![]() ![]() Clearly, having a nature-documentary wing in its arsenal has prepared Disney animators to add all kinds of new fish. The number of aquatic species is also off the charts. They not only match the human regions of their oceans, but in many ways the fish, too. The various cultures are subtly shown, not only in the casting but in their tail and scale designs. ![]() Another is East Asian and another clearly from African oceans. Another is from the more Nordic regions and she looks and sounds like a Norse mermaid. One is from the Indian Ocean and is Indian. But a note on diversity in this film: It’s everywhere and it feels right.Īll of Ariel’s sisters reflect the seas they rule. When this “Little Mermaid” was first announced and Halle Bailey was revealed to be the star, the internet went wild in some despicable ways. And while you’d expect some more laughs from the villain, given who’s playing her, Ursula is kept mostly evil, with only a hint of McCarthy showing through. But Marshall again uses his guiding hand to give the sea witch just an inch, and she didn’t “swim all over” the scenes she is in. McCarthy is such a strong actress that she could have overpowered Bailey’s performance. This Ursula is one of the most impressive characters on screen. Melissa McCarthy slips into Urusla’s slimy tentacles. (Best new song: “The Scuttlebutt,” sung by Awkwafina.) Honestly, anything Awkwafina touches is gold, and Scuttle is no exception. But the surprise voice is Awkwafina as Scuttle, who is not a seagull in this movie, but rather a Northern Gannet diving bird. Not to mention Diggs has a fantastic voice of his own. (The biologists out there will know what I mean.) Diggs gives this Sebastian his characteristic Jamaican accent, and it works. In fact, hats off again to the animation team for managing to get the holographic crab eye look while still making him friendly in appearance. Triton and Selina are two sides of the same coin.ĭaveed Diggs voices Sebastian who, thankfully, is not too creepy looking. Stay home, be content with what you have. Jason Momoa is the best 'Fast and Furious' villain ever Javier Bardem, Daveed Diggs and Melissa McCarthy also shineīoth King Triton ( Javier Bardem) and Queen Selina ( Noma Dumezweni) are protective of their children. His island nation has been closed off for some time due to treacherous seas.īig names, more action: Move over, Charlize Theron. His goal is to reopen his country to the world and bring advancement to it. Like Ariel, Eric has more going on in his head than crickets and daydreams. But unlike his animated predecessor, this Prince Eric gets his own song! Fitting for an actor who started off as a singer. Speaking of the guy, Jonah Hauer-King looks exactly like Prince Eric from the cartoon. And it feels less like a girl running away to be with a guy and more like choosing to expand her horizons, which just happens to include a guy. This Ariel makes mistakes, but realizes it in a much more mature way. ![]() She wants to grow and experience all that the world has to offer. She doesn’t just want to give up her world for love. Instead, her naïveté fits with the character but she’s also thinking. It’s subtle, but between Bailey’s performance and Marshall’s guidance, Ariel doesn’t come across as a dumb teenager. Halle Bailey as Ariel not only captures the mermaid’s curious spirit, but she sings so well, too! In fact, she sounded uncannily like Jodi Benson, who voiced the original animated Ariel.īut the best part of Bailey’s performance is that she injected more fullness into the character, meaning she gave Ariel some agency that the cartoon version lacked. Not to mention that they managed to get all the actors' CGI tails to appear seamless.Īnd speaking of the cast, it’s rare to see a film where all the actors match their roles so well. Even the details of sand swirling and falling underwater looked convincing. The gentle zero-gravity effect was just so perfect that it looks real. A note on the new advances: somehow Disney’s animators managed to make all the mermaids' hair look like it is underwater. ![]()
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