movie The Little Mermaid (2023) | Makes a BIG streaming splash on Disney+ | 16M views! 🫧🐚

[V$.]

35 minutes ago, EmailMySwift said:

Lin Manuel Miranda should be arrested. The original's songs are all flawless. For this alone I can tell this remake is inferior. 

 

https://twitter.com/artwithinpod/status/1659605545756639237?s=10&t=ow9U1J9QTanw52nX9gnMDg

 

[V$.]

38 minutes ago, Darkgalord said:

I was gonna say this 100%

 

Vanessa ATE her UP.

I was living for Vanessa 

Queen!!! 

 

 

 

Some BTS pics of the actress who is Vanessa (Jessica Alexander) 

 

 



 



 

 

[Dr. Alexander]

1 hour ago, monologueNacafe said:

Saw it twice and really liked it. Halle and Melissa were great. Only critiques are that the movie was a bit too long and King Triton. 

 

1 hour ago, MrLovett said:

I also thought it was a bit too long (could've gotten rid of "Scuttlebutt")

I didn’t think it was too long at all. It went by rather quickly for me. I think  attention spans are just getting shorter and shorter for most people. Now, Black Panther II felt too long 

 

It’s clear they wanted another fun song, but Scuttlebutt shouldn’t have been it. The whole flea market scene where people were dancing would’ve been the perfect place for the fun song. 

[Life Savers]

I really liked it. It was so cute and Halle ate 

 

I’d risk it all for Eric too 

[dman4life]

Saw it for a second time again and I love it even more (if that's even possible) 

 

Gonna squeeze in a 3rd sometime next week for sure 

Edited May 28, 2023 by dman4life

[DamianSolo]

I may go see it sometime this next week, if not tomorrow. It just ultimately depends on how I feel; I wouldn't mind catching a matinee.

[PopMusicJunkie]

I watched, loved it, and I enjoyed the changes made.  Especially the ending, it was good.  

• Halle truly embodies the spirt of Ariel perfectly.  I can't imagine anyone else portraying her in this movie.  
• Scuttle, Sebastian, and Flounder all really grew on me.  
• This Eric trumps his animated counterpart easily.  I loved his origin story here, but hated his song.
• Melissa as Ursula was great, but her eels should have been able to talk.  
• For all the praise for Vanessa eating up her 5 minutes of screen time ... she did nothing for me.  
• King Triton also fall flat for me as did the other daughters.  

[V$.]

I love that Halle is getting all her flowers! 

[family.guy123]

https://twitter.com/meJat32/status/1662628259165777920?s=20

  
 

This is apparently not good 

 

 

 

[V$.]

Well it's over Nina bonina brown meme

[Kwasi]

This was way better than I expected it to be (and I expected it to be good). I had CHILLS during part of your world. I saw the clips but it hits different in the theater. 

 

Going to see it in 4D tomorrow.

[Life Savers]

58 minutes ago, family.guy123 said:

https://twitter.com/meJat32/status/1662628259165777920?s=20

  
 

This is apparently not good 

 

 

 

I think it’s fine as long as it has legs? Which it should, based on cinemascore. A lot of people in my theater clapped at the end. Last time that happened for me it was Top Gun ().

[BNF91]

1 hour ago, family.guy123 said:

https://twitter.com/meJat32/status/1662628259165777920?s=20

  
 

This is apparently not good 

 

 

 

It's honestly just fine. Definitely not the increase expected. But it's fine. 

[blaggot]

just got back from seeing it, and loved it  halle was even better than I was expecting

 

I was surprisingly impressed with melissa mccarthy in particular

 

definitely going to see it again, in imax this time

 

 

[TROPICUM]

Just saw it and WOW! My entire family absolutely liked it. My mother couldn't stop saying how Halle felt so genuine as Ariel. Really great movie, a bit long since when we left the cinema it was dark outside but we didn't even feel it the duration of the movie! An absolute 9/10, and Disney's best live action since Cinderella 

[Mellark]

ended About My Father and Sebastian Maniscalco 

[BNF91]

I'm hoping that TLM can make up for it's debut shortfalls by having nice steady drops from good audience WoM. It's undeniable that those who have seen it, are enjoying it. 

[ebaby]

ariel and ursula carried the movie with their performances...halle's singing and beauty 

 

awkwafina as scuttle was by far the worst part of the movie  

 

who thought that would be a good idea

 

and the scuttle song was cringe too 

 

overall good movie though!

 

[ebaby]

1 hour ago, blaggot said:

 

 

I was surprisingly impressed with melissa mccarthy in particular

 

 

 

same ! I really was worried when she was originally announced to be cast for the role.

 

all of the disney villains from

the original films are honestly so irreplacable and they own the screen when they appear — ursula especially is such an iconic character in the animated movie...so I was not sure

 

but honestly she not only really embodied the essence of ursula but she also made it a little her own which I liked.

[Lovett]

I genuinely don't understand the issue with Awkwafina as Scuttle. I thought she was hilarious and the entire audience (especially the kids) was in hysterics over her. The juxtaposition to this forum is wild!

[AxelFox]

Went to see it last night and I really enjoyed it, but I had much higher expectations given the raving from this thread. I feel like a lot of you overpraise it just to make a point and 'prove racists wrong'. 
 

Halle was definitely the highlight (more so on the singing part than the acting), Eric was ok-ish, his performance was saved by the fact that there was great chemistry between him and Halle; I did not feel Ursula at all however. 
 

The whole thing dragged on for a bit too long due to some unnecessary and cringey additions (the scuttle song what was that), and while I like the aesthetic and color palette they went for it does not encapsulate the magic of the original personally. 
 

I think 6/10 is a fair score for the movie. One of the better Disney live actions remakes but would not put it in a top5. 

[Bimbo]

Just watched it, loved it

 

If I could take anything out of it it would be Prince Eric's song, it felt like he was singing for 10 minutes and just really flat

[Life Savers]

11 minutes ago, MrLovett said:

I genuinely don't understand the issue with Awkwafina as Scuttle. I thought she was hilarious and the entire audience (especially the kids) was in hysterics over her. The juxtaposition to this forum is wild!

ATRL (and Twitter) just loves to be out of touch. My theater lived for Scuttle. The song, admittedly, is not one I’d listen to on Spotify, but it works in the context of the movie. 

[Lovett]

More on set pics of Halle and Jonah:

 

  

[chosensparkles]

Back to #1 in France for Saturday