Student Takes on Disney Remakes

characters and the plot feels forced,” said Phillips. “The Little Mermaid” is going to be a remake movie that people will remember.

she has a strong opinion.

Lots of us grew up with Disney and even though some of their newer movies are more diverse, many have nostalgia for a certain generation of Disney. Sophomore Ashley Phillips loves Disney and it is part of her childhood. With the live action Little Mermaid movie coming out recently, many people are reminiscing about their favorite childhood movies. The new “Little Mermaid” has had a lot of conversation about who is in the cast, but the majority of people aren't bothered as long as the film lives up to the original. “I don’t think it's going to be that bad of a movie, Halley Bailey is definitely mermaid material,” said Phillips. “The Little Mermaid” is said to have stayed close to its original plot and kept most of the characters the same. Many people agree that changing the plot makes a movie less exciting because we love our original characters. “It doesn't feel original or the same as the old movies; they try hard to force new

Changing Disney movies affects lots of people whether that's a bad or good thing. Freshman Natalie Barnett is the one of the people who thinks the Disney remakes are going downhill. For example, Barnett thinks that Mulan was one of the worst movie remakes. “In Mulan; they completely changed the story and plot. I get they were trying to make her be more independent but she already was a strong independent woman in the original. They might as well have called it something else because that is not a remake, that's a completely different movie," said Barnett. Many remakes have been getting hate for the execution of the film, because when your favorite childhood film gets changed, it can be disappointing. Barnett agrees that some of these new movies have been disappointing, “I grew up on Disney. It was all I used to watch.” Barnett watches new Disney movies also, so

Some of the high school students have a certain love for old Disney, but some of us forget that kids now grow up with only new Disney movies. Penelope Brennan is a sixth grader at Cal Young Middle School who has a younger opinion that really shows how the new generation of kids sees these new movies: “I like the new movies. They are really cool, and show new ways to share the stories.” Brennan sees this as a good thing and many other people in her grade do too. “I have only really watched the original Ariel movie a couple of times. But the new movie was really good and I think that they captured her inner mermaid. I do think that they could have kept her to her original self, because it sends mixed messages.” Disney has been changing and will continue to do so.