WATCHING *THE LITTLE MERMAID* & making sure PRINCE ERIC gets his respect! 

The woman who gave Ariel the fork in the market is the original Ariel. A nice passing of the torch scene imo. Loved they included her

Halle Bailey ate her performance up as Ariel. there was no way anyone us would’ve done Ariel singing justice like Halle did with her vocals

Not you fighting the urge to eat Sebastian the entire movie 😂😂 when I say I’m cryingggggg lol

I actually like her forgetting about the kiss, because it makes getting to know and fall for Eric more organic

The line that always got me was when Triton says something along the lines of: "You shouldn't of had to give up your voice to be heard." My parents never pay my words any mind and expect me to fall in line. This made me feel validated that someone saw my side of it.

I also like Eric’s song. Also they knew what they were doing during that song getting him soaking wet in that old fashion white shirt. Like DAMN. they did that for the girlies.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought The Scuttlebutt was a good song 😭

Eric and Ariel had me giggling, blushing and kicking my feet at the cinema, THEY ARE SO CUTE TOGETHER 😭💖

Fun fact: the woman who gave Ariel the fork was in fact the woman who did Ariel’s voice in the animated Disney movie

prince phillip from sleeping beauty deserve more hype too. there are so many princes that don’t deserve the hateeee😭

Gurl u can’t be saying that the Scuttlebutt was your favorite song out of every song. 😂 especially with Halle’s vocals! p.s. it was hilarious you keep wanting to eat Sebastian in the beginning. And also The actress for Vanessa is so underrated she acted so well. I think it was the best acting out of everyone in this movie.

I love that ariel sings more in under the sea but it’s also so funny to me causes she’s getting into it and singing with them as if she ain’t going straight to ursula when it’s done 😭😭

Fun fact: on the DVD of The Little Mermaid they showed deleted scenes from how they developed the movie. They used dancers to set up Under The Sea, it was quite interesting actually. The bloopers were hilarious as well. I love watching behind the scenes for movies

Fun fact: when my family and I went to the movie theaters to watch The Little Mermaid (I watched the movie twice in theaters) everyone applauded near the end of the credits cause everyone LOVED the movie. It was AMAZING!!!

I liked the live action version (despite its shortcomings) and saw it on my birthday. I had a great time! Halle Bailey is the voice of a generation, there’s great chemistry between the leads (Jonah Hauer King is beautiful and great screen presence) and Melissa McCarthy amps up the camp. Also, for all the haters, The OG Ariel had given Halle Bailey her blessing and if that’s not a ringing endorsement, I don’t know what is.

Thank you so much for reacting to this. I saw this movie in theaters and truly was so happy to see a black girl as a mermaid. Truly made me so happy to see black girl magic. Halle did phenomenal 💜🧜‍♀️

I'm here for the Prince Eric respect. May or may not have been the main reason I saw the movie in theaters twice

This adaption was actually pretty fun! I think my favorite performances were Ursula, Ariel and Eric. I'm sorry but I hated the Scuttle butt song. It felt so unnecessary to me. 😂 All in all, I think I'd defenitily include this among my list of good live action adaptions next to Cinderella, Maleficent, Cruella, Beauty and the Beast and the 1996 101 Dalmatians.

Saying “girl you ain’t busy” to Ursula took me OUT for some reason

The chemistry between ariel and eric was GIVING i was obssessed, in the animation i had never really cared for them, but this movie changed everything

I feel so vindicated seeing someone else that DOESN’T hate the Scuttle Butt song. I get why people find it annoying but I thought it was cute 🤷🏽‍♀️ And I was right there with you about Ariel’s dress being “dusty”. Halle is so beautiful, but the costumes were lacking.

There’s really no excuse that Ariel was that sprung besides hearing him talk about his passions which were like hers but Eric being obsessed and his song is because Ariel’s song was unintentionally a Siren song that cursed him to be obsessed with the voice. Which is why he goes to the voice in the end even though he’s fallen for voiceless Ariel.

Love this movie. Halle as Ariel is just perfect. And Eric Ariel relationship is so cute

"I'm glad they were smart enough to put 2 and 2 together." Exact same thing I said watching that scene for the first time. lol

Wild Uncharted Waters lives RENT FREE in my head!! Ngl Sebastien looks like dinner and the movie is just *chefs kiss*

The interesting thing about this movie is that when I was little, because Prince Eric was an animated character (and I was never crazy about boys either), I actually never had a crush on Prince Eric. But in this movie, I fell in love with Prince Eric, not just him, but what Jonah Hauer-King brought to the character and his and Ariel's shared interest in learning about other cultures and exploring. That's why she fell in love with him. I was weary of how they were gonna do "Under the Sea" with all the sea creatures being CGI, but when I saw this in theaters, I was genuinely blown away by the stunning visuals and choreography. I LOVE "Wild Uncharted Waters"! It's such a great song and Jonah Hauer-King's voice is gorgeous, it gives me chills! 11:03 Exactly! When I watched both the animated version and this film, I thought (to Triton): "Why would destroying her treasures make her want to respect you MORE?! That's just gonna make her hate you and avoid you even more! Now she REALLY won't wanna obey you and listen to your rules!" Then Triton acts all surprised when he finds her missing, he's like, "What?! Why would she run away?" If I was Ariel, that would solidify the fact that I wouldn't want to be in the undersea world/anywhere that my dad would be. Of course she would want to get away from Triton.

I thought I was the only one sitting in the theater craving crab legs while watching this movie. I now feel validated.

Unseasoned chicken took me out 😂😂😂😂

Doesn't change the fact that animated Eric is unseasoned chicken imo. They are two completely different characters.

12:34 Oh boy where do I start with this. Rob Marshall did this so that Ariel and Eric's relationship goes more natural and not planned. She will slowly like him for who he is and not because she needs to get that kiss. There's an article about it with Insider, little things they added to the film.

I am one of the VFX artists that worked on this movie and let me tell you...... It was absolute hell but Im glad you liked parts of it lmao

I still can't get over jodi benson 😍

I love Eric's song so much, just the right amount of drama and musical theatre. I've been playing it on spotify so much it's bound to show up in my end of the year wrapped. I also love how they filmed that scene, with Eric moving like he's being pulled to and from the ocean (i.e. Ariel), also Ariel's vocals eerily in the background like a siren, I just love it. Also totally agree with you on Eric's character. He's def not unseasoned chicken, he's so wholesome and just a nice guy. And he looks adorable imo. I love me some Flynn Rider but a disney prince doesn't HAVE to be flirty and cocky to be attractive.

Prince Eric is quality! ❤

I like prince Eric tbh❤❤❤ he’s sweet and bubbly in both the live action and animation

9:23 I love Eric song, I mean it isn’t a Disney song it’s obviously theatrical but it’s also an added song so it’s fine and honestly I feel like this actor probably recorded this in one go😂 but he’s wonderful, perfect to even for the role and he is British, the accent totally makes every key change work somehow❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I mean the man has dimples

you know the hate for halle was racism when they tried to say that Vanessa was a better singer when it was still halle’s voice 😭

i love the scuttlebutt too i will defend that song always

I wish the other animals sung kiss the girl. That's one of the things that made the OG awesome and romantic

I’m glad someone is finally giving that man his flowerssss!!!!!!

You should do an animation vs live action for the Aladdin movies.

your desire to eat sebastian is so hilarious you’re the best 😂

I LOVE UNCHARTED WATERS!!! So underrated.

Melissa is brilliant as Ursula. She is slaying. Good decision to cast her

GIRL. WHEN I TELL YOU IVE BEEN WAITING DAILY FOR THIS VIDEO

The beggining with this waves and the saying was so beautiful and special. We didn't expect that. I just wanted to watch this movie even more after this beggining.

"Looking around here you'd think" "ooh she got abs" lol 😭😭

I was surprised how much I loved this. I haven't been a fan of most of the live action remakes but this one was great

I love this movie definitely in my top 3 fav live action remakes. Cinderella will always be my top fav tho. Also love how they added more to Eric’s character by giving him a background story. Love Ariel’s pink and her blue dresses. I so want to have those two dresses so bad, they’re so cute! Part of your world & reprise, for the first time, and uncharted waters are def my fav songs from this movie. Hailie Bailey singing voice is amazing! Everyone did an amazing job! Love the video! You do an amazing job!

This movie definitely gives me memories of the Brandi Cinderella ❤

Yessss the Little Mermaid reaction, Halle and Melissa killed it periodt!!

My only beef is they changed Skuttle. Great actress that voiced the live action version, I just personally enjoyed the neurotic old man skuttle was in the original

8:40 it doesn’t really make sense though how she sings in under the sea cause it’s showing she enjoys the sea rather than leaving. Also wild uncharted waters was amazing and he was “in love” cause Ariel used her siren song/when she sings to ppl it makes them fall in love cause she is a siren

Erics song sounds like "there are great big beautiful giants in the sky"

Lakia, I think you might be the only one who liked The Scuttlebutt.

The original Ariel's actress giving Halle the fork to "pass the torch" to the new Ariel is a sweet touch

I HAD THE SAME REACTION WHEN HE SAID MY LITTLE MERMAID! I feel so seen😂🫶🏻

They did Eric so dirty in this movie, especially the ending.😢 It feels like Eric does less in this movie then in the animated version. And he barely did anything in that movie.😂

This my favorite reaction to this movie, I 100% agree with all the points you made 🤩🥳

Oh damn- Judge Lakia is in the house yall, be scared lol

🥰🫶🏽 I think the kiss at the end is to keep the tension between the characters high, I feel it’s important for their to be tension during certain moments. After all remember it’s the whole row boat scene that is the romantic part not the kiss. The kiss is the end (of the tension)

Your reaction when you saw flounder 😭

It’s the flounder talk at the end for me 🤣🤣🤣

With the two times I saw it theaters , I’ve seen it about 8 times now. It was my favorite movie of this past summer. Halle is beyond amazing in this role.

DONT GET ME STARTED ON FLOUNDER

THANK U SO MUCH FOR REACTING TO THIS

the little mermaid has always been my favourite movie from when i was a kid and i was so scared they would mess up the live action but i actually loved it it. halles voice was incredible for ariel

U singing water is just perfect 😭❤

THANK GOD i'm not the only one who liked Scuttlebut (I still waiting for the aladdin one)

I love your reaction to live action Disney little mermaid. This so very amazing.

Ariels sisters: Tameka, Yu, Clara, Indria, Mail, other people.

A lot of ppl hate that song with scuttle but I liked it too😂 like maybe it was a bit long but it had me dancing

Omg Iv been waiting for this reaction 🤣🤣 Prince Eric Definitely earned his flowers for me in this live action and tbh the whole movie has me. Like I saw beauty & the beast like 12 time in theaters no cap 👏 this one I only got 5 cuz they don’t have them running more than 6 weeks now 😑. Fav Part was her coming up OUT THAT WATER TO THE FIREWORKS & seeing Prince Ericon the ship & THE FALL FROM THE CASTLE 🏰 👏🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼 as a huge ass fan of LoTR that fall is up there. But they get a A- only b/c they Cut The Crab Song, that was always my favorite part of the animated version and not adding that really shook me in theaters the first time, and Ursula missing a song 😑 Anyway I rambled and I love ur channel 👏😎 thank u for ur reactions they make me crack up 🤣🫡

14:52 I was so giggling and kicking, and hitting my siblings shoulder when we watched this.😂

I STILL WANT AVATAR

I think the only thing that bothers me is that Eric doesnt steer the ship that ends Ursula. Arile saved Eric from drowning, Eric saves her from Ursula- it felt complete and in a way, showed Trition that humans arent that bad if given the chance

I really enjoyed this remake. I'm watching the 1989 one right now.

I loved the live action Little Mermaid I also loved that Triton and Ersala where sibilings

prince eric defense squad let’s gooooo ✨

hii lakia !! im a big fan , I have been about a year now and I💮 really think that you would really enjoy the show derry girls . it's really fun and a reaction of it would be so fun ! anyways great video as always 💖💖

That's my husband right there both versions 😂

You should review and learn about the unfinished animated film "The Thief and The Cobbler: Recobbled cut Mark 4". Such a (unfinished) masterpiece of a film, it's available for free on RU-vid in its original version

The original movie came out when I was seven. I got a huge crush on Sebastian because of his accent and singing. I don't know if Ursula took her memory in the original story, but no they didn't do that in the 1989 movie.

I agree with her they can’t find that middle ground . I was like flounder looks like a fish in my fish tank 😂😂😂😂

Prince Eric is so babygorl ‼️‼️‼️

Yesssss!!! So happy to see this XD I ended up loving the live action version way more than I expected!!! (The Little Mermaid was one of my favorites growing up) I liked almost all the tweaks, additions, etc. I wish they'd kept the aspect showing the other merfolk get free of Ursula at the end, but otherwise really liked everything. LOVED the fleshed out Ariel-Eric dynamic, and I really liked Eric's song!!! I'm also glad you enjoyed Scuttlebutt - I know it's gotten a fair amount of hate, but I thought it was really fun too! XD I get why people feel some way about Flounder, but I actually don't mind how he looks. I think there's something to be said for kind of learning how to empathize more with animals in movies when they look more like animals instead of being altered to seem more cartoonish or emote in a more human centric way, if that makes sense. Was so fun overall watching this reaction!! XD

Not you singing "water" at the start, girl, I love that song too.

At the beginning though that's a great SWONG

erik’s song made it onto my most listened to of the last year… 😅

I’m so happy you did this reaction I rather see a black woman uplift another black woman than a old white man *coughs* nostalgia critic talk down on this movie. Plus you rightbprince Eric deserves to be him

GIRL Ive been waiting for this one!! Omg im ready cant wait to watch

I think you should do a movie reaction to elemental. Such an amazing movie.

As a South African 🇿🇦 it made me so happy to hear you singing water by tyla

I like Prince Eric in this rendition

Finally a new video! I've been waiting so long 😂

i like the movie, they left out most things that define the story more and what make her, her! Like the dining table when she was eating with his family. they replaced it with her at the market .

animated and live action Beauty and the Beast next maybe!!???👀❤️

Heyyy lakia ❤

"am i the only one whos likes this song?" GIRL NO I LOVE THIS SONG AS WELL!!!!! IDC IF IM 13 I LOVE THIS SONG 1. Part of your world 2. Under the SEAAAAAAA 3. POOR UNFROTENT SOUL!!! in pain in need! POOR UNFORTENTE SOUL 4. Uncharted waters!!

It's not the live action version, it's THEEEEEEE live action version!