larger scheme of things. So you trying to ruin this movie for those that want to see it is like trying to shout into the Grand Canyon and expecting to get a response back, its just annoying and being rude to those around you.

And lastly Disney has already put a pause on the live action remakes, so you really aren't paying attention and just being rude.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

The only way Disney stops making these bad remakes is if people stop going. Might as well discourage people from paying expensive ticket prices for these things.

Don’t spoil movies that no one has seen, bud

You buried the lead here

 

[easyrowrdw]

I checked metacritic and was surprised to see the movie's overall rating was a lot higher than it had been yesterday (up to 74). But then I started scrolling and noticed a mention of watercolors and thought, well that doesn't sound right. Turns out I was on the page for the original. This one is at 52.

I was on the fence on this one, so **not-great reviews *mixed or average reviews, with a metascore lower than the Lion King remake,* (and seeing some more about the story) puts me in the no category. Maybe the kids will really want to see it and I'll go then, but that's probably it.

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[Disney Irish]

I checked metacritic and was surprised to see the movie's overall rating was a lot higher than it had been yesterday (up to 74). But then I started scrolling and noticed a mention of watercolors and thought, well that doesn't sound right. Turns out I was on the page for the original. This one is at 52.

I was on the fence on this one, so not-great reviews (and seeing some more about the story) puts me in the no category. Maybe the kids will really want to see it and I'll go then, but that's probably it.

To be fair even on metacritic it has more positive than negative or even mixed reviews, ie it only has 7 negative reviews while the rest are mixed or positive. And even the negative reviews are of the "the original was fine no need for a remake" category which is pretty par for the course on the remakes in general anyways. So I wouldn't put that into the "not so-great reviews" category, just the normal score for these remakes. Even the 2019 Lion King remake had a 55 metacritic score and that made $1.6B.

So this is not to try to change your mind, just putting it into perspective.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I checked metacritic and was surprised to see the movie's overall rating was a lot higher than it had been yesterday (up to 74). But then I started scrolling and noticed a mention of watercolors and thought, well that doesn't sound right. Turns out I was on the page for the original. This one is at 52.

I was on the fence on this one, so not-great reviews (and seeing some more about the story) puts me in the no category. Maybe the kids will really want to see it and I'll go then, but that's probably it.

It’s gone up a lot. Either the fix is on on the reviews and aggregators…or this is good enough that people are gonna see it and enjoy it. Really no middle ground

The early reviews included the “too cool for school types” too…like vulture.

Must be tough watching movies, getting paid, and still being constantly miserable

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

@FigmentJedi I agree that the remakes should stop, but it's easy to click the spoiler button,

Spoiler: Spoiler

see?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

@FigmentJedi I agree that the remakes should stop, but it's easy to click the spoiler button,

Spoiler: Spoiler

see?

I can’t remember the last time anyone around here disagreed that the remakes need to stop? Seriously

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

I can’t remember the last time anyone around here disagreed that the remakes need to stop? Seriously

There are some pretty ardent defenders of anything Disney puts in the box office. Even Snow White had its proponents, though they went a lot quieter once that one was released.

 

[Disney Irish]

There are some pretty ardent defenders of anything Disney puts in the box office. Even Snow White had its proponents, though they went a lot quieter once that one was released.

Anyone defending it was doing so pretty much based on the content of the movie not the remakes as a whole. Even all of them pretty much agree the remakes have gotten out of hand.