THE LITTLE MERMAID (2023) Movie REACTION! | Disney 

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This movie isn't total perfection but it is still a flipping great attempt at a live action version and for certain this nowhere near deserves some of the hate it has had by some stupid people and their nasty vile comments including for that matter against Halle herself who was quite simply adorable in this in every way possible!

In this version, Ariel wasn’t a damsel in distress. She was going to fight for the life she wanted. Same with Eric. The love story is just a bonus. We actually saw them connect with each to fall in love. So glad we got more of the than the chef scene. This movie is about Ariel. Not her sidekicks. And everyone needs to remember that this movie is mainly for kids. They love Scuttle and her rap song. 🤷🏾‍♀️

I really loved the movie, when I first heard the Vanessa’s trick In cinema i had goosebumps all over my body (i was so close to freaking out) 😭

Of course it looks different from the animated version. This is a live action movie aimed at adults, not kids. So the crab is gonna look like a crab. The fish is gonna look like a fish. But they still talk. And Ariel's hair is still red, it's just more natural instead of the vibrant tone from the animation. Furthermore, Scuttle is portrayed as a female northern gannet diving bird (not a male seagull) because they are able to breathe underwater for a short period of time. Ursula's look and behaviour in the animated film was inspired by an American drag queen called Divine. To prepare for her role as Ursula, Melissa McCarthy actually consulted with the drag queen community. One fun little detail is when Ursula is creating the potion to become Vanessa and the main ingredient is a bottle shaped like a human stomach. This is a play on the phrase "the way to a man's heart is through his stomach". Many people miss the fact that Ursula and Triton are siblings in this version. Triton had banished Ursula from his kingdom and disowned her for practicing black magic, which is what motivates her actions. It was cut from the animation but was included in the 2007 Broadway musical. Ariel and her sisters have the same mum but they represent the seven seas which is why each of them are a different race. Regarding the opening quote: Throughout the film Ariel cannot produce tears, even when she's sad and/or crying, UNTIL she becomes a human. Scuttle's "Has Ariel killed the prince yet?" is most likely referencing the original fairy tale, in which the nameless mermaid is destined to turn into sea foam and die after the prince marries another woman. The mermaid's sisters tell her that the only way she can escape this fate is if she kills the prince with an enchanted dagger. However, the mermaid can't go through with it and instead accepts her death. Ariel 'signed' the contract by giving Ursula a scale from her mermaid tail, which actually covers up a plot hole from the animation where she literally signs it with a quill pen. Since she could clearly read and write English, why didn't she just explain herself by writing it down? There's a big chance Eric wouldn't have believed her but it's worth a try right?I Ariel is given 3 days to kiss Eric and make him fall in love with her so she can remain human permanently. Ursula cheats 3 times to keep Ariel from being able to do just that. First, she secretly puts a memory spell on Ariel so she won't remember she needs Eric's kiss to stay human, and every time she is reminded she forgets immediately or falls asleep (that wasn't in the animation). Second, she sends her pet eels to prevent Ariel and Eric from kissing at the end of Kiss the Girl. Finally, she transforms herself into a human with Ariel's voice to trick Eric into marrying her. They changed the dingelhopper scene to include Jodi Benson, the original voice of Ariel in the animation. She is the lady who gives Ariel the dinglehopper in the market. It's a symbolism of her passing the torch to Halle. Regarding the colours in the sea, someone said it's supposed to look all dark and gloomy from Ariel's perspective because that's how she sees it, which honestly makes sense. I loved the way Eric points out the star constellations to Ariel (which as a sailor he knows well) and starts guessing her name. It was such a beautiful improvement from the animated version where Sebastian just whispered her name to Eric. It added so much depth and charm to the scene. I like that Eric's character arch is more than just being the prince Ariel falls in love with. He has a backstory and a family. He, like Ariel, has a parent who believes they know what is best for their child. Eric being adopted is supposed to highlight the fact that he feels like he doesn't belong. Much like Ariel, he feels there is so much more to explore and discover, only the other way around. They share a bond over their love for collecting treasures. I really like how they fleshed out their romance more and actually showed they had a connection, instead of just 'love at first sight' and physical attraction. It also helped a lot that Halle and Jonah had an insane amount of chemistry. They also made it a lot clearer in this version that Ariel didn't want to become a human just for Eric. She was already interested and curious of life on land BEFORE she met him. Her motivations were rooted in her not fitting in and wanting to explore. She would have gone up one way or another, she just happened to have met Eric along the way. I think that’s why they added the bit about her not remembering to kiss Eric. They didn’t want the whole premise of her giving up her voice to be about chasing a guy, rather, about her chasing her dreams. Triton destroying her belongings was always the catalyst for her going to Ursula, not Eric in itself. They still kept the romance, it didn't take anything away from it. Some people have a problem with Ariel killing Ursula instead of Eric as if it takes anything away from his character. He literally saved Ariel's life when Ursula was about to kill her by throwing the harpoon. He also saved Max. Ariel may have given him a little nudge but he was almost there anyways. And even so, it still speaks to Eric's character. Just like he didn't save Ariel in exhange for her saving him. He saved her because he loved her, and more importantly because he's a decent person. Ursula trying to kill Eric made so much more sense because she didn't care about Eric, it was about hurting Ariel. I wasn't sure about Javier Bardem's portrayal of King Triton at first, but the more I think about it the more I like it. In the animation he clearly had some anger issues, and while that is understandable, he doesn't have to be all screaming and intimidating to have an impact. He looks and sounds more disappointed and scared here rather than angry, which is not only a lot more respectable but also a lot more believable. He feels more like a worried father than just some big scary dude with an anger management problem. As for the acting as a whole, Halle and Melissa clearly stood out, but Jonah, Daveed, Jacob, Awkwafina and even Javier did a great job as well. Also, Jessica Alexander as Vanessa absolutely stole the 5 minutes she was on screen. As for the music, I think Halle absolutely nailed Part Of Your World. She has such an innocent and naive quality to her voice yet powerful at the same time. The power in that high note in the reprise is incredible. I love Melissa's version of Poor Unfortunate Souls. There is so much sass and character in her voice. The fact that Melissa had little to no singing experience and didn't even know she could sing is INSANE. Under The Sea translates surprisingly well to live action. Daveed Diggs adds his own flavour to it and Halle's little adlibs add so much to the song. Kiss The Girl is just magical, musically and visually. I love Wild Uncharted Waters and how it has her siren song behind it. Jonah has an amazing voice and you can hear he has a theatre backround. Also, this is random but I love how you can hear his strong English accent in every single word. For The First Time is great and allows Halle to be more playful yet vulnerable. I was appalled when I first heard Scuttlebutt, but it has grown on me and now I actually kinda like it. And while some people didn't like the ending scene with Triton, Ariel's sisters and all the other merpeople, I loved it. Yeah we didn't really see Ariel interacting with any of them besides her family, but neither did we in the animation and I still felt emotional seeing them at the end. It was kind of showing how their two worlds were forever united with their marriage. There are only really two things I have a problem with in the whole movie: The lack of Flounder and lack of Ariel's wardrobe. I didn't have any problem with the way Flounder looked, I just felt like he was absolutely useless in the movie. He barely had any lines and wasn't even on screen that much. I needed more of him. And, obviously, they could've dressed Halle in a potato bag and she still would've looked gorgeous. But Ariel's wardrobe on land felt lackluster. She wore the same blue dress the entire time! Even the dress at the end during the wedding was the same one, only in pink. What about the blue dress with the bow? Or the sparkling purple dress? The wedding dress? Why not bring them to life and just modernise them a bit? I don't feel that their reunion at the end was underwhelming like some people do. If anything, I like how simple it was and that they didn't speak. They communicated enough with their faces. At the end of the day, this is a movie about a mermaid turning into a human and fish that can talk. Not everything has to make sense. The thing is, there are some people who will never be satisfied because it will never be as good as the animated version. You can still enjoy and appreciate this movie for what it is.

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Scuttlebutt is in the movie for two reasons 1. It's the scatterbrained, rambling gossip scene from the animated version in song/rap form. 2. It's a total bop!! The only "spoiler" I had before going to see TLM2023 was that I wasn't supposed to like this rap song that was "randomly" put in the movie. But I was in the cinema chair dancing when Scuttle got going! It's catchy and breaks the tension before heartbreak hits.

I enjoyed the Scuttlebutt song, it was upbeat 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 Scuttle was so adorable, especially when she was rapping with Sebastian

I really liked the movie. The characters had excellent chemistry! Even with the criticism, Eric helped distract Ursula so Ariel could defeat her (Ursula). The sisters had a bigger part, than in the original. The dance scenes were great! However, I am grateful for the OG to inspire the remake!

Scuttlebutt is such a bop

I... I'm the weirdo who liked scuttlebutt 😂

I loved this movie!!! What movie will you react to next week?

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I know people complained because it wasn’t “accurate” because she was black. Yet I truly loved it. I don’t care what color a person is if they do a good job. And she did. I thought it was very well done and she has an amazing voice. Cant wait for Lion King Mufasa!

Love this movie

32:22 noooo, I really love Scuttlebug😭💔

I really liked it as well! My biggest complaints are def Scuttlebutt, it didn’t fit with the rest of the songs or mood of the movie at that point. I also hate that Ariel didn’t get her sparkly dress as she walks out of the sea towards Eric after king triton transforms her to human. Other than that, I loved it!

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Awesome 😎 movie

I wonder how cold the sea was in this scene and if ariel was human for three days wouldn't the water be freezing when she dives in.

This Was So Sweet!

I love how both of you are wearing teal to represent the ocean

13:28 the companion book The Guide to Merfolk actually goes into the backstory of that. Ursula disguised herself as the Sea Queen and went to the surface, causing all sorts of chaos and angering the humans. When the Sea Queen surfaced later, a human harpooned her and killed her. It was after this incident that King Triton banned all merpeople from surfacing.

Trust me you will love this movie

Octopuses have ink. Or in this case, Cecaelia (half human half octopus)

This movie really surprised me!

This is my favorite live action remake to date.

I’m eh about this version, it’s okay but not my favorite , I do agree casting was pretty good (minus scuttle but that’s more personal preference, not a big Awkwafina fan). I like most of the adaptions they have taken to give both Ariel and Eric character, I think they took a bigger step in trying to merge their interests with each other with the addition of their songs and scenes together. I think where they aren’t as strong is the underwater scenes, I can’t imagine the cgi process for their hair and tail movements, it does look great but I agree that for ‘under the sea’ they were more like “look at this cool cgi we can make!” Instead of focus on the point of the song to showcase how the sea world is ‘better’. I felt her dad was a little bland and emotionless (I used to be scared of him as a kid when he would yell), the scene where he destroys the cave felt less impactful compared to the original because the original voice actor did really well trying to make it sound like ariel was desperately pleading with him to stop and the animation made it a really upsetting showcasing just how dark his anger is towards the humans. There should have been almost as much focus under the sea as there was about the land, it would have made their merger in the end even more impactful that these two worlds were coming together. I think overall it’s not bad compared to some other live actions, I like what was added, liked the actors/actresses, voice actors, scenery was really good on land, would watch again. 3.5/5 stars

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I love this movie

😊😊😊😊 yessssssssssssssssssssssss

It is revealed that Ursula is Ariel's aunt. Which is dope. Ursula is my favorite Disney Villain.

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This Little Mermaid reboot is phenomenal. #TheLittleMermaid2023Forever ❤🧜‍♀️

Digan lo que digan, me quedo con la version de 1989, ojo como opinion personal. El Problema no es Halle Bailey, el problema es el guion de la pelicula OJO: Halle Bailey es hermosa y es una buena cantante

You put akwafina in a movie and she makes it very corny and silly with a tad of stupidity

I don’t wanna make this a race thing since Halle Bailey is black, they could at least made the character who played her father in the movie black as well