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farerb: The second part of my post wasn't directed at you, but in general, which is why I made it a separate paragraph. I apologize if that seemed like a response to you specifically, it was merely an echo to a post I'd made in this thread the previous day. Suffice it to say I don't agree with you, although interesting to see you again defending a re-make just to disagree with me even if you say you hate them all. Anyway, I don't think you can claim to care about the "spirit" of a property and simultaneously slice and dice every single detail from the curtains down to the doorknob--to me, that's simply disrespect and disdain for the property, and deserves the middle finger from its fans. I would have liked this to imitate the original more in the basics like
Aladdin and
B&tB, but I guess this'll be a case of looking for a few good things within the bad like with
Alice and
Maleficent. At least it won't prolong itself by getting a sequel the way
Mulan will, so it'll be here today and gone tomorrow. What I can say I do agree with you on is that I don't have much faith in Marshall based on MPR though. It wasn't bad, just sort of forgettable. At least I thought most of the actors were well-cast in that film, where everything with this is so-so so far. But I think Miranda has a bigger hand in this than we're seeing, so I put the blame for a lot of that on him.
I don't mind being negative in this thread because this is what Disney deserves really when they trap fans into watching a film by using a franchise they love, and then make the choice to change everything about it, which only enrages them. TLM especially didn't even get done justice on Broadway the way MP, B&tB,
Aladdin,
Frozen, and TLK did, now its live-action film is going to be a travesty. It sometimes feel that, despite its popularity, TLM gets continually screwed. Reminds me of the 3D theatrical re-release that was cancelled because B&tB’s under-performed. Or how it didn’t get a Platinum Box Set after
Cinderella’s likely didn’t sell well. Thank God its Blu-ray releases have had decent restorations; I'm surprised they didn't screw with it on that front, too.
Although I guess they did screw up the ending to the key scene in the film, "Part of Your World," by getting the shots wrong. The majority likely didn't buy get the disc replacements, so now a whole generation is going to grow up with it running that way.
Jules wrote:
That's interesting. Like bruno I was under the impression that she just raps. Still, even if she does sing, I do not expect she would be able to handle the requirements of the music in The Little Mermaid, right?
I think she autotunes herself to a degree. I'd say she can sing at least as well, if not better, than McCarthy. Not as good as Bailey though.
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