People ere still complaining i might go see it next week
Just a snippet, her voice is amazing. This is from their official channel hope its ok to post.
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The Little Mermaid (05/2023) live-action Disney remake
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Just a snippet, her voice is amazing. This is from their official channel hope its ok to post.
Review from Mr. Doug, who I find my views generally sync with, says it’s as expected for a Disney remake.
Bland performances, nothing new for adults, amazing singing though. Overall, not the worst of the bunch, but that’s not saying much.
Bland performances, nothing new for adults, amazing singing though. Overall, not the worst of the bunch, but that’s not saying much.
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Can’t say a film about a little mermaid is really up my street.
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Hmm yet
Weekend Box Office Results: The Little Mermaid Rises to the Top with Solid Holiday Opening
Disney's latest live-action reimagining of one of their animated classics earns the fifth-best Memorial Day opening ever with a 4-day haul of $121 million.editorial.rottentomatoes.com
The Little Mermaid Gets Review-Bombed So Hard That IMDb Changes Rating System
Several review sites have been hit with ‘unusual voting activity’ driven by bots and an online smear campaign for casting Halle Bailey as Ariel.gizmodo.com
Soldato
Him again 
Hmmm yet
"Disney’s 2023 version of The Little Mermaid, directed by Rob Marshall, grossed $10.3 million prior to Friday’s full-day launch. Among the May releases to make over $10 million from their Thursday starts, only Solo: A Star Wars Story and The Hangover Part II failed to gross a full $100 million over the three-day weekend of Memorial Day, but they both made it over the hump by Monday. Ariel joined those two films in not getting over the weekend hump."
Amazing company it's keeping there
edit: Good to know that they are priming 'muh racism' as the reason when this fails spectacularly.
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Soldato
.............and yet "muh racists" were never going to see it anyway, so if it does fail then it's not the fault of those "never watching it anyway" types but instead it would be Disney's fault, for making something that non-racists also don't want to go and see in large numbers, and I don't know how Disney or the Media would be able to spin that bitter pill.
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It's already the 8th highest grossing film of the year in 3 days.
I think it'll be alright.
I think it'll be alright.
Soldato
Another live action remake from Disney, how original 
It's basically all they do these days. And they are all total dumpster fires.
It's basically all they do these days. And they are all total dumpster fires.
I don't understand the art direction for these movies, they all end up looking like something from Zack Snyder...... 
There are obviously other issues, but this one isn't ideological I far as I know. Odd choice for movies targeted at children.
There are obviously other issues, but this one isn't ideological I far as I know. Odd choice for movies targeted at children.
Caporegime
Thanks for the finance lesson, I'm sure it will be of great comfort to the studio to know that VincentHanna thinks takings and revenue matter but costs do not.
Not going to be rushing out to the cinema to watch it but I'll check it out once it ends up on D+. Not my favourite Disney story (That's Jungle Book and The Lion King and Disney have already made rubbish remakes of those) but I have always had a soft spot for some of the songs so it'll be nice to hear how they've turned out.
Typically they need to make twice the budget before they break even, it's estimated to lose around $50-$100M as it stands.
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I have 2 daughters in the target age range for this movie, they have watched both the Little Mermaid Disney animated films in the last few months. Neither has mentioned this movie to me even once. I can only assume it's not being talked about at school or they'd be hassling me. The recent matilda remake they were very vocal about, this.... silence. Not reaching the target audience on this it seems from my pico poll
You can probably grab them on Spotify or YouTube, even twitter has little snippets of them if you look
It's estimated it cost around 250 million, add another 200-300 odd for the marketing budget. Pretty darn expensive.
Managed to watch it taking a few of my cousins to see it. It wasnt bad at all and did not see the problems as some made out. Probably the best live remake from Disney but i have only seen Aladdin and this. No where near as bad as some reviews made out. Also for me, Halle Bailey didnt detract from the character or changed the story in the slightest. She was pretty good and did the role well and imo her voice really captured the Mermaid's siren perfectly.
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Seems everyone disagrees with you Vinny, don't give up the day job buddy
‘Little Mermaid’ Swimming Against Strong Tides At Overseas Box Office, Leaving Break-Even In Question
In a rare situation for a Disney tentpole, particularly a live action title based on a treasured animated classic, 'The Little Mermaid' may lose money.
deadline.com