Is *The Little Mermaid* Good or Bad??

[@johndonelly1520]

Getting mentally prepared to see how he transitions to audible this time

[@gracealuka]

I just don't know how he does it every single time... Damn it's good.

[@SasukeUchiha723]

ikr@@gracealuka

[@shahd9385]

what was your opinion on the transition 😭

[@johndonelly1520]

It's still the only sponsor I watch in any video on youtube lmaoo @@shahd9385

[@fatoumatacisse3796]

@@gracealukaITS LITERALLY PERFECT EVERY VIDEOO I swear EVERYTIME I try to predict his sponsor ad I fail every time😭😭

[@makes1nim]

Can we all just appreciate the fact that Dylan can remember one name perfectly, and that name is Medrucula.

[@harmoniahyde3704]

Don’t forget Trevor the monkey

[@ahuynh52]

@@harmoniahyde3704trevor???? 😭😭😭

[@harmoniahyde3704]

@@ahuynh52 from the pirate of the Caribbean movies 😭

[@makes1nim]

@@harmoniahyde3704 ah yes, Trevor and Medrucula!

[@GreySeashell-j3m]

@@harmoniahyde3704 Originally from the aladdin reaction

[@athreyianoop]

Dylan is the only person who can make a sponsorship sound like a rickroll 😭

[@aaliyah6464]

I can already see it You know who won't ever give you up ... Audible

[@Oneissnart]

Yeah😂😂😂

[@tcave0]

Fr tho 😭

[@LennyGriffin-ip7mm]

​@@aaliyah6464 and you know who will never let you down?... Nord VPN

[@emptybrainedwriter]

dylan is the only person who would post a movie commentary monday on a wednesday

[@elizabethvargas6506]

I’m not educated in film so I never understand why I dislike certain films so it’s so much fun to hear Dylan’s opinions because it just gives me the explanations I didn’t know I needed

[@Goldrose791]

Me too!

[@miaria2049]

Agree. It's nice to see why scenes work and some don't.

[@DreamerALDCyoutube]

Same I’m like “ why was this movie so boring! “ ohhh

[@belleatkeson7181]

Dylan explaining all our brain mush

[@izzyjacobs6304]

I actually love that Dylan is spending more time critiquing the film from a movie-making standpoint in this video!

[@Dani_77709]

Couldn't agree more 👏🏼

[@AngelJuliet]

He does that with every film he does though

[@markeionabaker6793]

⁠@@AngelJulietHave you seen his “Hush” commentary video? That seemed more like an opinion based criticism. I like all of his videos tho.

[@yoman5395]

​@@markeionabaker6793well cuz let's be real he'd be cancelled if he said any more💀

[@supakawaii69]

@@markeionabaker6793I feel like that one was film based too. I remember a lot of like “if i was directing this, I’d play with the quiet” and like a lot of his criticism was solely film criticism. But i just watched it.

[@amaras5321]

The best part of Dylan's commentaries is that if he says "I would've done this scene differently", he actually explains what he'd do!

[@elizabethtiger1996]

And he'd definitely do it way better

[@amaras5321]

@@elizabethtiger1996 yesss I totally agree!!

[@AdamIshak01]

I love how 2 years later nothing has changed. His “Under the Sea” sing along, Dylan thirsting over Merdurcla, still being confused that there’s more than one mermaid, Dylan turning into Mickey Mouse whenever he’s confused. Never change Dylan, never :)

[@soraalexandra4921]

Yeah, it was actually heartwarming seeing him have so much fun with Under the Sea! (And the Medrucula thirst was all but expected - still hilarious tho)

[@AdamIshak01]

@@soraalexandra4921 honestly I was kinda concerned he wouldn’t like Merdurcla in this cause Ik a lot of people were shocked Melissa was casted cause it didn’t make sense to a good amount of people and I’ve had moments where I’ve seen some live action casts and thought “the animated version is better.” And knowing Dylan, we’ve seen his preference for cartoons, animals, and anything besides humans. But I was glad to see his heart palpating and breathing trouble whenever Merdurcla moved! I died at the “you definitely know daddy’s weakness 😏” 😂

[@tisi808]

I am not on this channel for long yet can someone explain the merdurcla thing? I don't get it at all 😅

[@AdamIshak01]

@@tisi808if you watch his reaction to the original Disney animated Little Mermaid, Dylan admits to lusting after Ursula since he was a little boy and that he thought her name was Merdurcla. It’s really funny, you should watch it since it’s one of his best :)

[@SOOKIE42069]

@@AdamIshak01 melissa was good in the role but the blowback, at least where i saw it, was more that ursula has become a bit of queer symbol and honorary lesbian and it was upsetting for the community that a straight woman was playing her, esp when disney was being bold in other areas like colorblind casting.

[@meghan_cipher_618]

I kinda wish they kept Eric being the one plummeting the ship onto Ursula as a redemption. It worked so well in the animated movie, and here's my two reasons as to why: 1. Ariel saved Eric from drowning after the shipwreck, so having Eric save Ariel by doing the whole "sailing a (former) sunken ship onto Ursula's heart" brought it full circle. We observe land and sea protecting each other, showing how love for your kingdom and the other is worth protecting and fighting for; by having the sea (Ariel) saving the land (Eric), so the land in return saved the sea 2. Eric's redemption: Eric finally found his dream girl. After the curse he's put under is broken, he says something amongst the lines of "I already lost her once; I'm not gonna lose her again". He redeems himself by basically wanting to help out Ariel against Ursula, because he loves her, and now he's proving it, by doing whatever he can to stay by her side and fight her battles alongside her. He spent most of the movie wishing he could meet his dream girl with the beautiful voice, but he unknowingly got to fall in love with her all over again. By thinking the girl with the voice is a fantasy and throwing his flute (something Dylan mentioned), he's throwing away the fantasy he's living in on his head, because he has *her*, and she's *there*, and she's his reality, and he fell in love with her personality, willing to accept her "no talking no singing" flaw. He got tricked into pursuing a fantasy, and once the curse is broken, he realizes he fell in love with Ariel *twice*, one he's willing to protect, because she's his reality and his fantasy all-in-one, she's his happily ever after, and he'd do *anything* to protect it Having Ariel save Eric more than twice barely puts effort in the representation of land protecting the sea, which is not only terrible, but it also makes a very forced and unnecessary girlboss moment. Them saving each other shows maturity, protectiveness, and understanding of what a serious relationship is supposed to be: dedication and love to your partner. While this movie's Eric has moments where he shows he likes and has taken an interest to Ariel, we as an audience don't get the sense of him loving her as deeply as she does him because he's not protecting her back, making him seem (to me at least) immature, a bit whiny, and WAAAYYYYY too sheltered by being unable to take risks and own it

[@hannah_sen_]

I love this reasoning. It also makes her line to King Triton about Eric helping her make a bit more sense.

[@sashav.3189]

She did not save him twice he literally was sacrificing himself for her. The live action shows how much Eric loves her so much more than the animated ever did. It was so much more romantic. Without him sacrificing himself and thus distracting Ursula, Ariel would have never been able to kill her

[@mayamajor2959]

​@@hannah_sen_see that's what I said when I watched it

[@ChiIIi...]

​​@@sashav.3189Problem with the live action is Ariel should not know how to even remotely steer a ship. She has never done it before it takes years to learn that and you want me to believe that she could do it without even being able to stand up? She shouldn't even know what a ship is and even less on how it works. Eric is depicted in the original as brave but here he is just useless he doesn't add anything to the story in my opinion.

[@zarapuka4208]

​@@sashav.3189 they have zero chemistry and there's wasn't even one scene that looked convincing of their love. Both of the actors are so stiff with their facial expressions

[@abigailentsminger1658]

For the reunion they should've had Eric standing on the beach, where he was first rescued by Ariel, blowing into the shell as a way of calling out for her (Also as a call back to that scene because it literally is just filler without a call back) and then Ariel comes up behind him (The camera angle is at the side of him, showcasing the ocean and Eric simultaneously) and Ariel says his name and he turns and rushes to her and scoops her up (Like Dylan depicted) and then he spins her around because he also does that in the animated film (if I remember correctly). This is just how I would've liked to see it, if you guys had anything else in mind I'd love to hear it.

[@schwarze_wand]

THIS

[@laurenroupe2321]

Also they should’ve shared a kiss to show that true love moment that they never had! I was bummed when they just hugged it out and there was no romantic aspects. He should’ve swept her off her feet and kissed her

[@kp22kc]

@@laurenroupe2321 they do kiss.

[@lumostsumos9049]

Also she should be wearing her iconic sparkle dress.

[@MichellaneousMe]

I actually love this for the reunion! This would’ve definitely been better than what was given (or not given) in the movie! A totally missed opportunity!

[@tatianaelliott2534]

Small detail, but I wondered why in a Disney film they didn't have different outfits? She had one blue dress, which was beautiful, don't get me wrong. But if felt like that had an opportunity for more costume design and they decided not to do it. The most gutting one for me was no sparkly dress as she comes out of the ocean!! She is so beautiful and looks like a living water as she walks onto the beach into his arms. Why would they cut that part out? It's exactly as Dylan said, the reunion sucked because they mindlessly changed it.

[@filmfangirls9163]

Exactly!!

[@soberrysoph]

YES!!! Such a sad missed opportunity for the costume department 😭😭

[@sara-espo234]

i think i read somewhere that this was because they wanted one dress for ariel so it would be easier for marketing and selling toys... but i'm not 100% sure on that

[@sarahrain26]

I totally agree where was her beautiful blue sparkly dress 😑 not to mention her pink lovely ball gown and magical wedding dress ☹️ it's so sad they took all of these beautiful outfits out of the movie 🙄

[@xoxoskywalker1976]

@@sarahrain26I WAS SO UPSET ABOUT ALL 3 OF GHESE

[@b3silver621]

I felt so disappointed that they didn’t show their reunion scene where she’s wearing a glittery dress that makes her look like she got out of the shimmering ocean but instead just that awkward reunion.

[@erinzhou3572]

It bothers me so much that Triton must have just left Ariel to be naked and search the ocean for a dress that she doesn’t even know is there

[@aprr5366]

This!!! It’s one of the most iconic scenes in the original and it could have looked so beautiful. Something like prince Eric sitting at the shore all sad and suddenly Ariel comes out from the water! The scene was so underwhelming 🥲🥲

[@filmfangirls9163]

Yes!! Let Halle enjoy the costumes!! She got to dress up more on the tours than the film! She deserved the sparkly dress scene!!

[@galacticagamer2000]

Also she had the same blue dress most of her time as human and pink one was basically they same style, like the costume designer did nothing

[@evie1919]

i've literally seen a dress that looks like this in real life at a regular clothing store too, nothing fancy or overly expensive. like they absolutely could've done that. crying

[@marywilka8769]

they did make a contract! but it was one done in blood instead of writing. the director wanted to get rid of the possibility of writing under the sea bc if ariel could write then she could just write “i’m ariel i’m the one who saved you a sea witch took my voice” so that’s why she plucks a scale from her tail for a drop of blood

[@rachel5399]

IMO, that made it so much more intense. Like damn, she's really risking it all. The "contract," thing seemed too formal and not magical at all, so I don't know why the same people who're complaining about the movie "not being magical enough," find this change a problem? The signing thing, seems like she's buying a car, not making a life altering decision regarding her autonomy lmfao. I stand 100% behind that decision and am glad they changed it.

[@TruongNhat-cr6ob]

zzz

[@clairelin0216]

But the blood contract should make it impossible for Ariel to agree to it, I can see why she agreed to it when it's paper contract as she doesn't need to risk the possibility of bleeding out both before and after her transformation, making it easier for you to believe that Ariel would trust Ursula with no bleeding involved on her part. I would also assume that the only thing Ursula suggests Ariel to use would be her only way to communicate as a mute human girl, considering her nature as a villain, she wouldn't leave the writing option for Ariel, and it makes sense that she would only provide one way to go around the condition of her deal instead of more than one way to do it.

[@ChiIIi...]

While this makes sense it does sound like something the director forgot and just made up later as an explanation.

[@clairelin0216]

@@ChiIIi... A lot of the things they try to fix are not problems to begin with, in the animated version, it was like as Ursula was singing and everything was happening at that moment was going completely out of Ariel's control, it's like even the fish bone pen that appeared out of nowhere combined with Ursula's smug expression was Ursula saying "You have no way out of this deal once you grab the pen." I don't know how I was able to understand that as a child and went along with the story and move on while years later I see a bunch of adults saying there are a lot of problems with this masterpiece movie and want to change it, but they changed it into something I don't even recognize as the same masterpiece anymore.

[@laurenroupe2321]

Dylan slowly losing his sanity when Scuttle and Tritan popped up was so real. Also I agree that they kinda sucked the life out of flounder with the coloring choice. I understand they wanted realism, but I would’ve loved to see more vibrant and contrasting colors like what we saw with Ursula

[@sazbear3913]

I know… and the sea has so many colourful fish in real life, I just think they missed an opportunity to really explore under the sea.

[@astrowolvez]

Awe no!

[@p1kkuma]

Realism with talking fish and magical woman :( the “realism” sucked the life out of the film!

[@laibalynch]

dylans obsession with ursula is all what i needed in my life

[@SoundOrSmoke]

U mean madrucula lmaoo

[@Nameismonkey]

madrucula*

[@BlackenedSunsets]

It’s kinda funny-

[@tireddaily]

he should be on an episode of “my strange addiction” when it comes to her 😭

[@samanthaplacide2267]

him at 17:56 made me HOLLERRRR

[@sylvirgiomanach1491]

29:40 Fun fact! Octopus arms are actually somewhat independent from the central brain. They have a thick bundle of nerves that connect to each other and can perform complex movements without any input from the central brain at all. So yes! Ursula's tentacles absolutely could be doing things without her knowledge.

[@abigailsofialopezmendez6686]

That's so cool!

[@denizday7785]

That’s both really interesting and a hilarious comeback. 👍😆

[@nicanproud]

I love thisssssss. Its kinda like how they made skuttle not a seagull so she could be underwater. I do appreciate those details.

[@_abandoned_account]

Bro ur awesome ty for being smart.

[@LibRoseITM]

That's cool!

[@chattycatty3336]

One thing I really don't understand about this live action is how everyone, including halle herself, said the original was about ariel only wanting to go to the surface world for a man, and how they were going to change that. But in this movie it makes it seem like that WAY more. In the original, ariel had went to the surface multiple times, regardless of her father's wishes. She was always longing to live up there and she had way more experience up there than the new one. Who doesnt even go to the surface until she sees the ship passover (thats why they made scuttle a different bird. So she can meet her underwater). Actually similarly, the change with "kiss the girl." They said that the original made it seem like Eric was forcing himself onto her, but SHE was the one who kept trying to kiss him, and he even turned away?!? In this movie she doesn't even remember she's supposed to kiss him?? It seems like the majority of the things they tried to change about the original story weren't even in it. And then actually implemented the nonsense they believed into this movie ten fold 💀 what was really corrected about the original?

[@boxbo7926]

Yes, I think you make a great point about the changes to Ariel’s character. If you look at the lyrics to part of your world, her goals are not things, people, or possessions, she wants to experience and learn things! Which Eric gives to her in their bonding montage. Everyone seems to forget that

[@chattycatty3336]

@@boxbo7926 yep 🙌

[@stackels97]

The people who made the live action didn't really love or understand the original. The inaccurate critiques came from jokes and post modern commentary on the internet and grew overtime to the point where people actually believed them. It was the same with Beauty and the Beast and now everyone just assumes all the older films were 'problematic' even though most weren't at all.

[@chattycatty3336]

@@stackels97 you're totally right. Beauty and the beast was a story about sacrifice and learning to love and to be loved, even when all odds seemed against you. And what do people say about it now? "It's glorifying Stockholm syndrome " 💀

[@lilithismybabydaddy452]

@@chattycatty3336 because she was forced to stay with him and soon enough started to love him. That was only because she forced to be around him. Still a good and loveable movie though

[@lasiaaelyse9200]

I agree with the reunion needing a hug and spin. The hug and spin is literally a Disney staple they do it in like every animated disney princess movie, including the little mermaid

[@matilda2186]

I LOOOVE whenever Dylan adds his film degree knowledge to his commentary and gives ideas on how to make certain shots/scenes better!!! It’s always so interesting

[@Weweldem]

I think it's one of his best review. Posing to think of how he would have done the scene is just awesome.

[@elina3734]

@@GiulianaCasdid you watch the video?

[@milenefontelas]

Boy, I wish I had gone to a scam college. My dumb high school education makes me feel like I missed on a lot of knowledge.

[@unknownarmy8744]

​@@milenefontelasyou always can 🤷‍♀️

[@athenafaeth]

same! especially because he's able to pinpoint what exactly it is that feels off about it, meanwhile I'm like sensing that the scene feels weird but just cant put my finger on it

[@katiehaley2850]

This may be my favorite modern role of Melissa Macarthy. She plays it SO well and it’s not just stupid slap stick humor, she REALLY shows her range here! Shows she can play a real character and not just a basic comedic role that we’ve seen forever.

[@jclyntoledo]

Um she was in the show, Gilmore girls for years so she's definitely done non comedic roles.

[@haleybutler9067]

@@jclyntoledothat is also comedy. It just has more depth

[@gabbygold2692]

I loved Melissa in this role but after seeing Queen Latifah as Ursula, I can’t help but want her as Ursula in this movie.

[@witchplease9695]

@@gabbygold2692Says a lot you guys can accept a Black Ursula but not a Black Ariel…

[@smiley3199]

@@witchplease9695literally when did this commenter say they didn’t want a black Ariel

[@crescentsy]

my problems with this movie: 1. flounder wtf 2. sebastian's eyes 3. the opening should have been the same as it was in the original with all the sisters' singing 4. eric not seeing someone at midnight magically singing walking by the shore from afar ??? 5. ariel's shimmery dress where? 6. the director (main problem probably) 7. bad acting by king triton. he's supposed to be a lot more angrier but also has quirky moments 8. ursula's cave and her taking ariel's voice scene 9. ursula's death so casual and not epic in any way ? 10. scuttle 11. ariel's iconic pink dress 12. THE RAPPING as if this movie has encanto energy ? 13. THE COLORS 14. WHERE ARE ALL THE MERPEOPLE THROUGHOUT the reason why i liked this movie: amazing ariel and ursula choices (also vanessa's actress doesn't get enough credit she could've had more scenes maybe)

[@cacau1810]

ok

[@rachel5399]

I agree with the coloring grading, and some of the editing choices(flounder especially, they could've taken more time on him, but given the amount of special effects and CGI this movie took, he was probably the least of their worries, and that's on Disney for not giving their workers a fair amount of time to achieve their tasks and with not paying them enough), and Javier's acting. He seems like such a cool dude IRL, but his acting is very bad. 😂 It was in Dune, too. But I feel like a lot of you guys don't like this movie strictly because it's not the original. Some of these critiques reflect that. Maybe it's just my bias of Halle Bailey, whom I adore wholeheartedly. Her rendition of "Part of Your World," made me cry the first time I heard it, and it forgives a lot of sins of the movie, for me.

[@cccctrrrllllll]

ursula, and vanessa were the only good things in this movie i loved

[@NhiTran-nf2nt]

zzz

[@thoakim673]

ok

[@pablonkhii4435]

Triton has to be the most emotionless father in movie history. This man didn't smile, frown or change his tone throughout the movie which is a crime against the original

[@shannonceleste5557]

Makes sense I suppose. Javier bardem's best role yet was playing an emotionless, homicidal psychopath after all lol

[@bresea702]

I agree. I didn't really like his performance or his character. I felt OG was more harsh but loving, it was smore of a tough love. I don't feel any love at all from the 23 very, especially in that scene where he was talking to her sister searching for Ariel.

[@StarkArsonist]

well that's just a lie.

[@teampeeta1997]

OMG YES! I loved the whole movie except for him so it was really surprising to hear that he’s a good actor. I wanted to see Triton’s huge expressions on the big screen and he gave us nothing 😤

[@monsterhanna6691]

He was also a CGI character underwater most of the time, so...

[@statesofgracie]

god I love when Dylan goes deep into how and why shots and scenes don’t work as well as they could and explains what could’ve made them better

[@GentM2015]

Y'all gotta read actual reviews from people who actually understand moviemaking and not just random KZbinrs lol.

[@filmfangirls9163]

Me too!! I love watching youtubers who understand movie making and explain how a scene could have worked. Shows the result of actually giving a crap! LOL

[@tayIorversion]

@@GentM2015hecliterally went to film school?😭 he says that in this videoclike 50 times

[@statesofgracie]

@@GentM2015 it’s not even a review? he’s just saying why he personally doesn’t like a scene and what could’ve been done to make him like it and I enjoy listening to his takes.

[@Kallixede]

​@@GentM2015His explanations of how the movie should've been shot make more sense than the way it actually was shot

[@somelaughingjade]

I love hearing Dylan's takes on how to improve the directing, it's always really interesting to imagine how an alternate version of the movie could've improved on what is

[@m.mallecho]

Definitely one of my favorite parts of the commentaries. And his connection to the stories, and when directors and actors are missing out on the points/connections of story to visual cues and media. As far as I'm concerned he just saved me 2hrs and 15mins that I'm not going to waste watching this film. XD

[@cassieshoemaker4733]

This channel has completely changed how i watch movies

[@GentM2015]

@@cassieshoemaker4733 Bruh lol I'm begging you to read some reviews from actual professionals who understand moviemaking. It's gonna change your life when you realize random youtubers don't understand shit.

[@Ella-fv4hm]

@@GentM2015bruh not that I disagree w you but you seem to hate this man and his videos, yet you’ve commented on like 8 of his videos. Get a jobbb! Like fr if you don’t like him just leave instead of telling people they’re wrong for agreeing w him, kinda fan behavior if you ask me

[@kassiogomes8498]

​@@Ella-fv4hmbut his right. Dylan isn't a professional. He needed someone to explain to him why they made Eric adopted, which is pretty obvious. And he complained about how long the shots were, it's like he wants the film to be a tiktok movie.

[@crystalsnow1085]

Omg I'm SO GLAD you mentioned the issues with King Triton. I watched this for the first time last night, and I said the exact same thing. He's a good actor, but this particular performance just falls flat. The lead up is both of them just getting more and more aggravated, until they have the big confrontation in the cave where he destroys her precious trinkets and treasures. Ariel deciding to go to Ursula is a direct result of that confrontation, but he was so monotone that the pay-off just wasn't there for me. That being said, I loved the small changes they made with Ursula and Ariel's relationship (?) - particularly the way Ariel signs the contract. It's such a small detail, but it's a really nice touch.

[@jordanc2019]

Yes! I haven’t really seen many people critique Triton in this, but Bardem’s performance here I think was a total miss

[@Medisapq]

Watching dylan's excitement slowly get ruined by the director's choices 😂 i really like the voice overs for more explanations, we gotta appreciate how technical he explains sth they couldve done better👏🏻

[@GentM2015]

I swear reading one review from a professional who actually understands moviemaking would blow your mind so quickly lol.

[@radhiadeedou8286]

​@@GentM2015any recommendations?

[@titandarknight2698]

Don't blame the directer, the poor guy went to a scam college :,(.

[@hollykm]

Yes he should absolutely keep doing those!

[@flame_ofhope]

Half of excitement was ruined when Aquafina got her lines and it never goes back. Stop giving her screentime for god sake 🥲

[@averyc5684]

I love the constant of Dylan not knowing the correct lyrics to Disney songs but he's so close every time lmfaooo

[@SuzieQuzie0773]

I know right lol Or characters names lol my daughter had a friend over and they were watching Aladdin and Mylah goes Meat Pack with the street rat song her friend goes huh lol then Mylah goes isn't Travis cute lol her friend goes Mylah that's Aboo Mylah goes momma watches this funny guy on KZbin and he calls him Travis so I call him Travis now lmao

[@auden4531]

@@SuzieQuzie0773 Omg that's so cute!

[@SuzieQuzie0773]

​@auden4531 thank u...I didn't even know she heard when I watch she's supposed to be sleeping lol when she started singing Meat Pack I literally spit out my drink lol

[@extrapotato]

That "hes a human, you're a mermaid" delivery is like the exact opposite problem that Dumbledore did when he asked "did you put your name in the goblet of fire?!?!?" to harry in the book vs movie.

[@lucyt7229]

Yes!! So true! Another book vs movie delivery that makes no sense/makes me cringe is in Twilight. The whole vampire “reveal” in the movie is so dramatic and over the top, whereas in the book it’s just a casual conversation in the car, with Edward calmly explaining the situation and Bella totally unfazed by it all. Also, Robert Pattinson yells about what a monster he is, how she could never fight him off etc, where as in the book Edward says it all quietly and calmly, which makes it much more creepy and impactful. Hits totally different than the cheese-fest they filmed.

[@SwetlanasCozyplace]

😂

[@vly9257]

​@@lucyt7229The whole Twilight adaptation deserves its own discourse, it was such a mess... It's like the producers said, "OK, but we don't want to make it a ROM-COM so take out anything that might make anyone smile, especially Edward!" 🙄 But I agree here, they missed the mark a bit with Triton...

[@PandaAmanda314]

I was bullied in school and some people use to call me Ursula,so I’ve always been a little insecure about my body and weight, so seeing Dylan thirst after her makes me kind of happy 😆

[@morganmatthews2222]

Omg you do look like Ursula. Bet you smell like fish too.

[@osmanyousif7849]

Dylan is a Moto Moto dude. He likes them BIG, he likes them CHUNKY, He likes them ROUND, he likes them PLUMPY, He likes them THICC, WITH SOMETHING SOMETHING…..

[@psychokinrazalon]

Did you have tentacles?! 😱

[@brooklynbutter5357]

I’m so happy that Dylan would agree with me that the actor who played King Triton was such a drag onscreen. I wanted that sort of fatherly passion too and he soo underplayed it- I wanted to like this movie more than I do because Ariel has always been my favorite. And that MaDrucula was the highlight.

[@fashionablechangeling1988]

Literally everyone agrees that Javier Bardem was sleeping through his performance

[@cynthia4670]

Most people I talked to thought he did a great job as a less angry King Triton and that he seemed more realistic as a good father. Which I didn't agree with at all and all I could think about when he came on screen was about how this man didn't care one bit about this role.

[@julietasaav1234]

Every problem that I had with acting in this film, I personally blame it on the direction. I understand that they didn't want Triton to be scary because he's supposed to be a loving worried father, not a villain, but I feel like all the actors were directed to not frown their faces in any way that showed a single wrinkle, except for Ursula

[@Rikrobat]

I think part of the problem is his voice / line delivery. He can be less scary, but we need more emotion in his face and voice to believe he's worried for his daughter's safety. Even lean into emotional exhaustion with a daughter who doesn't understand the dangers such that he makes the painful decision to risk their relationship to try and destroy her human keepsakes. But, to me, he just sounds tired like the actor partied all night before the shoot.

[@vitamins00]

just hopping in to say that I read it as "the actor who played King Triton was such a drag queen"

[@ppsddancer]

I think they changed the fork scene to include the female vendor because she is played by Jodi Benson, the original voice actor for Ariel. So by her saying “You’re going to need this,” and handing the current Ariel the fork, it’s like passing the torch. Or the “dinglehopper” in this case. It’s a very cute thought and I’m actually happy they brushed against the fourth wall to include her. I do agree with everything else Dylan said however. Really love how he dove deeper into the acting and cinematography for this one.

[@Chrissi_Interlude]

I actually liked that she was in it, but I think including Eric in that scene would have improved it so much more, that way it could achieve both things

[@titheproven954]

I mean the could have done that with her being a maid and done the scene from the OG film. Heck the fact Eric didn't even see it sucks a huge chunk out of what was natively happening.

[@elleinnetgrace9676]

An awkward laugh from Eric grabbing fork and putting it back in the table slightly blushing while Ariel looks at them both, frowns and gets distracted by someone else carrying stuff (a little half turn) and follows them closely behind, with Eric and the trader having one last look at each other before he awkwardly walks off to follow her would have improved it

[@lanzi_xo]

So many people missed that cameo and its importance! I really love symbolism in movies, so this really stuck out to me when I saw it in theaters. I felt like overall the movie had more depth compared to the original when it came to the symbolism and some of the added plot points, like the blood-binding contract instead of a signed one, Ariel and Eric's connection with wanting to explore new places and feeling misunderstood, how Ariel cried at the end when there was the quote about how mermaids can't cry in the beginning, etc. Some of the comedy fell flat, but I was actually pleased with a lot of the decisions that were made from a filmmaking standpoint. Definitely one of the better live action remakes for sure.

[@emptybrainedwriter]

@@elleinnetgrace9676be a cinematographer or something that was great

[@amyb0621]

It physically pains me how underrated Dylan is considering all the knowledge he has about filmmaking. The movie and tv industry needs him now more than ever.

[@Nowhere6785]

Yall be saying anything. A lot of his critics make no sense. For example, he complained about the passing from Part of your World to Ariel going to the surface saying "it should have been shorter". Which makes no sense cause you need to let scenes breathe, going from action scene to action scene is bad filmmaking. Movies need slow moments and breathers

[@t4trash77]

@@Nowhere6785yeah but his point was that the slow moment was for no reason, slow moments are fine. But after an intense scene to admiring a rock for 30 seconds… to back to an intense scene. What’s the point? No one will care about the fact that she was looking at a rock for a few moments, if anything. Make the “cooldown” around 7-10 seconds and hop back in

[@Nowhere6785]

@@t4trash77Did u actually watch the full movie or are u basing your opinion on reaction videos? Cause that transition worked perfectly fine in theaters. That pause was to show how Part of Your World was a dream sequence. Notice how she started and ended the song from that rock? That moment where she reached the top of the grotto never actually happened since her hair doesn’t move when she falls back at the bottom, u can even see the surroundings going completely dark. It’s inspired by "I wish" songs in musicals and that moment where everything goes dark and only one spotlight lights the main singer. That insignificant moment to YOU, was to show how defeated and hopeless she felt after the song. To let the audience digest the "I wish" song and go: oh that wasn’t real right? Rob Marshall is one of the most praised musical directors of our generation, that moment was intentional. It’s also in homage to Howard Ashman who REINTRODUCED "I wish" songs in Disney films and instigated the Disney Renaissance. As I said…intentional

[@SOOKIE42069]

otoh hand the movies RLM has made illustrate pretty clearly that criticism and filmmaking are separate skills and not everyone has both. You can be deeply insightful about the structure and cinematography of film and be absolutely hopeless managing shooting schedules, wrangling actors, and coordinating all your on set workers. Movies aren't always bad due to a lack of vision or critical eye. Sometimes the project management aspect of directing just falls apart.

[@Melody-xs9nl]

@@Nowhere6785 i’m sorry but just because it was intentional doesn’t mean it was good i watched it in theater and thought it was slow it’s just some peoples opinions we like fast action back to back rather than slow we don’t go deep into every detail about the “ i wish” songs, it’s not a bad thing to critic ans agree with dylan

[@Luke-jy6ro]

Is it just me or is it super Interesting when Dylan teaches us about good cinematography?

[@Kristianalexis1]

No it’s not just you. I find it really interesting too

[@Sarah-sh]

I can't describe the happiness I get whenever I get a notification that Dylan has a new video, thank you so MUCH Dylan for not only being consistent every Monday but also being an absolute joy to watch

[@ThePhantominyourDreams]

Exactly! EVERY. MONDAY. He uploads

[@SOA_yt]

The reason I can get through the rest of the week is because Dylan uploads a new video every Monday!

[@brookchristy8311]

His youthful opinions make my whole week. 😂

[@milenefontelas]

​@@brookchristy8311IKR, I just love his 20yo naivety. As a 25yo, I really appreciate the good work this generation is doing.

[@Dankflamio]

my favorite part of every Monday like today!

[@lanzi_xo]

Really surprised Dylan didn't pick up on the fact that Medrucula took one of Ariel's scales, which made it a blood-binding contract rather than a signed one. I thought that was a great plot point that added more darkness to the conflict of the film, and I was stoked for Dylan to talk about it because he has an affinity for blood and death, but he completely missed it which makes me sad lol.

[@glowinluna5742]

He was too distracted, simping over Ursula

[@JeM130177]

Yes plus it helped the sort of weird plot hole that she can sign her own name but doesn't think to write anything down for Eric 😂 I actually liked a lot of the changes they made the film itself was just kind of lifeless which is a shame

[@brennicolas3093]

He also didn’t pick up on the fact that Ursula put a forgetting spell in the potion when she literally explained it, I love when film critics complain about movies “dumbing down the plot” for audiences when this guy who spent half his reaction critiquing the filmmaking was confused about a plot point that was literally spelled out like 5 minutes prior

[@astrowolvez]

Ohhhhhh!

[@tshacraza456]

Bro medrucula 😭😭💀

[@OblongPlanet]

Petition for Dylan to make “Oh Sh*t my nose ring” merch 😊

[@nviscallin3702]

I wish he would have any merch

[@NathanKasey]

As someone w a nose ring, i need this

[@revizio]

omg he needs to have merch i'd buy it in an instant

[@mwolf7674]

The vendor lady from the fork scene is Jodi Benson! The original voice actor for Ariel in the 1989 movie! I think the reason they did it this way was to give a little nod to the movie’s origins so its mainly nostalgia and fan service

[@levidenoir]

melissa mccarthy really did do such a great job as ursula, it's crazy how often she tends to get overlooked as only a comedic actress. but really her strength in everything i've seen her attempt is she always brings a ton of energy to her performance. which really as Dylan also emphasized is what this film reallyyy needed to be strong, just a ton of energy in performances, extravagant musical numbers, more energized camera work, vibrant displays of color- but the performances of ariel & ursula were def the standouts for me. i also think the creators could have done something really interesting if they played up the contrast more between the human & ocean worlds, by making each vibrant but in very different ways. playing up with more contrast between the fantastical feel of sea life & the grounded imperfection of the human world, which ariel fimds so much fascination and whimsy in, prompting us to see such ordinary things through her fresh curiosity. esp because one thing i liked abt this live action version which the og didnt have is the opportunity to involve real cultural elements of the caribbean. wish theyd done even more of that

[@LaBellesGrace]

The problem with the fork scene in this movie is they expect you to know that the Vendor is Jodi Benson: the voice of Ariel. It is clearly thrown in the movie for the purpose of fans to go “omg look!! She’s passing the torch to Halle!!!” But, as you stated, within context of the story, it just doesn’t quite work.

[@stabadaisy2]

similar in Mary Poppins Returns with Karen Dotrice. The sscene made no sense if you didn't know who she was.

[@herondaless]

crazy of them to expect people to know what the VOICE ACTOR looks like esp people outside of america

[@ssunsspott]

Damn now I feel bad for not recognizing her :(

[@TanishaLaju]

All they had to change was make the Prince find Ariel before she gets the food. Eric is like, oh here you are and Ariel points at the food. Erick buys her a portion, Ariel gets her food and fork and start combing her hair. Eric looks hella confused and in panic and shame Ariel drops her food and runs away again. Then the rest of the film can continue the same.

[@l_ifeefi_l1998]

Jodi shld have burned halle down with the torch to save us and herself from this remake abomination

[@shrutimukherjee8457]

I love how much loyal and obsessed Dylan is with Ursula, THAT'S DEDICATION

[@milenefontelas]

Who's Ursula? I don't know who you're talking about, but I believe you must be confused. Dylan likes Madrucula.

[@sarahsaulton]

I really wish Disney would watch commentary videos like this of their movies cause they’d get some actually good advice for moving forward with their live actions.

[@nedeljkababic5826]

And they should have stopped making so many live action remakes, old films and just create new stories. Like why do we need a live action Moana? The animated was already great.

[@groaches]

@@nedeljkababic5826their making a live action moana!? Dude💀

[@ya.02]

@@nedeljkababic5826cash grabbing. It’s gonna make money wether people love it or not. Hence why they’re trying to explore and change stuff like casting diff race or adding songs that hopefully will become viral so that there will be a reason to watch this. Nothing wrong with these reasons but they’ve become lazy with production and writing. Tho people will still eat their movies up. One thing for sure is I’m not gonna watch the live action Snow white.

[@nedeljkababic5826]

@@groaches yes and a lilo and stitch! Another perfect movie their gonna wokeify

[@sedi2066]

After years of commentary and reviews existing i cant help but think they dont care. Sometimes people who worked on these productions comment in such videos....

[@coolcatalesha]

as someone who isn’t great at picking up on poor film making besides “that looked weird” i loved you doing a deep dive into what you would have done, whats wrong with the scene etc. do more of that!!!

[@SahloFolina2161]

Same. Any time I watch a movie it’s always “I thought it was good,” so it’s nice hearing someone who actually knows how to critique movies watch a movie.

[@GentM2015]

No offense but Dylan is the last person you should listen to about what is and isn't good filmmaking lol. He is all vibes and faux smartness.

[@nottoday3561]

Seems like lots of people agree with him though. What gives you the ability to judge whether or not he is correct? It ultimately all comes down to opinion. And somebody with an education in the relevant topic probably has a more grounded opinion than someone who dosent. @@GentM2015

[@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose]

Dylan's joking sarcasm about Ariel's race change "not being talked about," is probably one of the coldest and most meta takes I've ever heard from him on this channel. 😅

[@awkwardotter13]

He started off so serious about it I almost peed myself 😂

[@livialiu3365]

I actually LOVE when Dylan gets technical because I wanna work with film making and I feel like his observations really help me notice little details I can work on

[@SaturnG_url]

SAME OMG

[@michellew4634]

FR ME TOO

[@clomuir]

LITERALLY IM DOING FILM AND dude his observations are actually really useful in learning

[@sylvirgiomanach1491]

Same! I have learned *so* much about filmmaking between Dylan, CinemaWins, and Cinema Therapy.

[@ATQ_118]

yes same!

[@clairelin0216]

As an artist, I really have a problem with the color grading of this movie, I understand they probably wanted to give off the underwater vibe and also hide some bad CGIs in the process by making it darker, but there was practically no contrast in a lot of the underwater scenes to make you see anything that is important to the story. But in the animated version, even if the resolution isn't so well, you can still tell what you're supposed to focus on in the darker scenes because the characters' color grading make them pop. From a plot perspective, I feel like the story of the remake is all over the place without clear focus points, and the story drags on with the extra material because heaven forbid we not make new songs that could get a best original song award, right? It also feel like they just don't want Ariel to get any kind of support from anyone, but getting support from the villain is okay for them simply because the villain happened to be a woman. And how anyone could think that singing Part of Your World with the same intensity as Let it Go is okay while the song is a private monologue is beyond me. I honestly didn't want them to touch the animated version and make this remake at all as I adore the 2D hand drawn animation style and the animated version, but I guess even that is too much to ask from Disney because they've got no creativity now.

[@cutienana92]

It looks more like a gritty, Batman the dark knight-esque The Little Mermaid. Not like a kids movie. I wish it was brighter and more colorful. I get they’re going for realism but Reality (our everyday world) is more colorful than this movie. It makes the movie feel a little boring.

[@clairelin0216]

@@cutienana92 Yeah, I could imagine that 200 years ago the sea would be even more colorful since there wasn't as much pollution, that would be the realistic standard for this movie. But sadly they didn't do that.

[@zm1197]

I haven't yet watched the movie but like avatar 2: way of water kept coming to mind for me...like there was so much life in the way of water and it was pretty lacking here....honestly a glimpse could be see in "under the sea" but it still was just lacking...

[@clairelin0216]

@@zm1197 That's why it worked in animation but not the remake here, in the animated version, they chose colors that would make things pop and bright if the scene requires it, but here it's just meh.

[@siawiaa]

the reason why ariel’s sisters are all different races is to symbolise the seven seas and their placements around the world. it’s the same reason why in the original animated film, the sisters all had different colour hair, tails, and styles.

[@okayfloatstudios3097]

Yea but these whites people won't accept it. They stay stuck on it as if it can't be possible in this FANATSY film. They'll take the sea witch, the magic, the mermaids, the talking sea creatures but not the diverse casting lol

[@blazekerman4767]

In the original, the girls look like they are actually related. The way genes work - it's perfectly normal for them to all have the same skin tone but different hair and tail colors. Here, in the remake, it's weird. Them being different races cause they were born in different seas makes no sense - That's like a Caucasian family having a child in Africa, and the child comes out dark even though both their parents and their bloodlines are 100% Caucasian.

[@siawiaa]

@@blazekerman4767 i don’t think logic is necessarily what they were going for in a disney film loosely based off of a fairytale story… i’m just going off of information i’ve read online concerning the decisions made for the live action film. at the end of the day, i don’t see why people care. the original animated film isn’t going anywhere, so if you want to see that instead of a reimagined live action then go for it.

[@okayfloatstudios3097]

@@siawiaa See what I say lol

[@blazekerman4767]

@olesia6210 Oh but it is actually. Given it is fantasy, you can tweak logic, but you can't cut it out altogether. It could have been easily said that his daughters were adopted - or that some were biological and some were adopted.

[@AMAN-gh7bm]

Jessica Alexander is the actress who played the human version of Ursula (Vanessa). Perfect casting choice! She did great job!

[@SasukeUchiha723]

The only person with ounce of energy in this movie is Ursula and Human Ursula. I'm sorry but Tritan failed as well......

[@nyxldx]

​@@SasukeUchiha723 movie Triton was the biggest disappointment. 0 energy

[@FilbertoNecesitaAyuda]

@@SasukeUchiha723 They weren't the only people, many of the actors (even supporting ones) know how to act and they did it well, but Dylan is right, the direction of the film ruined that. The directors are just there for that, to require the actors to do different scenes or with more drama. They are there to demand that the scenes be repeated until they are satisfied with the result. (Like Shining by Kubrick, he demanded a lot of the actors). But this director was satisfied with very little.

[@SasukeUchiha723]

@@FilbertoNecesitaAyuda its 100% on direction, screenplay and bit of cinematography. Not only actors in general. They can only do what's being told and how to deliver.

[@jessieshih5467]

@@FilbertoNecesitaAyudaI was shocked when I found out the director also directed Chicago and Memoirs of a Geisha. Was he even trying in this one?

[@GillyBean18]

The one cool thing about the fork scene is that the vendor is played by Jodi Benson the original voice of Ariel. So in a way it is her passing the torch of Ariel to Halle.

[@ralfrudi3963]

This is way too meta if that is what they were going for. Also, Arial gave back the fork, soooo... I guess it works if you want to get REALLY meta: Halle takes over the iconic role for a moment, gets a big fat paycheck and then gives it back because, let's be real here, the live action version can't hold a candle to the original. But I doubt that was their intention lol.

[@Ne0Nights]

@@ralfrudi3963nah Halle was better than Jodi

[@raven-chan2071]

That’s not cool tho tbh. It’s just lazy

[@Jessica_vdn]

@@ralfrudi3963no need to hate, everyone has their own preferences. I, for one, couldn’t get through the animated version but really enjoyed the live action one. However, you don’t see me being rude about it

[@vincentdarkrosrayne]

@@Jessica_vdn if you prefer this live action version over the animated one then there's a pretty big problem. unless, you just don't have preferences towards anything animated. this film had such good potential to be amazing but bad directing and current disney's usual half baked live action production holds it back. none of the live actions have outdone the animated films or even come to the same level

[@emma380]

There are a lot of things about this movie that annoy the hell out of me, but the one think that irks me to no end is when she comes back to the surface. The original is the most romantic part of the movie with her coming out of the literal ocean in a beautiful, sparkly purple dress with her arms open so Eric can run in and twirl her in the air. In this she shows up in a faded frilly lavender dress on some castle steps and you can clearly see the markers that the actors ran to in order to awkwardly hug as if they were allergic to one another.

[@steph0711]

I am so happy Dylan agrees with Triton being too passive! I really didn't like the acting.. His face was mostly set on one emotion and it was indifference and there was hardly any emotion in his words either... I also missed Ursula's evil laugh (but I can look past that) and her dying was pretty sudden and weirdly quiet. Other than those things I actually enjoyed the movie :) The ending with the merpeople and the humans was very well done and brought back memories of the original to me. I still love the original more though.

[@rissa1001]

This was one of the best live action Disney remakes tho hands down

[@jasminemcphail3614]

​@@rissa1001you're kidding me right? Open your eyes, this is not the best live action movie ever; if anything it's the Cinderella remake. Even Dylan agrees it's not a good movie and he literally pointed out the flaws on why it's bad. Did you watch the video? UNBELIEVABLE!!!

[@steph0711]

@@rissa1001 I agree with that

[@steph0711]

@@jasminemcphail3614 They said ONE of the best. Not THE best. My personal top three are Cinderella, The Little Mermaid and Aladdin. And seriously just because Dylan thinks its bad, doesn't mean everyone agrees with that.

[@ceedoda]

She doesn’t even have red hair

[@6ixuuzii]

im surprised you didnt speak on the way ariel cried at the end which seems to have related back to the beginning quote of the movie. “But a mermaid has no tears. And therefore she suffers so much more” it just shows how at the end she is living a life with less dread/suffering than she felt while being a mermaid.

[@nbucwa6621]

Does that mean all the other mermaids are living dreadful lives since they can't cry?

[@GentM2015]

Did you really expect this KZbinr to understand intricate plot points from a movie lol

[@enochlo9156]

@@GentM2015 ...did you really call a cheap callback ploy an intricate plot point, KZbin commenter?

[@vincentdarkrosrayne]

it goes back to the phrase not making a ton of sense because mermaids are under water which is where you can't see tears. and then on top of that Ariel, at the end, is technically human. so she's not a mermaid. it's not a good callback at all.

[@SunBeeSmoked]

@@vincentdarkrosrayneyou literally just explained exactly what the quote is talking about. You can’t see the tears, you can’t see how much pain they are in, therefore they go unheard and suffer more. It’s like Ariel’s whole story. It relates to the very issue that drove her to going as far as giving up her voice. That’s why at the end she thanks her dad for hearing her and he says he should never of had to given up her voice to be heard. It parallels and relates back to the fact that her dad doesn’t see her suffering and therefore wouldn’t listen to her. He can’t see her tears so he doesn’t realize just how much he is hurting her. Thus by the end of the movie when she is human she is finally living a free life where she is free to not only express her emotions but have her emotions be heard and validated and understood, elevating her suffering.

[@peggy7744]

The scoop and twirl the Dylan describes is exactly the move Ariel and Eric did in the 80s movie when they're reunited. Can't improve on perfection, guys

[@jenniferlewis8514]

ha that's what I though too lol. felt so dead and unbelievably awkward in this one.

[@abby9435]

One of my favorite parts of Live-Actions is the costuming: seeing what creative renditions they will make for all the characters but especially the iconic princesses dresses...so honestly child me was really disappointed with this film in that regard. There was no pink dress rendition, no sparkling blue dress when Tritan transforms her, no puffy-sleeved wedding dress - and they don't have to be the same, but I was really looking forward to seeing their variation of it e.g like Cinderella and Beauty and the Beasts. I wish, especially considering the movies budget, they could have given us some great costumes

[@demi4901]

I felt robbed they didn't do the scene where she walks out of the water at the end in the beautiful sparkly dress. That scene is ICONIC.

[@zedddly3994]

FOR REAL

[@TimeBucks]

Dylan’s reaction did not disappoint

[@Mohammad123-y7i]

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[@supriyanto8401]

Thumbs up

[@priscaamy1987]

Nice

[@UmarrShaike]

Good

[@QudratKhan-tn8xm]

👍

[@RahulVerma-uo5uc]

Can we just appreciate how funny Dylan is? That joke with Ariel's race change was so funny I laughed my ass off.

[@ilbwfy1550]

i didnt get it

[@joshgiannini1804]

​@@ilbwfy1550the joke is that it was talked about by everybody in the lead up to release

[@sedi2066]

Lmao that smile cracking with him trying to be serious sent meee😂

[@saureld2448]

It actually sent me lmao.

[@soleekgives]

it wasn't that funny

[@pepperpotty]

I watched it the other night and thought pretty much the same as you. Ursula and the crab pretty much carried the film. Things I found really bad were, her father's acting, her acting, the god awful bird, the fact that they made Eric be adopted with no purpose but to add more diversity to the film, the way that they changed the fork scene, they didn't have the fish interacting hardly in Under the sea so it was super weird when he starts singing The newt play the flute, the carp play the harp, the plaice play the bass etc, and there are no fish acting out those scenes like in the animated film. I also found it super weird at the end when all the mermaids come out of the water and most of the land folk had never seen a mermaid and they're just totally expressionless, like they're in a trance or something! They also that she had amnesia and forgot she had to kiss him and I have no idea why because it doesn't bring anything to the film at all. It's a shame because there were some funny moments in the original where she is trying to get Eric to kiss her. Also like you, I found it way too long. It definitely could have been half an hour shorter.

[@summersnowT-T]

I haven't seen the movie but from this commentary all I thought was, could they not have had a plot of Ariel and her sisters being adopted too? Then they could have tied it back with the whole Eric was adopted and segued into why or even if they didn't explain it, it would have made the two characters feel way more connected. And it could have deeper character meaning for Ariel feeling like she was so different and never belonged in her world. Then they could have done a better job of build the relationships and sense of community so the ending would have a bigger impact and Ariel would know that she was truly accepted by her family and friends despite choosing a different path. Idk they literally had such a great opportunity to dive deeper into these characters and give the audience a whole new "lesson" to learn, if they hadn't been so concerned with trying to copy the original but make it more divers.

[@theartsyzoologist]

The film makes a lot more sense if you have read the book (which I totally recommend as it details the sisters, their backgrounds, kingdoms, and how they came to be born as the ethnic backgrounds they are). But to your point, I also had thought about Ariel and her sisters being adopted too, that their mother a human that took all the girls on from ships had befriended Triton in the process of crossing seas or something like that. She had a gradually abusive husband who eventually threatened to kill the girls because they took too much of his wives attention and he grew jealous. He accidentally kills the mother/his wife andenraged goes for the girls who then flee to Triton who then becomes their father and grants them life as mermaids. I don't know it is just my weak but different spin on how things could have gone.

[@erika-paigehutch3930]

The change would have been really easy to make too and would have fixed a couple plot things

[@Li-xb1mw]

Why would mermaids be adopted 😂 adoption is a human thing

[@lilaem]

​@@Li-xb1mwRaising a parentless baby as your own is a thing with many animals too

[@Dreamlillie_95]

Each daughter of the 7 seas represents each sea. Their ethnicity represent the location of their sea. Ariel represents the Carrien Sea (Caribbean Islands)

[@milenefontelas]

I don't know how I didn't know this before, but the story behind Ariel and her sisters' race is because Triton is the king of the 7 seas, and he has 7 daughters. So each daughter will inherit one particular sea, and ariel's heritage is the Caribbean sea. That's why they changed her hair and skin color, to look a bit more like the features of the native people of the Caribbean. It's really interesting.

[@CoolScratcher]

wait that's actually really cool

[@abbasturd]

Ohhh 😮. That’s interesting.

[@fay4967]

They can just be sisters like any normal family idk why Disney gotta try to be extra like that

[@swamprat6666]

They changed her hair and skin color because they cast Halle Bailey

[@thabomsiza2502]

😮 what? There are native merpeople in the Caribbean sea?

[@neadod2902]

In relation to the fork scene, the vendor was Jodi Benson the original voice of Ariel. I think they had her give Halle the fork as a kind of passing the torch thing 🤷🏻‍♀️ Was still disappointed as I loved that dinner scene when I was younger 😂

[@iCeleste14]

See, they could have still done that and had the dinner scene! Jodi just needed to be a maid/servant or something rather than a vendor, and place the fork in front of her for dinner. Missed opportunity tbh

[@monsterhanna6691]

​@@iCeleste14 So, the original Ariel passing the torch, so to speak, as a vendor and being confused about what new Ariel is doing isn't good enough and you would want her to be a servant?

[@neadod2902]

@@iCeleste14 ooo, very true. Pity

[@neadod2902]

@@monsterhanna6691...why are you repeating back her point as a question?

[@rosettekalombo3072]

They could have made the original voice actor Eric's mother instead

[@2luvanime4ever]

I agree Melissa McCarthy as Ursula was EVERYTHING!!! I was always waiting for her to come back on screen. She was hilarious and so enthralling! Perfect casting. 😍

[@graceb71256]

Ok I think the one thing they did really well here was improving on the connection between prince eric and ariel. In the previous movie it was a little weird and I kind of felt like he only liked her because she was pretty and didn't talk. But in this movie she showed him things he didn't know before, they seemed to have bonded in ways and it made sense that they would be together. So I think they did that really well.

[@missserenity1090]

I did like that they did more for the growth of their relationship. There was some really cute moments.

[@mastermangouste5425]

I agree with you but at the same time I was really disappointed by the end of the movie like suddenly they have no connection and chemistry? Not even fighting Ursula together and not speaking a word to each other so they don't even seem excited to be in the presence of each other yikes

[@rachel5399]

​@@linn8370that's insane! Their interviews promoting the movie were oozing with chemistry! The scene were she is telling him her name through the constellations, something that they both have seen, for sure?? Sailors use those constellations for directions, so it's kind of like all of those times he was on board a ship, he was unknowingly looking for her???? C'mon!

[@rachel5399]

​@@mastermangouste5425why was it important for them to fight Ariel's villain together? Because he did in the animated? Wasn't he there in some capacity but was getting his ass handed to him by the water? Truly, he would've drowned if he tried any harder. Ariel can breathe under water and is born of the same magical enviornment of her foe, making sense that she could sense and predict her movements with more ease. & now that she realizes that she was tricked into an unfair fight(of Ursula conveniently not mentioning that Ariel will have amnesia, making her sense of urgency completely nonexistent to a task that requires it), and having a lot more to lose now, wouldn't that make her more apt to want to kick Ursula's ass? With that anger? Eric would've died immediately if he tried to do more. Ursula is Ariel's villain, after all. It's not that bad of a change to have her, the protagonist, take down her own antagonist.

[@marayabond-clark7868]

100% agree. I was really happy to have more explanation of how they fall in love and what they connect on. It made their relationship feel more real. I was let down by their reunion seen. She should have said Eric and he should have been like Ariel you're back and run into each others arms smiling happily. they ruined that and it didn't fit with the rest of their connection.

[@xcreativechristyx]

I saw the film and never realized Eric and Ariel never had an actual conversation on screen. Didn’t realize it until you said it. You had really great points! Eric definitely could have spinned her around in his arms so the reunion scene was kind of anti climatic.

[@sophietimman312]

I didn't like the fact that she saved him in the end. She already had her powerful moment of taking back her own voice but Eric was supposed to be a great sailor without fear and he just hangs like a ragdoll on that rope.... felt like a forced girlboss moment that didn't add anything. Plus the iconic dress scene where she stepped out of the water was completely erased... i hated that. But overall I enjoyed it

[@msk-qp6fn]

It also doesnt make sense how she can steer, like steering a ship is no joke. They went out their way to make eric a travel guy but took his moment to shine like what? Also story wise it doesnt make sense why ursula is trying to kill eric like she is supposed to be mad at ariel for killing her eels and dead set on killing ariel not eric.

[@rrk426]

Yeah great points about how badly they handled Eric in this scene. I also hate that it took away a moment for him to prove his worth and goodness to the king, which is needed for multiple reasons. One, to tie in the plot point that humans can be good as Ariel argued and it would be a piece of him seeing that she is right and leading him to turn her human in the end. Also, what I think is even more important is it develops Eric’s character and an actual relationship between him and the king. It gives Eric the chance to show he is worthy of his daughter, he is brave and resourceful, it reinforces the core part of his character loving and being skilled in ships and travel, and most important for Tritan’s perspective, Eric is risking his life for her so he must genuinely care. It also makes Ariel look disingenuous and silly when she tells her father, it wasn’t just me saving the day, “Eric was there too” bcuz we know he didn’t do anything to change what happened. Saying he was ‘there too’ makes him sound like the guy who just put his name on the group project that he didn’t do any work on. And he really needed something epic to do in the movie, because pretty much throughout it he doesn’t have any huge moments that affects the movie path or shows the extent of his capabilities in real action. Being the one to steer the ship into the giant monster ursula was the extreme situation in which he could’ve. Also like you said Ariel had the big moment of taking back her own voice, and many moments beside that to show her strength and character (like going to Ursula in the first place to get what she wanted). Eric really needed this moment to flesh out his character and establish stronger connections with the king and also Ariel herself, because she would’ve seen the risk and actions he took to save her, his love, and goddamn if that isn’t princely and handsome and romantic! Which after all this is a fairytale and both the prince and princess should be admirable and swoon worthy, and as it stands animated Disney Eric > live action Eric.

[@rachel5399]

Agree to disagree but I don't think that it was that bad. I agree with the steering thing, and they definitely could've made him help more, but in the animated one, Eric practically saves Ariel. I kind of enjoyed the protagonist taking down their own villain. I didn't get the "girlboss," moment and I think that labeling it as such kind of diminishes Ariel as a lead. Eric already showed her his world. He played out his part. I kind of appreciate the human whose whole life practically, was royalty. Ariel is a mermaid whose existence has to keep hidden, while fighting off sharks and presumably other predators. I think her fighting her villain in her element(sure, he's a sailor so he feels comfortable at sea, but she's literally a fish)shows her courage and gives her her flowers as she is finally able to be seen when fighting Ursula. I just think they could've had ber defeat her in a much more Ariel-esque way, because the lack of that DOES makes you wonder why Eric couldn't have contributed more. But, truly, what was his human ass going to do against a Godzilla sized Ursula? I'm going to assume that Ariel is stronger, and has a keener sense on Ursula's abilities and predictable movements as they are apart of the same enviornment that Eric is not. Not too mention she ability to breathe under water, which helps because..they're fighting in the ocean.

[@l_ifeefi_l1998]

It fits the strong independent take no bs and nos girl boss narrative from disney. If not for the classic rein I think disney would have just let ariel to just beat up ursula and take the potion without the stewpid contract

[@mastermangouste5425]

@@rachel5399 I can't agree with you bc Ariel already saved Eric's life twice (shipwreck + Ursula using the scepter) so we know that she's skilled in the water and all. But she's on a freaking boat when killing Ursula so it has NOTHING to do with her element being water lol and in the meantime Eric is literally drowing while Ariel doesn't even seem to care or think about him twirling in an enraged sea... I really hated that moment personally

[@myramontego7668]

27:45 is legit the reason why I can’t get into any of the live action Disney movies 🤦🏽‍♀️ & you hit the nail on the head

[@stacybrown7863]

I thought the same thing about that awkward pause after she'd sung Part of Your World. All they needed was for her to sigh, then *fireworks*. I also thought it was a strange choice to have her sing along during the chorus of Under the Sea. When there's a song in a musical that's trying to get someone to change their mind and they join in singing, it means they've changed their way of thinking. So it just looked like she was in agreement with Sebastian, and made her disappearance at the end make no sense.

[@leahdavis9434]

It doesn't always- see Waitress

[@mastermangouste5425]

Also why keeping the same lyrics in Under the Sea when literally no animal is playing any sort of instrument? It feels so lazy!

[@camc1057]

I actually really liked Ariel's participation in Under The Sea. Not for any logical reasons or plot points, I just thought it sounded nice :p

[@tobiasburrell6055]

​@@camc1057 Same. I actually enjoy the song solely because of Halle's voice. Sebastian never did it for me in the original either. 😂

[@voidsthread]

i’m pretty sure Ariel joined in to trick Sebastian into thinking she was going to stay in the ocean, and once she saw an opportunity to leave, she took it, and Sebastian didn’t notice until she was long gone to her grotto

[@ariabeatrice6217]

I love how Dylan is obsessed with Ursula but insists on calling her MaDrUcuLa

[@elenagomezgarrido]

It's his loving nickname for her 😂

[@Aya-kc1bk]

The reason why Eric was adopted was for two reasons, I think. One, since his bio parents died in a shipwreck and he washed up on shore as a baby, it's supposed to explain his whole thing with exploring. He feels like his origins/backstory is out there in the sea somewhere and he wants to go look for it. That's why he's always on a voyage. Two, since he lives on an island, he's the the only outsider. This is supposed to be a parallel to Ariel where they both feel like they don't belong (Ariel liking humans, Eric being adopted), and I think it was supposed to be a bonding point because they both feel like a fish out of water (pun intended). That's just what I think, though, not sure if it's confirmed.

[@PatrickDaviswimiwamwamwazzle]

The fact that you have to head cannon this is why the movie fucked up. It should be in the background at least even if not outright said. Maybe distance between the crew and him with only a first mate/butler chiming in on the subject.

[@morgan1076]

why can't he just... like exploring I wish we got more character traits that didn't have some big meaning behind it

[@quillquail]

and these are actually good reasons for this change and would have provided a neat expansion for his character that would make him more compelling. it should just be actually IN the movie and explored 😭

[@imgunnagetyou]

i mean my thought was that king/queen were infertile or sum lol idk

[@viviannavarlack4911]

thats not head cannon its just basic character analysis 😭@@PatrickDaviswimiwamwamwazzle

[@EmmaBloomers]

I think the reason that they made Eric adopted is to make his desire for adventure and for a world outside of his current life as a prince more understanding, so he can connect to Ariel. They both want a life outside of the ones they have and feel like they are missing something, and in the original film, Eric honestly didn’t have much of a story or personality lol. In this version, he has a story and it makes him and Ariel’s relationship make more sense.

[@lalehiandeity1649]

That really makes no sense. Eric doesn’t need to be adopted to long for something beyond royal life.

[@gtgrandom]

Huh? 😂 why would he need to be adopted to feel that way? If he was raised his entire life in the kingdom as the sole heir, that would make way more sense. Because they’re both royalty by blood and have no other choice.

[@ChaosRaych]

"Being underwater... has this dark, underwater feeling." That's the sort of top tier commentary we come to Dylan for 😂

[@divinelangene6813]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@scarlettem6584]

That was an interesting take on the original movie - where Eric throws the flute into the ocean, and it symbolizes him choosing the reality over the fantasy. I never saw it that way until now. Pretty clever Also the woman who gave her the fork in the market was the original voice actor for Ariel.

[@avakalinowski6288]

I was looking for someone to comment about the vendor with the fork being the original actor!

[@preciousalhassan9569]

About Pringe Eric being adopted, I'm pretty sure someone mentions in the movie that he and his biological parents were shipwrecked when he was a child and he washed up on the shore. The king and queen weren't able to have children so they took him in and raised him as their own

[@rgarcia1133]

I think he meant/inquired why did writers come up with the adopted idea, it confuses people and it really didn't make any difference in the overall story

[@Hagridslefttoee]

@@rgarcia1133it actually added more to Eric’s character, he was an 18 year old living alone in a massive castle? Yeah sure.

[@rgarcia1133]

@@Hagridslefttoee LOL it definitely was not a plus to his character, cus this Eric is MUCH duller than the animated one. Also the confusion was about the adoption itself, not only does it deviate fron the story, it makes no sense, adoptees can't be kings. The crown goes to the next blood related family member, whether it is a third cousin or a different royal house.

[@kendallcadence2163]

@@rgarcia1133 It isn't Europe though, it's a fictional land with mermaids and talking birds 💀

[@rgarcia1133]

@@kendallcadence2163 Ok, so what was the point of the change then? The person above said that it made no sense that an 18 year old prince was by himself in a castle, but as you put it, if this is a magical world of mermaids and talking birds, this shouldn't matter right?

[@Sam-xn9dm]

8:13 I tried to guess when he was going to transition into the sponsorship & I was wrong. I thought he would do it when ariel gets her voice taken and says smth like “looks like she can’t to read herself…good thing there’s audible.”

[@oliviaspencer1288]

dylan should take notes using this😭

[@ischemari]

The first I saw Melissa McArthy act, it was in that movie where she was an identity thief and met the person she stole the identity of. I remember thinking how great an actress she was, playing an unapologetic thief and making my blood boil despite the movie being a lighthearted comedy. I am so happy she gets to play ursula and more people appreciate how much she can do out of comedic roles. I think she did really well in the movie and loved her scenes more than any other.

[@julietasaav1234]

Ursula was never a comedic character though, she was really scary at times and a total sexual diva at others, and she didn't do either

[@ischemari]

@@julietasaav1234 i think you misunderstood. I am saying how awesome it is Melissa is getting roles OUT of the usual comedic roles she used to play. Ursula is the first time I have seen her not playing a comedic role. It’s awesome~

[@dreamwithyoon]

I literally hate Melissa’s acting it infuriates me whenever I see her on the screen and act

[@ischemari]

@@dreamwithyoon okay

[@princessofhell4639]

Omg I love identity thief sm!! She was awesome in that movie

[@scatteredstraw]

This is genuinely one of my favorite videos Dylan has done in a while, I really liked the balance of jokes and actual film critique!

[@rozharris5944]

*SPOILER ALERT* 1.They did talk about Eric’s story more. The scene before he sings wild uncharted waters his mother mentions how they adopted him when he was found after a shipwreck that took his parents and that why she didn’t want want him to go on voyages because she didn’t want to lose him. 2. There was a contract between Ariel and Ursula but it was a blood contract not a written one like in the animated one. As many people have pointed out, if Ariel could write in the animated why did she never write a note for Eric whereas making a blood contract Ariel wouldn’t know how to write her name to Eric hence using the stars when he points them out to her.

[@catherinearmy7271]

Exactly and those two point were clear as day. And the subtle no so subtle racism is crazy too me.

[@rozharris5944]

@@catherinearmy7271 don’t get me wrong I love Dylan’s videos but when the plot line is clearly obvious there’s not need. And personally I think it’s better than the animated because it wraps up a lot of loose ends

[@catherinearmy7271]

@@rozharris5944 it really does. I also think people forget this is a kids movies. It just feels like he was constantly looking for something negative to say and after a while the jokes just gets old.

[@rozharris5944]

@@jlisa19 race isn’t the problem the problem is people finding problems where there are no problems it was a good film

[@catherinearmy7271]

@@jlisa19 mind you Halle was literally the best out of thousands of people. Why are y’all so upset when black women succeed ? You didn’t have to watch it, the original is still there…

[@ana2012321]

I loved it how Dylan vibes through “Under The Sea” performance, it was totally me yesterday watching this amazing song in live action 🤣😍❤️💙🩵🧜‍♀️

[@misguided_fire8474]

The amount of shots that you know the actors thought “they aren’t gonna use this” or “they’re gonna cut literally all of this” and then they just left it 🤣

[@chudiarys]

i also didn’t like that they changed Ariel killing Ursula instead of Eric because when Eric saved Ariel and everyone else that was the moment Triton trusted Eric but since Ariel was the one who saved everyone Triton really has no reason to like/trust Eric

[@Kristianalexis1]

That’s a great point

[@WinterRabbit24]

It's more about him trusting his daughter.

[@Kristianalexis1]

@@WinterRabbit24 I mean that’s fine but it affected Triton’s decision to let Ariel live with Eric as a human in the original.

[@sabahk]

yeah i thought at the very least- they could've had them work together, if they really didn't wanna go for the whole "prince saves princess" thing, Otherwise there was basically no point in eric being there other than that one hit at the beginning

[@j_the_kid]

32:00 Dylan's confusion is completely justified, but Ursula is actually referring to King Triton. In the TV show it was reveled that as a child his nickname was "Red" because he had red hair before it going white. It just baffles me that they referenced this obscure fact in the movie without clarifying it (or maybe they did, I didn't actually finish watching it).

[@KimC657]

Oh, interesting! I haven’t actually watched the remake yet, so I don’t know if they clarify, but they definitely should!

[@lilybethkuhn9650]

Thx for info but doesn’t it in the prequel movie show he has more dark brown hair with just a hint of strawberry? I thought it was Ariel’s mom that had the actual red hair(unless it’s different in the book)

[@Derenze11]

In the original, I'm not so sure if Ursula was referring to King Triton. But in this film, she was definitely referring to Ariel. Earlier in the film, Ursula said, "i might have just found daddy's weakness, Red's fascination with humans". So clearly she was referring to Ariel.

[@mastermangouste5425]

Is it true?? Cause I watched the French sub version of the film and Ursula says "rouquine" which is the female version of redhead so definitely meant for Ariel... Did the translators just not get it ahahah

[@alexlazzerly3677]

That's just not true. She's clearly referencing Ariel.

[@weregoingtobefriends]

Best line delivery: “Are you listening to me??” “yeeessaa” 😆

[@capricorn_creates]

Love how Dylans version of the ending was literally what they did in the original and it felt so much more impactful. What a blast!

[@rachelgarcia2553]

Someone needs to hire Dylan as a consultant or something. His commentary and insight is amazing and hilarious!!!

[@tcave0]

You look so pretty 😍

[@supakawaii69]

@@tcave0 calm down gym bro

[@daisyodunze3350]

Dylan should actually direct these movies because the plotpoint of Eric blowing the shell as a signal to Ariel is incredible. Also the thing about her saying Eri's name and him saying she has a beautiful voiceee. AMAZINGGG dinsey, take notes.

[@shinigamis_like_apples4797]

I also really like the choices he came up with to improve the shots. Like the one for comedic effect to emphasis on the scene with Sebastian when he is complaining about Ariel’s infatuation. I could picture it clearly without having actually seen such a cut and I believed wholeheartedly that it does make the joke funnier, and that’s just amazing to me that he could envision it like that and make it work. Dylans talents should be utilized in the movie scene. Get this man his own crew to direct

[@icecreamontoast2019]

The fact that we were robbed of the sparkly dress and beautiful lift when Ariel and Eric reunite as she steps out of the water as a human is CRIMINAL!!

[@yaren3852]

I love how he doesn't make it too serious and have a relax vibe making great jokes but also at certain points he makes accurate and meaningfull criticism and shows how much he is good about this stuff. Love him

[@monsterhanna6691]

I kind of wish he would take it more seriously, especially as a first-time reaction. That's just me, though. I just care more about his reactions.

[@yaren3852]

@@monsterhanna6691 wouldn't it be a little boring then? I like his balance.

[@monsterhanna6691]

​​@@yaren3852 No, because someone like Nickflix focuses more on the story and appreciates things a lot more than I've seen from any other movie reviewer. (With maybe some exceptions like Nostalgia Critic, Ashley Ippolito or Caitlin Marie Reacts). I prefer him because he gives a reaction, focusing more on the story and appreciating little details like the score, animation etc. Not saying I hate Dylan or other reactors that do use a lot of comedy, especially when they're hilarious, I care more about how they felt about the movie and keeping an open-mind about it, rather that making jokes, pointing out things etc. that never mattered in the first place. I hope that makes sense and apologies if it doesn't. I just wish Dylan gave the movie a lot more credit, rather than criticize/make jokes about it and how he would've wanted it. Just because it's not the way you wanted it, doesn't mean that it's bad.

[@yaren3852]

@@monsterhanna6691 yeah i get u but this is his style, if everyone was the same as the people you have mentioned than it would be the same thing over and over. I like diversity. Still this doesn't mean that he can't increase the serious parts but even if he doesn't i am okay with it, i like the way he is. Btw thanks for the names i am gonna check em up :)

[@Mina-zw5xh]

I know this is technically classed as a reaction video but I wouldn't really put Dylan's content in that category. I think with most reaction KZbinrs the main reason you watch it is for the thing being reacted to and I often watch reaction videos to see critiques of it and see if others feel the same way about something than I do. For those ones its a bonus if you like the reactors style. On the other hand I think a lot of us just watch Dylan's videos to see what he comes out with next and it doesn't matter too much what he is reacting to@@monsterhanna6691

[@biazinha08]

As a film major its so cool and important to me when Dylan talks about the directing and the choices of movies because I learn SO MUCH! Dylan pls keep making more comments its so awesome

[@hopper6094]

I'm also a film major, came to watch Dylan but stayed for his film analyzing. I'm learning more from him than my film teacher, which is wild.

[@biazinha08]

@@hopper6094 right?? hes great at explaining things! i absolutely adore these videos where he goes a little more in depth

[@michaelabanu9334]

i can’t believe you fell in love with to the scam of college

[@indybruggeman1293]

Fun fact: In the Disney story, the only consequence to not receiving true love's kiss is that the Little Mermaid would lose her voice forever, however in the original story by Hans Christian Andersen, the consequence is that the Little Mermaid would desolve into bubbles and die. The ending is very different as well. In the original story, the prince falls in love with someone else and she is forced to choose between his hapiness and her own. She ultimately choses his happiness and safety over her own as a sign of true love and ends up dissolving into bubbles.

[@booklover5238]

The deal was that if she failed, she would lose her legs and belong to Ursula forever. I don't think it mentions whether her voice stays gone or not.

[@xxspicygurlxx]

In the deal of OG disney version, if Ariel didn't get a kiss, she would morph into a weird looking creature and become Ursula's slave. The original version of the book was dark, but stakes were still high in the cartoon.

[@shayennerocha7257]

​@@Itzezyyyy its just a fun fact girl....

[@johnjungkook2721]

​@@Itzezyyyy be quiet

[@alexarias5717]

Sea foam

[@i_want_to_be_sunshine]

My thoughts when I watched it by myself: it wasn't bad, I enjoyed it, but there were places that I felt could've been better. I would've liked if we found out more about the mermaids. I like that they gave Eric a personality and that him and Ariel seemed to have an actual relationship of sorts. The colours should've been brighter, I really do think that. One mother and white dad had this many children who are all different race? I get representation, but that's a bit strange, but whatever. I didn't mind the fish talking, though they did lose some of that magic (love sebastion tho), the bird eating fish and then going underwater is weird to me too tbh. They didn't even have any sort of personalities or played any role in this. Also, I didn't like Ariel's outfit on land. She looked like Alice and that headband threw me off a bit. They could've given her a long pink dress in that same cut with pearls in her hair or something. Also, they just let her stay in the castle? At least in the original they thought she was a princess, but that's some idealistic kingdom right there.Also I feel like her hair could've been brighter. Ursula was great, her essence was just like the original.

[@CBAmbitio]

What I love about this video is that the creator is looking at the movie from a world building perspective. One of the biggest let downs of the film for me was how underused the sisters were. I feel like a lot of hype was built up around the fact that each sister was a different ethnicity but then they did absolutely nothing with their characters. There was so much potential. For example, the sisters could have been involved in the final battle against Ursula and we get to see each of them put their abilities to use to help defeat her.

[@khushim436]

Because they literally just went for a “representation” vibe by casting all races, they never intentionally built those characters into the story and just wanted credit for sham/hollow representation 😬 quite disappointing honestly

[@monsterhanna6691]

​@@khushim436 No they didn't.

[@monsterhanna6691]

They never did in the original movies either and there might be sequels to this. Also, Ariel spends half of the movie ON LAND, so of course her sisters wouldn't be used during those kinds of scenes.

[@gothboithick]

@@monsterhanna6691 that leaves the other half of this *2 hour and 15 minute movie* . you really don't think they could have fit in one or two scenes with the sisters in the remaining hour?

[@StrawberryBlond21]

No, I read that they're all different races cause they represent the 7 seas, which are all located in different continents so that's why they all looked like that. Makes sense actually, but then again, the movie is called The Little Mermaid, not The Little Mermaid and Sisters, lol, so they were never going to be the focus of the film or have a big big role.@@khushim436

[@earthtojuliette]

I really hope one day we could see Dylan direct is own movie bcs he has so much ideas that would be incredible to watch and I’m here for it !

[@PasticheUnleashed]

He can direct the adaptation of the book he’s writing 😂

[@madisonmurphy9364]

If the book I'm writing ever gets a movie (lol we gotta dream big, right?) I'm 100% asking him to work on it

[@maryamshaaban74]

originally, the sisters give away their hair to settle with Ursula to save Ariel from dying after she failed to kiss the prince. If that was included here it would've given so much depth to their relationship with Ariel and made sense why Triton's line would bring her to tears.

[@kathy9444]

but then she refused to kill eric and turned to sea foam

[@apll9146]

Disney is too lazy too even make the sisters seem like her sisters. They were honestly more like irrelevant side characters.

[@maryamshaaban74]

@@apll9146 that's not lazy, that's iNcLuSiViTy and DiVeRsItY

[@lorenapacora1526]

​@@maryamshaaban74in the animated one they do shit either. better to show 7 different women as mermaids do nothing than 7 white girls do nothing again

[@Laura_in_London]

I think the diversity here made a lot of sense as every sister is representing a sea. so reflecting the area of that sea in the ethnicity of the mermaids makes a lot of sense. They just should've given them more depth.@@maryamshaaban74

[@Nemamka]

30:28 I am ssssso happy somebody finally said this out loud. I've been telling this to anyone who would listen... Eric DID also fall for her in the original and decided to get together with her, it WASN'T ONE SIDED and it was super well represented visually, oh my god. I can finally rest now that I hear this from a big channel like you, THANK YOU

[@abstractsophia9369]

I agree with you about the last part when Ariel and Eric leave, and then there is that reunion with her dad. It felt empty. And he says "We are all here for you", and it pans out to the sisters and then the whole mermaid kingdom. It just didn't make sense because we didn't get any interaction with the rest of the merpeople. It could've just been the sister and the king, and that's it. Because then it would've felt close. Also, I think Eric's song could've been shot differently because almost all of the singing is done on land, and then ten seconds of it is on a boat, which doesn't make the song that interesting. theres my thoughts.

[@monsterhanna6691]

They also mentioned how the human world and the mermaid world can't co-exist together, yet Ariel and Eric got married and Triton was just trying to show her that she'll always have a home, hence why she cried for the first time.

[@MaggieAAdams]

I love how Dylan always keeps it super serious and kid friendly every time. Every Monday, he never lets us down. He's a God among men.

[@remuslazar2033]

Today is Wednesday. What are you talking about?

[@v1k1ng7]

@@remuslazar2033every monday... every

[@MaggieAAdams]

@remuslazar2033 you must be new to the channel lol 😆

[@remuslazar2033]

@@MaggieAAdams not quite dear

[@RT_Calaban]

@@remuslazar2033 you’re not allowed to be condescending if you don’t even get the joke

[@aliyahadriana]

you made a point about how when sebastian was telling ariel that she had to kiss the prince in 3 days, her facial expressions didn’t show any register of that information but thats the point. ursula included in the spell that no matter how hard ariel tries, she won’t remember that she has to kiss the prince so she literally is unable to register that information

[@HoneybunchesO_]

sometimes I wonder if Dylan is so focused on the shots that he totally misses certain plot points 😭

[@julie91295]

He didn’t know until right after. He figured it out later. He paused before they mentioned it.

[@aliyahadriana]

@@julie91295 mhm i know but i just wanted to clarify cause he was still unsure about what the spell was 👍👍

[@nbucwa6621]

@@aliyahadriana He knew that the spell makes her forget, sebastian says as much. I took his "what spell?!" to be him complaining that they never show Ursula casting the spell or explain when she put that spell on Ariel. Ariel is just suddenly under a spell even though we never see the 'how' of it. Seeing how long the movie is, that seems like a very gimmicky move.

[@tatarilp]

@@nbucwa6621 but... They do show/say it. Literally right after the transformation Ursula says that she won't remember she needs to get that kiss. So the spell happened with the transformation

[@carlotta4th]

31:10 You slowly going insane during Skuttle scenes is amazing. Thanks for the belly laughs!

[@Chicken-nuggets4]

The hug at the end feels like a parent hugging a child after them being apart or something like that not two people in love embracing 37:22

[@StarWarsGirl98]

I knew that scuttle butt song was coming… and Dylan’s reaction did not disappoint. I felt the same way when I saw this in theatres. I thought Triton and Scuttle were terrible, while Sebastian and Ursula carried every scene they were in. Good commentary, fellow young adult.

[@cobrakaier238]

I disagree, Sebastian was the worst. Even scuttle which was terribly cringe was better. Apart from that I think it was a good movie.

[@glorygloryholeallelujah]

In my opinion, Triton and Ariel were tied for worst. Javier seemed more like a hostage victim, being forced to do this role…almost like we would see someone just off screen pointing a weapon at him if the camera panned over a little😂! As for Halle, she has a beautiful singing voice, but her acting was atrocious! Why wouldn’t Disney use a tiny bit of the $250+ million budget to help her out a little with acting lessons?! That seems totally bonkers to me!

[@cobrakaier238]

@@glorygloryholeallelujah I disagree she and Melisa McCarty were the best thing about this movie. Pretty much everyone else was terrible. Eric, Triton, Sebastian and Scuttle were really bad. I don't know how you mess up Under the sea but they did.

[@glorygloryholeallelujah]

@@cobrakaier238 eh. We will agree to disagree on Halle. ❤️ However I agree with the rest of your “horrible” list! Sebastian especially! How do you make *•under the sea•* sound bland and lifeless?? HOW?! 🤷‍♀️ (Plus they removed the French chef’s song entirely! Which is just…unforgivable!!🤣 They didn’t have to give him the bombastic French accent if they were worried about it being offensive-but not doing the song at all?? For shame!! Lol)

[@cobrakaier238]

@@glorygloryholeallelujah everyone else had a different accents, having someone with a French accent wouldn't have hurt but it's an exxagerated scene I get why they didn't include it. There were other more important scenes that they skipped, it was hard to buy that Triton and Ariel are related, there was no emotion between them until the end.

[@lexil9296]

I agree that for me as an adult, scuttle especially was one of the more annoying parts of the movie. But, I also did go see it in theaters when it released, and all of the part that scuttle was on the screen were the parts that kids loved the most. Like some kids actually got up and started dancing during scuttles song in my theater. I think that one of the best parts about disneys animated movies is that they do a great job of blending humor for adults and humor for kids with things like jokes that you dont get until you’re older. In contrast this movie felt more like they just included both jokes for kids and jokes for adults separately. Also, in the part where Eric is singing they mention that his parents died in a ship wreck which is why he was adopted. I dont really feel like they needed to touch on that more, and I feel like it lowkey helps to normalize non-traditional families by feeling like they dont have to explain why they exist.

[@jenniferlewis8514]

idk tho but if you're thinking about it from a movie standpoint, it's just lazy writing and even lazier production on Disney's part. If the intention was just to normalise something then all they're doing is virtue-signaling. Dylan was right you can't just change something like that and not explain why

[@mastermangouste5425]

Except when watching the movie I didn't feel like it was meant for kids like at all... Kids love bright colors and unrealistic characters and environment so why make the sea world so freaking blend and boring when you could literally invent glowing and crazy colorful plants and animals to make it more lively? To me Disney lost their sense of demographic which is sad.. This movie isn't for adults and it's not for kids either wtf are they doing?

[@rachel5399]

​@@mastermangouste5425I think the movie just wasn't for you. I'm 22 and I was singing along(in my head of course lol) at the theater, moving my head, tapping my foot, remembering the songs that I sang as a kid. I felt butterflies looking at Ariel & Eric fall in love. I thought that the coloring could have been better but there were a lot of colorful shots. The entirety of Under The Sea is super colorful. Also, you're mostly in Ariel's perspective, which is one that is tired of the ocean, so she doesn't see it as vibrant as you perhaps would. I heard a lot of kids laughing and having fun whenever Scuttle was onscreen, and Sebastian.

[@mastermangouste5425]

@rachel5399 Nah I'm actually a sucker for more realistic or adult-oriented adaptation of kid's stories (Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, watching the live action One Piece rn and so on) I was so glad that they set up interesting and more political aspect with Eric's mother being scared of the sea so much that she doesn't support trades between islands, the problem of humans soiling the sea and so on. But they never resolved those plot point? When they could've added a small scene between Triton and Eric's adoptive mother finally shaking hands and making a deal where the mermaid people help the ships navigating the coast so that shipwrecks stop polluting the ocean, so a win-win peaceful situation, they did nothing at all with those interesting aspects! The final scene were the mermaid folks get out the water to say goodbye just feels weird then... Humans are not even paying attention to them when it's probably the first time they see them from up close like no emotion at all during that scene when it's the meeting of two people who used to hate each other as it has been stated... As an adult it leaves a lot to desire bc the interesting plot lines are never addressed again and as a child it's just a lesser and boring-looking version of the original to me

[@lolarose8973]

​@@jenniferlewis8514 I think the reason why is explained pretty subtly, it's to give Eric and Ariel another connection. It explains why Eric has this pull to the sea and exploration, he lost his parents in it, therefore he knows the danger but is intrigued.

[@courtneydvp]

Sometimes after watching a movie where two actors have incredible chemistry, I'll immediately check to see if they are/were dating in real life. I did not do that after watching this movie.

[@NEROJIRO]

LOL

[@angelabby2379]

and they obviously didn't date lol

[@jennifer7317]

this is the first i heard of this, everyone on twitter was obsessed with them and thought they were