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I'm very excited about this one. I still like how they rendered Stitch in CGI.

The hawaii scenes look visually so ugly, the surf scene????? Grey color grading

Nani doesn't look at all like Nani, you can easily tell the actress has a bad spray tanning (very easy to notice)

Also they changed the white fat tourist to a local hawaiian man, I guess Disney doesn't want white americans to feel bad of going to their Hawaiian resort, the original movie clearly critiques the horrible situation of native hawaiians and the tourism industry

The space scenes look 100% perfect for Lilo actress is good so no complains in that department

Oh I forgot about Pleakley, they will make her a human instead of a drag/crossdresser/trans woman/fem non binary

Twitter was super angry and so we ALL should, femininity is essential to Pleakley character, is who she is in the movies and TV shows (she's fem in every single project we've seen her)

Pleakley means so much for the queer community, she and Roger from American Dad are really the pillars of the non binary/trans/queer community, the fact that they could have hired a queer/trans actor/actress and give great representation (the movie was originally for Disney Plus so no China excuse)

To be honest, the trailer is mixed bag for me. I liked the alien scenes at the beginning, as they were competently done and looked similar to their original designs. But the rest of the teaser is essentially a mixed bag. As Stitch interacting in a realistic, live action world seems somewhat jarring and looks even more out of place than similar movies where furry CGI characters acts in a real world (like Pokemon Detektive Pikachu and the new Sonic franchise, which essentially this movie reminds me of). Maia Kealoha as Lilo seems like a miscast, as she simply lacks Lilo`s quirky and endearing qualities and just comes across as ordinary and bland (sorry to say).
Sydney Agudong as Nani fared better, but she didn`t make a huge impact, either. Which is the same that could be said about Kaipo Dudoit as David. Courtney B. Vance seemed fine in his part. The part where Stitch throws the CD was funny. Otherwise, I liked the part where Lilo kisses Stitch, the scenes where Stitch acts like a dog and the squirting water scene at the end. But the surfing part was ordinary and trite, as it was one of the best parts of the animated predecessor. At least Pleakley looked good enough.

As for the new posters, they are essentially tacky. But still not as awful as they could`ve been.

I genuinely hope the Internet doesn't go after Maia, especially because she's just a little girl playing a role she was cast in.

Speaking of Maia, I happened across this picture of her dressed as Snow White, which she happened to be seeing. And honestly, I find it really adorable!

I like the actress they chose for Nani, I think she's super cute. And the one they chose for David, his accent is really nice.
About Pleakley, I think they did a great job with him, he looks as he did in the animation. I think it's interesting they made them both human as they're in the human world.

I'm glad Jumba and Pleakley will be "disguised" as humans. I don't think "aliens in costumes" will work in a realistic live action environment.

Farerb wrote: ↑Mon Mar 24, 2025 2:24 am I'm glad Jumba and Pleakley will be "disguised" as humans. I don't think "aliens in costumes" will work in a realistic live action environment.

The literal JOKE is that they can't pass

Like Roger Smith being a grey alien with no nose and a wig

It's a fantasy movie, why can't we get stupid things that don't make any sense

Yea, I see that point brought up a lot, seems lot of people dont get or accept the point the joke.

Kyle wrote: ↑Mon Mar 24, 2025 1:41 pm Yea, I see that point brought up a lot, seems lot of people dont get or accept the point the joke.

Like Stitch doesn't pass as a dog but they still maintained that in the live action

If they're going to make them human at least they could have respected the crossdressing/fem aspect, they are literally a couple in the movie

I agree, DisneyFan09. None of the actors really reminded me of the characters they're playing.

yeah that's the problem with children roles... it's not easy to find a talented kid, and since here the casting pool was restricted to only native hawaiians... Despite physically looking like Lilo the kid can't act like her. I wonder if Disney cheapened out or they didnt have time for acting classes?
Or maybe they could have changed Lilo's character so she would be easier to portray idk

Too bad, I wanted to see this movie but it will be without me. The rest look fine and the Stitch CGI surprisingly looks good though

The original Lilo is really charismatic so in my opinion they could have never find a girl to make something so good as the animated one. And there is also the problem about them searching for only Hawaian people. I know that some people are going to get angry about what I'm going to say but in my opinion they should find for talent isntead of watchin the nationality of the actors that go to castings.

The talent pool is large enough even when you focus on a specific ethnicity. If they couldn't find an appropriate actress, then it's a mark against the talent behind the camera.

Either way, Lilo's actress isn't the big question mark for me. I've seen the trailer twice now, once on the big screen, and to me the humor just isn't there.

Thumper_93 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 25, 2025 11:56 am The original Lilo is really charismatic so in my opinion they could have never find a girl to make something so good as the animated one. And there is also the problem about them searching for only Hawaian people. I know that some people are going to get angry about what I'm going to say but in my opinion they should find for talent isntead of watchin the nationality of the actors that go to castings.

They didnt even get a native. Would be nice to have both.

I'd say it's important for the actors to physically look like the character whether its the same ethnicity or at least close, but I think Disney should have predicted that since the talent pool will be restricted that they will have to put more work themselves whether it's acting classes directing or sth. Though idk if it's possible to actually do something like that during production

Thumper_93 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 25, 2025 11:56 am The original Lilo is really charismatic so in my opinion they could have never find a girl to make something so good as the animated one. And there is also the problem about them searching for only Hawaian people. I know that some people are going to get angry about what I'm going to say but in my opinion they should find for talent isntead of watchin the nationality of the actors that go to castings.

They should have casted a blonde german actress for Lilo, everybody knows Polynesian actors are not good

Pokenonbinary wrote: ↑Tue Mar 25, 2025 11:19 pm

Thumper_93 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 25, 2025 11:56 am The original Lilo is really charismatic so in my opinion they could have never find a girl to make something so good as the animated one. And there is also the problem about them searching for only Hawaian people. I know that some people are going to get angry about what I'm going to say but in my opinion they should find for talent isntead of watchin the nationality of the actors that go to castings.

They should have casted a blonde german actress for Lilo, everybody knows Polynesian actors are not good

I didn't say anything like that so don't be populist.If they are not able to find an actress that can make a good Job they could then find another one with physical's similarities. It seems that these days the only thing that matters is the nationalitty written in your passport

Disney's Divinity wrote: ↑Mon Mar 24, 2025 7:17 pm I agree, DisneyFan09. None of the actors really reminded me of the characters they're playing.

Thanks

Thumper_93 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 26, 2025 12:50 am

Pokenonbinary wrote: ↑Tue Mar 25, 2025 11:19 pm
They should have casted a blonde german actress for Lilo, everybody knows Polynesian actors are not good

I didn't say anything like that so don't be populist.If they are not able to find an actress that can make a good Job they could then find another one with physical's similarities. It seems that these days the only thing that matters is the nationalitty written in your passport

There are hundreds of other Polynesian and pacific islander ethnic groups that can play the roles

For example Moana in the live action is not Hawaiian, she's Samoan

CinemaCon poster, TV spot, and clip.


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