You know, I dont care about the Disney remakes, at all. Mostly by principle because the same company that put animation on the map is the same one that is implying that the only way these classics can be improved is by removing their animation.
Thats insulting to the medium and lets not pretend that disney isnt salivating at the mouth for the day AI becomes "good enough" (in their eyes) to almost fully replace animators from the industry
Not only this is a remake that didnt need to happen the most since the original is only around 20 years old (which yeah, its a lot of time but not that much considering that the other remakes were for older movies, with the exception of Mulan maybe. At least thats the excuse the house of mouse gave but we all know its because Lilo and Stitch is among one of their most profitable brands
So its kind of extra insulting that instead of going for a bland live action/CG hybrid remake (which nearly all of those end up being at the least), they go for something that actively changes the core message of the story
Dont even get me started on the fact that the so loving left picked on Lilo's actress for daring to commit the crime of not being "dark skinned" enough despite her being from hawaii. A reminder that these are the ones that call themselves "The good guys".
If I told you that this is a disney remake where Lilo gets taken by the state and that Nani gets to finally live her dream of studying marine biology out of state (despite the fact that Hawaii has some of the best marine biology colleges in the world). YOu would think Im joking but no, they literally do this in this remake.
But hey, Lilo has access to a portal gun so her and Nani can always meet again...
As if that makes it any better. Disney truly hates family units, dont they?.
So ohana now means "put your career first and send your little sister to live away with some strangers but its kay, she has a portal gun to conveniently make this superficially not an issue"
And the funny thing is, Nani didnt have to give up anything in the original as she now had Jumba and pleakley to help keep an eye on Lilo and Stitch while she could focus on getting a proper job
its like the whole point of the ending is how family can overcome anything.
Oh yeah, Jumba is now a full on villain and Gantu is nowhere to be seen. Jumba was a minor villain at the start, sure, but he slowly comes to change his ways as it starts to dawn on him the tragedy behind Stitch's loneliness
to the point that when given the chance to go help rescue Lilo, he joins immediately.
Some could say this change was rushed but it felt it was given the right amount of build up so it feels natural. There is also the fact that Jabba never came off as malicious like Gantu did, he just wanted to get his experiment back at the reward of a lesser sentence.
Edit: oh yeah, Cobra Bubbles's character has been butched which goes to show that all the liberal nonsense that Disney and its followers spew is just that, nonsense since C.B was a great example of a good character that happened to be a POC because altho he could look intimidating, we start to see a more soft side of him as the movie goes along and he starts to legit see the tragedy of Nani failing to keep a job to sustain Lilo's needs. But he does have a mature conversation with Nani over doing whats best for Lilo and that maybe the latter needs more than what the former can provide.
Besides, there is the whole reveal he saved Earth by BS-ing some nonsense about mosquitos going extinct. Thats cool as hell.
But either way
This is a product of hate based on a product of love and the results are obvious and it pains me to see that this one made money as Im sure the house of mouse will take it as a sign that their remakes are working (despite the fact that most of them have underperformed if not been full on flops). And apparently the word is that Bambi will be their next on the chopping block and based on the people already involved in it, its gonna be a special type of awful.
Cant wait to see it
1) Unnecessary "Stitch died, loljk he's okay" ending.
Cant believe Im gonna say it but
"Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch has a glitch" did that better.
So I (unwillingly) saw L&S today and yeah, it's everything you'd imagine, maybe worse. Too many script and character changes that rubbed me the wrong way to list. Besides the obvious, three things that stuck out to me as exceptionally dumb that I wasn't prepared for:
1) Unnecessary "Stitch died, loljk he's okay" ending.
2) Health insurance being a major plot point.
3) (And this left me absolutely gobsmacked) during the "WHAT ABOUT OHANA??" argument that ensues after Nani gets fired that Nani now says, almost verbatim, that what is supposed to be the catchphrase of the entire movie is a beautiful idea but "not realistic." I have never seen Disney gaslighting THIS hard that its old movies had bad morals (But I've also not watched most of their recent catalog...)
Stuff like this is why I unironically hate this remake more than Snow White or Mulan. They are so dettached from the originals that they dont even come close to it so they might as well be their own flicks.
This remake, tho? Its close enough that its changes seem legit mean spirited towards the original and its morals. It feels spiteful and mean.
I CANNOT believe I forgot this one, but the grandma also encourages Nani to pursue college at the end by stating that Ohana "also means not leaving yourself behind." Whatever... that means.
No, no it doesnt.
You just made that one up, remake. No granny would tell the older sister of a kid to leave her for her own goals.
You suck.
Weirdest thing to me is that they cut so many important characters and scenes, yet still ended up with a movie that's about 25% longer than the original.
Thats how you know you have two bad things for a plot
1- Useless bloating nonsense
2- A bad pace