ginger spells the n word if you move the letters around, they being low key racist red hair is more rare then a skin color. but they making all gingers into African Americans instead. Sus.

@Alteori

Жыл бұрын

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWW OMG I NEVER NOTICED THAT. LOL WTF????

@dislike_button33

Жыл бұрын

​@@Alteori As a ginger, I have noticed this haha

@Vyktym76

Жыл бұрын

Only a Ginger can call another ginger ginger. (Tim Minchin- Prejudice)

@0potion

Жыл бұрын

@@Alteori I personally have Brown hair but I come from an Irish family and a lot of my family have red hair, And there are straight up pages of comic book characters that were originally redheads that have been replaced with a black person. It's weird how they almost specifically target the red headed characters.

@indigocrayon520

Жыл бұрын

Whoever did the hiring has dyslexia

Eric defeating Ursula was important because he was also saving King Triton and all the mermaids who were transformed by Ursula -- a human saved all the mermaids. This earned him Triton's respect and blessing, who realized that he was wrong about humans. The marriage was a fresh start between humans and mermaids which is later crystalized by the birth of Melody who is the first child of shore and sea. By making Ariel the one to defeat Ursula and removing the wedding altogether, they're not just weakening Eric's character, but also Triton's growth and the entire story as a whole! >

@gracestaton3618

Жыл бұрын

Exactly! It was proving to the mermaids and Triton that humans weren't all bad, Changing perception. It's not like Ariel was helpless through the original movie, she fought Ursula, and was the one to go after the wedding ship, she did try to save and fight for herself! And removing the wedding was stupid, we don't know the time it took for them to get married, for all we know that could have been a time skip to several years later, it isn't really clear in the original.

@clairelin0216

Жыл бұрын

Yes! It makes me angry that they would do this because they thought Ariel wasn't empowered, it's like they have to go back to school to learn what the word empowered means. They took a balanced couple who saved each other in the original movie and then twisted it. I know a lot of people are going to be like "It's fiction!" but fictional worlds have their own rules too, like mermaids can sit but they're not physically able to stand on the floor. And no, Ariel didn't know how to steer a ship because she's never steered any ship before, we don't expect her to suddenly know how to do that correctly for the first time in a freaking storm. Eric is the person that knows how to steer a ship and he can physically stand on the deck, which is required for this activity and Ariel just can't do that. Taking out the wedding scene is also not good, as it didn't really work with the time setting they set for this remake, like I said, there are still certain rules in fiction that the creators have to obey, otherwise people are going to ask questions and they'll probably be too focused on the questions they have instead of focusing on the story itself.

@1faithchick7

Жыл бұрын

That, and this time he got to save Ariel like a true partnership. She saved him from the water, he saved her and her family from the evil monster.

@MasticinaAkicta

Жыл бұрын

Silly you, expecting MODERN WRITERS to understand THEMES like that. Hahahahaaha

@Treebranch_

Жыл бұрын

in wokeworld, men aren't allowed to have power.

Triton also has daughters of every ethnicity instead of all of them looking alike which they did in the original, instead of a normal family it makes him look like he just bangs every mermaid and has to pay lots of child support

@Alteori

Жыл бұрын

OMMMMG Yes but "supposedly" they have the same mom. Yeah ok lol. My biggest gripe is Eric is adopted. So.... ya know.... he's not a "REAL" prince.

@RealReaper

Жыл бұрын

@@Alteori i don't know Why they kept him the same it makes no sense and they changed everyone else, they also got rid of the chef and the song he has with sebastian

@alexfriedman918

Жыл бұрын

Biology and genetics aren’t a thing any more, don’t you know? Recent fantasy shows have triracial families in medieval village settings all over the place! Either they are making a point, or those villages (and the kingdom under the sea) really need to invent paternity tests ASAP!

@alexfriedman918

Жыл бұрын

Oh, great to see you here, Reaper - big fan of your channel!

@imspoilerina9228

Жыл бұрын

Lol maybe “the same mom” adopted all of them XD!!!

Y’all, say it with me. Not every animation movie needs to have a live action adaptation

@lilmovieperp3599

Жыл бұрын

Y’all say it with me: not every remake needs to be exactly the same as the original.

@usonohoshi6165

Жыл бұрын

​@@lilmovieperp3599 and yet that's still what Disney did. Let's be fair here... All the changes they made here are MINOR. Most inconsequential. Most of the main beats of the story is exactly the same. With a few changes only causing plot holes. The events still happen. But now they make LESS sense compared to the original. The few good recent good examples to what you're saying, is Del Toro's Pinocchio. Disney hasn't done a GOOD remake in quite a while. And most are basically copy paste of the original.

@Wolfiegirlie456

Жыл бұрын

@sskiz6225 PAH REACH!!!!!

@mikaelafox6106

Жыл бұрын

I heard they did it so they don’t lose licensing rights.

@ashblender7074

Жыл бұрын

​@@lilmovieperp3599 say it with me: no one give a f##k, if it's a bad movie

Another thing is i miss Ariels iconic red hair. A lot of people were saying that color isnt realistic however..its a movie about mermaids. Also her dresses are very plain and dont feel like Ariel. I was fully expecting beautiful gowns but sad there isnt any.

@dustymcwari4468

Жыл бұрын

Also, why the realism card only applies to her, when some of her sisters have pink and blue hair, how’s red less natural than that?

@lillyyarney67

Жыл бұрын

Fr I wanted the beautiful princess dresses the sparkly one and the pink ball gown 😢 Sad we didn't get great costumes.

@Drixenol86

Жыл бұрын

Her red hair made her stand out. Especially with the other Disney Princesses.

@Machete87

Жыл бұрын

her hair isn't even red.

@lulu_Lm

Жыл бұрын

@@Machete87 her hair is the same color as natural red heads.

I'm a black woman and I loved this video. No other black person I know is asking to be seen on screen. My niece is also named after Ariel because my sister loved the original so much. I don't watch anything race swapped . It's insulting.

@Alteori

Жыл бұрын

It really is and it's the gaslighting for me. The studios are giving abuser vibes and playing up their superiority complex. I don't forget for a second that they don't give af about us.

@joanski786

Жыл бұрын

I am really tired of Disney and no longer support anything they do. Keep up the good work. I love your honesty. You've got a new subscriber ❤

@kinkymarz693

Жыл бұрын

@@Alteori Wait you’re black also? I don’t watch all your videos(only see the ones about movies or topics I personally like)so if you have mentioned it before then I may have missed it.

@NotoriousALB

Жыл бұрын

@@kinkymarz693 I believe shes asian.

@PeterParker-ff7ub

Жыл бұрын

there could be new movies with black actors

I hate that they immediately called everyone racist for not liking the casting of Ariel. I LOVED her as a kid because I was a pale, redheaded little girl who had been bullied for my freckles and red hair. It felt like a blow when they swapped her because Ariel had been MY representation. She was the first princess who looked like me. I remember meeting her at Disney World and cried, even still have her autograph. I just haven't had the heart to fully accept it. I hate how people have said I'm racist, the ONE person who is the farthest from ever being such, because I didn't like them taking the representation away from redheads. You RARELY see us on film or tv. :/

@andrewdowns3673

Жыл бұрын

"You're racist for not liking our new black Ariel." And you're racist for erasing us gingers. We need representation too damn it! We get enough shit for our freckles and the "souless ginger" or "redheaded stepchild" slurs, but no one ever brings that up.

@jasminewilliams8944

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewdowns3673 Ariel included (because the original movie will always exist), there are multiple ginger princess: - Anna - meridana - Ariel - hell, you even have Anastasia. Ariel’s hair wasn’t even a natural red, it’s a red velvet shade. Nevermind the fact that if you, a white person, simply dye your hair there’s even more Disney princesses that you look like…but I digress. The fact hay Ariel’s whiteness is so crucial for you to enjoy a movie, Jesus Christ.

@andrewdowns3673

Жыл бұрын

@@jasminewilliams8944 Whiteness? I'm not angry about her being black in the live-action movie, and you thinking that I am makes you racist. I'm mad about ginger erasure, that's it. Oh also, nice adding Anastasia to the list. She's a really cool new Disney princess.

@schaetzcken01

Жыл бұрын

​@@jasminewilliams8944 It has nothing to do with "whiteness" but with nostalgia. But it will be interesting to see if the old Ariel stays "included". What will they do in Disneyland for instance? Those who impersonate the princesses must look exactly like the princess in question. So who will be allowed to work there in the future? Those who look like the old or never new Ariel? I would bet that it will come down to the new one in the states and the old one in europe. In europe, they didn't even try to sell the new merchandise, or to make any big ads on cerials and co. Not because the whole continent is "racist", but because The little mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen is known here, as the fairytale comes from Denmark. The remake didn't have a chance to do well here from the beginning. They didn't even got one Award at Cannes, either 🤷‍♀

@lilmovieperp3599

Жыл бұрын

@@schaetzcken01 little mermaid probably didn’t get any awards from Cannes because it didn’t play there lol

In the original, despite the sunken ship was very dark and gloomy, you can still see Ariel and Flounder because of the color separation between the characters and setting. In the remake, they just blend in.

@adamrak7560

Жыл бұрын

It has more "realistic color palette" than an underwater nature documentary!

@marhawkman303

6 ай бұрын

@@adamrak7560 Watch Splash! It has live action with minimal special effects. In it, Daryl Hannah plays a mermaid named Madison. Thing is... Daryl is actually a REALLY good swimmer... and learned as a child how to swim in a mermaid suit because she thought "The Little Mermaid" was cool and wanted to be a mermaid. Well in 1984 she got that wish. Now as an adult, Daryl has the skills to swim and act in a mermaid costume. So seeing her in underwater scenes? that was REAL underwater photography!!!! Every shadow is REAL. Unlike this which just has arbitrary dark and light. also... Daryl's movements look 100% real.... because they ARE.

The truly sad thing about these honest reviews is they will be disregarded as "ah they're just a bunch of racists that can't handle arial being black" and completely disregard what you have to say. Your review, along with the reviews shown in this video and countless others out there, need to be acknowledged and listened to because it's filled to the brim with legitimate concerns, points, criticisms, and observations. It's perfectly constructed, thought out, and presented in a respectable fashion. But because arial is black, everyone will immediately dismiss it as racism. Disney has conditioned the public to deem anyone who doesn't like this movie as racist. They did it with star wars, with marvel, and now with their live action remakes. That shit irritates the fuck out of me.

@this_is_a_cat3437

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. I have voiced some criticism of this film on TikTok, and I don't know how many people have called me a racist because I didn't like it, although I said nothing about her race besides how lazy it was and that they should've done Princess and the Frog or one of the hundreds of thousands of African folktales that would've been amazing.

@chrism2887

Жыл бұрын

@@this_is_a_cat3437 that's pathetic because what you said are valid concerns and you've even offered really good suggestions. That's a prime example of Disney's conditioning and gaslighting tactics at work.

@this_is_a_cat3437

Жыл бұрын

@@chrism2887 It’s so annoying. Disney did this on purpose so any one could not like it and if they voiced it they’re canceled. Perfect for the company.

@Justmonika6969

Жыл бұрын

The solution right now is to just stop supporting these companies entirely. They know what they're doing. They're riding off the back of social justice so they can make their movies uncriticizable. The more woketoids keep defending their bad movies, the lazier they'll get.

@jaco3394

Жыл бұрын

I agree that Disney is 100% trying to push that narrative but on a positive note, I don't think it's working. I've seen many negative reviews that are perfectly reasonable even by people who celebrated Halle's casting and they're getting positive feedback for them. Disney trying to call a huge part of the world racist (because the film is failing in most of Europe, Asia and Australia) even though Aladdin did very well internationally only makes them look ridiculous and I think people in general are smart enough to realise that.

I just want them to remake Tarzan and see if they have the balls to race swap him Do it Disney, come on the ball is in your court

@rayzorkidd3991

Жыл бұрын

Please don’t give them any ideas.

@Alteori

Жыл бұрын

LMAO OMG!!!! Yo everyone on Twitter was saying the SAME thing!

@andrewdowns3673

Жыл бұрын

And you know they would. They're already doing it with SNOW WHITE!

@natto4now

Жыл бұрын

@@Alteori yes Disney Race swap the white character that was raised and acts like a gorilla I dare you

@Archive_7802

Жыл бұрын

__

I'm black and I really don't see these crticisms as racist, They are very valid, especially in a disney live action remake..

@KingofCrusher

Жыл бұрын

uncle tom

@manoz6194

Жыл бұрын

Disney are the real racists, they have been subverted and taken over by Marxists

@lilmovieperp3599

Жыл бұрын

Nah. Caring about race swapping in this movie while ignoring the white ones is a lil sus. Sorry.

@usonohoshi6165

Жыл бұрын

​@@lilmovieperp3599 honestly... Race swapping use to be not so bad. See Rodger and Hammerstein's Cinderella and Disney's The princess and the frog. There's more, but you get the picture. They never felt like they had ill intent, which is probably why most people didn't complain. But recently, thanks to Disney and Hollywood, these race swapping and gender benders feel like they just do them to use as counter arguments for the rest of the film's bad quality. Other People complaining about the weird dialogue, bad writing, bad CGI... What do they say in defense? You're either racist or sexist. This is why many people are starting to dislike the swaps. NOW there's a sense of ill intent when doing them. NOW they have become early signs- BAD early signs, that the story will NOT be good. and when they start calling people racist/sexist for not liking the trailers, the changes. Then the warning bells of the film being badly written gets even louder.

@gamiegirl4078

Жыл бұрын

Nope it's racist

"I love you daddy!" That wouldn't have happened in the new movie since everybody in Hollywood are fixated on their mommy and daddy issues and need to self-insert their psychological issues into everything they create.

I love how in-depth you talked about the “I love you daddy” and wedding scene, because I relate that every time that scene is played and the choir sings “A part of your world” and Eric and Triton bow to each other, I get CHILLS YES. The moment you played it in the video, I GOT CHILLS, even is this scene has already been ingrained in my memory since I was a child.

@juuchanIRL

Жыл бұрын

"part of your world" in every iteration of the original moved me and still does to this day. it's such a heartfelt song. the original was a beautiful movie. this is an insult.

@user-fw4uo9bm9i

Жыл бұрын

the ending of the original makes me tear up every time. the “I love you daddy” so emotional ❤️

My worst moment in this movie is when they decided to make Eric a damsel, realistically the fish woman wouldn’t be able to reach high enough to get to the wheel, hopping on her tail or not lol, the reason it makes sense that Eric is the one to kill Ursula is because HES NOT JUST A PRINCE HES THE CAPTIANNNNNN ON HIS SHIIIIIP GOD DAMN IT

@andrewdowns3673

Жыл бұрын

Preach fellow KZreadr! Preach!

@BloodMoonCosplays

Жыл бұрын

@trueblue dead ass how disney thinks now lol how far we have fallen

@Kelsey1987

Жыл бұрын

Well of course they gotta make Ariel a girl boss 😒😞

@BloodMoonCosplays

Жыл бұрын

@trueblue facts, this, the taking away of many peoples rights, the president etc

@BloodMoonCosplays

Жыл бұрын

@@Kelsey1987 BUT WHYYYYYYYY 😭😭😂😂

When the og mermaid said that the original songs NEEDED to be changed so they would be "less sexist" I lost all hope for humanity

@rubydoo3307

Жыл бұрын

One girl on TikTok was shocked when I reminded her that 'kiss the girl' was them essentially brainwashing Eric into kissing Ariel. I wondered how far media literacy has fallen, or if people just haven't seen what they're talking about?

@Jane-ow7sr

Жыл бұрын

​@@rubydoo3307 literacy that's the word! I was confused for so long why people are so confused by basic conversations and going huh? What?? Like keep up slow cunt. But now I know they're just illiterate.

@nightmarefanatic1819

Жыл бұрын

Which tells me they haven't even seen the movie, they just listened to crybaby feminists that need to have a problem with everything. In "Kiss the Girl" Ariel's body language makes it very, VERY clear she desperately WANTS to be kissed, to the point SHE tries to kiss Eric and HE pulls away. We also know the context behind Sebastian wanting Eric to kiss Ariel. He doesn't actually care about them being together, he just wants Ariel to keep her end of the bargain with Ursula so she didn't become one of those things. With "Poor Unfortunate Souls" it's the sub 60 IQ take that "If it's said by anyone then it's an endorsement, even if it's someone we know we aren't supposed to agree with." I have been watching this movie since I was three and I NEVER, EVER, NOT ONCE thought that when Ursula says "Men don't want women who talks so be silent and pretty and you'll get your man" that I was actually supposed to believe her.

@miceltusav88

Жыл бұрын

@@nightmarefanatic1819 I miss the real Disney... the one that had me wake up before the sun rise on weekends to watch cartoons

@nightmarefanatic1819

Жыл бұрын

@@miceltusav88 It sucks seeing a company that was such a big part of my childhood become what it is today. I can't even feel excited about Wish, because as good as it looks I can't shake this feeling it's going to let me down. The last Disney Animated movie I actually watched was Raya, and I was so hyped for it, and I hated it. All that potential and beautiful animation in service of a rushed story with a moral as toxic as it is unsubtle. I can't get excited for even original animated Disney movies anymore.

45:05 In the original, the reason Eric turns away from kissing Ariel, is because he's in love with the girl that saved him, who he doesn't know is the same as the one right in front of him. It _adds_ to the romance of the original movie, because Eric is shown to be loyal to Ariel, even though no other girl is actually involved. Changing the scene so that Ariel rejects the first kiss instead takes away character growth from both Ariel and Eric, for what seems to be purely modern ideological reasons.

@lessismore8533

6 ай бұрын

Gosh why do they RUIN so much?

1. Made excuses why Ariel cannot have firetruck red hair because "realism" = gave her sister white and PINK hair (bc ofc pink hair is realistic) 2. Halles acting was stale and her inner monologues singing took away from her trying to cope with being mute and conveying her emotions to eric 3. They made her FORGET that she had to kiss Eric and made her reject him, eventhough one of her biggest motivations to go on land was her love for eric 4. Made Eric weak and took away from his history, heritage and key moments of him saving Ariel thus proving to Triton he could trust him 5. Triton was fucking EEL level and got pulverised by electricity 6. Triton was brought back to life with ZERO difficulty so why the hell didnt Triton revive his wife? (Ariels mum) 7. Set looked soulless and empty 8. Tails and "bras" of every mermaid looked like lazy cosplay. Even mermaid artists look more magically and real than what we got 9. CGI was bad. 10. They took away Ariels iconic dresses. The blue, pink, coming out of the sea transformation dress and her wedding dress. And that is just scratching the surface. So glad the movie flopped. Deserved.

@uglybetty8747

10 ай бұрын

It feels so gud dat it flopped nd Disney is like being pathetic goin overboard nd lying dat it’s a blockbuster

I think it's funny that they had no problem saying that Eric was adopted; but expect the audience to accept that Ariel and her sisters all come from the same two parents. Fans excuse it away as it being fish genetics that are just different from a humans (so they come in a variety of colors); but it honestly would have made more sense for Triton to either have a harem of wives or have adopted his daughters from various underwater kingdoms as a form of allegiance to those kingdoms than to say they're all blood related when they look nothing alike. (they honestly remind me of those Barbies from around the World; each one wearing the traditional outfits - or in this case, scales - of the regions they originate from).

@TailsFan

Жыл бұрын

Triton is following in his dad's, Poseidon's, footsteps and getting around the block. XD

@madamefluffy4788

Жыл бұрын

@@TailsFan He isn't, though - the movie alludes that his daughters all share the same parents (he and his one wife).

@TailsFan

Жыл бұрын

@@madamefluffy4788 I know, it was a joke about how they all have different ethnicities. I man, that joke has been around ever since the original, with the different hair colors, but this is even worse and can't be waved away with "Oh, they got those hair colors from different parts of the family line."

@zionleach3001

Жыл бұрын

​@@TailsFan Like father, like son.

@RoseBaggins

Жыл бұрын

Which is funny, because fish don't even do that. Two clownfish mate and make baby clownfish, not angelfish. Just saying.

This Little Mermaid movie is the Little Mermaid your grandmother bought from a discount store and thought it was the original.

@andrewdowns3673

Жыл бұрын

Truer words have never been spoken

@kyushirokun

Жыл бұрын

"we have little mermaid at home" 😂

@Ni-boo

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the Cinderella movie where Whoopi is queen and the prince was asian

@emperorrat3036

Жыл бұрын

I distinctly remember my grandmother saying "I don't care what they tell you at youTube, Ariel was Black"

@kyushirokun

Жыл бұрын

@@emperorrat3036 🤣

They shouldve just made a live action of the princess and the frog if they wanted diversity. I would’ve very much appreciated seeing someone like Eddie Murphy as the shadow man

@esmeevanheerebeek

Жыл бұрын

Maybe, but the majority of the film would have been hyperrealistic cgi frogs.

@penmaster003

Жыл бұрын

@@esmeevanheerebeek They could been like that Cats movie. Dressed up like cats with human faces. (Lmao. That was a joke. )

@dinofelis9343

Жыл бұрын

@@penmaster003 Oh God. I now have the image of a certain Dark Souls boss in my mind. Just google "Demon of Song Dark Souls 2" and you will see what I mean.

@Ramsey276one

Жыл бұрын

I forget that one exist because I don't do movie watching that much Amusing that the one movie with a brown skin lead doesn't get a live action remake...

@penmaster003

Жыл бұрын

@@dinofelis9343 I looked it up. You’re right. That would be horrifying. Lol.

Instead of race swapping Ariel, they could have chosen to remake "The Princess and the Frog.". Tiana is an original black princess.

@avivastudios2311

3 ай бұрын

I can't wait to see their new version of the Princess and the Frog in 2025 where Tiana is Asian.

@Mangaka-ml6xo

Ай бұрын

@@avivastudios2311 In 10 years when they remake The Lion King, they will recast Simba with a chinese man and rename him to Chin-ba! The hyenas are going to be mongols, its going to be great, lots of red everywhere and a statue of Whinny the poo (Because he whines a lot) and the elephant graveyard is going to be a "unplanned vacations" camp!

@littlehamham3281

Ай бұрын

@@Mangaka-ml6xo you know china isnt a fan of yellow bears

@Mangaka-ml6xo

Ай бұрын

@@littlehamham3281 I couldn't recall his name and don't care enough of him to look it up XD

@tinyman1144

29 күн бұрын

@@Mangaka-ml6xo Xi !

The scene where Ariel rejects Eric in this version is basically huge amounts of cope energy from the people who made this remake. They got rejected to they projected their insecurities into that scene lmao copium up to the max level.

@lilmovieperp3599

Жыл бұрын

Lol lots of projection going on here.

@witchplease9695

Жыл бұрын

What are you even on about? She forgot about the curse which is why she turned from the kiss.

@theeye8276

Жыл бұрын

@@witchplease9695 thats their excuse, they made it up so she could reject him

@usonohoshi6165

Жыл бұрын

​@@witchplease9695 which is funny they were saying that Original Eric was BAD because HE was the one coming on to Ariel. In the ORIGINAL, they said. But the ONLY time this is true is in the REMAKE. And they HAD to erase Ariel's memories JUST so it was Eric leaning in. Which completely contradicts their excuse for changing the lyrics.

@Cardinal_claw

Жыл бұрын

​@@witchplease9695And in the og, she was the one leaning in for a kiss, giving all the signals that she wanted it and they said that Eric was pressuring her into it. In this remake, he now actually is pressuring her to kiss him BECAUSE she keeps forgetting and turning away. It's a plot device to make Eric look like a slimy pervert because "hate men"

I don't blame the actors fully for the mediocrity. I blame the director, screen writers, scripters, and producers. Their job is to give the actors a good script, production and direction to do their jobs. Its just kind of... disappointing.

@Alteori

Жыл бұрын

Exactly!!

@omokoyejoakinfenwa4453

Жыл бұрын

Oh please even if the directors, screen writers and producers did that you would still be saying that it's another useless unnecessary cash grab live action remake.

@stevenmarquez4476

Жыл бұрын

The actors know full well by now what they are signing up for and why they are hired for these roles. They are not mindless drones and regardlless of what they are offered you can often tell a good actor in a bad role, this movie was bad all around including from the actors.

@Salem-1610

Жыл бұрын

And most importanly, blame the whole damned company.

@osets2117

Жыл бұрын

​@@omokoyejoakinfenwa4453 well yeah but at least it would be a good remake

Okay, hear me out: Having a black Ariel in a European folklore story might not be a true representation. Real representation would be telling the tales of the Yoruba pantheon. Imagine showcasing the pathakies of Yemaya, a legit black mermaid and a powerful ocean goddess, with a fully black cast. That's true inclusivity, embracing stories from cultures other than European ones. This really hits home for me cause I'm Cuban, and I grew up immersed in African culture and heritage. It seriously bothers me when they go for a blackwashed Ariel instead of highlighting the awesomeness of Yemaya. It feels like they're missing out on something truly special, and it makes me want to gouache my eyes out.

@ian-flanagan

Жыл бұрын

I’m strongly considering getting into filmmaking and reading this I got excited. But a few seconds later I realized I would be crucified if I tried to get involved in a project like that. Everything is such a minefield these days.

@remiremsar5946

Жыл бұрын

@@ian-flanagan why would you be in trouble? Here in Cuba we are very welcoming.

@juuchanIRL

Жыл бұрын

you read more actual mythology than hollywood writers. these people are complete historical and cultural illiterates, we can't expect them to know anything and anyone less known than Einstein. retards took over the boat.

@bichitenshi6696

Жыл бұрын

@@remiremsar5946 Because in America, a lot of people don’t like white people getting involved/creating anything that is deemed to be a “Black thing.” The reasons for that being white people can’t properly represent the black experience and that trying to do so is cultural appropriation.

@RavenCloak13

Жыл бұрын

Like people in general aren't actually all that angry or hateful... A new different thing from another countries background would be appreciated. Problem is now that they made people react to stuff like this with negativity. People who would have wanted a Black character or something now will react with "this is just race baiting" or "this wants to be hated" instead of "I jut made it because why not?" and make something with love, care or something positive?

I'm also a daddy's little girl... "I love you, Daddy" is something I want to tell my daddy when I get married (eventually). To hear that this line got changed is real sad. Ariel is a teenager, she's still the right age to be allowed to call her father "daddy". :(

If anything, the live action version makes me appreciate the original so much more

@bananahat3350

Жыл бұрын

I’m the opposite lol. The movie is a pretty accurate remake of the original in terms of story, but that just made me realize I wasn’t crazy about the original story in the first place. It’s just a little too simple for me.

@no.1spidey-fan182

Жыл бұрын

​@@bananahat3350 I mean thats what they were for. Thr og disney movirs are supposed to be simple family movies with great animation and magical characters. Its the overall vibe and artistry of those movies that made them iconic. No one praised them for the writing and the overall narrative😂

@englishatheart

Жыл бұрын

​@@bananahat3350 But this trash movie changes some very key things about the original. It also tries to claim things about the original that are simply untrue. Ariel didn't give up her voice and tail for a "complete stranger." Ariel had always felt out of place in her world and was always fascinated with the human world. Finding her soulmate Eric (even if you don't believe in soulmates and true love in real life, they definitely exist in the Disney universe) just made her want it all the more. Even so, it wasn't until her father destroyed her collection that pushed her to seek out Ursula. And even when talking to Ursula, she was hesitant to give up all she ever knew. But she knew that love and getting to live in the world that had always called to her was a once in a lifetime opportunity. It was also completely unnecessary to change the lyrics to "Kiss The Girl," as it was always Ariel's goal to get kissed by Eric. He had her consent from the beginning. But he was a gentleman and wouldn't dare force himself on someone. He was the one who needed convincing, not Ariel. And Eric saving Ariel, as well as Triton and the entire underwater kingdom was an essential part of the story. Ariel saved him first and now he saved her, proving they needed each other and that not all humans are vile creatures. Those things may seem small to people who don't truly pay attention to the plot of the animated movie, but they are key parts nonetheless.

@kdub2538

Жыл бұрын

What if the new movies are really just a psyop to build up more fan base for the originals 🤔

@Cocobean257

Жыл бұрын

Disney needs to understand the phrase: Sometimes you got to sacrifice realism for a better story

The worst part is the water CGI, her hair looks so fake sometimes, and the lighting is so dark! She was poorly mishandled! I swear I saw her shivering in the rock scene, I felt so bad for her. Disney doesn't care for her at all!

@coreywigent7693

Жыл бұрын

The scene where she sings the part of your world reprise was so awkward looking. The way they had her slither over the rock looked so unnatural and weird

@riddlerosehearts8277

Жыл бұрын

But I don't get why they even CGI'd her into the water 😂 like if you're fliming on a beach use the ocean but no they CGI'd her into the water like if I remember correctly Halle said she loved to swim but they never gave her the chance to actually swim

@schaetzcken01

Жыл бұрын

@@riddlerosehearts8277 there was an interview in TV some days ago and there they said that in 90 % of the scenes they didn't even wear the costumes that were specially made for the film. Instead, they used CGI for it. Simply sad. I think Ariel under water is the worst. Fishtail looks pinned on and the bra ... you can see the CGI. And then there's the hair. Just bad

@HauteMashups

Жыл бұрын

@@coreywigent7693 omg this!! I actually liked the movie overall, but this was so weird looking. It’s like she was told to slither over until she was in the center of the rock, but that was so unnecessary lol

@HauteMashups

Жыл бұрын

@@riddlerosehearts8277 she did swim actually! In the shipwreck scene and where she saved Eric

Beauty and the Beast (the animated 1991 film) is one of my most favorite movies of all time. The story, the setting, the beautiful animation, the characters, it all flowed perfectly, and I've rewatched it since I was a child to today, and it never loses it magic for it. The 2017 live action beauty and the beast just came and went, and nobody talks about that film anymore, it doesn't have any longevity to it, the performances were forgetable, and nothing about it is special. Disney once made timeless works of art. Now they make just sludge, something for mindless sheep to consume and wait for the next vat of sludge to be fed to them.

When you look at Jordan Peele’s films, he knows how to properly light his characters with darker skin tones and still make them look nice in the shot, and still give off the proper emotion and feeling of his shots.

@sianais

8 ай бұрын

Ikr? Look how muddy Halle looks-and dull. She's black! Her skin has golden undertones and she looks like mud (not even pretty mud, but the discolored stuff that comes out a drain). They did her so dirty. Every part of that trash movie was an insult. They robbed the world of an actual black mermaid story, not a remake. They Green Lantern-ed all over that so bad nobody will touch the idea for decades.

10:50 What really pisses me off about that is there's a perfectly good character that they could've used for adding a person of color to the main cast that's already from the Little Mermaid universe: Gabriella, a mute latino mermaid from the animated show who was based off a young girl who was a fan of the show and died during its airing. If they wanted to show they cared, they could have added her to the movie and have her be Ariel's closest friend aside from Flounder. Heck, since Ariel is suposed to be the princess of her Sea like her sisters in this version, she could have given her crown to Gabriella when she left to be with Eric.

@theexplorer1476

Жыл бұрын

They should hire you.

@andrewdowns3673

Жыл бұрын

​@trueblue [was working and forgot to add this bit] Make her Ariel's advisor who's been running her kingdom since Ariel's more preoccupied by her human treasure hunting? 🤷‍♂️

@andrewdowns3673

Жыл бұрын

​@@theexplorer1476 I'd get fired cause I'm a ginger. But in all seriousness thanks. Working to get that kinda dream someday.

@Crawlingdreams418

Жыл бұрын

there's another perfect way to introduce a black character: make a spinoff about sebastian's life in trinidad. or make it a legacy type of thing where ariel "passes the torch" to a new character with a new set of sidekicks, with characters from the original appearing as cameos

@andrewdowns3673

Жыл бұрын

@@Crawlingdreams418 Both are good options. Maybe make the spinoff like the Tangled series?

Look Can we all agree that scuttlebutt the song should be used. A method of torture on criminals and terrorists.

@_reigner

Жыл бұрын

"They had us in the first half, not gonne lie."

@iceprism367

Жыл бұрын

Wow, you actually found a reason for it to exist.

@khfan4life365

Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure that’s against the 8th amendment of the constitution. 🤣

@wolfbane7497

Жыл бұрын

@@khfan4life365 you think the FBI and the CIA give a crap about the 8th amendment

@ravenloh6677

Жыл бұрын

Is Aquafina even singing or is she screaming in agony out of spite?

Wow. I also told my boyfriend the only time I believed Halle Bailey's performance was during her reaction to her father being turned to dust by Ursula. This story hinges on an Ariel that has a vibrant passion for all things human and unfortunately Bailey's performance felt very flat to me. I didn't believe she was all that fascinated by the human world. :/

@jmszoom

Жыл бұрын

See, I felt like an ass when I said she looks emotionless in the previews, but it sounds like I wasn’t wrong. I will not be seeing this bc Disney ruins all live remakes.

@vicentegeonix

Жыл бұрын

She is a horrible actress, well... she is not an actress to begin with... i don't understand how she gor a main role... actually i know why, because of nepotism.

@kecym.4808

8 ай бұрын

she took acting classes after being casted

@gokuxsephiroth4505

7 ай бұрын

I have a theory that Disney won't let its live action heroines act vibrantly because that's not pretty enough. I have no real proof, but from the VERY beginning of this plague of live action remakes, I remember the heroines being just bland, smiling faces.

@lessismore8533

6 ай бұрын

@@vicentegeonixshe got the role due to her singing skills but still singing alone isn’t enough

Tbh in the original animated movie it seemed like Eric understood Sebastian (who is an animal) but in the second movie it is kind off hinted that only mermaids and people closely related to mermaids can understand them. So when I found out that we´re going to see Erics parents and later also found out out that he was actually ADOPTED (and found at the beach) I was like "okay the surely gonna give him like mermaid grandparents and this deep mysterious story"... boy was I wrong and boy was I disapointed

I am SO glad you mentioned the part about Ariel leaving during "Under the Sea" because I took a listen, just for kicks, to the song and when I heard Ariel join in all the way to the end, I asked "When did she leave?! Why is she still there?! She's supposed to have left by now!"

@lilmovieperp3599

Жыл бұрын

Oh noes she still there omg remake ruined!!

@TailsFan

Жыл бұрын

@@lilmovieperp3599 🙄 That's not what I said, but the funniest part of that scene was her slipping away while he was distracted so it DID annoy me that she stuck around and, like the reviewer said, she "teleported away", which is just bad writing.

@mikaelafox6106

Жыл бұрын

@@lilmovieperp3599 Plot means nothing to you, does it? 🤔 You’re there just for the visuals and loud singing, aren’t you? Ooooh shiny, gimmie. Dur dur mermaid go brrrrrrrrrrr

@audreylareza345

Жыл бұрын

@@lilmovieperp3599yeah ofc it was ruined bc ariel wasnt supposed to b there? 💀 whole point of the song is to literally convince her that life “under the sea” was better Ofc she should have left bc she doesnt agree with that philosophy bruh

One thing I find especially baffling: they remade Ariel as black, BUT at the same time they decided she would be a REDHEAD anyway, BUT also with DREADLOCKS! As you point out, the result is extremely innatural and doesn't do justice to Halle Barry: she looks like a cosplayer of the original character...

@LittleSparklingStars

Жыл бұрын

Not at all, even a black cosplayer would have looked more accurate. Ariel doesn’t have orange brown dreads….she has bright red silky hair.

@ZebraChanda

Жыл бұрын

She doesn't even look like a redhead there are black people with naturally red hair and it's more of a copper red color her hair is brown.

@boredaf4721

Жыл бұрын

But there are so many black people with naturally red/ginger hair it’s not unnatural in the slightest?… Do you think black people don’t have that gene or?

@penmaster003

Жыл бұрын

The shade of red definitely doesn’t look natural on her. It is not her color. It might also be the crappy lighting of the movie.

@merittsnaivete2334

Жыл бұрын

Locs *

41:30 they really took prince Eric hero moment. Which sold the part when Ursula says so much for true love. Having to eat her words when prince Eric survived get toss by her power through her storm she created and then stabbed her with the boat. The same act of bravery that definitely convinces King trident to let his daughter go with Eric and that humans are not completely horrible. Yep just with that alone kills the movie

The original Little Mermaid was about a woman coming into her own, and realizing her father’s bigoted views were outdated. Eric killing Ursula was critical to proving Ariel’s point to Triton- that you cannot take decades old experiences with a handful of individuals and apply it to an entire population… Eric having a heroic moment proved that by saving the mermaids under Ursula’s spell. Taking that from him and handing it to Ariel makes her just another entitled child who does whatever she wants and gets away with it. It’s sad that they took away the larger, more progressive message from the original and made it into yet another strike against the (pretend) patriarchy.

@lessismore8533

6 ай бұрын

EXACTLY. Like Ariel is the youngest daughter so they gave her the spoiled role cus she’s the baby?

I am so sick of people saying that Eric was a blank piece of wood in the original and that the romance was based on physical attraction. TLM is in fact a pretty emotionally complex movie. And I dare even say that Ariel and Eric are the healthiest Disney couple ever. They're even the only ones that had a child together (a child that I wish had a better movie, but still) Prince Eric is first introduced by the movie narrative as adventurous young man who despite his royal heritage is not above the “dirty work”: the audience is initially exposed to him helping other sailors on the ship as well as showing consideration and concern towards Grimsby in addition to being a good listener and quite an experienced storyteller informed about the subject he takes it upon himself to talk about hence the sailors discussing Triton and the sea with Eric while Grimsby sceptically brushes their theories off. Thoroughness, open mind and a down to earth attitude are established among Eric’s primary characteristics from the get go and not for the sake of forcibly and obnoxiously presenting him as a multi-dimensional morally/intellectually superior protagonist - in fact, he can hardly even be deemed as one seeing as the movie essentially revolves around Ariel and her struggles with inability to obtain independence and fulfill herself outside of a place she feels like she belongs whereas every other character, no matter how significant, plays a part of a supporting cast - but in order to showcase his interests thus, in so much as the first few minutes of the movie we already learn up on not only the hobbies Eric is intensely invested in but the extent of his love for the sea, conflicted relationship with his guardian figure (Grimsby) and are provided with a raw sketch of his mindset and the lens through which he observes the world. All of it could have easily been left out seeing as Eric’s individual emotional investments are not particularly related to Ariel’s story, but those aspects are outlined regardless because Eric isn’t merely a love interest of a fiery red head: he has a personality, a character of his own. Next time Eric comes off as “the guy with a flute”, it being the immediate impression he gives off once Ariel first sees him, confronted with not so much his mesmerizing attractiveness as the way his eyes lit up when he produced music for his own pleasure (poignantly, the same exact way Ariel preferred to go about her musical skills: away from the crowds or pretentious grand celebrations, using a melody for self expression. It’s hardly a coincidence that Melody ended up being a name of her and Eric’s daughter) or when he played with his dog or when he was clearly not impressed with the the statue of himself. Speaking of which, that is a good character moment because it shows that Eric is burdened by expectations and is seen as a powerful future king when in reality, he is a shy introvert. This allows Ariel to relate to him. Eric, however, was thankful for the attention and love coming from Grimsby regardless of how inexplicably insufficient and misinterpreted the latter’s perception of Eric generally was, which is rather unfortunate given that Grimsby played some sort of a father figure role to him while being entirely unable to get the grasp of how the young man’s mind functioned. Which brings us to another point: according to all the evidence Eric’s parents are most likely dead, considering they didn’t show up on either of his weddings - the fake one with Vanessa and the real one with Ariel - nor did they attend Melody's christening. Admittedly, being left in charge of no one other than Grimsby who hardly understood what Eric essentially was about, and having to prepare himself to be a future effective ruler of Tirulia. Eric is the epitome of a person who built one self up independently, firmly standing his ground confronting the standards imposed on him that he was unwilling to conform to - such as being forced into getting married before determining whether there was a right woman (“the one” as Eric referred to a person he hadn’t yet been lucky enough to meet and want to spend the rest of his life with, not settling for any less) among his suitors for the sake of fitting into a certain ideal of a proper prince. His attitude of a dreamer was a part of his established characterization but he was also exceptionally analytical about his concepts of romance. Having survived a horrific incident Eric sincerely believed he had found true love and his ideology of a dreamer took a strong grab at his outlooks on relationship seeing as he was set out to find a girl with the gorgeous voice at any cost due to said voice being quite literally the only connection to his rescuer. As some people mistakenly imply, Eric did not fall in love with a voice, in fact, at that point his feelings were all over the place and not exactly what stands for actual love, a mature fully formed feeling. Being drawn to the idea of a girl who saved him Eric - genuinely and irreversibly - projects his certitude regarding her being “the one” onto the only representation of her he had been left with so far - her voice. And subsequently his idealistic but slightly immature romantic notions backfire with a cunning irony once he meets a girl who has everything a man can dream of but lacks what he seeks out the most. A beautiful stranger doesn’t talk therefore cannot be “the one” nor would she ever - as he firmly believes - pass for “the one” hence why Ariel’s beauty is essentially irrelevant to Eric. His one and only goal concerning relationship at that point revolves around finding that person he believes to be one in the whole world who is right for him. Not only doesn’t he fall for Ariel’s looks but is entirely indifferent to said looks due to thinking that woman is not the one he needs (frankly, the assumption about Eric being easily smitten with visual appeal is extensively incorrect considering the fact that, due to his royal status, chances quite a few attractive female suitors were eager to have his hand only to be rejected because Eric at one point explicitly stated he wasn’t interested in superficial relationship and was waiting for the right person). Which doesn’t mean Eric is immune to primordial instincts and cannot appreciate physical attractiveness - he does, in fact, acknowledge Ariel’s captivating outer exterior once she dresses up for a dinner but it isn’t until she makes him laugh for the first time in few days by being her overly excited, imaginative and adorably dorky self that he starts taking a more insightful look into her and is willing to take her on a Kingdom tour - while still not being ready to open up to her or let the endearing mysterious girl into his life due to being committed to his unrealistic ideal. Next day Eric spends actual time with Ariel who proceeds to behave excessive and enthusiastic, never failing to amaze him. She is more invested in exploring various layers of the city life rather than paying a consistent attention to him (but… but Ariel totally “left her family behind to be with a man” and had no other agenda, right? Right?!), however, Eric is perfectly content with dedicating time and effort into making her feel happy and content, not being put off by her overflowing craziness in the slightest, but getting more and more intrigued by the unusual, eccentric nature of his accomplice - to the point of becoming largely conflicted hence the boat scene where Eric wants to get to know Ariel while still being unsure of his own feelings and pulling away when she tries to initiate a kiss - because yes, he still takes relationship incredibly seriously and is unwilling to allow himself so much as an innocent romantic interaction without being fully confident that this person is truly the one for him. He challenges himself and his initially established concepts of idealistic romance, gradually deviating from a strong commitment to an image of a girl with a sing song-ish voice he had created in his mind in favor of opening the door into the possibility of forming a bond with a real person regardless of this blooming relationship being enormously confusing, awkward and opposing to everything he had led himself to believe in before. He was GROWING out of exaggerations and teenage angst and exposing himself to a new perspective of building a mature relationship. The segment with him throwing a flute into the ocean is the ultimate representation of his character development. Eric’s love for Ariel was powerful in both dimensions: back when he was an avid dreamer with a controversial concept of romance who invested considerable amounts of emotional energy into the idea of “the one” and when he was no longer a happy go lucky kid indulging in his dreams but a man willing to fight for a person he loves both in a figurative (choosing the real Ariel over the romanticized ideal) and literal sense (once slipping out of the hypnosis Ursula had inflicted him with all of his thoughts and actions were inevitably and directly related to Ariel, to making her feel loved, to instantly accepting the immensely shocking fact of her being a mermaid and to throwing himself into the waves where he couldn’t even breathe at risk of getting killed in order to make sure she doesn’t remain subjected to her captor) - and in neither of those cases was Eric drawn to Ariel’s looks. Prince Eric is the kind of character to represent self awareness, intelligence, ability to respond to emotional challenges rather than cowardly running away from them and giving all of himself to his nearest and dearest and his story contains more than enough of an evidence to back it up. Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.

@Sansarii_Minecraft

Жыл бұрын

Dude wrote a whole novel lol

@IPA300

Жыл бұрын

And Disney wasted hundreds of millions of dollars to make this garbage lol.

@NocturnalMelody

Жыл бұрын

Hm, well worth the long read.

@SUNKENCOMET

Жыл бұрын

I ain't reading all that.

@lmahu6627

Жыл бұрын

"Based on physical atrraction" That's like the first step in getting into a relationship. Yes, Ariel thinks Eric is handsome (because he is) but she becomes even more smitten when she overhears his conversation with Grimsby that he's waiting for the right woman in his life.

I still hate how they based Sebastian's design off of a Ghost Crab, which is a land-dwelling species.

@cintronproductions9430

Жыл бұрын

It makes the fact that he literally sings Under the Sea far too ironic. XD

@imspoilerina9228

Жыл бұрын

I won’t let this movie ruin my love for ghost crabs!! (Plus I disliked his new voice in this movie)

@RoseBaggins

Жыл бұрын

Sh, don't let them know we're on to them about not doing their research, like they used to.

@peterrealar2.067

Жыл бұрын

@@RoseBaggins And I saw them using a damn gannet when a gull is LITERALLY what makes Scuttle his character. They FAILED to understand the choices of the original species, only going for visuals instead of demeanor for the animal choices.

@dracodracarys2339

Жыл бұрын

And they made Scuttle a gannet so he can dive underwater and TALK UNDERWATER because they changed the plot to "Ariel has never been above the surface so Scuttle has to be underwater!"

Watching the original ending never made me cry... why did I cry just seeing it here.... ;-; I think I truly miss when these movies were originally made and they were all jure pure magic and reality escaping.... such feeling... I miss that.

@thetrib1

Жыл бұрын

fans are mixed. fans want nostalgia so much though. and until that dies movies and shows will be made off of the back of already established characters.

In the original movie Eric being a legitimate prince actually was important if you think about it. Both Ariel and Eric are royal by blood and in those times royalty often could not marry commoners. (I believe in the original fairy tale the prince married a princess instead of the little mermaid). So them both being royalty solves that problem. Also, because they are a royal pairing they actually unite their people through marriage as was often done back in the day. Royal families of different countries would intermarry to form strong bonds with their neighbours. So in this case that means that Eric and Ariel now have the power to educate the people and even create laws that would prevent the catching and killing of merepeople (which happened to Ariel's mother). Commercial fishing would possibly also have no chance of developing. It also helps that Eric killed Ursula because that has earned him respect with King Triton. I imagine the little bow at the wedding was partially in gratitude for that. All in all, if Eric had not been a legitimate prince, ready to inherit the throne and become king, the impact of him marrying a mermaid princess would have been lessened significantly.

@lessismore8533

6 ай бұрын

Nice comment

If the “Scuttlebutt” song is an indication of what this movie is, I have no hope for it.

@VoyceAtlas

Жыл бұрын

why did you have hope? are you not an adult male? the movie ain't for you buddy. you were gonna hate on it no matter what because you were told to hate it since you have no mind of your self and prolly suck elon cack

@frug5629

Жыл бұрын

I gave it a listen and...yeah. It was painful. It doesn't complement the character at all.

Imagine for one second if this movie wasn't about Ariel, but rather, this movie was about Tia Dalma (Calypso) and Davy Jones's love story, before the events of the Pirates of the Caribbean films, some prequel. That would be awesome. We could see a younger version of Tia Dalma and Jones, we could more mystical-ocean creatures, sirens, Poseidon (God form), a full Kraken in his prime, The First Brethren Court, ad more. Just remember how the Pirates movies were like Marvel in his prime of these days: high budgets, giant sets, the best CGI of the market, charismatic actors in charismatic roles, and a lot of money from the box office. Man, what an opportunity wasted. I don't have any problem with the actress, in fact, she is so talented, charismatic, and professional (and heck she is fucking beautiful). It is a shame that Disney put her in that mediocre film.

@herusetiawan5399

Жыл бұрын

Or they could just make a movie based on original Little Mermaid tale by Andersen

@rubydoo3307

Жыл бұрын

I wanna see it. But I don't trust them to not mess it up.

@andrewdowns3673

Жыл бұрын

Nicely done. Thatd have been leagues better than this.

@usonohoshi6165

Жыл бұрын

Which is very funny. Because Calypso is a Greek goddess. And NO ONE complained that she was black. People love her character.

@MsLambchop

Жыл бұрын

​@@usonohoshi6165 EXACTLY!!! I loved Tia Dalma as herself and as Calypso! I didn't mind for one solitary second putting my Bullfinch's Mythology aside to see the lovely and charismatic Tia Dalma as Calypso! It's not the race swapping that offends - it's the hubris that these talentless hacks display as they ruin a perfectly good EXISTING character.

One thing that I find very unfortunate, is that her hair color and skin color seem to be so similar to each other, that they often times appear to be the same color. That way her face seems to "drown" in her hair.

@lessismore8533

6 ай бұрын

Exactly

As a major daddy’s girl, Ariel’s relation with her father feels so real in the animated feature that it makes me tear up. Not to mention, I’m a confident introvert. I’m used to taking action to get what I want. (I told my best friend that I loved him) So I can relate to old Ariel’s go getter personality when it comes to Eric.

The main issue I have with the casting of Ariel is that we have over 30 YEARS of history with Ariel being a specific character portrayed a specific way, and now they just tell that OG to go f herself while they remake the character differently. So, the big question is this: Wreck it Ralph 2 came out after the live action Beauty and the Beast, but in that animated film we got the OG Belle, not some animated version of Emma Watson. So, when the next animated project comes along that has the Disney Princess characters, like Wreck it Ralph 3... do they risk being called racists by giving us the OG Ariel, or do we get the animated version of THIS Ariel, which is totally NOT Ariel? OR, do we somehow get both versions and some wacky explanation of how they both coexist in the Disney realm? Knowing Disney, I predict that in WiR3 they will give us only an animated version of this Ariel, and one of the other princesses will ask something stupid like "Ariel, did you change your hair?" and she will sheepishly reply "It's complicated" while grinning awkwardly or something, signalling that fans of OG Ariel can just f right off. That's my prediction, tell me I'm wrong, Disney.

@gracestaton3618

Жыл бұрын

You're right. We have grown up with a red headed, blue eyed, white ariel. Disney uses her in all of their marketing, she has been around for decades, and the fact that they didn't think people would be upset? Like, HALF of her iconography is her RED hair. It's a live action, REMAKE. like i understand a lot of people are genuinely using that fact to be racist, but most people also just want Disney to admit that they wanted their woke points. and instead of giving Black creators and actors an outlet and resources to make their own inspiring stories, they just put black people in roles, and then let them get the brunt of backlash.

@chuchu5946

Жыл бұрын

I hope not since that would require Halle Bailey to give them the right to use her likeness. And thats gon be expensive.

@LinkachuHQ

Жыл бұрын

they didn't tell the OG Ariel to go "f herself", she is still here. but now there's more representation with this Ariel and the chance for more little black/brown girls to see themselves on screen as Ariel, which is not a bad thing

@charg1nmalaz0r51

Жыл бұрын

@@LinkachuHQ No what they have done is muddied up the brand. You now have two looks for the same character which is stupid lol.

@shanedaley6236

Жыл бұрын

​@@LinkachuHQ and they needed that with Ariel whyyy we should be able to see our selves in the character no matter what they look like it's not skin that matters but their ideals I believe doing this just brings more division and they don't have to change Ariel they can expand the universe with her sisters would that have been so hard

I appreciate your honesty, Ariel will always be my favorite Disney princess, it was my first VHS and it’s what developed my love for music. But I don't want to see this movie (and I'm black, so Disney can't call me racist lol). I just don't like the attitude Disney has towards it, that expects me to cry and fall down and kiss their feet in gratitude for race swapping a fictional Disney character.

@Alteori

Жыл бұрын

That's exactly how the studios act and it's condescending to the highest degree.

@bananahat3350

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, I’m the opposite lol. I wasn’t crazy about the original Ariel, but Halle really sold me on this iteration. I’m not crazy about the movie, but I really do like Halle’s interpretation of Ariel.

@scarlett19b

Жыл бұрын

*I posted the exact same thing on Facebook and You wanna know what happened after that!? Halle Bailey Fanatics went after Me like a freaking Witch hunt.. They stalk Me.. They harass Me.. Hell they even made Instagram accounts where they posted Screenshots, photos and all kinds of Disgusting/Mean stuff about Me.. out of Hatred.. and those Halle Bailey Fanatics are WHITE BLM supporters.. I mean.. what the actual Fuck!?*

@scarletsletter4466

Жыл бұрын

Girl I feel the same way. I’m Latina & u have just summarized why I feel so annoyed at Disney casting a latina as Snow White. Like… we are not Snow White & that’s ok. Most latinas don’t want to see ourselves as Snow White. If anything we ❤stories like Encanto that’s original with real Latinos culture. Disney want us to kiss their feet! 😂

@scarlett19b

Жыл бұрын

@@scarletsletter4466 *I'm mixed and I wholeheartedly agree!*

I agree with you... simple as that... Lets be real people would be upset if someone changed a black character into a white person that's called whitewashing and that's not cool, it is no better to do vise versa, and you did an AMAZING job explaining why ^w^

the thing that annoys me the most is that disney fails to realise that animated movies and live action movies are different mediums, just like comic books and novels yeah, they share a lot of similarities, but some things will just never work as live action, and some will never work as animation

Disney was a massive part of my childhood. I never imagined that there would be a time where I would pray for it to go out of business. But here we are.

@INSERTNAMExHERE

Жыл бұрын

Same. I still cry when simbas dad is thrown off the cliff by scar in the lion king (the original.. not the live action abomination), and my sister watched the litte mermaid almost daily, and drove our mom damn near crazy because of it hahah. It's more of a nostalgia thing for me more than anything, and I'm getting sick of it. It's a quick cash grab mixed with pandering

@christianaguiare544

2 ай бұрын

I blame Frozen

A few live-action movies that KNEW how to use color and lighting effectively, proving that this movie has NO EXCUSES: "Kill Bill", "Moulin Rouge", "It", and "Harry Potter".

@hybrid5860

Жыл бұрын

Good take. Moulin rouge is amazing and super creative

@BrokensoulRider

Жыл бұрын

2015's Cinderella.

@dawdeuce250

Жыл бұрын

Can I add Pacific Rim to that list?

@Alondro77

Жыл бұрын

@@dawdeuce250 Ehhhh, I guess so. I was gonna say it was very CGI-heavy, but then so is this movie.

@softbread2073

Жыл бұрын

it depends on the harry potter movie, the later ones were very dark and all grey

One of the biggest changes that was not just infuriating but ruined the movie was the focus away from Ariel being in love with Eric. In the Original, Ariel was often described by critics as being a lovesick teenager and not much else, but watching the film you realize that she is a romantic and embraces the things she loves with gusto, while also being a curious and driven young lady. That includes not just Eric, but the World Above, and having her being head over heels for Eric is what propels the plot forward, from Sebastian trying to dissuade her from going with "Under The Sea", to King Triton destroying her grotto along with Eric's Statue, and her going to Ursula for the deal. In the Remake, they heavily downplay that she is in love with Eric, making everything weaker as a result. She is moody and doesn't want to spend time with her sisters, and some how that translates that she is in love, as opposed to her being on Cloud 9; she tells Sebastian of the cool fireworks, instead of making active plans to meet Eric again (even joining in with singing Under the Sea, which is supposed to be the OPPOSITE of what she is trying to do); Triton destroys a random statue from Eric's ship, instead of a statue of Eric himself, which made destroying it tantamount to KILLING ERIC! Even when she rescues Eric, I never got the feeling that she was in love with him in the Remake, making the line "Part of your world" ring hollow. The Original had such a tender, sweet moment when she was singing about "being beside you, have you smiling at me" that there was no doubt in my mind that she was completely gone on him, which made that moment of "Part of your World" all the more impactful. That is completely gone in the Remake, even though the words are still there. And here is the crazy part: Eric was just as lovesick as Ariel! He couldn't stop thinking about her and trying to find out the mystery woman who saved him (and not some weird siren spell as the Remake tried to make it out as). Ariel and Eric, weirdly enough, actually have a good relationship, even though it is a shortly built one. The Remake almost makes it seem like Eric is the obsessed one, while Ariel is using him as a way to be on land being her main focus, with her love for him being a distant 2nd, because Heaven forbid a young woman actually being in love in this day and age. The worst part is that it also wrecks with Ariel's relationship with Triton, as in the Original Triton has no problem with Ariel being in love, even musing "I wonder who the lucky Merman could be?" (which was awkwardly co-opted by one of her sisters in the Remake). His only problem was it was a human, who he had said were all barbarians. But after seeing that Eric risked his life to save not just Ariel, but all of the Merfolk, to defeat Ursula who had the power of the Seas on her side, Triton's only objection was gone. He realized that Eric was a good man and was more than happy to give his daughter to him, knowing that would make each other happy. But in the Remake, Ariel saves the day (and Eric twice), mentioning "Eric was also there" (he helped, kinda, sorta, I guess..?), which would change Triton's opinion, how? They so desperately wanted to give Ariel more depth by making her less in love, in a story that is all about her being in love! All they succeeded in doing was making audiences realize how far Disney has fallen, and more specifically what we lost. I have no nostalgia for The Little Mermaid, I only watched it for the first time about a month ago, when all of this was happening, and I was impressed by what I saw, and even more so after watching the Remake to see how far things had gone. Watching the two versions, back to back, there is no comparision: The Orginal Animated Classic is a masterpiece: it's bright, energetic, bursting with fun passion and it tells a sweet love story, and is truly worth watching again and again. The Remake is a souless, joyless, hollow, overbloated, tonally confused, narratively damaged, and in all other ways, disgrace to the original. It should be consigned to the Mysterious Fathoms Below...

@Not_Always

9 ай бұрын

It was stupid. Eric didn't need to be there at all with the way they changed the story. It could've been anyone or no one that she found on the surface. She had no chemistry with the guy either which made it worse.

I had a lonnng conversation with my besties about race swapping and I personally agree with this video I really hated what happened to Ariel here. I talked to them because others were saying "oh so you don't like black people playing in leading roles...." no that was not it. I grew up with the original like so many others so it was very jarring to me. My friends agreed with my point I even brought up how for example people would react the same way if Tiana's race was changed to let's say white or Merida became latino.(Myself being Hispanic) My biggest issue in general is the Fact disney has fallen to the point they need remakes to milk nostalgia and gain brownie points from different groups/community's. Why can't they stop just make original content!

I never even noticed the mole on her, I just kept looking at her eyes. I know it’s just who she is, and it’s natural, but it’s so odd seeing Ariel with eyes so far apart like an actual fish. Edit - seeing her face from pics she took makes her look so much prettier but Disney did her dirty…

@Alteori

Жыл бұрын

That's what I was saying. They downplay her looks and they're supposedly the professionals

@Jade_1872

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I felt so scared to mention the eye thing ever worrying people would misunderstand, like she’s a beautiful woman, and she looks like such a sweet person, but Disney can’t light a dark skinned woman right to save their lives.

@vicentegeonix

Жыл бұрын

​@@Jade_1872she is not a good person.

@adamsmasher5234

Жыл бұрын

@@vicentegeonix what did she do

@englishatheart

Жыл бұрын

​@@adamsmasher5234 Well she's someone who constantly blaims racism for people not liking her in this movie. No, Ariel shouldn't be black, but nor should Tiana be white. Established characters should stay the way they've been established, race and all. And, while I have no doubt she has experienced actual racism from some people, she automatically jumps to that excuse instead of admitting she shouldn't have taken this role and that maybe, just maybe, she isn't as good as those who think race swapping white characters is okay tell her she is.

The Little Mermaid was the very first Disney movie I remember watching. I instantly fell in love with Scuttle, his voice, personality, and lovable nature. They took him, and made him look like a demented seagull, and gave him an annoying voice, and song. And I can't even begin with Flounder😢

@charg1nmalaz0r51

Жыл бұрын

half the time you are playing wheres waldo when you hear him speak. Some disembodied voice while you search for flounder lol

@Geekzilla84

Жыл бұрын

@@charg1nmalaz0r51 😂😂😂😂

@MG-uy3ie

Жыл бұрын

seagull would have made more sense (like 1989 version) since they live amongst people and that's how Scuttle "knows" about human made things. 2023 movie made Scuttle into a Gannet (from old Germanic meaning "strong" and "masculine" lol) who doesn't live near people. I am assuming its not a Northern Gannett (lives up north europe/UK) or Australasian Gannet so the only closes ish Gannet we have is Cape Gannet (lives around south African coast) but they don't settle near people so it doesn't make sense why shed ask Scuttle anything about human related items.

@Geekzilla84

Жыл бұрын

@@MG-uy3ie So your telling me Scuttle isn't a Seagull? They didn't even get his species right?! It keeps amazing me how messed up this film really is!

@MG-uy3ie

Жыл бұрын

@@Geekzilla84 no lol and Sebastian is now a land crab who would biologically drown in the sea lol

One thing about the Prince Eric / Ariel Ursula kill-flop. It completely changes the story. Ariel saves Eric from a burning ship, so he saves her right back. By saving Ariel and defeating King Triton's arch-nemesis, Eric proves to King Triton that land-dwellers are good people too, and that's what prompts him to grant his daughter's wish.

@lessismore8533

6 ай бұрын

Exactly! There just some things you DONT change

Your bit about colonies and governors managing them made me have a newfound appreciation for Pirates of the Carribean, specifically the fact that they at least tried to get the stuff right for the time period. Makes me wonder, if they were to made a movie like this now, would they even bother... Then again, if they were to make Pirates of the Carribean now, it'd suck ass hard, because it'd be infected with the modern Disney virus.

The problem about making stuff live action it takes away what makes the characters them, flounder, scuttle and sebastian all have features that makes them look like themselves. But in live action now they look like generic fish, or crab.

@Alteori

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. It's not very marketable nor memorable.

@northernlights2546

Жыл бұрын

Wasn’t scuttle a male seagull? So not only did they change the gender but the species as well, like.. why?

@demomanchaos

Жыл бұрын

It not only dilutes them into forgettable filler, but strips them of their ability to emote. Perfect example is the stampede in Lion King. Simba's face in the real version is wide and shows just how terrified he is, while the cheap knock off has none of that, just a blank stare.

@Pinkkittie5006

Жыл бұрын

@@northernlights2546 cause its disney.... 😒

@imspoilerina9228

Жыл бұрын

They did Scuttle so dirty. Scuttle went from a male seagull to a female gannet who was voiced by the annoyingly obnoxious Awkwafina. Perfect.

This one really upset me. The original is art in every respect, and these people have the audacity to bastardize it for the sake of shameless pandering.

@lilmovieperp3599

Жыл бұрын

Good. Stay mad, snowflake.

Race swapping for representation points is by far the most disgusting thing ever. You think POC people don't deserve representation and should only be given scraps? Disney and all the other major film companies have stooped to the point of no return. Disney is no longer the company that used to give us beautiful animated movies.

@jeremyusreevu237

Жыл бұрын

And then idiot shills will call the people who call this out racist.

@englishatheart

Жыл бұрын

It's not just insulting to people of color but is also saying that the character wasn't good enough as a white person. But saying someone isn't good enough being white is somehow "not racist." 🙄😒

@peteynutt4104

Жыл бұрын

its modern blacksploitation, just like in the late 60's snd 70's

10:30 - BOOM! I’m black, and even I was disappointed with the race swap because I grew up my WHOLE life with a white red headed Ariel. Real representation is making black lore, not just changing skin tones. Lastly, they did the race swap then made the change of putting them in the Caribbean. All of which added ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to the story. What significance was it supposed to bring? They made a lot of little changes to this remake that made no sense and didn’t explore any new parts of the story. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Beyonce: You can't put a black girl in blue light. These people don't know what they're doing. Reminds me of my dad. He's blond, but he has super curly hair. Only black hairdressers can do his hair well. His favorite lady moved away at one point, and he was stuck for a while.

@Alteori

Жыл бұрын

Oh that sucks. Curlier hair takes a certain type of care and often people just brush through it like they're trying to set it aflame lol

@scarlett19b

Жыл бұрын

*My partner has the exact same problem because of His epic Isro/JewFro!*

Finally someone brave enough to properly and justifiably roast the Little [Black] Mermaid. Was looking at the reviews and the way they all try to dance around the actress is so obvious.

@Alteori

Жыл бұрын

Yeah nobody is being honest and I have no idea why.

@shirw

Жыл бұрын

​@@Alteoriwell, sure, we all know - because they will call you racist for saying anything negative at all.

@wimsylogic65

Жыл бұрын

​@@Alteori I mean I was honest and I was told to go die mad called bigit and Racist. I Only stated I was disappointed she didn't have red hair. And yet that's worthy for people to wish I would die. 😂 I absolutely lost it when I heard they were upset about Lilo & Stitch.😂 I really can't understand How they're not seeing Hypocrisy And Double standards. And then if it's not supposed to be about the color. Then why is Halley mostly only talking about little girls of color. Should she be a mermaid for all little girls. If color doesn't matter then why does she keep specifying. I'm only disappointed because a character I loved was changed. Change to someone I can't relate to anymore. Not just because of How she looks. But because she's a different personality and energy than the original. I'd feel equally upset if they made an Enconto live action, And those characters Didn't look like their cartoon counterparts. You expect to see the live action versions of the cartoon. Cause then it keeps alive the magic of oh this is what this cartoon movie be like if it was real this is makes it more real. But if you change it from the Original movie then it completely ruins that magic. Because it takes way the connection from the original. This was supposed to make the magic from the cartoon feel real.

@KingofCrusher

Жыл бұрын

"brave enough" lol like literally every fucking youtube video about this movie is roasting it, brave would be saying it wasn't that bad you fucking toad.

@Alteori

Жыл бұрын

@@wimsylogic65 OMMGGGGG YES!!!!! THE LILO AND STITCH THING HAD ME IN STITCHES. I forgot about that!!!!

It’s hard to make things better when there’s nothing to be changed.

@kecym.4808

9 ай бұрын

💯

You handled this critique better than I ever could. I appreciate your sheer honesty, because it needs to be said. You pointed out just how problematic this movie is down to the historical inaccuracies. Never mind the race-swapping, which is bad enough, classics like The Little Mermaid just don't need to be remade PERIOD. (Also, love the Siamese cat in the thumbnail, as an owner of 2)

Race-swapping wouldn't be such a big deal if it wasn't an indicator of half-assing the movie. If they had been putting tons of quality movies that happened to have some race-swapped characters without crapping on the original material and fans, and without using those token characters as shield against criticism; people wouldn't really be so rilled up.

@RoshanAntonyTauro

Жыл бұрын

Mermaids are supposed to be Manatees. They cast a buffalo instead of a sea cow.😂😅😅😂

@andrewdowns3673

Жыл бұрын

Case and point, Nick Fury and MJ in the MCU. They're raceswapped but the movies were good regardless.

@andrewdowns3673

Жыл бұрын

@@RoshanAntonyTauro I agree, but wasn't Goliath already black in the comcis?

@coy0

Жыл бұрын

They always hire some fucking ugly mutt instead of an actual black lady

@usonohoshi6165

Жыл бұрын

True. At this point making a white character black is a red flag for a films writing quality.

I miss the days when Disney still had a soul

@Voodoo4ub_tchesssss

Жыл бұрын

You mean when they were blatantly racist 🤔🤔😂😂🤦🏾‍♀️

@Rosie_Petals4780

Жыл бұрын

@@Voodoo4ub_tchesssss u probably replied to the wrong comment bc what u said literally has nothing to do with theirs

@this_is_a_cat3437

Жыл бұрын

@@Rosie_Petals4780 no, they just think that if you don’t like this then you’re a racist.

@Rosie_Petals4780

Жыл бұрын

@@this_is_a_cat3437 that doesn’t even make sense lol

@no.1spidey-fan182

Жыл бұрын

​@@Voodoo4ub_tchesssss What Disney did you grow up with? Cause I remember them having a lot of ORGANIC representation in the 90s through 2000s🤷‍♂️. If anything Disney NOW is racist since they dont care enough to respect the people they claim to represent by giving them their used scraps

The roasting revews are more interesting than the movie itself. I want to see more roasting reviews, Alteori. Never apologize for it.

"Lemme get this off my entire chest" Looks at run time. She ain't lying

Look, I like Aquafina, she’s a decent enough actress. But who the hell decided to give her a song segment?!

@SK-ut6tw

Жыл бұрын

The Fck is an aquafina?

@MarvinPowell1

Жыл бұрын

"Look, I like Aquafina, she’s a decent enough actress." I can think of at least two things wrong with that statement...

@manoz6194

Жыл бұрын

You like that vile degenerate creature? ummm okay....

@naurrrre

Жыл бұрын

i hate most of lin manuel miranda’s work, like they can be cringey. it’s giving 2010s

@supermaximglitchy1

Жыл бұрын

I think it was because of her name

I refused to watch the film. I am done with Disney's soulless remakes. I just can't do it anymore with them. I review older films now. Good review Alteori. I usually agree with your perspectives most of the time. You got an objective eye that is much appreciated.

@juliacats5204

Жыл бұрын

You lasted long. I was done since Lion King remake, bc actual lion cubs are capable of showing emotions better then whatever Disney done, so the entire film was absolutely soulless

Even in the scene where Triton destroy Ariel secret grotto There is no single scene where Triton looks sorry for being too harsh to his daughter

@serenitymoon825

7 ай бұрын

I was ready to be retraumatized and i was very disappointed

All I thought while watching this was: "Who needs this?" We have a perfect animated movie for this lil mermaid. We have by now three movies and she had a TV series, which was also pretty good

Disney remakes are like when your parents gave you a hot dog wrapped in a slice of bread, instead of a hot dog roll, and they tell you that it's still bread, so it's the same.

@scarlett19b

Жыл бұрын

*Or when people are poor and the children get second-hand clothing and shoes from other family members who are more fortunate/have a lot of money to spend.. and than the parents say: Be grateful.. because if it wasn't for them You'd have nothing.. like: Excuse me but what!?*

@MsLambchop

Жыл бұрын

😂

@scarlett19b

Жыл бұрын

@@MsLambchop 🤷🏽‍♀️ *What's so funny!? This actually happens IRL!* 👎🏽

@TheCapedWanderer

Жыл бұрын

When I was 7 my mom gave me a drink in a thermos and told me it was my favorite kind of juice, but it was actually chai tea. I had never been so betrayed in my life

@scarlett19b

Жыл бұрын

@@MsLambchop *Why haven't You still NOT responded to My question!?*

It's crazy how much better DC's Aquaman's ocean looks, especially that it's an action movie that's somehow more colorful than a Disney animated remake

@lilmovieperp3599

Жыл бұрын

Nah

@FredBstar3K

Жыл бұрын

​@@lilmovieperp3599 -_-

Great review. Disney should be ashamed of themselves for all the recent live action remake cash-grabs.

I always assumed the original took place in Europe somewhere, like the Baltic sea or at least near European islands since the original author, Hans Christian Anderson, was Scandinavian. Also, Disney had already made a lot of major changes to make the animated film (the biggest being her not dying in the end and getting Eric), so them making even more feels like they didn't even like the original changes.

Honestly, I'd watch a Little Mermaid movie with Nigel Thornberry as Ariel.

@mars199

Жыл бұрын

That would be an interesting movie.

@wimsylogic65

Жыл бұрын

I would too. Oh my gosh there would be so awesome. And Nigel the little mermaid Explore studying the wildlife going up to the surface to study the Birds. Find human objects and give explanations like you talked on the show. Until he came upon His future wife Marian. Whom he rescued she was filming. I think instead of king Triton in Nigel's mother. I don't know I just think it's a fun idea. Little mermaid version of the wild thorn berries. Then Eliza could be Born Onland. Maybe you've rescued a magical manatee I don't know, And gave me ability to talk to fish. I'm kind of like you're going to the live action 2nd little mermaid with melody. Ah I feel like there's so much they could work with this.

Honestly, the game in the background has better graphics than the actual movie overall great channel

@swampking5417

Жыл бұрын

What is the name of the game in the background?

@ahmer123abc

Жыл бұрын

Subnautica

@swampking5417

Жыл бұрын

@@ahmer123abc Subnautica damn I didn’t know they added guns

Then why have Eric at all since he’s so not really needed. Ariel should have just fallen in love with herself and married herself in the end. Dang

They do the actress so dirty in this film. She looks like one of the experiments from Splice in half the scenes she's in. You hit the nail on the head with the 'monster' vibe; she looks uncanny enough that you could straight up use her as a murdering horror creature, just different enough from a person that you don't realize she's coming to kill you til you're too close.

We live in the days where the most creative thing is making a remake and expecting people to embrace nostalgic memories and then spend their hard earn money for less subpar entertainment.

Triton's wife being killed by humans was actually taken from the animated movie Ariel's Beginning.

@johnstrife7

Жыл бұрын

The children have one mom but the children have different ethnicity or race in the remake like wtf doesn't make sense

@Kelsey1987

Жыл бұрын

@@johnstrife7 Disney just wants to sell lots of dumb toys and dolls to cater to all the idiots who think they’re race isn’t represented lol

From what I can gather, Little Mermaid was published in Copenhagen, Denmark, in the late 1830s, just after the napoleonic war. Denmark and Norway were very closely allied kingdoms, both elective monarchies. Ariel was the youngest of 7 daughters. At the age of 15, they are permitted to go and see the surface once in their life. She listened to all the other stories. When she went, she saw a prince, storm wrecked him, she saved him and put him by a temple. A beautiful woman came out with all her maids and took him in. She asked her grandma if humans lived forever. She told Ariel that mermaids live 300 years, humans do not, but they have an immortal soul that lives on in heaven after death. She wanted an immortal soul of her own. The sea witch took her tongue in exchange for a potion. The potion would feel like having a sword thrust through her, and the legs she gains from that would feel like she's walking on sharp knives, but she will be able to dance like no human ever can. The deal was, in order to obtain a soul, she had to marry the prince and earn his love; then part of his soul would be hers. If she fails, the day after the wedding, she will die of a broken heart and turn to sea foam. She passed out on the surface from the pain of taking the potion and was saved by the prince, prince and Ariel got close. She danced for him whenever he asked, enduring the pain in hopes of earning his love, but when his parents told him to marry a princess he said no, he loved the priestess who saved his life. They told him the priestess was the princess doing her education at the temple, so of course he accepted! The wedding was planned and soon they were wed. Her sisters, on her wedding knight, came to Ariel with a dagger. They had all given up their hair (they are all bald now), in exchange for the dagger. If she cuts out his heart and drips the blood on her legs, she will return to the sea. She did not kill him in his sleep on the party ship, instead, she threw the dagger into the sea and threw herself off the wedding boat and turned to sea foam, but she did not disappear. She became a spirit of air, and met the daughters of the air who congratulated her on her selflessness, and because she was so determined to earn her soul, she was given a chance to earn it. 300 years of doing good deeds for humanity as an air spirit, and she would rise up to heaven. She joined her new sisters in the sky and lived happily ever after. A Danish story, set in a European kingdom, using a European mythological creature. It's not really the prince she was after, but an immortal soul and heaven. A noble sacrifice at the end, realising she messed up and then accepting the consequences, owning her mistakes and holding herself accountable. Being rewarded for that with a chance to earn what she wanted in the first place, not through trickery, shortcuts and self torture, but through honest good work and kindness.

I remember being a wee little boy and having the BIGGEST crush on Ariel for a long time. The Little Mermaid was one of the few VHS tapes my family had, and I loved seeing Ariel every time we decided to see it. Loved hearing her sing, watching how she smiled. Then I saw them making a remake and thought... well shit. Needless to say, I'm not watching that. Instead, much like The Rings of Power, I'm gonna watch other people review it. Give the support to people I genuinely like. Thanks for letting us know you're thoughts, and I'm glad to hear the animated version is dear to you as well!

The Little Mermaid originally took place in the Mediterranean. Not the Caribbean. The original story was written by a European and the Mermaids in the story come from Greek Mythology. Triton is a son of Poseidon.

@marniekilbourne608

Жыл бұрын

The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson takes place in Denmark which is in Scandinavia. But the Disney cartoon mashed it up. Otherwise Ariel would have most likely been blond if she was from Scandinavia.

@onlyoldnavy

Жыл бұрын

You're point

@DZ-cm5xw

Жыл бұрын

Please don’t forget Disney changed a sad story to happy ending in the first movie, the rest doesn’t matter…

@moritzmartini4132

Жыл бұрын

@@marniekilbourne608 nope. Anderson actually visited Italy shortly before he published "the little mermaid". In the original fairytale there are also many hints that the story is set in a more south italian setting. Same with Disneys animated version of that fairytale: it looks very south italian/mediterannian coded

What bothers me is that the race swapping feels like tokenism, like they cast her just for her skin color. Race swapping isn't a bad thing so to say, as long as it isn't for the sake of the person's skin color. Morgan Freeman was the perfect choose for God( traditionally portaied as white) in Bruce Almighty, and I can't see anyone else playing the role as well as he did.

@ArnoldFrost

Жыл бұрын

Not just black, Morgan Freeman is ironically an atheist (or more accurately, doesn't subscribe to just one religion). They hit the jackpot with him As far as gender goes, there's also Tinda Swalton's The Ancient One in Dr. Strange. The original was a Chinese male (Yao), but Swalton did a really good job portraying TAO and giving the character justice without being a girlboss

@trebot9292266

Жыл бұрын

That's kind of a different situation with Morgan though. Even in the movie it was alluded to that the God we saw was just what God chose to look like.

@MarvinPowell1

Жыл бұрын

Nobody cared about race swaps prior to say, 2015. The reason they're so awful now is because it's so transparent why they're doing them. To virtue signal, come off as woke, and to get ESG bucks (especially if they can erase a ginger in the process; Hollywood considers gingers to be "double white/bad.") The 2003 Daredevil had a black Kingpin in it with Michael Clarke Duncan. But they intentionally cast a black Ariel here because Hollywood despises redheads for some reason and wants to erase them from existence (which is ironic, because natural gingers are a minority and make up less than 1% of the global population.) Hollywood tries to act like "race doesn't matter; it's just art" but will then turn around and call people "racist" for objecting to a black Cleopatra. It's so insane how legitimately bigoted and hateful modern-day Hollywood is, while pretending to be "helping marginalized communities." This has a name; specifically it's called benevolent racism. It's when you pity and infantilize people you think "need your help."

@Snake-ms7sj

Жыл бұрын

@@MarvinPowell1 Another problem is the race swapping only goes one way which just makes it look like a middle finger to whites.

@kylejackson7913

Жыл бұрын

Wow they cast her just for her skin color? That sounds pretty bad do u have a source where they said that? Do u have any proof? I’m sure u have a reliable source where Disney said “let’s hire her because she’s black” and you’re not just saying that

Not too mention Ariel killing Ursula makes no sense. You need to years to learn how to steer a boat, especially in rough weather. Oh and you need LEGS. Steering a boat requires LEGS.

54:27 people seems to forget the central theme surrounding Ariel isn't romance, her "I Want" song had literally nothing to do with romance, it's about how much she felt restricted, that she's not allowed to explore the world or even her identity, that's why one of the most dramatic lyrics in that song was "Betcha on land they understand, bet they don't reprimand their daughters", romance is just used to represent that struggle, that she wants to be on the surface world with the man she loves. It's similar to how Romeo and Juliet wasn't about romance, it's about the consequences if young people aren't allowed to explore their desire

@kecym.4808

9 ай бұрын

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I haven't seen the movie and I'm already convinced not to watch it and I honestly agree

@NickHall-gm1gu

Жыл бұрын

Don't listen to people make your own opinion

@alastortheworshipperofkhorne

Жыл бұрын

It's never worth watching these Disney remakes the only remakes I actually like was the maleficent movies

@JKurayami

Жыл бұрын

@@NickHall-gm1gu You're right, you should eat dog shit. Listening to people's opinion on it isn't worth anything, you need to try it for yourself.

@MellowMutated

Жыл бұрын

Same

@animezilla4486

Жыл бұрын

​@@NickHall-gm1gu I agree I think people should make up their own minds when it comes to movies like this

I got very mixed feelings about this film, while Haily Ballay is a good singer, this movie still has its problems. But one scene I had issues with was the moment where Ariel kills Ursula, like what the actual hell. I know in the original Eric saved her, but that change was unnecessary..

@mullaoslo

Жыл бұрын

its almost like having a good singer in the movie doesnt make a good movie..

@spiderleenie

Жыл бұрын

Yup. Also, Eric killing Ursula to save Ariel at the end is quite literally what changes King Triton's mind about humans, therefore turning his daughter human at the end. You change this element of the movie, and King Triton's arc makes much less sense ... And Ariel saves Eric's life earlier on in the movie. It's like the original film effectively establishes how both characters are willing to put themselves in danger to protect each other because they're in love ... Or something. Haha.

@Dinossword

Жыл бұрын

@@spiderleenie I know right? Triton wouldn't change his daughter human if she killed Ursula

I will say for Hallie's singing (echoing your point, the talent itself is not the issue) I feel like stylistically it chops up the flow of Part of your world a bit too much. It's not a BAD choice, but to your earlier points on visuals, I don't think it was the best choice for embodying the character. As an example, if you look at Brandi's rendition of "In My Own Little Corner" from Cinderella, she's able to keep the elegant/breathy flow while also introducing her own style: more intonation, more vibrato, and SOME pauses. The instrumentation also changes a little to help support her own style (base, a triangle that keeps rhythm, etc.) I think if Hallie took how she sang the last few lines "Out of the sea, wish I could be, etc" and used that as a base for the rest of the song, the pauses wouldn't bother me as much. Almost before "Out of the Sea" feels very choppy and sometimes labored. Especially, the middle. Just my 2 cents. I don't sing as a profession but I've done so in groups for years and have been trained professionally. EDIT: Asked my old mentor for a 2nd opinion and she said they could've pushed her style much more. Similar to my comments on Brandi. Technically a great rendition, but stylistically it didn't push it as far as it should've to support the actress. Seems to be a theme for the movie (saturation, story choices, acting, etc.)

@lessismore8533

6 ай бұрын

I love that Brandy movie one of the best Cinderella along with Cinderella 2015

The same people who call people racist for not liking race-swapping and changing Ariel also had a meltdown over the Lilo and Stitch casting. They understand the concept of wanting characters to look like the originals. They're just racists who think only certain races matter, and can't understand that other human beings also are allowed to exist and have histories and favorite characters and cultures/etc etc. They just hate certain races and love to lash out at others. Then they don't understand why they're not popular, because they're the modern-day racists who think their form of racism is the correct one. They don't get that most people hate racism, period. At some point the actors need to get a hint, too. It's so bizarre that anyone is even willing to take these blatantly racist roles - I mean, I get a paycheck, but why ruin your reputation for one check? Hell, if they just said they did it for the paycheck, I think a lot of people would shrug, but they always get upset and call everyone else racist while they're doing the racist thing. You don't change a character's looks without reason (example: Esmeralda from The Hunchback of Notre Dame. They had a reason and it's fine), and the reasons behind these changes are malicious.

Appreciate your thoughts and feelings. As for me I appreciate the older animated version more obviously,but for people that like this as I've said before it's your opinion and if you enjoy it then good for you.

@Dan_Kanerva

Жыл бұрын

opinions that are capitalized by Disney to produce worse and worse adaptations... so i dont think they should be allowed the opinion. Is a tool for mediocrity

@HasanShah-wv2yw

Жыл бұрын

@@Dan_Kanerva shut up and just move on. people can like what they want. companies can do whatever they want. you can make the film just change the name and songs. no one is right in this lmao

@Dan_Kanerva

Жыл бұрын

@@HasanShah-wv2yw shut up, dont' read my comment, and just move on . How about that ? people can like what they want until is against a cultural zergeist , otherwise there would be no taboos in society... and if no one was right then general consensus and movie ratings would not exist. Brother , do you even think before responding to somebody or you just go by "vibes" ? 🤦‍♂

@lilmovieperp3599

Жыл бұрын

@@Dan_Kanerva what do you mean “not allowed”? I liked the movie and I’m willing to bet I know way more about film and it’s history than someone like you…

@DYLANJJK94

Жыл бұрын

What I don’t get about people, if they want nostalgia, could what the actual movie from your childhood lol instead they complain about remakes being too much like a children’s movie, when it’s a a reboot of a children’s movie lol

The underwater scenes look like it was filmed inside an empty fish tank. I've seen tons of aquarium decor from Pet Smart and been to my local aquarium but the movie failed at making the ocean believable. I'm confused to why we never got a stop motion mermaid movie at all because it would be cool to use aquarium decor and fish tanks as the ocean. The mermaid puppet could be a ball jointed doll with swapped mouths and eyes. If Laika the stop motion company made a mermaid film with stop motion, I'll give them half of my earnings.

Im a black woman and i really thank you for your review! I thought this was a poor cheap handme down for black people. I think its blackwashing and horrible. We all know that whitewashing is horrible so why is this any different. Why are black people fighting to scrounge for sloppy seconds is BEYOND me! We had a black princess! Remember Tiana!? Yea the whole reason she was created was because we were mad that there wasnt a black princess in Disney's lineup now that we have her shes just put on the back burner. For this!? Cmon yall. But now that this race swapped mess is out i don't even think id want a live action Princess and the Frog...

Disney is just proving that they’re either too lazy or too stupid to make original characters. Honestly, a live action Static Shock movie would KILL right now. I’d pay money to go see it

Saw the movie with my sister opening night, and a couple takeaways: 1.) They did Flounder dirty(just isn’t vibrant enough to stand out) 2.) Halle Bailey is a talent. And her voice is definitely fit for a Disney princess, but I wish they created a new story for her to really shine. 3.) Sebastian was funny, but they also did him dirty with his looks. 4.) I did like the added scenes of Ariel and Eric together. 5.) Kinda wish they took this opportunity to show Ariel’s mom and how she died instead of just telling us. That would’ve helped the audience really understand how King Triton was feeling, and also see the risk Ariel was taking. 6.) Idk why they changed the names and gave cool new designs for Ariel’s sisters while knowing they would hardly be in the movie

@bananahat3350

Жыл бұрын

100% agree on all your points, except I really love Flounder’s design. He just looks so stupid, it becomes endearing to me lol. Like how can you hate this adorable, stupid, little idiot fish?

@barrington5438

Жыл бұрын

@@bananahat3350 😂 you got a good point. The more you look at him, the design becomes more likable I guess

@barrington5438

Жыл бұрын

@trueblue true

@vicentegeonix

Жыл бұрын

Halle is a horrible actress, she is not even an actress.

@barrington5438

Жыл бұрын

@@vicentegeonix I do remember seeing her act as a kid. And she was in Grownish. So she definitely acted before. Not saying she’s the best actress, but she does have experience. Idk if you watched the new Little Mermaid with her, but her acting was good in it.

There are two types of Disney live-action remakes: pointless rehashes of a superior original animated movie (like this specific one or Beauty and the Beast) or insultingly bad "reimaginings" by people who didn't even understand the point of the original they come from (like Mulan or Peter Pan and Wendy).

I have kinda mixed feelings that it takes place in Caribbean rather than Denmark where Hans Andersen came from. Both the original fairy tale and the animated movie is kinda ambiguous to where it takes place. I know that Frozen have already taken the generic Scandinavian niche of Norway while smashing all Nordic countries together but we do have Pirates of the Caribbean though. And Aladdin was originally taking place in China for some reason but many adaptations change it to Middle East like the rest of the One Hundred And One Night stories. I do like the idea of different variants of fairy tales told by another traditional culture or time but I think that's not this modern Disney's true attempt since they only think diversity and political backlashes sells more than anything else. It's like that very creative artist making very beautiful aesthetic (and very expensive) traditional African based dolls inspired by the traditional European fairy tale princesses that worked great if only that artist didn't cooperate with Disney themselves and making the variants based on the Disney adaptations since Disney only do this for attention. The few only attempts of Disney adapting the setting and themes of a fairy tale into another culture and era that works was Disney's Princess And The Frog from 2009 taking place in 20s New Orleans since their main focus was on creativity and story rather than cheap reputation and cash-grabbing even though it had a couple of inaccuracies of the African American community (mostly about the magical aspects). If there wasn't already one iconic Disney movie of Little Mermaid and not made in this modern era where they are notorious for using diversity only as a public stunt and shield if it turns bad overall then it could have worked. But no, they just have to remake their already existing movies rather than just make something new with a diverse cast since more people would recognize it and piss more people off for changing something that doesn't need to change.