Why Everyone Hated - The Little Mermaid

[@MarcioSilva-vf5wk]

The fact they added a buch of multiracial daughters to the king just made him a creepy womanizer, just proof that diversity for Disney is just a box to be checked

[@BurnDoubt]

Countdown until King Trident gets the Russell Brand treatment:

[@lmahu6627]

The funny thing is that they're trying convince the audience that the multi-racial daughters are supposed to be from the same parents but the problem is that this isn't live theater where the suspension of disbelief is bigger than it is in live-action movies, so that explanation falls flat.

[@usonohoshi6165]

My favorite part about this is that they tried to excuse Eric and his mom looking different by saying he's adopted. Mean while, they also tell us that Trident has seven daughters who look NOTHING like him and expect us to believe they ALL have the same two parents. The contradiction was STRONG on this one.

[@anabanana0101]

Hahahah so true! All I could think of was “damn man, Triton’s been around 😅”

[@Ladywizard]

@@anabanana0101 well he is Poseidon's son and that god definatly got around it just wasn't with humans like baby brother Zeus... was mostly ocean nymphs

[@sterling7]

I did a little research... The bird they turned Scuttle into is called a gannet. It's a dive-fisher, an island and coastal nester, and its young are a historic human food source. So... They changed Scuttle from a broad-ranging scavenger with plenty of reasons to be cozy with humanity to a bird that eats Ariel's friends, is hunted as food by humans, and does *not* live in the Caribbean where the live-action "Mermaid" is supposed to take place. It's nice to see that Disney took such care to fail in the little details, not just the big picture.

[@skwills1629]

I am Inspired to Re-Make Another beloved but Poorly Done in The Evil Past Disney Film Now, due to Your Research. I Shall Now do Pocahontas and Replace Whatahisname The Racoon with an Australian Duckbill Platapus to Properly Represent Native American Culture and The Wildlife in North America. That is Way More Authentic than the Older sexist version.

[@EvilExcalibur]

That's...how do you fk something up that badly? That's impressive

[@usonohoshi6165]

Man... that's probably just as bad as them picking a LAND crab that can't breath under water for Sebastian. Great job Disney research team.

[@dirtyfunkymonkey]

In the UK we call people who are always hangin around and taking your food a gannet...

[@princesspikachu3915]

@@skwills1629Meeko is the name of the raccoon but I think it should be replaced with an Australian Echidna voiced by Samual L Jackson.

[@TheNextDoorNeighboor]

So they were willing to change the bird to one that is in real life able to go underwater, but somehow did not realize that they made Sebastian into a ghost crab, a type of crab that can't go underwater?!

[@SundayMourningLove]

Oh my gosh, for real?! I didn't know this. I'm going to have to check out ghost crabs now. If you're right about this, then good catch! 🦀

[@IMayOrMayHaveNot]

And let's be honest, making her into a Gannet to justify the underwater meetings can only go so far when you remember talking spends oxygen. Gannets can stay up to 30 minutes underwater cuz they're not using it up in conversation.

[@neodecker]

The ship would create an artificial reef, it's not trash. Not sure what they think ships from that point in time were made of, but it would benefit more than ruin the reef.

[@lauraw2526]

This. The wood would biodegrade and actually be beneficial for the reef. It's a mindless 'humans are always bad" quote that knows nothing of the environment it pretends to speak for.

[@autisticscreechling4950]

@@lauraw2526That's Hollywood for you. A bunch of rich out-of-touch elitists preaching to the public on subjects they know absolutely nothing about.

[@themurmeli88]

Not to mention, they literally and on purpose sink certain ships to give coral growth plaforms. This is actually harmful misinformation that could cause stupid people to try and stop actual environmental protection practices, because "buh, muh disney said it's baaad!". 🤦‍♂

[@DaciValt]

Hell environmentalist projects sink old modern ships to build reefs.

[@dragonace119]

@@DaciValt There was also that one project where they dumped a bunch of old de-milled tanks.

[@silvussol8966]

12:14 - “Relax flounder, it’s just scuttle.” As scuttle literally snatches and eats a small fish right in front of them. No wonder flounder was worried.

[@iceprism367]

Flounder is actually just a scared captive pet who could be eaten any moment and is not allowed to leave 😰

[@Barseik]

"So spineless, they can barely be classified as mammals." Ouch!

[@NickThorbjørnsen2207]

I am so plagiarising this.

[@kaliefaul1905]

​@@NickThorbjørnsen2207 Same here!

[@conikutch]

got me….I’m at work and I almost burst😂killer

[@miguelcamara736]

That joke was lame, almost all animals have a spine, so saying you can't call them mammals isn't an insult.....

[@NickThorbjørnsen2207]

@@miguelcamara736 you must be a riot at parties.

[@irain4927]

Fun fact:All the sisters share the same mother. How does that work? Why not just give the roles to 6 afro-latina actresses and have them use accents for the sea the sea they wanted the sisters represent? Well just don't think about it cause they're mermaids,of course. Other fun facts: 1-Shipwrecks can also help coral reefs grow a bit fast and thrive,so them cleaning up the wreck harms the reef as well. 2-It was established in the prequel that Ariel's mother Athena was killed by pirates that attacked their cove when Ariel was very young. Though to be fair Athena just sat there on her rock as the ship smashed into it,so if you still find it dense Ariel for liking humans,you can say her mother is where the denseness comes from. Sorry Athena.

[@Npc1488-wc1kf]

They should just kill it with fire

[@fielalmanga]

Why afro latina? What's the latina part have to do with anything here?

[@irain4927]

@fielalmanga I may have misused a term,and I apologize if I did,but it's just to show more of a resembles between the parents and children. Ariel is black,Triton is Spanish,and since there's only one mother,she would also be black,I'd assume. Not all the sisters would necessarily need to be afro latina actresses,of course,but it would make them being sisters and Triton their father more believable than what the movie did since it's claiming there was only one mother.

[@DameMitHermelin]

​@@irain4927Triton is Spanish, not Hispanic. Spaniards are white Europeans.

[@carlosroo5460]

Where were Seiya and the others back then? Fighting Hades for the 100th time?

[@aaronbrown7217]

I think it's hard to believe that Ariel whom has very limited interactions with humans, is somehow perfectly compentant enough to pilot a ship to save Eric unlike in the original film version where it was the other way around and considering Eric is an experienced seaman this just makes sense.

[@merissatucker941]

Like, what?😐

[@loka-chan6695]

Yeah a mermaid who’s never been on a boat exept for when she watched Eric be able to steer a boat. Like she should not know what the wheel even do😂

[@bicknell67]

You do realize it's a movie right and there no such things as mermaids right? So honestly the movie can do whatever it wants. My daughter's loved this movie and I'm sure so did other kids. It seems grown ass people are the only ones who did not enjoy this movie.

[@MayBlake_Channel]

​​@@bicknell67There's nothing wrong with having standards. When I was a kid there were a lot of movies that I loved, and some of them have stood the test of time and some were poorly written. It's great that you're daughter loves it, but we prefer movies to be thoughtfully written instead of being pandering. I don't think we should be shamed for that. Yes, it's "just a movie" but art is something that resonates with humanity on a deep level, and movies are an art medium that is deserving of respect. And as with any subject (food or beauty for example) our tastes become more refined as we get older and accrue more experience. So, yes, I'm not surprised adults are the only ones who don't like it. It's not the great point I think you belive it was

[@bicknell67]

@@MayBlake_Channel Standards yes but the unnecessary hate this movie is getting is ridiculous.

[@ViewerOnline101]

You forgot some things. Like pointlessly having Eric's mother in the movie, and even more pointlessly having him be adopted. Or the stupid changes to certain song lyrics. Or having Ariel be the one to free Eric from the hypnosis instead of Scuttle. Or stating that Ariel used her siren song on Eric, which according to marmaid lore, makes sailors fall in love with them, putting the legitimacy of Eric's feelings into question. Or having Triton die and then come back to life with no explanation. Or having Eric literally do nothing but be saved 4 frickin' times.

[@brianaguilar8283]

Eric has a black mother to fulfill a diversity quota. If your movie should qualify for an Oscar nomination, it should have at least one black woman in a position of power

[@alarrim29574]

@@brianaguilar8283they had to make her the queen and make him adopted because otherwise the only way to include black peoples is to have them be slaves and lord knows Disney would not want that in one of their kids movies😂. Shoulda just idk not included them where there weren’t before and not needed anyway

[@brianaguilar8283]

@@alarrim29574 that’s forced diversity if I ever saw an example of it

[@GeekOwtLowd]

Rotten Tomatoes used to have an interest rating system for people who didn't see a film. You could vote "Want to See" or "Not Interested". They eliminated that system to help Captain Marvel. That had a fairly low "want to see" rating. And that was the final nail in any integrity Rotten Tomatoes had as a review site.

[@RaspK]

Nah, I find that hiding from the main page of any given film the actual scores for the reviews, rather than keeping just the Tomatometer, is when that happened.

[@supermax5000]

Fr?

[@EvilExcalibur]

That was it for me too. Their scores were always sus with how hard they shilled for the MCU but that event is what convinced me that RT was a worthless metric

[@shadf7902]

I think they lost credability for their lies a few years before captain trashel

[@_the_little_mermaid_]

Omg I didn't know that shit about captain marvel, it makes so much sense. But again, I'm not really surprised since woken tomatoes is simply trash anyway so

[@shemyaza8934]

The people who call everyone racist are strangely ok with all stories being accurately portrayed by actors of that culture EXCEPT for European stories. Is there a word for when you change the rules depending on skin color?

[@Inkling2B]

Intolerance, double standard, rule of contrasting principles

[@xhagast]

"woke". Not to be confused with the now forgotten and long abandoned campaign to uncover abuse in Hollywood by the similar name of Woke.

[@willdegra317]

leftists encourage all of the division they claim to be against, from racism to sexism to all of the phobias. There's a reason government, mainstream media and global organizations support leftists.

[@Fauxkerykes]

Yeah, it's called racism.

[@Npc1488-wc1kf]

Diversity is White genocide Always was and always will be Hate towards Whites

[@DainRiffgin89]

One of the biggest changes that was not just infuriating but ruined the movie was the focus away from Ariel being in love with Eric. In the Original, Ariel was often described by critics as being a lovesick teenager and not much else, but watching the film you realize that she is a romantic and embraces the things she loves with gusto, while also being a curious and driven young lady. That includes not just Eric, but the World Above, and having her being head over heels for Eric is what propels the plot forward, from Sebastian trying to dissuade her from going with "Under The Sea", to King Triton destroying her grotto along with Eric's Statue, and her going to Ursula for the deal. In the Remake, they heavily downplay that she is in love with Eric, making everything weaker as a result. She is moody and doesn't want to spend time with her sisters, and some how that translates that she is in love, as opposed to her being on Cloud 9; she tells Sebastian of the cool fireworks, instead of making active plans to meet Eric again (even joining in with singing Under the Sea, which is supposed to be the OPPOSITE of what she is trying to do); Triton destroys a random statue from Eric's ship, instead of a statue of Eric himself, which made destroying it tantamount to KILLING ERIC! Even when she rescues Eric, I never got the feeling that she was in love with him in the Remake, making the line "Part of your world" ring hollow. The Original had such a tender, sweet moment when she was singing about "being beside you, have you smiling at me" that there was no doubt in my mind that she was completely gone on him, which made that moment of "Part of your World" all the more impactful. That is completely gone in the Remake, even though the words are still there. And here is the crazy part: Eric was just as lovesick as Ariel! He couldn't stop thinking about her and trying to find out the mystery woman who saved him (and not some weird siren spell as the Remake tried to make it out as). Ariel and Eric, weirdly enough, actually have a good relationship, even though it is a shortly built one. The Remake almost makes it seem like Eric is the obsessed one, while Ariel is using him as a way to be on land being her main focus, with her love for him being a distant 2nd, because Heaven forbid a young woman actually being in love in this day and age. The worst part is that it also wrecks with Ariel's relationship with Triton, as in the Original Triton has no problem with Ariel being in love, even musing "I wonder who the lucky Merman could be?" (which was awkwardly co-opted by one of her sisters in the Remake). His only problem was it was a human, who he had said were all barbarians. But after seeing that Eric risked his life to save not just Ariel, but all of the Merfolk, to defeat Ursula who had the power of the Seas on her side, Triton's only objection was gone. He realized that Eric was a good man and was more than happy to give his daughter to him, knowing that would make each other happy. But in the Remake, Ariel saves the day (and Eric twice), mentioning "Eric was also there" (he helped, kinda, sorta, I guess..?), which would change Triton's opinion, how? They so desperately wanted to give Ariel more depth by making her less in love, in a story that is all about her being in love! All they succeeded in doing was making audiences realize how far Disney has fallen, and more specifically what we lost. I have no nostalgia for The Little Mermaid, I only watched it for the first time about a month ago, when all of this was happening, and I was impressed by what I saw, and even more so after watching the Remake to see how far things had gone. Watching the two versions, back to back, there is no comparision: The Orginal Animated Classic is a masterpiece: it's bright, energetic, bursting with fun passion and it tells a sweet love story, and is truly worth watching again and again. The Remake is a souless, joyless, hollow, overbloated, tonally confused, narratively damaged, and in all other ways, disgrace to the original. It should be consigned to the Mysterious Fathoms Below...

[@alyssakays367]

THIS!! This is everything I thought as I watched this catastrophe of a movie! Removing/downgrading Ariel’s love for Eric destroys the plot completely. There were times when I couldn’t tell if she was falling in love with him or if she even wanted to go to the surface! and Poor Unfortunate Souls 🤦‍♀️ They tried to make Ariel seem smarter by almost backing out but then Ursula starts singing again and she suddenly just decides to go through with it out of nowhere! In the animated version it’s clear that Ursula pressures Ariel into the deal but here… it’s just inconsistent.

[@apll9146]

The book of The Little Mermaid was literally all about love, the mermaid was a metaphor for gay love and how one can't love another due to being separated by fate however cruel it was. Hence the book actually ending tragically rather than a "happily ever after".

[@SundayMourningLove]

​@@apll9146that's just a *theory* from literary critics. If you're going to go around saying this then you should at least make ppl aware that is a just that and nothing more, a theory. Don't state it as fact when it is not.

[@clairelin0216]

I also noticed in the animated version that aside from Eric's social status, his life is literally everything Ariel could wish for. He has the freedom to express his love for things, he can go sailing and express his love for the sea, no one is expecting him to use what is supposed to be his hobby(music) for anything else other than self expression and such, while he still bear the same royal responsibilities to some degree, his life isn't suffocating. But Ariel actually feels out of place in her own home and her life feels suffocating for her. I think that's why Ariel falls in love with Eric that fast, sure Eric is really handsome, but he is also living a life that Ariel desires, those two things combined together just makes the feeling more intense than simple physical attraction.

[@beethovensfidelio]

@@SundayMourningLoveIt’s not a theory. It’s a fact. Hans Christian Andersen was a bisexual man who was in love with Edvard Colin, but because Edvard was heterosexual, Edvard didn’t love Andersen back, hence why Edvard married a woman instead of Hans. Another fact is that the tragic ending was inspired by Andersen’s dislike of the novella “Undine” which was also about a sea nymph who successfully marries a human to gain an immortal soul.

[@skwills1629]

Wait, a Shipwreck is Used to Show Human Destructiveness? But, Humana don't want the Ships to Wreck! The idea that The Humans wreck their Ships without regard for the Damage to the Coral is Silly since They didn;t Wreck the ship intentionally...

[@Graycata]

Funny enough, ships have been intentionally sunk to help grow coral reefs

[@skwills1629]

@@Graycata - Also True, Except in Woke Disney Kingdom Land where White Men Be Evil Because White Men.

[@SundayMourningLove]

There's also the fact that shipwrecks actually *help* the coral and sea life. This whole movie is just a disaster!

[@selenopheria]

I had to pause the video at "Rotten Tomatoes' critics are so spineless they can hardly be classified as mammals" and relay it to my brother because that's possibly the best insult I've ever heard.

[@dustinsensenig9798]

It's dark on purpose, to hide the bad CGI

[@wayIess]

In animation, there's something called a 'color script'. Basically a storyboard testing different colors to try and work out the mood/tone of a scene visually. This also can be really useful for live action. This film... Has none. Trash.

[@Souten66]

No lies detected

[@Drixenol86]

Which ruins the visuals.

[@Drixenol86]

@@wayIessDarker colors= depressing.

[@GrimDMasterMind]

A shipwreck might not be the best place to preach about littering... I mean, how dare those humans die there... When they were sinking, why didn't they think about how it would affect the coral???

[@dragonmaster1360]

Not only that, we've sunk many ships to MAKE new places for coral to grow and wildlife to flourish. Ships make GREAT coral beds, because it gives a lot of good places for it to attach and grow, as well as lots of places for fish and other wildlife to hide. That ship, in ten years or so, would be a a flourishing bed of coral.

[@cartooncentral263]

I hate the live action movie. The animated one is better. Another one of my favorite Disney movie ruined. They didn't stay true to the source material.

[@uglybetty8747]

Exactly it deserves all the hate for ruining the og. Hope Disney goes bankrupt

[@kevinfernando4140]

I am used to it at this point. Mine are animated beauty and the beast and mulan 😭

[@kevinfernando4140]

I envy my mom. Her favourite is Cinderella nd I really like that remake 😊

[@ilovemickyandhelove1]

Neither did the 1989 version

[@TyeArtisik]

💯

[@derkaiser420]

I always say is that I learned from The Mythology Guy that there is a Ghanian or Ugandan myth about a mermaid King who lives off the coast of Africa who has a wife, a sea palace, and children. These cultures were influenced by Greco Roman traditions so their mermaids act and look the same. So, if they wanted a black mermaid, they could have seriously made a whole new story, with black mermaids, with new material. And they chose not too probably because it is too hard.

[@Npc1488-wc1kf]

They dont want black characters, they want to attack White people You KNOW thats the entire point of all this

[@tsopmocful1958]

Or because they knew that nobody would want to see it.

[@starblossom05]

Jon solo also go deep into Mythology but also different version that told and the true Orginele where Disney got there Insprastion from

[@halo2d]

@@tsopmocful1958didn’t Guillermo Del Toro win an Oscar like recently for his movie about a sea creature and a lady falling in love? So no, people would have gone to see it. Disney is creatively bankrupt

[@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343]

Like in order to fix this movie, you would need to make new takes on the characters as a new entity rather than Ariel, Eric, and everyone else. Like the show happily ever after does the fairy tales in different cultures, and while we know the characters, they’re not the same characters as Disney does. They’re new takes on the characters and it works. It’s not like a different take on the story culture wise can’t work, but they’re just too lazy to do it.

[@Truffle_Pup]

So, wooden ships from the Age of Sail destroy coral reefs? What?

[@caitlinrose4268]

The fact that the race swap isn't the worst thing about this movie is genuinely hilarious

[@UCRfZb91nX-triozNmzvaRrA]

They wanna do Race Swap Because they worship Black Lives Matter pisses Me off

[@kevinfernando4140]

Is that even supposed to be hilarious ? 😔

[@masumi1990x]

​@devodevo-ti8pgThat's not a "race" thing, but "horrible writing" thing.

[@acechump3284]

@@masumi1990xwow, you missed the point completely.

[@peachy_87]

Truly it became THE LEAST of this movie's concerns as news of it slowly developed until its launch! Totally agree.

[@mentkansleyunitedstatesgov6364]

that part about the shipwrecks ruining coral reefs is actually false and I'm pretty sure boats are sunk on purpose to help coral reef grow cause it gives the reef more area to grow on

[@dragonmaster1360]

They are. Old ships are frequently scuttled to make new habitats for coral and other marine life. Ships actually make great places for it, too. In 10 years or so, that ship will be flourishing, teeming with life.

[@mentkansleyunitedstatesgov6364]

@@dragonmaster1360 yeah it's like the equivalent of adding a little hollow castle into a fish tank for your fish to play around in 😂

[@halo2d]

Can confirm they do off the coast of the dry tortugas and key west Florida

[@Drixenol86]

So-called activists that are heavily misinformed made this film.

[@isobelduncan]

In Ariel's Beginning it's mentioned that her mum was indeed killed by humans, but you still understand that it wasn't intentional on their part, even if Triton didn't understand that at the time, but it also ties into his character arc learning that humans are not all bad, thanks to Eric saving Ariel at the end.

[@iceprism367]

Yeah, even though it's similar they don't make the humans seem intentionally harmful to mermaids in that movie. It actually builds on the original with Triton still being misguided.

[@carlososoriohernandez3979]

They could've use the extra hour this movie lasts compared to the original to explore the past of the characters, watching how Ursula was jealous of her brother and how she met her eels, and to see Ariel's mother and how Triton was devastated by her murder. But no, instead they decided to use that extra hour on filler and a cringe rap number

[@lmahu6627]

That explains why I didn't miss anything important when I left for two toilet breaks (I drank too much root beer out of boredom).

[@usonohoshi6165]

They actually could have added Ursula's song in the stage play where she explained her relationship with Triton. I think I heard somewhere that they did something similar to the Lion King? Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@mrx-od3ji]

@@usonohoshi6165 The little mermaid 2023 is a flop i known that and i still refuse to watch it.

[@usonohoshi6165]

@@mrx-od3ji Yeah. I didn't watch it or support it either. But I can see the potential of it being a decent REIMAGINE. Not a remake.

[@mrx-od3ji]

It flopped so bad it deserved to lose alot of money and disney i loved died along time ago.@@usonohoshi6165

[@jeremiahnoar7504]

The fact is, they could have made a brand new black character if representation was their priority like they did with Coco, Moana, and Encanto AND make The little mermaid more faithful. Everyone could have been happy. Disney could of had their cake and ate it. That means they deliberately chose to take advantage of the political climate. No one can claim that they just happened to cast Halle who just happened to not look like Ariel like it was some blind audition or whatever. They wanted controversy because it use to work for them.

[@beethovensfidelio]

Disney wasn’t going to make “The Little Mermaid” faithful since that would’ve made the movie rated R no thanks to having the mermaid’s tongue cut off by the sea witch; the mermaid’s feet constantly bleeding on land; and the mermaid turning into sea foam.

[@jeremiahnoar7504]

@beethovensfidelio you don't have to follow the Grimms Brother's story beat by beat in order to be faithful. That's where a re-imagined remake can step in. The 1989 film was exactly that. Disney's original was a film remade for modern audiences but the RIGHT way. A modern faithful adaptation is one that captures the soul. Not one that gets trapped by whatever modern craze happens to be popular at the time of writing.

[@loka-chan6695]

Yeah people are not mad cos a character is black, people are mad they change loved characters. I love Moana, Tiana

[@jeremiahnoar7504]

@@loka-chan6695 right, and also the fact that Disney's taking advantage of a politically charged climate and making racial relationships worse for profit. Under the guise of "diversity"

[@Gojiraon]

They do this for “brownie points”. I’m a black person and they don’t actually give af about POC. In the princess and the frog they could’ve had a Disney princess from the New Orleans and have it be about black culture (for the whole movie) but they go on and decide to make her a frog for 85% of the movie (not in the og story)- the same thing happened in “soul”. Disney doesn’t actually care and it’s bizarre that some people think that they do.

[@vexvega5225]

This, this is why barely anyone cares about the writers and actors on strike, ruin originals and mock the original fans, this movie actively spits in the animated movie's face

[@becmiberserker]

“I cant hear you, Javier, it’s still too dark.” Lolz!! 🤣

[@toodlescae]

Good grief. Bruce, the mechanical shark in Jaws in 1974 looked better than that shark.

[@andrew10862]

It's funny in this live action the mermaid complained about the ship destroyed the coral but in the scene the coral looks beautiful 😂😂

[@uglybetty8747]

Exactly!

[@932ForeverLove]

My heart just broke for Howard Ashman. They completely destroyed this movie. “ the man who gave a beast his soul, and a mermaid her voice.” How dare Disney destroy such a beautiful masterpiece like this?! $390 million to make something like little mermaid 2023, I would probably file for some kind of lawsuit

[@uglybetty8747]

It’s criminal

[@wayIess]

It's worse when you hear about how ingrained he was in the song writing and invested in coaching the voice actors. Little Mermaid was basically his vision and it wouldn't have been what it was. Absolutely heartbreaking NOBODY during the promotion of the remake even recalled him.

[@beethovensfidelio]

To be fair, the Disney animated film already destroyed the fairy tale by secularizing and sugarcoating the ending, but I guess people were fine with that because at least Ariel was white in the cartoon. 🙄

[@sweethistortea]

If Ashman was alive today, he would be FUMING.

[@sweethistortea]

@@beethovensfidelio Ariel's race in the original novel is described as having pale skin, so that's why Ariel looks the way she did. As for the ending, Disney is not the only version to change the ending. I had a book as a little girl where the Prince and the Mermaid live underwater together.

[@yukig3501]

Lol yes it went down .I'm Egyptian dark skinned and didn't like color swapping of ariel.never got oh I couldn't see myself 20th century lk beyond skin color

[@doomraven0]

If you actually read the most recent reviews on Rotten Tomatoes for the original film, it got review bombed hard from the time of the "remake's" announcement to its release. Bunch of people were voting down the original's score to make the new one look so much better.

[@cosmicmuffin322]

Ugh of course they did 😐

[@brianaguilar8283]

That proves that this remake was only created out of spite

[@carlosroo5460]

21:27 I just want to add, having the original scene and the remake back to back, you can clearly see, that Ursula in the remake could have easily dodge ship, just look at how slowly the ship moves and the multiple shots they use. In the original is more fast pace and Ursula doesn't even have a window of opportunity to react. Also, why is it so bloody dark?!!!

[@dragonmaster1360]

Was thinking te same. There were like, 12 seconds where she could have done SOMETHING. Even if it was doomed to failure, or she was too slow, that's still a LOT of time to try something to save he brown life. Instead, she just stares at the boat for 12 seconds and then gives the WORST pain expression I've ever seen when it hits her.

[@EvilExcalibur]

To cover up the dodgy CGI

[@usonohoshi6165]

​@@dragonmaster1360Another thing is that they established that her tentacles have a mind of their own. Ala spider man doc oct. So why didn't they either warn her, or stopped the ship themselves? Man... and to think I believed that the teleportation book in beauty and the beast was the worse plot hole they ever made in the remakes. This movie is plot hole city.

[@carlosroo5460]

Actually, if my experience in certain places of the internet is not mistaken, her face tells me she is actually enjoying it... Maybe that's why she didn't dodge.@@dragonmaster1360

[@cosmicmuffin322]

Everything in the live action is soooo slow and sluggish, just to drag out the run time

[@dnaseb9214]

Bad story, race swaped characters, no logic storyline, bad characters.

[@langdonledwig3734]

Also gender swapped and even species swapped

[@BurnDoubt]

They should have animated some of the mermaids swimming around with long poops dangling out the back, for realism. I've seen plenty of fish in fish tanks, pretty sure they all do it. Nasty creatures, really.

[@heroncolby2842]

I was going to comment on how mermaids are half human. Meaning they have larger brain's and are capable of self consciousness and thought. But knowing some humans nowadays idk if that comment would age well. It's already rotting like milk.

[@BurnDoubt]

@@heroncolby2842 "Oh, why couldn't she be the other kind of mermaid, with the fish part on the top and the lady part on the bottom?" -Phillip J. Fry

[@tsopmocful1958]

No cloaca visible.

[@SundayMourningLove]

​@@tsopmocful1958just bc it's not visible doesn't mean it's not there 😂

[@lookouthill11]

The chefs song and Eric’s flute pinning were some of my favorite parts. Tragedy! No one who loves the classics have any part in their remakes.

[@starblossom05]

"They're going to cut to this. I don't think so there isn't a single subatomic particle of emotion inside this dumbass looking fish" This line alone made my laugh and i replayed it 5 times back 😂 i love it the way you said it and the tone you used ❤

[@jeffrey1954]

One of my customers at work today was wondering what Disney movie he should watch with his grandkids. My boss told him the live action Little Mermaid was "really good". I just rolled my eyes and told him that, for being 85 years old, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves holds up incredibly well, better than I imagine people remember it being.

[@apveening]

I would recommend The Aristocats.

[@eeveestars3668]

​@@apveeningyeah that movie was great, Leo and Stitch, or Lady and the Tramp could also be fun

[@uglybetty8747]

Fire your boss dude

[@thing1thing2themediamaniac43]

I would've said watch The original Little Mermaid or Beauty and The Beast

[@thing1thing2themediamaniac43]

​@@eeveestars3668Lilo and Stitch

[@Keln02]

I'm a french exiled in the UK, and I totally play in the french stereotypes honhonhon.

[@PoopaChallupa]

Look forward to seeing you on Open Bar and hopefully FNT. Great videos!

[@mara_9178]

I Don’t hate a black mermaid in a main role I’m all here for it - but Arielle is Arielle a redhead white mermaid. Don’t change the story, make a new one Disney! Disney, the media and the woke are pretending that we all are racist but why we loved Encanto, Mulan, Pocahontas and Tiana then? Get your work done disney and write a good new story

[@ciscokid5966]

Should've had Abby from Dance Mom's as Ursula

[@frea2191]

I think the best part about the movie is, that the bird can breath and talk underwater 😂

[@usonohoshi6165]

Their excuse is that it's a species of bird that can hold it's breath for... I think about 15 seconds? But you know the best part? They picked a crab species for Sebastian that can't breath under water. It's called a ghost crab.

[@frea2191]

@@usonohoshi6165 nice 😆

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

Yea, all those great coral reefs of the coast s between Denmark and Sweden. They will live forever in our hearts. Rest in peace, corals 🙏😞

[@oskar6661]

Keep in mind, the ratings for The Little Mermaid (the real one) would be higher if people weren't going back with modern day activists and down-rating it...

[@princessthyemis]

Yeah!!

[@CoachChroniclez]

Don’t matter they skinned the original, whatever history it had is broken because of Disney, fans will always be divided on this

[@draegore]

Yeah, they should lock the reviews on old content like this. Pretty sure they were all higher.

[@maomi1852]

The movie is garbage.

[@sergeantzack1106]

​@@maomi1852no you are

[@donnie2832]

Was she stalking him from the water. Weird-Weird.

[@JAW242]

Hahahahahaha

[@_the_little_mermaid_]

Omg 😂😂😂😂😂

[@talithakoum3922]

In Wokeland, toxic behaviors like stalking are bad when men do them to women, but are good when women do them to men, or when alphabet soup people do them. Not that the Prince was really stalking Snow White, either. But if his actions qualify as stalking, than Ariel's actions toward Prince Eric certainly qualify. Remember, they don't care about the behavior - they just want to make straight white guys too afraid and ashamed to flirt with girls. The woke are cruel for the sake of cruelty.

[@SimpleLifeUwU]

King Triton probably was busy mer-mate-ing with different skin colors from all over the world to check those ESG boxes, and got rid of his spouses once they become problematic for child support and other stuffs, then blamed their missing to the EVIL HUMANS when his daughters asked where were their mommies.😂

[@Lupinemancer87]

"I had lunch ladies in school that would have made for more convincing octopus women ... without make-up." I was laughing so hard I nearly fell out of my chair.

[@naturalistwarrior]

I like the part where Ariel sings the new song ''I Squeezed Out the Baby, Yet I Have No Idea Who the Father Is.'', it is such an epic masterpiece!!

[@Npc1488-wc1kf]

👑

[@ashlynbrown3728]

Is that a danganronpa reference? 😏

[@naturalistwarrior]

@@ashlynbrown3728 Yes it is 😉

[@ashlynbrown3728]

@@naturalistwarrior I knew it, I was right on the money

[@kevinfernando4140]

😂underrated comment 😂😂😂

[@donnerblitzen1388]

Rotten tomatoes is ran by a former employee of Disney - a former executive of Disney digital even. This came to light after the captain marvel debacle occurred. I think the reason why the audience scores were so high is that they were manipulated by the employees to show a higher score so people would believe RT, since they were not seen as believable after the captain marvel issue occurred.

[@lessismore8533]

DANG! No wonder RT is so biased!

[@Haterator]

Just as a reminder: "Positive Review Bombing" is a thing as well.

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

When the target demographic are 6-11 old old girls and trans activists, you get a 100% score just by showing a mermaid or a unicorn. Im nt shocked at all.

[@cosmicmuffin322]

Even the new Little Mermaid isn't as bizarre, agenda-driven, and morally bankrupt as Mermaids the organisation 😏

[@Trixie1604]

Thank you, Jonny! Your reviews are entertaining and pure fun. I'm always glad to see a new notification pop up from your channel.

[@JonnyLawYT]

Hey Trixie, that’s real kind of you to say! I appreciate you stopping by ✌️

[@suezcontours6653]

@@JonnyLawYT You people will never be satisfied. You're complaining about original characters like The Marvels AND raceswaps. How about you stop whining and let the work speak for itself. Halle Bailey was way better than Emma Watson's Belle who grew up acting on Harry Potter. Nobody cared that she sucks on Beauty and the Beast since that made a billion dollars.

[@UsmevavyPanacek]

As a flute shredding man myself, I demand representation!

[@bimapringgo]

You can't really compare rotten tomatoes score with IMDb or metacritic ratings. RT score is the percentage of reviewers giving positive reviews, without considering how positive it is. 100 reviewers giving a movie 3/5 is the same as 100 reviewers givng another movie 5/5

[@TheDeadCritic]

I miss the old Disney movies. I can't even think of the last one that was good.

[@anneblubaugh58]

Frozen

[@TheDeadCritic]

@@anneblubaugh58 I'd probably say Brave with Pixar and I kinda liked Zootopia.

[@anneblubaugh58]

@@TheDeadCritic brave was cute

[@anneblubaugh58]

@@TheDeadCritic so was rapunzel

[@crazysmall.artist]

Moana

[@TheNuclearGeek]

RACISM! It was DEFINATELY racism! It couldn't be anything BUT racism! It's has to be racism! Racism, racism, racism!

[@BurnDoubt]

Say "racism" again! I dare you! I double dare you mutha*uka! Say "racism" one mo' goddamned time!

[@a_lost_one]

Um, fam, this comment is clearly sarcasm... @@carlososoriohernandez3979

[@TheNuclearGeek]

@@a_lost_one We are living in a literal world unfortunately...

[@carlososoriohernandez3979]

Sorry @@a_lost_one

[@teabaganyone7830]

I mean to be fair that was my reason for not seeing it

[@TheGoldenPlatoon757]

It's funny they have enough money to invest in something creative yet chose to beat the dead horse and try to profit off of it constantly.

[@combatking0]

I'll agree with you that the French chef song was the best moment from the Disney animated classic, and it's removal from the Di$ney remake is a travesty.

[@TibiConstantine]

In Europe, this movie is actually quite popular. Except for the fact that it' isn't.

[@waffleempress5772]

I remember seeing the musical nearly 11 years ago when it came to my country (and here in Russia Ariel was played by the actress who later voiced Anna in Frozen), and I remember all of the songs that were written for it, songs that weren't in the movie. Scuttle's silly song, "Positoovity", then "If Only"... those were so beautifully implemented and added quite a lot to the story. Maybe not so much in Scuttle's case, but it was funny and showed us that Scuttle was not only a goofball but also a good and caring friend determined to cheer Ariel up. And they swapped that cute song with Donald Duck's seizure. I still cannot bring myself to see the movie, to see for myself. I know it may be unfair, but when I see clips and bits of this film, when I see just how bland, stiff and politicized (like even skin color aside, really, but tbh it's always cultural appropriation unless it's a European fairy tale, huh; but saying Ariel wanted to leave ocean just for a man screams "haven't watched the movie") it is, not to mention blatantly disrespectful to the original that I've always adored since I was a kid, well, it hurts. On one hand, I'm curious. On the other hand, I'm not a masochist.

[@Kusanagikaiser999]

To this day I REFUSE to watch this film, only watch reviews of people talking about it, because of how utterly abysmal, they F UP this story, from the cast, to the promotion, to the press, to the obvious backlash of fans vs Disney, to barely doing not really money, this thing cost 390 millions to do 569 worldwide, when the original adjusted to inflation did more than 517 on a budget of just 40 millions......which one you think wins this 🤣 this live action remake might not be the worse of them, but is pretty embarrassed and a HUGE money loser for the Disney company........man what this people are doing to ruin the legacy of WALT DISNEY is unforgivable, poor Walt, and even if the original movie was not made when he was alive, still, the hard work ACTUAL TALENTED people put in that film to create a beloved animated movie (still to this day my favorite of all Disney films), to remaking in this BLAND and UGLY BAD excuse of a film is just almost impossible to believe it...............I said once and I repeat it again..........speak with your WALLET, if you want change on this company and many doing the same mistakes, we have to stop supporting crap like this....this one bomb, but if we want Disney stop remaking everything we need to keep GOING and not support all the crap they made, not in the theaters neither in home......I rather show my kids A MILLION TIMES OVER the original animation which still looks gorgeous today, that show them this crap.

[@DanishDandere]

That last part…YES! I avoid these remakes both in theaters AND at home. That way, they’ll hopefully go extinct😌

[@cosmicmuffin322]

Torrent it like I did and you'll be able to rage-watch it without giving Disney a cent 😏

[@bladeduffer]

Great post. Bottom line, the main reason people hated this remake was because Disney decided to literally shit on it's predecessor. So, now that you've watched it I will assume you needed to wash your eyes out with some gin to remove it's residue. At the very least saltwater.

[@shayda_wolf]

No joke, I was just thinking “I haven’t seen the Little Mermaid reimagining yet, maybe I’ll give it a chance after all” and then he played that scuttlebutt song and I remembered one huge reason (among the others he’s listed) why I refused to watch this movie.

[@Only1BandIsTheBand]

grats on a solid sponsor, well deserved! keep up the chill reviews my dude.

[@DFMoray]

Don’t include rotten tomatoes anymore. It makes a polarized overall percentage.

[@ggcrickle]

Ariel driving the ship WHILE ON HER TAIL feels so weird ngl

[@trentparrish9401]

Hans Christian Andersen wouldn’t have liked either of the movies. The original story he wrote were much darker, and had a sad ending. If he was around when Disney appropriated his works then he would have more than likely sued them into submission.

[@yanrokbowl28]

It's not just this story, but a lot of the fairy tales that Disney basically pulled all the censorship strings on. I also find it hypocritical how fans will literally defend the LARs while trashing the animated films themselves, when neither of them follow the story, yet the live action remakes stray even further from the original stories.

[@Ah1My-Spinach-Puffs1]

We actually sink old navy ships (cleaned of course) to help rebuild coral reefs. Fish actually love it.

[@Hi-jw7oq]

"I cant hear you javiar, its still too dark!"

[@Naruwitchfan945]

In regards to adding songs, why couldn't they just slip in the songs from the Broadway musical? On Broadway, I loved Eric's solo song 'Her Voice', which would have been a great addition. And there are tons of other songs they could have added, EVEN FOR SCUTTLE!! Scuttle gets TWO songs in the musical and they are THOUSANDS of times better than that horror we got in the live action!

[@hel59]

I really wish they had cast a drag Queen for Ursula, they missed a golden opportunity there

[@katrinax_x3689]

Thank you! I’ve been saying this for ages. Not only the fact she was inspired by Divine

[@BurnDoubt]

They didn't? Huh...

[@gravekeepersven82]

I'm absolutely shocked that they didn't since Disney is big on exploiting the LGBT Movement

[@EvilExcalibur]

Seriously I can't possibly fathom why they didn't

[@shadf7902]

Didnt they?

[@keithmichael112]

totally forgot about this one. I remember a lot of people coping and acting like it was doing fine. sure

[@connorplisga3718]

I knew it would fail! And people say Home on the Range was Alan Menken's worst Disney movie. Well this makes Home on the Range feel like the Prince of Egypt in comparison! And on that same note, The stupid Scuttlebutt Song has got to be the WORST Disney song ever, it seriously makes the songs in Hunchback II sound awesome!

[@_the_little_mermaid_]

Exactly! 😂😂😂

[@donk4304]

I love how half the frame is now occupied by sponsored products - keep it going, would be funny to have like 98% of the frame rammed with products.

[@RentedSword0]

That Erika moment definitely caught me off guard.

[@pegah_di]

Bro, they had Ariel murder her aunty octopus.

[@carlososoriohernandez3979]

I can understand that because her aunt killed her father and after that she tries to kill her and her boyfriend, so Ursula didn't give her another option. But she should've at least feel kinda bad for reducing herself to Ursula's level to fix what she fucked up

[@dustymcwari4468]

@@carlososoriohernandez3979 she learned from her father after he destroyed her grotto and didn't look back

[@fairytalepurityanalyser6056]

Funny how Prince Erik's ship at the start is 100% straight white men but in Prince Erik's palace and court is, what? Forty percent Sub-Saharan Africans? I've notice the same pattern in Star Wars: Rogue One to if you think about it for a bit.

[@sydneyslaughter7163]

“Sorry Javier, I can’t hear you; it’s still too dark!” 😆😆

[@Spartan3D213]

16:37 wait, triton is king of the sea and has weather powers. Isnt it his fault for the ship wreck?

[@LunaMare94]

Me and my roommate tried to watch this. We only made it half way through before we started to skip parts of the movie to see the big parts changed. XD We tried

[@Gemarald]

I feel like Disney's decline all started with Captain Marvel. Rotten Tomatoes had to bend to the will of Disney, it was the first really and I mean REALLY controversial MCU movie, and it had the formula, for disaster, or alternatively "The Anti-Movie Equation" for some DC reference. Overpowered Mary Sue who's perfect in every way, has no flaws (in the movie's eyes) and never changes, as well as the entire movie having this real un-serious tone and SERIOUSLY I can't stress enough how much potential the Cat Nick-Fury thing ruined. Not to mention it also broke continuity (or more like "character assassinated") the whole Avengers origin by saying SHE was the reason it exists. I can tell they wanted to do more with her, but despite what Disney says, even THEY knew audiences didn't like her that much, so Phase 4 doesn't have a real Tony Stark or any sort of glue to hold it together, leading it to be a directionless mess and audiences are leaving because it's not even really a cinematic universe anymore. But hey, that's just a theory! My theory, and opinion, feel free to have your own!

[@slimbombur7922]

No. it started way before that but the movie Frozen was the starting point in my opinion. It had a woke and weird message about how true love was that with your sister and how you dont need no man. Stupid people gave Disney their money because the message was covered in singing and flashing colors. That spurred Disney to increasingly insert woke into their own productions and also the ip's they aquired like Star Wars and Marvel. It took longer for those to be totaly infected since it had non woke movies in the pipe already but those are all flushed out now. Only the woke sevage remains and peope are no longer blinded to that. Even the stupid can see it now.

[@supermax5000]

That's true, it's incredibly sad how low Disney would go to get money instead of praise or honor.

[@undercloudyskies2417]

Dude, your reviews are so spot on!!

[@itrasheditgood]

The 89 Disney version WAS the proverbial lightning in a bottle, although changing the original theme that you can get so close, but still not succeeding, it still managed to add something and improve upon the idea that love is possible against all odds. This movie just gives the original source material and 89’s Disney version the finger.

[@beethovensfidelio]

The animated film also gave the source material the finger by changing the ending, but I guess people didn’t mind that because at least Ariel was white. Changing Ariel’s race doesn’t impact the original fairy tale, but changing the ending does.

[@camotophat]

Spends a decade openly telling whites, males, and the traditional family that they need to go off and d i e in a pit somewhere. Is shocked when those same groups stop supporting them financially.

[@alexutzcel]

🤣🤣 bird-swapped 😂😂wtf this movie is hilariously bad! you just won yourself a new subscriber!

[@mupty]

I imagine littering was less of an issue in the time period this film was set in because plastics hadn't been invented yet and most items that did end up in the sea would be made of organic material that would dissolve in a few years anyway.

[@NMbones98]

The movie was darker than Zack Snyder's justice league.

[@GeekOwtLowd]

Standing on the shoulders of a giant after you've toppled the giant and cut its legs off.

[@amy8161]

This was one of the most hilarious reviews I have ever seen 😂😂😂😂😂. But I agree with everything you said. I actually don't watch Disney anymore which is sad coz I grew up watching movies like snow White, sleeping beauty etc.

[@ShaneWroe]

I miss the original sword in the stone .... I really love that movie!!! Hope Disney doesn't ruin that one with a remake....or sleeping beauty in a similar manner....

[@JohnDavidSullivan]

Congratulations for making it on the Open Bar. Keep up the good work Jonny. Onwards and upwards dude! 🤩

[@kamukameh]

Deserved shoutout to the music of the original at 11:36, but to the "shark-chase-scene" in the new one: That freaking Shark looks like FROM SHARKNADO!!! And it moves kind of like from Sharknado: It wiggles somewhere in the middle of it's body, but the back-fin doesn't move at all, WTF??? Sharknado's Budget: 3 Million US-Dollar (okay, for that shit that's quite a sum! ;-)) Arielle's 2023 Budget: 250 Mio. US-Dollar And for comparison, the original animated Disney-Arielle cost only ... *tension-drum-roll* trrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-tusch: 40 Millionen US-Dollar Funny, isn't it? Here's my newest music-recording by the way: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZnUfaCMhcajepY

[@lydiajorgensen5738]

The ONLY defense I have for this movie is that in the musical, Triton hates humans because he thinks they are responsible for the mothers death. HOWEVER, he changes his mind when it is revealed that Ursula killed her

[@mr.mcnerdo]

No criticism of you in any way, just inserting some facts here. In the original storyline, humans did kill Ariel's mother, but Triton never told her (2008's Ariel's Beginning). He simply told her, 'they're just dangerous because I said so' and left it at that. When you never tell your children why something is dangerous or how it has been dangerous in the past, they're curiosity will grow. In the new storyline, Ariel knows what Triton knew and still went and interacted with them anyway. Original Ariel: Uninformed and Frustrated Remade Ariel: Forewarned and Arrogant I personally prefer the original's, because the new one goes 'Triton was wrong and Ariel was right, despite the fact that ALL of the context that they both had said otherwise' and the original one had 'Triton and Ariel were both right, even though they were both on opposite ends of the conflict; Triton was right to be protective, Ariel was justified in not understanding "because I said so."' The latter is more realistic, more complicated, and, honestly, less frustrating than the soap opera logic of the former. Plus, Eric proves himself to be worthy as a love interest in the original, literally saving Ariel's life, whereas in the new movie, he does jack-sh!t.

[@casualcausalityy]

Honestly I'd stop using or even mentioning Rotten Tomatoes. It has outlived its usefulness, let it die on the vine

[@seekertosecrets7618]

12:33 Keep in mind that this a bird that is talking underwater. Not possible.

[@rachaelbrugmans4309]

Worst part was taking Ariel from flawed-but-relatable main character, to Mary-sue-who-does-everything-herself-and-is-perfect. When will people see that makes your protagonist BORING!

[@Falconer22]

One postive thing I can say about HB, the actress, is she handled the criticism well. The bad thing, is her and her grash sister tried to destroy a small business owned by a Russian woman, who fled her home country to start a new life, because her sister was 40 minutes late for an appointment and was told shed have to be rescheduled. HB and her sister went on social media and called this poor woman, who owns a small salon, racist. F HB!!!

[@elizabethmcfadden466]

I was invited to see this and since it was free, my daughter (9) and I were like eh fine. We also got free popcorn. That helped. We both felt meh when it was over. My main review is Daviid Diggs and Melissa McCarthy carried the movie. And the animation was straight up uncanny valley under the sea.

[@taniarelys.vazquez_figuero6826]

The only actor who actually delivered was the actress who played the human version of Ursula… in my opinion. She had very little screen time but DAMN did she make the most of it

[@DeathSongoftheThreeStorms]

Disney: Humans are bad because they destroy coral reefs Also Disney: Destroys coral reefs when filming the Pirates the Caribbean movies

[@cakecrumb095]

Call me a conspiracist but I have a hunch they hired a black person to play Ariel because they can divert criticism and attention away from how bland and lifeless the movie itself is. That’s peak racism from Disney.

[@AceRocket-ob3up]

Disney casted Halle Bailey because she has soul and raw talent.