Sotiris wrote: ↑Sat Sep 10, 2022 10:32 am
That was so ridiculous. Why didn't anyone correct her? Was she given any vocal direction on how to perform the song at all? Sigh.
That's true. And I don't like that, but I guess I just imagined worse things.... I thought she might end up being directed to shout the whole song at the top of her lungs like Cravalho in the live show and Boggess in the musical (although I do give Boggess is a pass since Broadway is the type of place where you want people all the way at the back of the theater to be able to hear you--Sherie Rene Scott is unbearably loud on her songs, too--although she could've dialed it back for the cast recording). Despite the inappropriate pop styling in that last note, at least it does still sound fairly intimate and vulnerable, but we'll see.
I also found the scene in question quite static. She just sits on that rock and sings. It pales in comparison to the original. I hope there's more movement during the rest of the song, at least.
Of course, that goes without question. "Part of
YourThat World" is one of the greatest animated scenes there are, imo, not simply the song itself and everything--but the animation itself in that scene is otherworldly beautiful and haunting. I personally thought it looked decent as far as the remakes' standards go. The thing is we didn't see much of the grotto itself actually, so I'm still unsure if it's pretty or not. All we see is the rock she's sitting on and the hole at the top of the grotto that she sees the fireworks through. It looked a little barren, you'd have thought there might be more stuff closer to where Ariel's sitting?
The worst thing about the new logo is how you have "The" above the rest of it... It just looks odd having The and then a long line "LITTLE MERMAID" below it. It would've made more sense to stack the three words one on top of the other or, as the first (better) logo, had "The Little" on top of "Mermaid."
EDIT: Listened to the song, blurry though the audio is. I think she did a decent job, personally. The only part I would criticize is the "I want MOOORE!!" That was louder than necessary. The note's supposed to be held long and high, but not loud. After that, I was scared about the "Ready to stand!" and "Burn!" parts, but she did those well and not loud, imo. So apart from that one thing, I thought she did pretty good! I personally think this was leaked by Disney when people criticized that weird pop way she ended the song to show the whole thing isn't that bad.
I agree. When the couple of people clapped after she ended the note "that world aboooooveeeeeee," I felt the same way. I'm so glad she pulled it off. She had the voice, that was never in doubt, I was just scared Miranda would end steering her wrong and Menken would be more passive to whatever he wanted.
Don't get me wrong, that's not to say it matches the original in brilliance, but it's as good as I would've *ever* expected for one of the remakes, that's for sure. Probably one of the best versions of it out there besides the original, definitely. She's got Boggess' and Cravalho's versions beat, for sure. I do love Boggess and she does lot of parts of the songs great, but the very end of POYW is just so loud, I don't like that. It just sucks that this audio will be taken down and we'll have to wait a whole year before the soundtrack is available because this movie is taking forevah.
