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Came away really liking the movie. I can't really find anything too bad to say about it. It doesn't come across as dull and dingy; I think the use of color underwater was well done. They were going for realism so going for the huge color bombs like the animated films just isn't going to work, but I think they found a good balance of realism and bright colors. The CGI fish and stuff looked fine; even Sebastian and Flounder look fine in motion.

Song wise, Part of Your World was great. With Sebastian's songs, it's really difficult to replace that VA. He has some of the best songs in all of Disney and redoing them wasn't ever going to be an easy feat, sort of like with Will Smith redoing songs by Robin Williams. I personally found the renditions to be pretty good. Sebastian was very popular in our theater as well, getting a lot of laughs from his lines. Melissa McCarthy was superb in her role, I wish she had gotten even more screentime is all. I also liked the additions and care they took with developing Eric more as a character rather than a plot device.

But yeah, above average film. Way better than Lion King 2019 for sure. Our theater was just about sold out and the film got an ovation after the credits started, which is a fairly uncommon occurrence (though we rarely see stuff opening weekend).