Disney’s The Little Mermaid - live action (2023, D: Marshall)

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03-17-23, 08:58 AM

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Re: Disney’s The Little Mermaid - live action (2023, D: Marshall)

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The difference, however, is that the shark in Jaws and the squid in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea were convincing for the time they were released. The visual effects in this remake aren't convincing now.

Yeah, but it's a live-action adaption of a cartoon aimed at kids with singing crabs and shit.

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03-17-23, 12:35 PM

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Yeah, but it's a live-action adaption of a cartoon aimed at kids with singing crabs and shit.

Jungle Book and The Lion King were adaptations of kids movies, both had great CGI.

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03-18-23, 02:44 PM

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Jungle Book and The Lion King were adaptations of kids movies, both had great CGI.

I immediately remembered the 1994 live-action version of JUNGLE BOOK with Jason Scott Lee, but I didn't recall it having any CGI. Then I recalled Christopher Walken singing one of the songs from the animated movie and realized it had to be a different movie. So I looked up Walken's credits and found the 2016 film, which was a remake of the Disney film and had the songs from it. So I looked up my film log from 2016 and found that I had indeed seen it and even went to a theater for it (the price of the ticket was $12.60--and that included the senior discount!), although I can't remember what motivated me to do so. My daughter was in her 30s by that point, so I didn't take her and my review of it was quite negative.