Cruella Movie

I’m a massive fan of ‘101 Dalmatians’ and it was the original 1996 live action remake that put me off Disney live action remakes and live action remakes in general (depending on how they go about them) as a child. The only thing I liked about it was Gleen Close as Cruella and all those adorable puppies. I’ve been hesitant about this film for months because of that (and whether or not it’s going to be in your face woke)…and they can NEVER seem to do ‘101 Dalmatians’ right as a live action film even though Emma Stone looks good in the part.

From what I’ve seen, a lot of people on YT after watching the film it wasn’t as bad as it looked on the trailer. I’m still hesitant though as it looked like they were trying to knock-off Joker.

I still think the BEST villains origin story is Maleficent.

Angelina Jolie was PERFECT for that role.

And I wish they would do something more original, than what they have been, by altering the way we see Disney Villains.

For example, why not get the rights and do movies based off the novel series by  Liz Braswell…. a twisted tales.

As Old As Time, Once Upon A Dream, What Once Was Mine, etc.

@Cerabelus

It’s not the first time Disney have knocked off a popular film or franchise (such as ‘Recess’ being ‘The Breakfast Club’ for kids and I’m pretty sure ‘Talespin’ was a knock of of ‘Top Gun’ even though it was set in WW2). Personally, I don’t mind that. It just depends on how they go about it.

@Legatus_Legionis

I admit that I enjoyed the first Maleficent film. Was hesitant on watching the second one because I was hearing people saying that it was woke. I’m still wating for them to do one on Frollo from ‘Hunchback’ but I’m guessing that they’d be very hesitant about that for obvious reasons. Hades would be another one I’d like to see an origin story of (yes I’m aware of the Hercules remake…and I don’t know whether to be terrified or not as it’s my favourite Disney animated film and I DON’T want them de-masculating him! Yes I know he was no saint in the original story…but still…). Hmm, the name of the author sounds familiar.

I started to watch and felt woke and girl power so fast I looked at my wife and told her im going in the other room and find something else. Her reply was turn this, its so clear where it is going.

I have never seen a remake of an original I like, it is the “Original” for a reason and if you have to keep remaking things its because you have no imagination to come up with something new. There is always exceptions such as technology or to tell the original work in its entirety  (I would have no problem if they could shoot and add the Scouring to LOTR), this would be more a ” Special Edition Directors Cut” though than remake. (DUNE is coming up and maybe technology will allow it to be told right) it is one of the very very few movies that needed technology in filming and cgi to be told right, 1984 version was ok for the time, 2000 mini-series was horrible. Plus its the “Hold my Beer” movie as fans know it is said to be a book that would be impossible to bring to stage.

We need creators with imagination and no agenda, escapism is why we watch a movie or show, we want o be taken away during the story from our lives to the life of the story.

If you want to create semi-relatable stories of half-decent people turning to villainy or being broken into becoming villains, pick those of your characters for whom it may actually work, not those you can cast a cool actress in.

Like… Ursula from the Little Mermaid or Gaston from Beauty and the Beast make WAY better candidates for even a halfway-decent Joker-esque movie than Cruella and from completely different angles. Cruella Deville is not supposed to be redeemable, just check her freaking name.

Maleficent only half-worked because they practically rewrote the setting and gave a long lasting big name the main role. If Cruella half-works it’s because of Emma Stone.

Honestly, better yet, don’t release those abominations at all.