Halle Bailey in THE LITTLE MERMAID (2023)

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Jonah Hauer-King as ᴇʀɪᴄ × Halle Bailey as ᴀʀɪᴇʟ (dir. Rob Marshall • 2023)

A fanart of the new little mermaid🌊✨️

So I'm on my way to watch the Little Mermaid. Let's see what's it all about!

Appart of a bird who apparently can breath underwater.

So we went to see the somewhat controversial remake of the Little Mermaid this week. Now surprisingly there wasn't much in the way of collectables for this no cups or buckets they had one lil pushy thing which is pictured below. I didn't get one of course being I didn't want one.

So we went to see this I personally didn't want to form an opinion on it until I seen the actual movie Now I'm a huge fan of the original movie it came out when I was a kid and I remember going to see it and I remember watching the animated series also on Saturday mornings. I had the movie on VHS as a kid and now I have it on Blu-ray and I do have some Little Mermaid merch around the house So I was a little interested in seeing this being I had enjoyed other previous live-action version like The Jungle Book, Lion King and Aladdin, ect.

now did I love it, No. Did I hate it, No.

I would say it was pretty good and I would say it was better then I thought it would be especially better then the internet wants you to think it is.

Now there is some problems with it which I will get into and some of the good things. Now of course they did change some things in the movie of course in regards to story being I think its more about there are certain things you can easily do in animation that you can't do in Live-Action and some scenes were removed and replaced with others. I would honestly say that this follows the original animated movie about 85-90% alot of it will look and sound very familiar.

There is alot of scenes that are peppered in there that are different, but I would say from the start until Ariel gets her legs and arrives on land it is very similar to the original movie They changed a few things around there where she is at the castle and spending time with Eric its still recognizable just slightly different at parts then from the "Kiss the Girl" sequence until the end its very similar to the original again. I would say it is somewhat faithful to the original movie you can kinda tell what the new bits are when you watch it.

Now one thing this movie has going for it of course is the visuals and it is very nice visually I would have to say all the underwater scenes are pretty much amazing I think it is pretty much on par with Avatar the way of Water in terms of the underwater sea life and environments it does look all extremely realistic and impressive also the Mermaids/Merpeople effects are amazing as well it is extremely nice. Also Ursula was done amazingly well the testicles and everything were perfect! Now I know alot of people complained about the Live-Action versions of characters like Sebastian and Flounder I had no problems with the Live-Action Sebastian I thought he was really well done and voiced well and everything as for say Flounder I thought the voice work was good on him but at the same time I didn't think he looked like Flounder at all! being in that he is like white with black stripes? but in the original he was Yellow with blue stripes I don't see why they couldn't just color him yellow and give him blue stripes?

Now one thing that that I didn't really like was the voice of Scuttle I don't think Awkwafina was right for that. I don't know why I just feel like it didn't fit. as for the other cast I thought Jonah Hauer-King was great as Eric Art Malik as Grimsby was great and the one that surprised me was Melissa McCarthy I'm not a big fan of Melissa McCarthy I feel in every movie I seen her in it always seems like its just Melissa McCarthy playing Melissa McCarthy like she is just being herself but in this it was completely different she was Ursula she looked the part and she acted the part. She looked just like Ursula and I believe that she was perfectly cast for this role and she played it excellently. While watching it your not thinking about Melissa McCarthy its one 100% Ursula. Now as for the most controversial casting choice Halle Bailey as Ariel I know alot of people are mad about this personally I thought she did a pretty good job but with that said if I were to make a live action Little Mermaid I probably wouldn't cast her as Ariel and that is just my opinion being that everyone would have their own idea of how the character should or shouldn't be but other then that I thought everyone did do a pretty amazing job

as for the music its pretty much all in there! I thought their renditions of the classic songs were great "Part of Your World" "Under the Sea" "Kiss the Girl" and "Poor Unfortunate Souls" were all beautifully done. I loved all that and the audience that we seen it with was totally into the musical moment when they got to them. and of course there was a few new ones too but I didn't think alot of them where needed like the Song that Eric sings was kinda unnecessary and pretty much just a time filler I thought. and the near the end called Scuttlebutt its alright but again I feel that it was kinda unnecessary and it was basically meant to be pretty much background noise for the scene. but other then that everything else was really well done.

so personally I would say it is a good adaptation of the Animated movie they did follow the animated one somewhat closely with not too many changes but like I said it was pretty good its not the best and of course not the worse. I would just recommend if you are curious and want to see it then go see it and make up your own mind and if you don't want to then just don't go see it thats it. Also the only collectable they seemed to have was these lil plush Ariel dolls.

Okay the internet was being a lil mean about the backgrounds in the live action Little Mermaid Movie. They were bright and colorful when they needed to be 😤

One more thing abt the little mermaid, yall said it was danish folklore so it DOES have a culture???? And that it IS black washing??? But oh is this the only folk lore story were "appropriating" or should we talk abt giants??? Did the native americans appropriate that culture, not really, every culture has a their own depiction of ALL folklore told amongst each race, also "black washing" almost never happens, it happens so little in fact, that when it DOES happen its a big deal and almost treated like the worse things to ever happen to white ppl in media, yet i can name a list of all the black characters that had their skin lightened or changed period, also how many black characters can you name from each fandom compared to the amount of white characters, white ppl literally steal culture all the time but as soon as one character on the tv is darker than the original thats where we cross the line??? Also ariel had sisters of ethnic backgrounds, there were some with dark skin and dark hair and some white skin and blonde hair, yalls arguments are pointless, u cant use the "little mermaids story was mad by these ppl so the mermaids can only be white" bc the africans have a mermaid goddess too!! And first recorded mermaid lore was from ASSYRIA first recorded in 1000bc, SO WHO TOOK WHAT NOW??? The Little Mermaid was written in Danish and titled Den lille havfrue. The Little Mermaid is a literary fairy tale. The plot is drawn from Hans Christian Andersen's imagination rather than a specific folktale, its not supposed to have cultural ties to it.

I don't think a real mermaid would be either white/ black/latino/Asian/ect lol

Probably green lol or grayish to blend in with water

But this is just my opinion

halle bailey and margot robbie’s stylists for their huge press tours absolutely understood the assignment 👏

Princess Adella (Known as Princess Snow White) ▪ 25 ▪ Gender Nonconforming ▪ She/They ▪ Jessie Mei Li ▪ Evil ▪ Open

Triggers: Death

→ Past

Adella knew she would never get her own kingdom and for the most part, it never bothered her. Attina was the one who was being groomed to become the future ruler and Adella never liked the responsibility. When she was younger, Adella was happy not settling down and just flirting with all the available boys. She enjoyed having a fun time and attending all the parties she could sneak off to. She became fond of music once it was allowed again in the kingdom. Though she was an excellent singer, she preferred dancing. Things changed as Adella got older and they decided they had been waiting too long for her perfect man to appear. Their friends started marrying and even Ariel, their youngest sister, was wed before them. Most of the mermen would take them out once and that would be it. Even as a princess, none of their suitors wanted to see them again. Adella started worrying that they were doing something wrong. She did not want to wait for all her sister’s to leave her and be left all alone. She drastically tried to change herself several times, but nothing would take. Adella was craving more than Atlantica could offer her. 

→ Present

Adella felt guilty taking Cinderella’s offer initially, but it was better than the alternative: death. They chose not to ask too many questions out of fear and focused on the positive aspects of their new life. They would be married to a handsome prince and become a queen someday. They got to be topside for the first time and explore the land. Cinderella changed everyone’s memories so they would think Adella was Snow White. It was a bit difficult because Adella’s hair was older than the other princess. Unfortunately, Cinderella did not bother to replace Adella, so most of her family believes she is dead. Usually, she runs away from Ariel whenever she sees her, though she sometimes gives into temptation and speaks to her as Snow. During most of those conversations, Adella tries hard not to slip up. The dwarves are a welcome distraction for Adella. They spend more time with them than at the castle with Ferdinand. Since they have Snow’s memories mixed with her own, Adella knows them well. She likes the attention the dwarves give her. If only her husband could give her just a sliver of that love.

I read the thread about anakin padme and I fully agree.

I raise you little mermaid. I imagine how much justice would be done to it if instead of Sebastian (or what the heck? Keep him. He’s cute and he sings well) Ariel’s unwilling accomplice was a sister.

Like I think it would shed light on the VERY POOR SELFISH CHOICES she makes in the cartoon movie but at least you could sympathize with her more.

Like think of it as Ariel and Allana. Sisters who were very close initially but grew distant over their differing opinions of the humans. She was aware that Ariel collects things but pretended not to and occasionally covered for her absences. Though she wasn’t aware how much of a collection she has amassed and how she befriended a seagull, she learns of both, is shocked and wonders if she “enabled” that hobby and how it’s going to get worse. She’s the one who ends up tailing Ariel to keep an eye on her and witnesses her saving Eric. And she’s the one who tells their father who ends up destroying the grotto.

Like it would make so much sense then that now that Ariel can’t live her life the way she wants and cannot trust anyone from her family, she will turn to Ursula and a life with Eric would be so much more appealing.

I could even see, her sister, out of guilt, reluctantly promising to help her get the kiss and in the process, learning humans truly are not as bad as she thought. It would even help offset the story of how “she left the ocean for a man” because the sisters would end up rebuilding their relationship as a mute Ariel excitedly shows things to her sister in the dark and Allana too develops a certain level of fascination with their culture and items.

And then, consoling Ariel when Vanessa arrives. Helping her fight her. Rushing to get her father. And on and on.

What do you think

Hello friend! Would love to join you on this discussion but I haven't seen Little Mermaid movie and I barely remember the original Disney cartoon cause I watched it as a kid a hundred years ago 😬

The Little Mermaid (2023) dir. Rob Marshall

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Jonah Hauer-King as ᴇʀɪᴄ (dir. Rob Marshall • 2023)

Instead of telling men to repress their emotions to appear stronger we should encourage them to sing incredibly dramatic ballads to process their emotions like in fictional movies. Maybe the world would heal faster. And also it would be very funny.

These are my personal favorites.

Why does the Erik form the new 'little Mermaid' McDonald's toy look like a pride and prejudice character