[School of Movies 2023]
For many years we have been planning a show or a series of shows on the Disney live action + CG remakes. The plan was to start with the 2015 Cinderella (or even the 1994 Jason Scott Lee version of The Jungle Book, thence to 101 Dalmatians with Glenn Close) and we would watch every single one of them, and talk about the good and the bad.
But over time, having covered the details of all of the originals in our Disney animated series, the job itself grew insanely huge and exhausting, with so little to say that wasn't already being said by every film pundit on YouTube (because Disney gets you maximum clicks). Luckily this one came along, 8 years into the remake period that boasts both high points and low for the whole concept.
By absolutely NO means anywhere near the level of the small original 1989 film with its $40m budget and its changing of the world of cinematic animation in a way that would not be matched and diverged from until Toy Story and then Shrek, there are still definitely things to like about Mermaid '23, including the earnest and talented Halle Bailey as Ariel.
However, with its $250m budget and the remit of adherence to photorealism at the expense of abstraction that Disney seem to have slammed all of these with, it makes for an extensive focus point to talk about many of the elements which have been frying our fishes. Back as a special guest this week is Willow.
Gravity Falls (Show 4: Episodes 21-36)
Wakanda Forever
Tokyo Godfathers
Gravity Falls (Show 3: Episodes 13-20)
Gravity Falls (Show 2: Episodes 7-12)
Gravity Falls (Show 1: Episodes 1-6)
Love Actually
Final Fantasy VII
The Studio Ghibli Series Part 6: Spirited Away
Green Lantern: The Animated Series
Green Lantern (Revisited)
The Studio Ghibli Series Part 9: When Marnie Was There
Rings of Power (Season One)
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Howling ”Trilogy”
The Studio Ghibli Series Part 8: Arrietty
Final Fantasy VI
The Studio Ghibli Series Part 7: Howl’s Moving Castle
Matilda: The Musical
The Studio Ghibli Series Part 5: Princess Mononoke
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