I super enjoyed this big long review :3 I feel like these live action updated versions are doomed to fail for the reasons you explained here—they’re bound to the original animated versions, so they have an obligation to be “remakes”, but with the amount of time between the original and now, plus an all-new creative team, there are going to be changes too. I don’t think these two can exist in harmony.
I only watched the trailer, but I felt like this movie also fell into the trap of a lot of recent movies and film, where I CAN’T SEE WHAT’S GOING ON BECAUSE IT’S SO DAMN DARK! That, or there’s a weird gray/tan haze over the film due to strange color grading. I think sometimes this is meant to make the film look more “realistic” (?) but movies are meant to look like movies. Bad color grading doesn’t make them look realistic it just makes it look dull.
Also I didn’t know Melissa McCarthy played Ursula. That’s so tragic XD
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Date: 2023-06-21 05:13 pm (UTC)I super enjoyed this big long review :3 I feel like these live action updated versions are doomed to fail for the reasons you explained here—they’re bound to the original animated versions, so they have an obligation to be “remakes”, but with the amount of time between the original and now, plus an all-new creative team, there are going to be changes too. I don’t think these two can exist in harmony.
I only watched the trailer, but I felt like this movie also fell into the trap of a lot of recent movies and film, where I CAN’T SEE WHAT’S GOING ON BECAUSE IT’S SO DAMN DARK! That, or there’s a weird gray/tan haze over the film due to strange color grading. I think sometimes this is meant to make the film look more “realistic” (?) but movies are meant to look like movies. Bad color grading doesn’t make them look realistic it just makes it look dull.
Also I didn’t know Melissa McCarthy played Ursula. That’s so tragic XD