History YMMV / DisneyLiveActionRemakes

* AnimationAgeGhetto: Many critics, including ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' co-director Creator/DeanDeBlois, criticize the remakes for further perpetuating the notion that animation is a lesser medium. Matt Zoller Seitz, in [[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/aladdin-2019 his negative review]] of ''Film/Aladdin2019'', discussed how this ghetto contributes to Disney remaking their animated canons and came off as inferior to their animation counterpart.
--> '''Matt Zoller Seitz''': As is often the case with the recent Disney remakes, this one seems to adhere to the same misconception that affects the rest of the film industry, particularly where science fiction adventures, superhero narratives, and fairy tales are concerned: that if it’s animated, i.e. a “cartoon,” [[NoTrueScotsman it’s somehow not a “real movie,”]] and thus not worthy of the automatic respect bestowed upon the most expensive and heavily promoted motion pictures, and not as validating to the people who’ve paid to see it. All of which is also strange, considering how CGI-dependent these sorts of movies are, even when they’re trying to make the mountains and buildings and tigers and parakeets made of ones and zeroes look as “real” as possible.

** ''Film/Mulan2020'' has the title character reveal her gender on her own terms, as opposed to being outed by a side character, which was likely intended to give her more agency as a character. However, the way she does it became one of the most criticized scened of the entire movie. [[spoiler: Basically, Mulan takes off her helmet, lets her (approximately shoulder-length) hair down, and removes her armor before charging off into battle. Instead of making her look strong, it just makes her look stupid, because her plan to turn the tables during a decisive battle didn't require her to remove her armor. So now she's charging off into battle with no armor with her hair blowing in the wind, potentially obscuring her vision so she can't see incoming projectiles.]]

** A small fandom rivalry has emerged between classic Disney fans who adore the remakes for the nostalgic value and the classic fans who adore Disney but really dislike the remakes, thinking they're just a continuation of the [[DorkAge "creatively bankrupt" era]] of Disney that began with Bob Iger (who many comments are an era where Disney is more focused on selling and focusing attention on franchises, remakes, sequels, ''Star Wars'' and Marvel than producing genuine original new groundbreaking animated movies)[[labelnote:although]]even they're likely to be ScrewedByTheNetwork in favor of live-action remakes, as shown with ''Solo''[[/labelnote]]. There's also the aspect of traditional animation is mostly dead at this point in Disney, which sours the opinion of many fans — though Jennifer Lee, the head at WDAS after John Lasseter left, ''has'' said they're open to doing 2D animated films again in the future, so [[HopeSpot there is hope]].

** ''Film/{{The Jungle Book|2016}}'' and ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|2017}}'' both faced accusations of StuntCasting, with many critics feeling that Creator/BillMurray and Creator/EmmaWatson were cast more for their star profiles than because they were well-suited to their roles (neither of them had a great deal of singing experience, making them rather questionable choices for major characters in {{musical}}s). Ultimately, though, neither of them really had a negative effect on those films' critical receptions; Murray's performance as Baloo was mostly balanced out by newcomer Neel Sethi's acclaimed turn as Mowgli, while Watson's performance as Belle drew rave reviews for her acting (though her ''singing'' was less warmly received).
* HilariousInHindsight: Beast from ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'' and Genie from ''Film/{Aladdin2019'' have similar designs to Stranger and Abe from ''VideoGame/{{Oddworld}}''.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: While critics usually accuse the live-action adaptations, particularly ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'', of being inferior rehashes that don't need to exist, a lot of the changes haven't exactly been welcomed either. Fans of the [[Franchise/DisneyPrincess Disney Princesses]] who are sick of the WhatMeasureIsANonBadass treatment they have received from movie critics, feminists, parent groups, and the general public ''really'' hate what they see as the remakes needlessly indulging their complaints[[note]]Emma Watson, the actress who played Belle in ''Beauty and the Beast'', co-opted Maurice's inventing skills for her with the excuse that "[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer there was never very much information or detail at the beginning of the story as to why Belle didn't fit in, other than she liked books]]", even though it was made very clear that it was because Belle didn't conform to the town's idea that women shouldn't read and constantly brushed off the advances of local hero Gaston. Also, Naomi Scott, the actress who played Jasmine in ''Aladdin'', said that the character's motivation was changed to a desire to improve her people's lives as Agrabah's first female sultan because "[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer her one goal [was] to fall in love [and] get married]]" in the original, even though Jasmine explicitly ''didn't'' want to get married because she was bound by the law to do so even if she didn't really like the guy[[/note]]. With that said, the live-action adaptations that ''are'' more well-received, such as ''Film/PetesDragon2016'' and ''Film/ChristopherRobin'', respect the elements audiences connected to and loved about the original stories while being far enough removed from what they're based on that they can stand on their own merits, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools so it more depends on how much of an insult fans feel the changes in the remakes are to the animated originals]] (for instance, turning one of Disney's most famously dastardly bad guys into a misunderstood JerkassWoobie who only acted the way she did [[FemalesAreMoreInnocent because a man hurt her]] in ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'').

** In ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|2017}}'' (2017), nobody seems to remember there was a prince (The Beast) that lives nearby because this time, the Enchantress's curse includes rendering the townspeople amnesiac about this detail. She gives them back their memories once the curse is broken... which, given how it is revealed that some of the townspeople had friends and family in the castle whom she had kept separated for years and years, turns the Enchantress' DisproportionateRetribution from "[[AesopCollateralDamage cursing innocent servants who also lived in the castle in the hopes that it'll make the prince learn his lesson eventually]]" to "[[DesignatedHero punishing random civilians who can't be held accountable for the prince's behavior in any way, shape, or form for no reason whatsoever]]".
** In ''Film/{{Aladdin|2019}}'' (2019), [[spoiler:Jasmine directly takes part in the action to steal the lamp back from Jafar rather than [[ShowSomeLeg kissing Jafar in order to distract him from noticing Aladdin]], something that many feminist critics thought "oversexualized" Jasmine and claimed, "wouldn't send a positive message towards little girls". However, [[DamselInDistress Jasmine becomes incapacitated]], along with all the remaining survivors in the palace, while Jafar uses his final wish to become an all-powerful genie even though Jasmine slipping into the role of a DamselInDistress was one of the common critiques of the original movie's climax anyway, [[PanderingToTheBase suggesting that this change was made only for lip service]]]].

* FirstInstallmentWins: ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' is the film with the largest fandom. This is due to it being an AlternateContinuity rather than a straight-up remake of a previous animated film. There's a lot of FanficFuel in it as well. Much the same applies to ''Film/{{Alice in Wonderland|2010}}'' (2010) if you take it instead as the start of the trend since it's not a straight-up remake either but a sequel to the general story, unconnected to its animated namesake.

** ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|2017}}'' got a lot of criticism for its changes, which many viewers saw as gratuitous [[PanderingToTheBase pandering]] to adult fans who had trivial complaints about [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast the original]]. [[note]] Just to name a few: the movie goes out of its way to justify the Beast's servants being transfigured alongside him, it explains why the local villagers don't remember who the Prince is, it gives Gaston and the Beast {{Freudian Excuse}}s to "explain" their personalities, and it plays up the feminist themes to a degree that many people saw as forced and {{anvilicious}}.[[/note]] To a degree, this was also true of ''Film/{{Cinderella|2015}}'' (2015) and ''Film/{{The Jungle Book|2016}}'' (2016), which were much less divisive. Among other things, ''Cinderella'' gave Lady Tremaine additional backstory to explain her hatred of Ella, and ''The Jungle Book'' changed King Louie into a ''Gigantopithecus'' to placate people who complained about [[MisplacedWildlife an orangutan being in India]]. But those small changes were mostly overshadowed by larger changes that actually made for stronger stories; ''Cinderella'' gave the FlatCharacter the Prince considerable CharacterDevelopment to make his relationship with Ella feel like an actual relationship, and ''The Jungle Book'' greatly streamlined the original's meandering narrative while giving Shere Khan a far more prominent role as an antagonist.

* HilariousInHindsight: Beast from ''Beauty and the Beast'' (2017) and Genie from ''Film/{{Aladdin|2019}}'' (2019) have similar designs to Stranger and Abe from ''VideoGame/{{Oddworld}}''.
* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: From ''Film/{{Cinderella|2015}}'' (2015) on, the remakes tended to have scenarios very close to the original animated movies, rather than being sequels or new takes on the stories, which have garnered a negative reaction.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: While critics usually accuse the live-action adaptations, particularly ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|2017}}'' (2017) and ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|2019}}'' (2019), of being inferior rehashes that don't need to exist, a lot of the changes haven't exactly been welcomed either. Fans of the [[Franchise/DisneyPrincess Disney Princesses]] who are sick of the WhatMeasureIsANonBadass treatment they have received from movie critics, feminists, parent groups, and the general public ''really'' hate what they see as the remakes needlessly indulging their complaints[[note]]Emma Watson, the actress who played Belle in ''Beauty and the Beast'', co-opted Maurice's inventing skills for her with the excuse that "[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer there was never very much information or detail at the beginning of the story as to why Belle didn't fit in, other than she liked books]]", even though it was made very clear that it was because Belle didn't conform to the town's idea that women shouldn't read and constantly brushed off the advances of local hero Gaston. Also, Naomi Scott, the actress who played Jasmine in ''Aladdin'' (2019), said that the character's motivation was changed to a desire to improve her people's lives as Agrabah's first female sultan because "[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer her one goal [was] to fall in love [and] get married]]" in the original, even though Jasmine explicitly ''didn't'' want to get married because she was bound by the law to do so even if she didn't really like the guy[[/note]]. With that said, the live-action adaptations that ''are'' more well-received, such as ''[[Film/PetesDragon2016 Pete's Dragon]]'' (2016) and ''Film/ChristopherRobin'', respect the elements audiences connected to and loved about the original stories while being far enough removed from what they're based on that they can stand on their own merits, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools so it more depends on how much of an insult fans feel the changes in the remakes are to the animated originals]] (for instance, turning one of Disney's most famously dastardly bad guys into a misunderstood JerkassWoobie who only acted the way she did [[FemalesAreMoreInnocent because a man hurt her]] in ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'').

* AnimationAgeGhetto: Many critics, including ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' co-director Creator/DeanDeBlois, criticize the remakes for further perpetuating the notion that animation is a lesser medium. Matt Zoller Seitz, in [[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/aladdin-2019 his negative review]] of ''Film/{{Aladdin|2019}}'' (2019), discussed how this ghetto contributes to Disney remaking their animated canons and came off as inferior to their animation counterpart.

--> '''Matt Zoller Seitz''': As is often the case with the recent Disney remakes, this one seems to adhere to the same misconception that affects the rest of the film industry, particularly where science fiction adventures, superhero narratives, and fairy tales are concerned: that if it’s animated, i.e. a “cartoon,” it’s somehow not a “real movie,” and thus not worthy of the automatic respect bestowed upon the most expensive and heavily promoted motion pictures, and not as validating to the people who’ve paid to see it. All of which is also strange, considering how CGI-dependent these sorts of movies are, even when they’re trying to make the mountains and buildings and tigers and parakeets made of ones and zeroes look as “real” as possible.

* BrokenBase: While many people love the live-action Disney remakes for the depth they consider they bring to the older Disney films (oftentimes disliking them for what they see as being corny, outdated and having [[ValuesDissonance slightly sexist/racist elements]]), many also hate the live-action Disney remakes for what they consider to be soulless imitations of the movies that they loved for years, and feel like Disney is running out of ideas and are just producing them to rake in money via nostalgia pandering. They also feel that it's another attempt to minimize 2D's influence in current Disney, considering how as of yet there's no word of live-action remakes of the Pixar or current CGI Disney movies.

* SoOkayItsAverage: Popular consensus is that Disney has yet to release a remake that is both a good movie on its own ''and'' absolutely necessary. The closest movie to achieve this so far is ''Film/{{The Jungle Book|2016}}''.

* BrokenBase: A very big one concerning these movies. You'll have people who love them for the depth they consider they bring to the old Disney films (and oftentimes, these fans dislike the old, original movies for being corny, outdated and having [[ValuesDissonance slightly sexist/racist elements]]), while classic Disney fans absolutely ''hate'' them for considering them soulless imitations of the movies they loved for years, and are feeling Disney is really running out of ideas and just produces them to rake in money via nostalgia pandering. Some also feel it's another attempt to minimize 2D's influence in current Disney, considering how as of yet there's no word of live-action remakes of the Pixar or current CGI Disney movies.

* BrokenBase: A very big one concerning these movies. You'll have people who love them for the depth they consider they bring to the old Disney films (and oftentimes, these fans dislike the old, original movies for being corny, outdated and having [[ValuesDissonance slightly sexist/racist elements]]), while classic Disney fans hate them for considering them soulless imitations of the movies they loved for years, and are feeling Disney is really running out of ideas and just produces them to rake in money via nostalgia pandering. Some also feel it's another attempt to minimize 2D's influence in current Disney, considering how as of yet there's no word of live-action remakes of the Pixar or current CGI Disney movies.

* BrokenBase: A very big one concerning these movies. You'll have people who love them for the depth they consider they bring to the old Disney films (and oftentimes, these fans dislike the old, original movies for being corny, outdated and having [[ValuesDissonance slightly sexist/racist elements]]), while classic Disney fans ''HATE'' them for considering them soulless imitations of the movies they loved for years, and are feeling Disney is really running out of ideas and just produces them to rake in money via nostalgia pandering. Some also feel it's another attempt to minimize 2D's influence in current Disney, considering how as of yet there's no word of live-action remakes of the Pixar or current CGI Disney movies.

* BrokenBase: A very big one concerning these movies. You'll have people who love them for the depth they consider they bring to the old Disney films (and oftentimes, these fans hate the old, original movies for being corny, outdated and having [[ValuesDissonance slightly sexist/racist elements]]), while classic Disney fans dislike them for considering them soulless imitations of the movies they loved for years, and are feeling Disney is really running out of ideas and just produces them to rake in money via nostalgia pandering. Some also feel it's another attempt to minimize 2D's influence in current Disney, considering how as of yet there's no word of live-action remakes of the Pixar or current CGI Disney movies.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: While critics usually criticize the live-action adaptations, particularly ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|2017}}'' (2017) and ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|2019}}'' (2019), of simply being inferior rehashes that don't need to exist, a lot of the changes, however scarce they may be, haven't exactly been welcomed either. Fans of the [[Franchise/DisneyPrincess Disney Princesses]] who are sick of the WhatMeasureIsANonBadass treatment they have received from movie critics, feminists, parent groups, and the general public ''really'' hate what they see as the remakes needlessly indulging their criticisms[[note]]Emma Watson, the actress who played Belle in ''Beauty and the Beast'', co-opted Maurice's inventing skills for her with the excuse that "[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer there was never very much information or detail at the beginning of the story as to why Belle didn't fit in, other than she liked books]]", even though the original made it very clear that it was because Belle didn't conform to the town's idea that women shouldn't read and constantly brushed off the advances of local hero Gaston. Also, Naomi Scott, the actress who played Jasmine in ''Aladdin'' (2019), said that the character's motivation was changed to a desire to improve her people's lives as Agrabah's first female sultan because "[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer her one goal [was] to fall in love [and] get married]]" in the original, even though Jasmine explicitly ''didn't'' want to get married because she was bound by the law to do so even if she didn't really like the guy[[/note]]. With that said, the live-action adaptations that ''are'' more well-received, such as ''[[Film/PetesDragon2016 Pete's Dragon]]'' (2016) and ''Film/ChristopherRobin'', respect the elements audiences connected to and loved about the original stories while also being far enough removed from what they're based on that they can stand on their own merits, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools so it more depends on how much of an insult that fans feel the changes in the remakes are to the animated originals]] (for instance, turning one of Disney's most famously dastardly bad guys into a misunderstood JerkassWoobie who only acted the way she did [[FemalesAreMoreInnocent because a man hurt her]] in ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'').

* AnimationAgeGhetto: Many critics, including ''Lilo & Stitch'' co-director Dean [=DeBlois=], criticize the remakes for further perpetuating the notion that animation is a lesser medium. Matt Zoller Seitz, in [[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/aladdin-2019 his negative review]] of ''Film/Aladdin2019'', discussed how this ghetto contributes to Disney remaking their animated canons and came off as inferior to their animation counterpart.

** In ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'', nobody seems to remember there was a prince (The Beast) that lives nearby because this time, the Enchantress's curse includes rendering the townspeople amnesiac about this detail. She gives them back their memories once the curse is broken... which, given how it is revealed that some of the townspeople had friends and family in the castle whom she had kept separated for years and years, turns the Enchantress' DisproportionateRetribution from "[[AesopCollateralDamage cursing innocent servants who also lived in the castle in the hopes that it'll make the prince learn his lesson eventually]]" to "[[DesignatedHero punishing random civilians who can't be held accountable for the prince's behavior in any way, shape, or form for no reason whatsoever]]".
** In ''Film/Aladdin2019'', [[spoiler:Jasmine directly takes part in the action to steal the lamp back from Jafar rather than [[ShowSomeLeg kissing Jafar in order to distract him from noticing Aladdin]], something that many feminist critics thought "oversexualized" Jasmine and claimed, "wouldn't send a positive message towards little girls". However, [[DamselInDistress Jasmine becomes incapacitated]], along with all the remaining survivors in the palace, while Jafar uses his final wish to become an all-powerful genie even though Jasmine slipping into the role of a DamselInDistress was one of the common critiques of the original movie's climax anyway, [[PanderingToTheBase suggesting that this change was made only for lip service]]]].

** A small fandom rivalry has emerged between classic Disney fans who adore the remakes for the nostalgic value and the classic fans who adore Disney but really dislike the remakes, thinking they're just a continuation of the [[DorkAge "creatively bankrupt" era]] of Disney that began with Bob Iger (who many comments are an era where Disney is more focused on selling and focusing attention on franchises, remakes, sequels and Star Wars / Marvel than producing genuine original new groundbreaking animated movies)[[labelnote:although]]even they're likely to be ScrewedByTheNetwork in favor of live-action remakes, as shown with ''Solo''[[/labelnote]]. There's also the aspect of traditional animation is mostly dead at this point in Disney, which sours the opinion of many fans — though Jennifer Lee, the head at WDAS after John Lasseter left, ''has'' said they're open to doing 2D animated films again in the future, so [[HopeSpot there is hope]].
* FirstInstallmentWins: ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' is the film with the largest fandom. This is due to it being an AlternateContinuity rather than a straight-up remake of a previous animated film. There's a lot of FanficFuel in it as well. Much the same applies to ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' if you take it instead as the start of the trend since it's not a straight-up remake either but a sequel to the general story, unconnected to its animated namesake.

** ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'' got a lot of criticism for its changes, which many viewers saw as gratuitous [[PanderingToTheBase pandering]] to adult fans who had trivial complaints about [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast the original]]. [[note]] Just to name a few: the movie goes out of its way to justify the Beast's servants being transfigured alongside him, it explains why the local villagers don't remember who the Prince is, it gives Gaston and the Beast {{Freudian Excuse}}s to "explain" their personalities, and it plays up the feminist themes to a degree that many people saw as forced and {{anvilicious}}.[[/note]] To a degree, this was also true of ''Film/Cinderella2015'' and ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'', which were much less divisive. Among other things, ''Cinderella'' gave Lady Tremaine additional backstory to explain her hatred of Ella, and ''The Jungle Book'' changed King Louie into a ''Gigantopithecus'' to placate people who complained about [[MisplacedWildlife an orangutan being in India]]. But those small changes were mostly overshadowed by larger changes that actually made for stronger stories; ''Cinderella'' gave the FlatCharacter the Prince considerable CharacterDevelopment to make his relationship with Ella feel like an actual relationship, and ''The Jungle Book'' greatly streamlined the original's meandering narrative while giving Shere Khan a far more prominent role as an antagonist.
** ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'' and ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'' both faced accusations of StuntCasting, with many critics feeling that Creator/BillMurray and Creator/EmmaWatson were cast more for their star profiles than because they were well-suited to their roles (neither of them had a great deal of singing experience, making them rather questionable choices for major characters in {{musical}}s). Ultimately, though, neither of them really had a negative effect on those films' critical receptions; Murray's performance as Baloo was mostly balanced out by newcomer Neel Sethi's acclaimed turn as Mowgli, while Watson's performance as Belle drew rave reviews for her acting (though her ''singing'' was less warmly received).
* HilariousInHindsight: Beast from ''Beauty and the Beast'' and Genie from ''Film/Aladdin2019'' have similar designs to Stranger and Abe from ''VideoGame/{{Oddworld}}''.
* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: From ''Film/{{Cinderella 2015}}'' on, the remakes tended to have scenarios very close to the original animated movies, rather than being sequels or new takes on the stories, which have garnered a negative reaction.

* OlderThanTheyThink: ''Maleficent'' may officially be treated like it's the first Disney live-action remake, but 18 years before that, another animated Disney film came to real-life: ''[[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996 101 Dalmatians]]'', with Creator/GlennClose as Cruella De Vil. It's a well-known film but it tends to get forgotten when talking about remakes.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: While critics usually criticize the live-action adaptations, particularly ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'', of simply being inferior rehashes that don't need to exist, a lot of the changes, however scarce they may be, haven't exactly been welcomed either. Fans of the [[Franchise/DisneyPrincess Disney Princesses]] who are sick of the WhatMeasureIsANonBadass treatment they have received from movie critics, feminists, parent groups, and the general public ''really'' hate what they see as the remakes needlessly indulging their criticisms[[note]]Emma Watson, the actress who played Belle in ''Beauty and the Beast (2017)'', co-opted Maurice's inventing skills for her with the excuse that "[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer there was never very much information or detail at the beginning of the story as to why Belle didn't fit in, other than she liked books]]", even though the original made it very clear that it was because Belle didn't conform to the town's idea that women shouldn't read and constantly brushed off the advances of local hero Gaston. Also, Naomi Scott, the actress who played Jasmine in ''Aladdin (2019)'', said that the character's motivation was changed to a desire to improve her people's lives as Agrabah's first female sultan because "[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer her one goal [was] to fall in love [and] get married]]" in the original, even though Jasmine explicitly ''didn't'' want to get married because she was bound by the law to do so even if she didn't really like the guy[[/note]]. With that said, the live-action adaptations that ''are'' more well-received, such as ''Film/PetesDragon2016'' and ''Film/ChristopherRobin'', respect the elements audiences connected to and loved about the original stories while also being far enough removed from what they're based on that they can stand on their own merits, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools so it more depends on how much of an insult that fans feel the changes in the remakes are to the animated originals]] (for instance, turning one of Disney's most famously dastardly bad guys into a misunderstood JerkassWoobie who only acted the way she did [[FemalesAreMoreInnocent because a man hurt her]] in ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'').

* AnimationAgeGhetto: Many critics, including ''Lilo & Stitch'' co-director Dean [=DeBlois=], criticize the remakes for further perpetuating the notion that animation is a lesser form of medium. Matt Zoller Seitz, in [[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/aladdin-2019 his negative review]] of ''Film/Aladdin2019'', discussed how this ghetto contributes to Disney remaking their animated canons and came off as inferior to their animation counterpart.

** A small fandom rivalry has emerged between classic Disney fans who adore the remakes for the nostalgic value and the classic fans who adore Disney but really dislike the remakes, thinking they're just a continuation of the "creatively bankrupt" era of Disney that began with Bob Iger (who many comments are an era where Disney is more focused on selling and focusing attention on franchises, remakes, sequels and Star Wars / Marvel than producing genuine original new groundbreaking animated movies)[[labelnote:although]]even they're likely to be ScrewedByTheNetwork in favor of live-action remakes, as shown with ''Solo''[[/labelnote]]. There's also the aspect of traditional animation is mostly dead at this point in Disney, which sours the opinion of many fans — though Jennifer Lee, the head at WDAS after John Lasseter left, ''has'' said they're open to doing 2D animated films again in the future, so [[HopeSpot there is hope]].

** In ''Film/Aladdin2019'', [[spoiler:Jasmine directly takes part in the action to steal the lamp back from Jafar rather than [[ShowSomeLeg kissing Jafar in order to distract him from noticing Aladdin]], something that many feminist critics thought "oversexualized" Jasmine and claimed "wouldn't send a positive message towards little girls". However, [[DamselInDistress Jasmine becomes incapacitated]], along with all the remaining survivors in the palace, while Jafar uses his final wish to become an all-powerful genie even though Jasmine slipping into the role of a DamselInDistress was one of the common critiques of the original movie's climax anyway, [[PanderingToTheBase suggesting that this change was made only for lip service]]]].
* BrokenBase: A very big one concerning these movies. You'll have people who love them for the depth they consider they bring to the old Disney films (and oftentimes, these fans hate the old, original movies for being corny, outdated and having [[ValuesDissonance slightly sexist/racist elements]]), while classic Disney fans dislike them for considering them soulless imitations of the movies they loved for years, and are feeling Disney is really running out of ideas and just produces them to rake in money via nostalgia pandering. Some also feel it's another attempt to minimize 2D's influence in current Disney, considering how as of yet there's no word of live action remakes of the Pixar or current CGI Disney movies.

** ''Franchise/StarWars'' fans also have some resentment after more live-action remakes were approved in the wake of ''Film/{{Solo}}'' failing as well, and several ''Star Wars'' projects were also cancelled or indefinitely postponed.
** A small fandom rivalry has emerged between classic Disney fans who adore the remakes for the nostalgic value and the classic fans who adore Disney but really dislike the remakes, thinking they're just a continuation of the "creatively bankrupt" era of Disney that began with Bob Iger (who many comment is an era where Disney is more focused on selling and focusing attention on franchises, remakes, sequels and Star Wars / Marvel than producing genuine original new groundbreaking animated movies)[[labelnote:although]]even they're likely to be ScrewedByTheNetwork in favor of live-action remakes, as shown with ''Solo''[[/labelnote]]. There's also the aspect of traditional animation being mostly dead at this point in Disney, which sours the opinion of many fans—though Jennifer Lee, the head at WDAS after John Lasseter left, ''has'' said they're open to doing 2D animated films again in the future, so [[HopeSpot there is hope]].
* FirstInstallmentWins: ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' is the film with the largest fandom. This is due to it being an AlternateContinuity rather than a straight-up remake of a previous animated film. There's a lot of FanficFuel in it as well. Much the same applies to ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' if you take it instead as the start of the trend, since it's not a straight-up remake either but a sequel to the general story, unconnected to its animated namesake.

** ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'' got a lot of criticism for its changes, which many viewers saw as gratuitous [[PanderingToTheBase pandering]] to adult fans who had trivial complaints about [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast the original]]. [[note]] Just to name a few: the movie goes out of its way to justify the Beast's servants being transfigured alongside him, it explains why the local villagers don't remember who the Prince is, it gives Gaston and the Beast {{Freudian Excuse}}s to "explain" their personalities, and it plays up the feminist themes to a degree that many people saw as forced and {{anvilicious}}.[[/note]] To a degree, this was also true of ''Film/Cinderella2015'' and ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'', which were much less divisive. Among other things, ''Cinderella'' gave Lady Tremaine additional backstory to explain her hatred of Ella, and ''The Jungle Book'' changed King Louie into a ''Gigantopithecus'' to placate people who complained about [[MisplacedWildlife an orangutan being in India]]. But those small changes were mostly overshadowed by larger changes that actually made for stronger stories; ''Cinderella'' gave the FlatCharacter the Prince considerable CharacterDevelopment to make his relationship with Ella feel like an actual relationship, and ''The Jungle Book'' greatly streamlined the original's meandering narrative while giving Shere Khan a far more prominent role as antagonist.

* MemeticMutation: Facebook comments often have people replying on how Disney will remake ''all'' of its animated films in live-actions, even unpopular ones such as ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle'', impossible to adapt films such as ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'', and unreleased ones, given there are 55+ movies, and over 20 confirmed remakes as of 2019.
* OlderThanTheyThink: ''Maleficent'' may officially be treated like it's the first Disney live-action remake, but 18 years before that, another animated Disney film came to real life: ''[[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996 101 Dalmatians]]'', with Creator/GlennClose as Cruella De Vil. It's a well-known film but it tends to get forgotten when talking about remakes.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: While critics usually criticize the live-action adaptations, particularly ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'', of simply being inferior rehashes that don't need to exist, a lot of the changes, however scarce they may be, haven't exactly been welcomed either. Fans of the [[Franchise/DisneyPrincess Disney Princesses]] who are sick of the WhatMeasureIsANonBadass treatment they have received from movie critics, feminists, parent groups, and the general public ''really'' hate what they see as the remakes needlessly indulging their criticisms[[note]]Emma Watson, the actress who played Belle in ''Beauty and the Beast (2017)'', co-opted Maurice's inventing skills for her with the excuse that "[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer there was never very much information or detail at the beginning of the story as to why Belle didn't fit in, other than she liked books]]", even though the original made it very clear that it was because Belle didn't conform to the town's idea that women shouldn't read and constantly brushed off the advances of local hero Gaston. Also, Naomi Scott, the actress who played Jasmine in ''Aladdin (2019)'', said that the character's motivation was changed to a desire to improve her people's lives as Agrabah's first female sultan because "[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer her one goal [was] to fall in love [and] get married]]" in the original, even though Jasmine explicitly ''didn't'' want to get married because she was bound by the law to do so even if she didn't really like the guy[[/note]]. With that said, the live-action adaptations that ''are'' more well received, such as ''Film/PetesDragon2016'' and ''Film/ChristopherRobin'', respect the elements audiences connected to and loved about the original stories while also being far enough removed from what they're based on that they can stand on their own merits, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools so it more depends on how much of an insult fans feel the changes in the remakes are to the animated originals]] (for instance, turning one of Disney's most famously dastardly bad guys into a misunderstood JerkassWoobie who only acted the way she did [[FemalesAreMoreInnocent because a man hurt her]] in ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'').

* FirstInstallmentWins: ''Maleficent'' is the film with the largest fandom. This is due to it being an AlternateContinuity rather than a straight-up remake of a previous animated film. There's a lot of FanficFuel in it as well. Much the same applies to ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' if you take it instead as the start of the trend, since it's not a straight-up remake either but a sequel to the general story, unconnected to its animated namesake.

* FirstInstallmentWins: ''Maleficent'' is the film with the largest fandom. This is due to it being an AlternateContinuity rather than a straight-up remake. There's a lot of FanficFuel in it as well.

** In ''Film/Aladdin2019'', [[spoiler:Jasmine directly takes part in the action to steal the lamp back from Jafar rather than [[ShowSomeLeg kissing Jafar in order to distract him from noticing Aladdin]], something that many feminist critics thought "oversexualized" Jasmine and claimed "wouldn't send a positive message towards little girls". However, [[DamselInDistress Jasmine becomes incapacitated]], along with all the remaining survivors in the palace, while Jafar uses his final wish to become an all-powerful genie even though Jasmine slipping into the role of a DamselInDistress was one of the common critiques of the original movie's climax anyway, [[PanderingToTheBase suggesting that this change was made only for lip service]]]]

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: While critics commonly criticize the live-action adaptations, particularly ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'', for not really needing to exist due to a lot of them being inferior rehashes of the original movies, a lot of the changes, however scarce they may be, haven't exactly been welcomed either. Fans of the [[Franchise/DisneyPrincess Disney Princesses]] who are sick of the WhatMeasureIsANonBadass treatment they have received from movie critics, feminists, parent groups, and the general public ''really'' hate what they see as the remakes needlessly indulging these exact criticisms[[note]]for instance, Emma Watson, the actress who played Belle in ''Beauty and the Beast (2017)'', co-opted Maurice's inventing skills for her with the excuse that "[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer there was never very much information or detail at the beginning of the story as to why Belle didn't fit in, other than she liked books]]", even though the original movie made it very clear that it was because Belle didn't conform to the town's idea that women shouldn't read ("[[StrawMisogynist It's not right for a woman to read! Soon she starts getting ideas, and thinking]]") and constantly brushed off the advances of local hero Gaston. Also, Naomi Scott, the actress who played Jasmine in ''Aladdin (2019)'', said that the character's motivation was changed to a desire to improve her people's lives as Agrabah's first female sultan because "[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer her one goal [was] to fall in love [and] get married]]" in the original movie, even though Jasmine explicitly ''didn't'' want to get married because she was bound by the law to do so even if she didn't really like the guy[[/note]]. With that said, the live-action adaptations that ''are'' more well received, such as ''Film/PetesDragon2016'' and ''Film/ChristopherRobin'', are the ones that respect the elements audiences connected to and loved about the original stories while also being far enough removed from what they're based on that they can stand on their own merits, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools so it more depends on how much of an insult fans feel the changes in the remakes are to the original movies]] (for instance, turning one of Disney's most famously dastardly bad guys into a misunderstood JerkassWoobie who only acted the way she did [[FemalesAreMoreInnocent because a man hurt her]] in ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'').

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: While critics commonly criticize the live-action adaptations, particularly ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'', for not really needing to exist due to a lot of them being inferior rehashes of the original movies, a lot of the changes, however scarce they may be, haven't exactly been welcomed either. Fans of the [[Franchise/DisneyPrincess Disney Princesses]] who are sick of the WhatMeasureIsANonBadass treatment they have received from movie critics, feminists, and the general public ''really'' hate what they see as the remakes needlessly indulging these exact criticisms[[note]]for instance, Emma Watson, the actress who played Belle in ''Beauty and the Beast (2017)'', co-opted Maurice's inventing skills for her with the excuse that "[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer there was never very much information or detail at the beginning of the story as to why Belle didn't fit in, other than she liked books]]", even though the original movie made it very clear that it was because Belle didn't conform to the town's idea that women shouldn't read ("[[StrawMisogynist It's not right for a woman to read! Soon she starts getting ideas, and thinking]]") and constantly brushed off the advances of local hero Gaston. Also, Naomi Scott, the actress who played Jasmine in ''Aladdin (2019)'', said that the character's motivation was changed to a desire to improve her people's lives as Agrabah's first female sultan because "[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer her one goal [was] to fall in love [and] get married]]" in the original movie, even though Jasmine explicitly ''didn't'' want to get married because she was bound by the law to do so even if she didn't really like the guy[[/note]]. With that said, the live-action adaptations that ''are'' more well received, such as ''Film/PetesDragon2016'' and ''Film/ChristopherRobin'', are the ones that respect the elements audiences connected to and loved about the original stories while also being far enough removed from what they're based on that they can stand on their own merits, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools so it more depends on how much of an insult fans feel the changes in the remakes are to the original movies]] (for instance, turning one of Disney's most famously dastardly bad guys into a misunderstood JerkassWoobie who only acted the way she did [[FemalesAreMoreInnocent because a man hurt her]] in ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'').

* CommonKnowledge: In 2019, rumors that the line was going to include a remake of ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', with Creator/GuillermoDelToro directing and Creator/TomHolland starring, popped up on the internet. Despite the fact that the rumors were discredited (by del Toro himself, no less), many people still believe that it's going to happen, if only because an ''Atlantis'' reboot with del Toro at the helm would be ''[[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome amazing]]''.

** ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'' got a lot of criticism for its changes, which many viewers saw as gratuitous [[PanderingToTheBase pandering]] to adult fans who had trivial complaints about [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast the original]]. [[note]] Just to name a few: the movie goes out of its way to justify the Beast's servants being transfigured alongside him, it explains why the local villagers don't remember who the Prince is, it gives Gaston and the Beast {{Freudian Excuse}}s to "explain" their personalities, and it plays up the feminist themes to a degree that many people saw as forced and {{anvilicious}}.[[/note]] To a degree, this was also true of ''Film/Cinderella2015'' and ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'', which were much less divisive. Among other things, ''Cinderella'' gave Lady Tremaine additional backstory to explain her hatred of Ella, and ''The Jungle Book'' changed King Louie into a ''Gigantopithecus'' to placate people who complained about [[MisplacedWildlife an orangutan being in India]]. But those small changes were mostly overshadowed by larger changes that actually made for stronger stories; ''Cinderella'' gave the FlatCharacter the Prince considerable CharacterDevelopment to make his relationship with Ella feel like an actual relationship, and ''The Jungle Book'' greatly streamlined the original's meandering narrative while giving Shere Khan a far more prominent role as antagonist.

* MemeticMutation: Facebook comments often have people replying on how Disney will remake ''all'' of its animated films in live-actions, even unpopular ones such as ''Disney/ChickenLittle'', impossible to adapt films such as ''Disney/WreckItRalph'', and unreleased ones, given there are 55+ movies, and over 20 confirmed remakes as of 2019.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: From ''Film/{{Cinderella 2015}}'' on, the remakes tended to have scenarios very close to the original animated movies, rather than being sequels or new takes on the stories, leading critics to state that the live-action versions were useless and shows Disney has entered an era of laziness and defeatism.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: While critics commonly criticize the live-action adaptations, particularly ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'', for not really needing to exist due to a lot of them being inferior rehashes of the same basic story from the original movies, a lot of the changes, however scarce they may be, haven't exactly been welcomed either. Fans of the [[Franchise/DisneyPrincess Disney Princesses]] who are sick of the WhatMeasureIsANonBadass treatment they have received from many movie critics, feminists, and the general public ''really'' hate what they see as the remakes needlessly indulging these exact criticisms[[note]]for instance, Emma Watson, the actress who played Belle in ''Beauty and the Beast (2017)'', co-opted Maurice's inventing skills for her with the excuse that "[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer there was never very much information or detail at the beginning of the story as to why Belle didn't fit in, other than she liked books]]", even though the original movie made it very clear that it was because Belle didn't conform to the town's idea that women shouldn't read ("[[StrawMisogynist It's not right for a woman to read! Soon she starts getting ideas, and thinking]]") and constantly brushed off the advances of local hero Gaston. Also, Naomi Scott, the actress who played Jasmine in ''Aladdin (2019)'', said that the character's motivation was changed to a desire to improve her people's lives as Agrabah's first female sultan because "[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer her one goal [was] to fall in love [and] get married]]" in the original movie, even though Jasmine explicitly ''didn't'' want to get married because she was bound by the law to do so even if she didn't really like the guy[[/note]]. With that said, the live-action adaptations that ''are'' more well received, such as ''Film/PetesDragon2016'' and ''Film/ChristopherRobin'', are the ones that respect the elements audiences connected to and loved about the original stories while also being far enough removed from what they're based on that they can stand on their own merits, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools so it more depends on how much of an insult fans feel the changes in the remakes are to the original movies]] (for instance, turning one of Disney's most famously dastardly bad guys into a misunderstood JerkassWoobie who only acted the way she did [[FemalesAreMoreInnocent because a man hurt her]] in ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'').

* OlderThanTheyThink: ''Maleficent'' may offically be treated like it's the first Disney live-action remake, but 18 years before that, another animated Disney film came to real life: ''[[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996 101 Dalmatians]]'', with Creator/GlennClose as Cruella De Vil. It's a well-known film but it tends to get forgotten when talking about remakes.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Another common critic, this time in regard of visual changes of background and characters (notably in costumes), and, sometimes, in light of PerspectiveFlip in a movie such as ''Maleficent''.

** In ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'', nobody seems to remember there was a prince (The Beast) that lives nearby because this time, the Enchantress's curse includes rendering the townspeople amnesiac about this detail. She gives them back their memories once the curse is broken... which, given how it is revealed that some of the townspeople had friends and family in the castle whom she had kept separated for years and years, turns the Enchantress' DisproportionateRetribution from "[[AesopCollateralDamage cursing innocent servants who also lived in the castle in the hopes that it'll make the prince learn his lesson eventually]]" to "[[DesignatedHero punishing random civilians who can't be held accountable for the prince's behavior in any way, shape, or form for no reason whatsoever]].

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The remakes are often a pretext to "fix" plot lines or characters' behavior that became contentious as time went by. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools This isn't always seen as a positive though]], because many fans feel that the common talking points these remakes go out of their way to "fix" are [[BellisariosMaxim fussy, pedantic complaints about minor inconsistencies that aren't really a big part of the story]], and that these plot points [[AdaptationDecay were changed in a way that actually makes the story]] ''[[AdaptationDecay worse]]''.

** In ''Film/{{Aladdin|2019}}'', [[spoiler:Jasmine directly takes part in the action to steal the lamp back from Jafar rather than [[ShowSomeLeg kissing Jafar in order to distract him from noticing Aladdin]], something that many feminist critics thought "oversexualized" Jasmine and claimed "wouldn't send a positive message towards little girls". However, [[DamselInDistress Jasmine becomes incapacitated]], along with all the remaining survivors in the palace, while Jafar uses his final wish to become an all-powerful genie even though Jasmine slipping into the role of a DameselInDistress was one of the common critiques of the original movie's climax anyway, [[PanderingToTheBase suggesting that this change was made only for lip service]]]]