Lilo and Stitch remake

[Anonymous]

My son's friend's mom who is about a decade younger than I am (I'm 39) was psyched about this movie because she loved the original so much as a kid. She took our kids to see it and was extremely disappointed.
-At the end the older sister ditches Lilo to go to college (she is encouraged to "care for yourself") when the whole point used to be "family sticks together."
-The older sister was "beautiful and thick" (my friend's words) in the cartoon but was "skinny and light-skinned" in this one.
-No Elvis!
These things keep making money so they keep making them, and then they are immediately forgotten. No one is going back for a rewatch of any of these. They are totally sanitized to avoid any Jezebel author writing a "Why Ariel is Super Problematic" article, so they are utterly boring.
Do you think Disney will ever be creative again?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son's friend's mom who is about a decade younger than I am (I'm 39) was psyched about this movie because she loved the original so much as a kid. She took our kids to see it and was extremely disappointed.
-At the end the older sister ditches Lilo to go to college (she is encouraged to "care for yourself") when the whole point used to be "family sticks together."
-The older sister was "beautiful and thick" (my friend's words) in the cartoon but was "skinny and light-skinned" in this one.
-No Elvis!
These things keep making money so they keep making them, and then they are immediately forgotten. No one is going back for a rewatch of any of these. They are totally sanitized to avoid any Jezebel author writing a "Why Ariel is Super Problematic" article, so they are utterly boring.
Do you think Disney will ever be creative again?

Haven’t seen the movie so no opinion on that. But apparently the film industry has been quite crippled since the strike and Covid. Only guaranteed money makers are getting sent to the theaters.

[Anonymous]

I loved the original. I heard about the bit about the older sister leaving. Ohana means what?

I didn't hear that there was no Elvis! Not a fan of any of the live remakes but this one sounds really bad. Totally missing the point!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I loved the original. I heard about the bit about the older sister leaving. Ohana means what?

I didn't hear that there was no Elvis! Not a fan of any of the live remakes but this one sounds really bad. Totally missing the point!

I was wondering why the trailers didn't have any Elvis music. I'll wait until it comes to streaming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I loved the original. I heard about the bit about the older sister leaving. Ohana means what?

I didn't hear that there was no Elvis! Not a fan of any of the live remakes but this one sounds really bad. Totally missing the point!

I was wondering why the trailers didn't have any Elvis music. I'll wait until it comes to streaming.

Probably didn’t want to pay the money for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son's friend's mom who is about a decade younger than I am (I'm 39) was psyched about this movie because she loved the original so much as a kid. She took our kids to see it and was extremely disappointed.
-At the end the older sister ditches Lilo to go to college (she is encouraged to "care for yourself") when the whole point used to be "family sticks together."
-The older sister was "beautiful and thick" (my friend's words) in the cartoon but was "skinny and light-skinned" in this one.
-No Elvis!
These things keep making money so they keep making them, and then they are immediately forgotten. No one is going back for a rewatch of any of these. They are totally sanitized to avoid any Jezebel author writing a "Why Ariel is Super Problematic" article, so they are utterly boring.
Do you think Disney will ever be creative again?

I am a native Hawaiian and many people I know were unhappy about the casting of Nani. The actress is not Hawaiian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I loved the original. I heard about the bit about the older sister leaving. Ohana means what?

I didn't hear that there was no Elvis! Not a fan of any of the live remakes but this one sounds really bad. Totally missing the point!

I was wondering why the trailers didn't have any Elvis music. I'll wait until it comes to streaming.

Probably didn’t want to pay the money for it.

That's what we figured for the trailers but thought they'd have Elvis for the movie since it's a key part of the movie and the soundtrack.

[Anonymous]

That's ridiculous that Nani leaves Lilo to go away for college. She could go to the UH or another local college. Whose bright idea was that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I loved the original. I heard about the bit about the older sister leaving. Ohana means what?

I didn't hear that there was no Elvis! Not a fan of any of the live remakes but this one sounds really bad. Totally missing the point!

I was wondering why the trailers didn't have any Elvis music. I'll wait until it comes to streaming.

Probably didn’t want to pay the money for it.

This. It felt like a totally different movie, but it wasn't terrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son's friend's mom who is about a decade younger than I am (I'm 39) was psyched about this movie because she loved the original so much as a kid. She took our kids to see it and was extremely disappointed.
-At the end the older sister ditches Lilo to go to college (she is encouraged to "care for yourself") when the whole point used to be "family sticks together."
-The older sister was "beautiful and thick" (my friend's words) in the cartoon but was "skinny and light-skinned" in this one.
-No Elvis!
These things keep making money so they keep making them, and then they are immediately forgotten. No one is going back for a rewatch of any of these. They are totally sanitized to avoid any Jezebel author writing a "Why Ariel is Super Problematic" article, so they are utterly boring.
Do you think Disney will ever be creative again?

I am a native Hawaiian and many people I know were unhappy about the casting of Nani. The actress is not Hawaiian.

She was born and raised in Hawaii but is not native Hawaiian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son's friend's mom who is about a decade younger than I am (I'm 39) was psyched about this movie because she loved the original so much as a kid. She took our kids to see it and was extremely disappointed.
-At the end the older sister ditches Lilo to go to college (she is encouraged to "care for yourself") when the whole point used to be "family sticks together."
-The older sister was "beautiful and thick" (my friend's words) in the cartoon but was "skinny and light-skinned" in this one.
-No Elvis!
These things keep making money so they keep making them, and then they are immediately forgotten. No one is going back for a rewatch of any of these. They are totally sanitized to avoid any Jezebel author writing a "Why Ariel is Super Problematic" article, so they are utterly boring.
Do you think Disney will ever be creative again?

I am a native Hawaiian and many people I know were unhappy about the casting of Nani. The actress is not Hawaiian.

She was born and raised in Hawaii but is not native Hawaiian.

I just checked and she is half white half Filipino.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son's friend's mom who is about a decade younger than I am (I'm 39) was psyched about this movie because she loved the original so much as a kid. She took our kids to see it and was extremely disappointed.
-At the end the older sister ditches Lilo to go to college (she is encouraged to "care for yourself") when the whole point used to be "family sticks together."
-The older sister was "beautiful and thick" (my friend's words) in the cartoon but was "skinny and light-skinned" in this one.
-No Elvis!
These things keep making money so they keep making them, and then they are immediately forgotten. No one is going back for a rewatch of any of these. They are totally sanitized to avoid any Jezebel author writing a "Why Ariel is Super Problematic" article, so they are utterly boring.
Do you think Disney will ever be creative again?

I am a native Hawaiian and many people I know were unhappy about the casting of Nani. The actress is not Hawaiian.

She was born and raised in Hawaii but is not native Hawaiian.

I just checked and she is half white half Filipino.

Right. And also born and raised in Hawaii.

[Anonymous]

All the live remakes are unwatchable, I thought everyone knew that.

Disney has gone far down the drain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
All the live remakes are unwatchable, I thought everyone knew that.

Disney has gone far down the drain.

None of these studios are willing to simultaneously spend a lot of money and risk take at the same time. The top ten grossing movies so far this year are Minecraft, Sinners, lilo and stitch, captain America brave new world, thunderbolts, Mufasa, Final Destination, Dogman, mission impossible, and Snow White. The only movie on that list that isn’t a Franchise, Sequel, or pulls from outside source material (Minecraft and Dogman), is Sinners. The studios want guaranteed returns.

[Anonymous]

Why did you feel the need to specify ages here, OP?