![]() All of the hits can be credited to Alan Menken and Howard Ashman who won two Oscars for Best Original Score and Best Song for “Under the Sea.” Their soundtrack is one of the best ever produced for a Disney production. The actress does not have the skills to pull off the wide range of emotions needed to be played with only facial expressions. A large part of the film has her silent once Aerial has given up her voice. Bailey’s rendition of “Part of Your World” is strong but never delivers the soul-grabbing passion Benson provided.Īs for Bailey’s acting skills, she was given a tough task. Her singing voice is acceptable, but no one will ever match the angelic quality of Jodi Benson’s voice work in the animated movie. The whole idea of complaining about the ethnicity of the character is ridiculous unless someone can provide proof as to the actual look of a mermaid.īailey should be judged on the talents she brings to the role. The announcement Bailey would take on the title role was met with mixed reaction. She’s got three days to get Eric to kiss her or Aerial’s father’s crown will be in jeopardy. Despite having to give up her Siren’s voice and tail, Aerial is too smitten not to go for the deal if it gives her a chance to experience life on land. The only way Ariel can follow her heart is to make a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula (Melissa McCarthy). She’s always been curious about the gadgets she has found but the appeal goes much deeper while visiting the surface when she falls for Prince Eric (Jonah Hauer-King). The fish tale has the youngest of King Triton’s (Javier Bandem) seven daughters, Ariel (Halle Bailey), longing to be part of the world above the water. None of these changes do much good in terms of improving on the original. The script by David Magee (“Mary Poppins Returns”) has been tweaked to make Ariel (Halle Bailey) less of a damsel in distress and to include a few more musical numbers. It’s not bad simply because it is heavily based on a story that worked before. None of the live versions have been able to match the quality of the animated tales and “The Little Mermaid” is no exception. It follows the likes of “The Lion King,” “Cinderella,” “Dumbo,” “Aladdin” and “101 Dalmatians.” ![]() This is the latest in the endless string of productions where Disney Studios has strutted and fretted live actors across the stage to semi-recreate the company’s animated films. It is why – other than greed – was it made. It's crazy, it's a feat.The real question isn’t whether the live-action version of the classic animated Disney film, “The Little Mermaid,” is worth seeing or not. I saw it for the first time the other day at the premiere, and I would never be able to imagine the level that they brought things to, the way the textures are in the water, how they redid all of the sequences. That sounds super ambitious, and I'm glad I'm getting out of here! I did the voice stuff, I'm gonna let them start start filming.” All I knew back then was that what they had planned for like setting up, and I was just like, “That sounds crazy, man. I was like, “I swear, I've seen that before,” and I was like, “Oh, yeah, I've seen it from rehearsals.” So it's just like, following Rob's vision throughout production was really, really interesting, and yeah, the whole lighting of the ocean and how they play with the colors, I think they did so, so well.ĪWKWAFINA: Yeah, it was pretty mind-blowing because you really have no idea, you truly have no idea. So, it's almost like when I was watching the film, I could recognize scenes. TREMBLAY: It was actually really cool because when we were doing rehearsals, we actually saw Styrofoam cutouts of what the sets would look like and a lot of concept art. I'm joking, but for both of you, what is it actually like watching something like this for the first time? Your imagination versus seeing the finished film? One of the things that I found striking was the CGI, and the underwater stuff is so beautiful to look at, and I'm convinced that he maybe went underwater to film. I'd never done something like that before, it was awesome.ĪWKWAFINA: Yeah, we were able to record the scene just in a room like this, and Rob is sitting right there, and I'd never done an animated or voice movie like that in that way. It was just really cool to film it that way. I was quite nervous, but doing it with everyone, it just felt so fun and real. ![]() And obviously getting into a character like this, you feel a lot of pressure. It was really, really cool to actually be able to do it together, and I think that definitely helped with the performance so much. TREMBLAY: Yeah, no, you're absolutely right. Can you both talk about the actual making of the movie because I think most people won't understand what really went on behind the scenes? One of the things for both of you that I found so unique is, this wasn't some voiceover in a box recording process. ![]()
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