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2023: The Year Disney Finally Fucked Up (12 movies items)"The numbers look better than they really are. This is 'live-action' remake hasn't faired as well as most of the others and it lost $115M in its theatrical run. OPENING domestic box office: $95M Opened at #1 for the weekend TOTAL Domestic Box Office $298M Ranked 11th out of 16 Disney Live-Action Remakes YEARLY Rank (Domestic): #6 The audience response is pretty good for the IMDb audience, but not so much on our more discerning Listal. Listal Rating: 5; IMDb Rating: 7.2 The numbers are wea"
why are yall mad tho? the movie did what it did for little children, even if Ariel was white or turquoise; kids wouldn't matter. Continue to watch the 80's one, cuz guess what... plenty of years from 
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Movie Diary 2023 (37 movies items)"25.7 Cast Halle Bailey Jonah Hauer-King Javier Bardem Melissa McCarthy Noma Dumezweni 135min"
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I've said this numerous times since they announced the "controversial" casting of Halle Bailey as Ariel: this project had been shopped around for nearly a decade without any takers. Obviously, taking “Warning: Spoilers Save yourself the cost of snacks, gas and tickets and just rewatch the original on VHS, DVD, Blue Ray or Disney+. If I could give it”
Just rewatch the 1989 Original
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Save yourself the cost of snacks, gas and tickets and just rewatch the original on VHS, DVD, Blue Ray or Disney+. If I could give it 0 stars I would have.
The acting is subpar. I was intrigued and interested in the choices of Javier Bardem as King Triton and Melissa McCarthy as Ursula, however they let me down. Bailey sings through her nose and doesn't use her full voice and diaphragm to help sustain the notes in the songs. She is also singing at least an octave below the original musical written text. This creates a lack of connection to the character, it's hard to believe that she wants to be a human when she's not giving emotion in the singing. In the original Jodi Benson sang "Part of Your World" in a dark room with only the light for her music to ” read more
“I have to admit that this movie was definitely not a priority, at least not for me, especially since I have Disney+, but it was my youngest daughter's birthday and she was eager to see it in the movie theater. First of all, I’m not sure how I felt about the whole thing regarding its visual aspect. I mean, it was not bad, especially such sea scenes in 3D in the movie theater are always pretty neat. However, it did involve a lot of CGI which made the whole thing look terribly fake. Furthermore, it didn't help that James Cameron with ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ definitely raised the expectations in this area to such a high level and this movie certainly didn't come near, I'm afraid. At least, there is no denying that Halle Bailey was just perfect to play the lead. Indeed, she was really ” read more
