Passing of the dinglehopper: how Jodi Benson joined TLM remake

[a_files06]

'The Little Mermaid' director Rob Marshall and Jodi Benson, the original Ariel, discuss how her cameo role came about. https://t.co/0u2I4aq6rI
- Entertainment Weekly (@EW) May 26, 2023
-The Little Mermaid is officially out

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[a_files06]

definitely one of the better Disney adaptions.

Here is the thing about this film imo....they GUTTED the underwater scenes to the point that I didnt blame Ariel for wanting to not be a mermaid. For some reason only 2 sea creatures and whatever new bird Scuttle is are the only ones capable of talking? That is where the film primarily lost points. We saw very minimal mermaids, any Merfolk who wasnt Ariel had nothing to do, and the biggest crime....Ursula/Triton are siblings again but they dont ELABORATE ON IT AT ALLLLLLL. They added a whole extra hour to this film and they don't give us what we've wanted for the past 30 years.

Now the human world? They did a great job at expanding them. They added more characters, they made it lively as hell. Everything that lacked under the sea, thrived on land. Eric is MAJORLY expanded. He now has a mother. One of the women who gossips gets more lines than any of Ariels sisters.

I loved Halle as Ariel and I dont think anyone can watch this film and validity complain about her not being white. She embodied every aspect of the character which is very important when you racebend.

Melissa as Ursula was also really fun and deserved way more screen time. The actress who plays Vanessa had very little screen time but boy did she play Vanessa and own every second of her screentime she was given.

Javier was flat as hell as Triton most of the time and Id say the worst animated to live action adaption character in this film.

I am 50/50 on the changes. I liked half of them, disliked the other half.

[henolam]

how did the underwater shots look? I heard they werent very immersive & im not surprised. underwater is notoriously hard to do & disney remakes arent exactly known for their polished cgi

[who_love]

It was fine for the most part but one of the most noticeable things was the lack of anything other than the characters we knew in the scene. Like you'd expect some fish swimming around in the distance or something but it was just all blue!
I think Under The Sea was great but could've been better if there weren't just loads of the same creatures in each shot. It just looked like a copy paste job from the animators.

[sandstorm]

Yeah it looked ....well, like a soundstage bc it was so empty.

[a_files06]

I was pleased with the under water scenes as a whole cgi wise. As crisp and good as Avatar? No. But still very good to the point it never took me out of the film.

[euraylie]

I really enjoyed it!
But some of the changes…[Spoiler (click to open)]why wasn’t Sebastian there to see her cavern and hear her sing Part of Your World to better understand her?
Why did they completely nerf Jetsam and Flotsam?? Ursula should’ve been talking to them and not just monologuing to herself. Melissa was good, but I still didn’t like the makeup.

Eric‘s song was so unnecessary. At least have him doing something while singing, not just awkwardly flopping about.

Awkwafina made Scuttle so annoying. Under The Sea didn’t pack the punch it needed to and the lyrics no longer made sense with the scenes they showed during it.

The final “I love you, Daddy” being changed to “Father”…it’s sad that they had to change it. Also Javier Bardem was so awkward.

I loved Ariel’s new song (very musical/Broadway sounding) and the second reprise of Part of Your World.
I missed the purple sparkly dress at the end.