I think they should rethink their live action disney princess strategy

With Snow White coming out, I can already tell the movie is not going to be received well and it's more than likely going to bomb at the box office.

The trailers have not been great, there is nothing really nostalgic about it even if they replicated iconic moments, the castings are so controversial (I love Rachel so much and think she'd make a great snow but she shouldn't have been cast in the Disney live action and people unfortunately don't like her and don't get me started on Gal Gadot and her untalented controversial idf stance) so....

I do not foresee Snow White making a profilt let alone being a success.

This comes off the heels of The Little Mermaid which although made a profit it wasn't as big as Disney expected it to be. TLM should've been a slam dunk in the box office but something about the film was lacking.

Halle was perfectly cast so I don't have any issues with that but I do feel the casting did impact it's box office potential but I think most of it hinges on the fact that the movie was devoid of all the Disney magic and fantasy we used to see.

All the Disney Live Action films that had the Disney magic were the earlier ones like Cinderella. The set design, the costume design, the script, the story, originality, the fantasy elements were so evident in the movie and that's why it resonated with audiences.

Beauty and the Beast had the fantasy and the magic but it lacked the originality because it was basically a carbon copy of the OG with just a few added songs and a feminist push for Belle.

I think it was Beauty and The Beast that changed the trajectory for Disney princess live actions for the worst bc Aladdin came out and that just felt like a repeat of the original story but also they took out all the moments that made the OG Animation so beloved and great and filled it with unnecessary filler and plots that did not move the story along.

And then we got Mulan which was... Yeah.

And then The Little Mermaid which I enjoyed but so many elements were lacking in the film. The casting was great but everything else felt so off...

And it's definitely the director's fault. He did not want to embrace the full fantasy of that world. He wanted to keep it super grounded and hyperealistic and gritty which doesn't work for a movie like TLM. TLM should've been high on fantasy, atlantica should've been a MAGICAL place that felt LIVED in (not just some coral reefs and sea animals with colorful mermaids and call it a a day).

If they wanted to show that the underwater world is boring but the land is beautiful they failed at that too bc the land life was just so dull and boring... So muted. Everything. The costumes, the sets, the scenery etc. Ariel did not need to have 1 dress I am sorry. This shouldn't be a movie that is realistic. Give us the DISNEY PRINCESS ENERGY.

And the cgi animals and the music was also not great either...

And with Snow White looking worse than TLM they need to rethink their strategy.

The only way these Live Actions will succeed is if they keep the magic and fantasy of the original and make changes that are NECESSARY and include new storylines that were NEEDED in the original. Don't try to reinvent the wheel or copy beat for beat.

And when it comes to casting, I don't mind race bending but I'm honestly so tired of fighting and witnessing the controversy surrounding Disney princess films that ultimately lead these films to flop.

Rapunzel should be white. Moana should be Polynesian. Hercules should be Greek. Tiana should be black. Megara can be anyone but she should look like Meg. Anna and Elsa should be Scandinavian PLEASE.

They should just cast the characters exactly how they are in the animation and just make good movies.

I end my rant.