The Little Mermaid(2023)
Live-action remake of the musical fairytale about a young mermaid who dreams of walking among humans and sacrifices her beautiful voice for her wish.
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Age group8–15 years
Duration130 mins
So I had no interest of seeing it in cinema at first but I finally watched it with my dead eyes. Without a further-a-do let's see if this is Disney's classic junk. Non-Plot details: I do not get why the running time is longer then the original one and why Disney movies these days are longer since it has no point with its awful pacing. I don't like the character designs on Sebastian , Scuttle , Flotsam , Jetsam and especially on Flounder because their designs just scars me and that is a problem since the Lion king because their designs are lacked expressions and feels way too real. The new songs are just forgettable and just filler. Why is the lighting of the water so dark I mean I saw Blue planet so what ever. Awkwafina as Scuttle is a terrible casting because I do not want to be rude but her voice is so annoying and she is not funny not evening the slights. The rap wedding song is terribly annoying and I can't stand it! (SLAP ON MY FOREHEAD) The kiss the girl has lack of charm and cleverness to the original one. Why is Eric barely in this movie ,in fact he dose absolutely nothing! Plot + Characters: Its start of unusual because instead of singing cheering crew they straight up want to kill the mermaid and apparently they hate mermaids. Why? I have no clue, you can argue that "Well they said 6 ships had been shipwrecked later" but they never said mermaids shipwrecked or called them monsters. Its like the writers remove all the good writing of Luca. Any way when Triton announced all of triton's "daughters" (The reason I put in quotes because it feels like they all come from different mothers).WHY did they remove the show plot line?!: I knew it they going to remove the show because its a subtle way that sometimes we forget important events and they remove it! The meeting isn't really that important so it doesn't matter. After Eric was saved (TWICE) at the end) he went to his mother if that woman is suppose to be a queen or a mother?! Jeez the world building doesn't make much sense! I hate when they movies mention their family member died which has no impact on the plot. I hate when this movie is always praised for Ariel and not Eric cause Ariel is girl so she the hero. I like when the hero helps partner at the beginning and the end the partner helping the hero is they are equal, here they removed it which makes the story lame and unearned since the writers too focus on Ariel. Final thoughts: Is it worth your time and would I recommend it? No its not worth your movie experience and you wouldn't get anything from this when your 7 years old and I'll not recommend it! Is it completely classic junk? Yes of course it is! That's the problem of modern Disney movies in general this! That's sum its up, the writers try to make the story different but makes it terrible writing by removing Eric most important roles , leads to heavy be diverse instead of telling a good story and they done that again, again and again the point its getting repetitive now! They are playing too safe and not challenging to do good story telling! Its Disney now, they will milk anything if its money! Is it the worst movie of this year? I would dare to say yes its totally the worst movie of this year! This is why The Little Mermaid remake is a cash-grab shipwreck failure!
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