Hi everyone, it's been ages since I had written my last review! Anyway, today I am going to be 写作 the Little Mermaid review and what my younger brother name Prasert and I felt about this 2023 live action reboot!
The Storyline
While the majority of the story is the same, however there are a number of changes I felt that it filled the plot hole of the 1989 film to which we all grew up with. Like we get to see the backstory of Triton and Ursula relationship as siblings, which was the original idea for the 1989 animated film.
Prasert and I were surprised to see Eric's mother for the fist time and she's black too. My assumption is that Eric was actually adopted as a baby and that his adopted father sadly passed away prior to the events of the film, his relationship with his mother is very similar to Prince Kit's relationship with this father in Disney's 2015 live action film, Cinderella.
I was disappointed that the Crash the Wedding scene was rushed and not very comedic enough for the film, but on the other hand, I guess that it could be shorten in the interest of time constraint. The same applies for Chef Louis and his signature song, Les Poissons which was excluded from the film itself.
During the Destruction of the Grotto, it's portrayed very differently, in the animated film, Ariel finds Eric's statue that landed in her grotto and she's jumping with joy until it was short-lived when her father, King Triton arrived after Sebastian was being pressured to blurt the secret out and destroyed everything, but in this reboot, it was less scary and very short.
Finally, I 爱情 how they also included Hans Christian Anderson's quote at the prologue, this was done as a tribute to the 作者 who penned both The Little Mermaid and The Snow Queen, the latter would become the basis of Disney's Frozen!
The Characters
Ariel is played 由 African-American actress and singer, Halle Bailey in her very first 迪士尼 film. I was really amazed 由 the character developments of Ariel in this live-action film. Especially when she came to confront Vanessa moments before the film's climax, unlike her animated counterpart.
At least she has 更多 screen time and her character is very bold and has 更多 courage as well. To which I salute the producers for giving Ariel 更多 character developments!
Sebastian remains the same as his animated counterpart, despite the fact that he looks like Mr Krab from Spongebob Squarepants!
比目鱼 looks the same as well, except he's skinner than his animated counterpart.
King Triton is very stern in this reboot, but at least he's not hotheaded like his cartoon version. He creeps me out during the Destruction of the Grotto!
Unlike his animated counterpart, Scuttle is changed into a woman and can dives into the water. Her mannerisms is very much like a tomboy and she sounds a bit like 花木兰 when she joined the army! Despite this, she's hilarious and her 唱歌 is WAY better than her cartoon version!
Like Ariel, Prince Eric also went through character developments and his 唱歌 voice sounds like Michael Ball, the singer who originated Marius Pontmercy in Les Miserables! An observation that Prasert pointed it out during his song after his mother tells him to forget about Ariel, who was known as the mysterious girl at this point of the story.
Finally, Ursula is another character that when through some changes as well. Her tentacles also have minds of their own when looking for the potion when she's about to transform into Vanessa, unfortunately her death is scarier than the animated one and it scarred me to this very day. Melissa McCarthy played Ursula in this reboot and her 唱歌 blew me away, especially with her rendition of Poor Unfortunate Souls! Initially, I thought 皇后乐队 Latifah would play her considering that she played her in the 2019 The Little Mermaid live.
Music & Songs
We get to hear a number of familiar songs like Part Of Your World, Poor Unfortunate Souls, 吻乐队(Kiss) The Girl and Under The Sea. Alan Menken was asked to write new songs specially for this reboot with the help of lyricist Lin Manuel Miranda, who was also the composer of Disney's Moana.
Plus, Halle's voice sounds a bit like Ariana Grande when she sang part Of Your World, and she gave a very powerful rendition of Part Of Your World! She's breathless.
The new songs gave both Ariel and Eric character developments! Initially, I thought that the film was going to take songs from the short-lived musical. But I was wrong in the end!
Visualisation
The visualisations and the special effects played a very dominant role in this reboot, and it reminded me of Avatar: The Way Of Water due how similar the visualisation and the ambience of the film itself!
Part Of Your World
So, there 你 have it! My review on this 2023 live action reboot based on the 1989 animated film that we all grew up with. If 你 want me to do a comparison of both the 1989 and 2023 versions, please let me know in the 评论 section below.
The Storyline
While the majority of the story is the same, however there are a number of changes I felt that it filled the plot hole of the 1989 film to which we all grew up with. Like we get to see the backstory of Triton and Ursula relationship as siblings, which was the original idea for the 1989 animated film.
Prasert and I were surprised to see Eric's mother for the fist time and she's black too. My assumption is that Eric was actually adopted as a baby and that his adopted father sadly passed away prior to the events of the film, his relationship with his mother is very similar to Prince Kit's relationship with this father in Disney's 2015 live action film, Cinderella.
I was disappointed that the Crash the Wedding scene was rushed and not very comedic enough for the film, but on the other hand, I guess that it could be shorten in the interest of time constraint. The same applies for Chef Louis and his signature song, Les Poissons which was excluded from the film itself.
During the Destruction of the Grotto, it's portrayed very differently, in the animated film, Ariel finds Eric's statue that landed in her grotto and she's jumping with joy until it was short-lived when her father, King Triton arrived after Sebastian was being pressured to blurt the secret out and destroyed everything, but in this reboot, it was less scary and very short.
Finally, I 爱情 how they also included Hans Christian Anderson's quote at the prologue, this was done as a tribute to the 作者 who penned both The Little Mermaid and The Snow Queen, the latter would become the basis of Disney's Frozen!
The Characters
Ariel is played 由 African-American actress and singer, Halle Bailey in her very first 迪士尼 film. I was really amazed 由 the character developments of Ariel in this live-action film. Especially when she came to confront Vanessa moments before the film's climax, unlike her animated counterpart.
At least she has 更多 screen time and her character is very bold and has 更多 courage as well. To which I salute the producers for giving Ariel 更多 character developments!
Sebastian remains the same as his animated counterpart, despite the fact that he looks like Mr Krab from Spongebob Squarepants!
比目鱼 looks the same as well, except he's skinner than his animated counterpart.
King Triton is very stern in this reboot, but at least he's not hotheaded like his cartoon version. He creeps me out during the Destruction of the Grotto!
Unlike his animated counterpart, Scuttle is changed into a woman and can dives into the water. Her mannerisms is very much like a tomboy and she sounds a bit like 花木兰 when she joined the army! Despite this, she's hilarious and her 唱歌 is WAY better than her cartoon version!
Like Ariel, Prince Eric also went through character developments and his 唱歌 voice sounds like Michael Ball, the singer who originated Marius Pontmercy in Les Miserables! An observation that Prasert pointed it out during his song after his mother tells him to forget about Ariel, who was known as the mysterious girl at this point of the story.
Finally, Ursula is another character that when through some changes as well. Her tentacles also have minds of their own when looking for the potion when she's about to transform into Vanessa, unfortunately her death is scarier than the animated one and it scarred me to this very day. Melissa McCarthy played Ursula in this reboot and her 唱歌 blew me away, especially with her rendition of Poor Unfortunate Souls! Initially, I thought 皇后乐队 Latifah would play her considering that she played her in the 2019 The Little Mermaid live.
Music & Songs
We get to hear a number of familiar songs like Part Of Your World, Poor Unfortunate Souls, 吻乐队(Kiss) The Girl and Under The Sea. Alan Menken was asked to write new songs specially for this reboot with the help of lyricist Lin Manuel Miranda, who was also the composer of Disney's Moana.
Plus, Halle's voice sounds a bit like Ariana Grande when she sang part Of Your World, and she gave a very powerful rendition of Part Of Your World! She's breathless.
The new songs gave both Ariel and Eric character developments! Initially, I thought that the film was going to take songs from the short-lived musical. But I was wrong in the end!
Visualisation
The visualisations and the special effects played a very dominant role in this reboot, and it reminded me of Avatar: The Way Of Water due how similar the visualisation and the ambience of the film itself!
Part Of Your World
So, there 你 have it! My review on this 2023 live action reboot based on the 1989 animated film that we all grew up with. If 你 want me to do a comparison of both the 1989 and 2023 versions, please let me know in the 评论 section below.
Call me Anne. I wouldn't say my age because 你 would be embarrassed but think older then Elsa. I loved the 90s princess (Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, and Mulan) since I identify with them a lot. When I was in elementary&High school I did get bullied but that's a long time 以前 now. I 爱情 some of the 文章 I have read here on this site specifically the ones arguing about 灰姑娘 not waiting around for a Prince to save her. Did 你 know that it took from the 1800s to the 1912 before Snow White's and Cinderella's respective stories overlapped? And in the 1913 some guy who had the last name Powers who would later help 迪士尼 with Steamboat Willie made his own film version of Snow White and borrowed the True 爱情 吻乐队(Kiss) from either Grimms' Briar Rose 或者 Perrault's Beauty in the Woods.
17. Noble Maiden Far-Merida
16. I'm Wishing-Snow White
15. I wonder-Aurora
14. When will my life Began?-Rapunzel
13. Almost there-Tiana
12. Someday my prince will come-Snow White
11. So this is love-Cinderella
10. Cinderella-Cinderella
9. A dream is a wish your 心 makes-Cinderella
8. Reflection-Mulan
7. Just around a riverbend-Pocahontas
6. Coluors of the wind-Pocahontas
5. How far i'll go-Moana
4. Belle-Belle
3. Something new there-Belle
2. Part of your world-Ariel
1. A whole new world-Jasmine
16. I'm Wishing-Snow White
15. I wonder-Aurora
14. When will my life Began?-Rapunzel
13. Almost there-Tiana
12. Someday my prince will come-Snow White
11. So this is love-Cinderella
10. Cinderella-Cinderella
9. A dream is a wish your 心 makes-Cinderella
8. Reflection-Mulan
7. Just around a riverbend-Pocahontas
6. Coluors of the wind-Pocahontas
5. How far i'll go-Moana
4. Belle-Belle
3. Something new there-Belle
2. Part of your world-Ariel
1. A whole new world-Jasmine
12. 花木兰 wardrobe
I don't like her wardrobe, it's to plain and dark
11. Merida wardrobe
I like only her blue dress
10. Moana wardrobe
It's not very ugly but it look like strange
9. Pocahontas wardrobe
She's got only one outfit but I like it
8. Tiana wardrobe
I like few outfits but rest of them aren't my favorite
7. Snow White wardrobe
I hate her rags but her princess dress is very pretty
6. Ariell wardrobe
I like only bra, peasant dress and sparkling dress
5. 茉莉, 茉莉花 wardrobe
I don't like her rags and purple dress but rest outfits are amazing
4. 灰姑娘 wardrobe
I don't like only hand-made dress
3. Rapunzel wardrobe
It's pretty and it's in my 最喜爱的 color but I like two 下一个 more
2. Belle wardrobe
I like all dresses
1. Aurora wardrobe
I think her dresses are amazing and 颜色 are stunning
I don't like her wardrobe, it's to plain and dark
11. Merida wardrobe
I like only her blue dress
10. Moana wardrobe
It's not very ugly but it look like strange
9. Pocahontas wardrobe
She's got only one outfit but I like it
8. Tiana wardrobe
I like few outfits but rest of them aren't my favorite
7. Snow White wardrobe
I hate her rags but her princess dress is very pretty
6. Ariell wardrobe
I like only bra, peasant dress and sparkling dress
5. 茉莉, 茉莉花 wardrobe
I don't like her rags and purple dress but rest outfits are amazing
4. 灰姑娘 wardrobe
I don't like only hand-made dress
3. Rapunzel wardrobe
It's pretty and it's in my 最喜爱的 color but I like two 下一个 more
2. Belle wardrobe
I like all dresses
1. Aurora wardrobe
I think her dresses are amazing and 颜色 are stunning
12. Snow White
I don't really like Snow White, she was a little bit childlish and boring.
11. Aurora
She's so low because she didn't do anything interesting and we see her on screen only 18 minutes.
10. Tiana
She is good character, but a little bit too serious
9. Merida
She was interesting and funny, but I like 下一个 eight more
8. 花木兰
I like 花木兰 because she's very realistic, but I don't like her pessimism
7. Cinderella
She is my 最喜爱的 ,,classic" princess, she's interesting and dreaming.
I like her third movie ,,Twist in time" most
6. Pocahontas
I really like Pocahontas, she's very interesting and funny
5. Moana
I like Moana because she's adventurous and loves water
4. Ariel
She's great character, especially in TV series
3. Rapunzel
My 最喜爱的 ,,modern" princess, she's funny, dreaming and clever
2. Jasmine
She's rebellious, and I 爱情 her quote ,, I'm not a prize to be won"
1. Belle
She's clever, dreaming about adventure and a little bit sarcastic
I don't really like Snow White, she was a little bit childlish and boring.
11. Aurora
She's so low because she didn't do anything interesting and we see her on screen only 18 minutes.
10. Tiana
She is good character, but a little bit too serious
9. Merida
She was interesting and funny, but I like 下一个 eight more
8. 花木兰
I like 花木兰 because she's very realistic, but I don't like her pessimism
7. Cinderella
She is my 最喜爱的 ,,classic" princess, she's interesting and dreaming.
I like her third movie ,,Twist in time" most
6. Pocahontas
I really like Pocahontas, she's very interesting and funny
5. Moana
I like Moana because she's adventurous and loves water
4. Ariel
She's great character, especially in TV series
3. Rapunzel
My 最喜爱的 ,,modern" princess, she's funny, dreaming and clever
2. Jasmine
She's rebellious, and I 爱情 her quote ,, I'm not a prize to be won"
1. Belle
She's clever, dreaming about adventure and a little bit sarcastic