Full performance of "Poor Unfortunate Soul"

[tucker]

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Disney has uploaded the full version of Melissa McCarthy's "Poor Unforunate Scene" from "The Little Mermaid" still in theaters.

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[floatinglately]

man i don’t know much about filmmaking but the way this is shot feels so…. inert? i went back and watched the original to compare and the animation is really quite simple but the way it’s blocked and “shot,” the way the “camera” follows ursula around and how they use a cut to a “close-up” adds dynamism to the scene that feels really lacking here (quotes bc it is a cartoon lol). this one starts off ok but then once the chorus hits we’re watching all this happen from so far away… then sort of aimlessly zooming in too slowly to emphasize any particular line… now we’re far again…. a musically climactic line gets performed so we can’t even see anyone’s face

[burntxtoashes]

I haven't seen this yet but IA. I think my biggest problem with the CGI versions I've seen so far is that they just feel quite...bland in comparison.

I remember a specific scene in the Lion King - I think it was Hakuna Matata. In the animated version its SO fun and colourful and lively, where as the CGI feels like a less exciting David Attenborough documentary.

[euraylie]

It doesn’t work with animals at all. You lose all expressiveness and fun. The whole point of the animated versions is to give this the animals human expressions and emotions.
That’s why it’s madness that they’re doing Bambi. I can just imagine dead-eyed Thumper

[piratesswoop]

yep. they tried with under the sea but it just doesn’t hit the way the original does.

[tucker]

I think you nailed it