History YMMV / DisneyLiveActionRemakes

* 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 and playing into the FlawlessToken trope[[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 ''Film/Aladdin2019'', 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/Cinderella2015'', ''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]].

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: While still mostly beloved by general moviegoing audiences due to its nostalgic appeal, the fact that the live-action remakes created from ''Film/Cinderella2015'' on bear many similarities to the original animated movies is also the most common complaint reviewers and some fans have brought up with them. Some, most notably the aforementioned ''Cinderella'', ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'', and ''especially'' ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'', are even point-by-point rehashes of the originals, with the few things that they do add tending to not actually contribute anything to the plot.

* 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 ''Film/Aladdin2019'', 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'', ''Film/ChristopherRobin'', and ''Film/Cinderella2015'', 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}}'').

* RealIsBrown: As just one of the ways these films attempt to look more [[UnintentionalUncannyValley "realistic"]] than their respective original animated versions, these versions tend to have noticeably darker color palettes and scenes that are much more dimly lit.

* CriticProof: The remakes generally receiving mixed reviews from critics and some fans haven't stopped them from ending up as at least mild successes, simply because of the nostalgic value attached to them. Of note, ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'', ''Film/Aladdin2019'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'', despite critic scores of 51%, 57%, and 52% respectively on Website/RottenTomatoes and similarly polarized Metacritic scores of 53/100 for both ''Alice'' and ''Aladdin'' and 55/100 for ''The Lion King'', were still able to pull in more than $1 billion at the box office. ''The Lion King'' in particular scored, at the time, the biggest opening weekend for an animated movie with a domestic total of $191 million (also breaking this record in its first weekend worldwide at $246 million), and then went on to become the highest-grossing animated movie ''ever made''. That being said, not all of the remakes have been smash hits. ''Film/AliceThroughTheLookingGlass'' and ''Film/Mulan2020'' bombed, while ''Film/Dumbo2019'' barely broke even, each in the face of mixed to negative reception (although in an ironic turnaround, critics have been much kinder to ''Mulan'' than they have been with the other remakes, with the film having a Metacritic score of 66/100 and enough positive reviews for its 72% Rotten Tomatoes score to be considered "Certified Fresh"). Additionally, ''Film/PetesDragon2016'' and ''Film/ChristopherRobin'' were modest hits, but not to the extent of other remakes.

* CriticProof: No matter how much the critics and some fans harp on the remakes for being unoriginal and bland, they always end up being at least mild successes, simply because of the nostalgic value attached to them. That being said, not all of them have been smash hits (eg, ''Alice Through The Looking Glass'' and ''Mulan'' bombed, while ''Dumbo'' barely broke even. ''Pete's Dragon'' and ''Christopher Robin'' were modest hits, but not to the extent of other remakes)

* 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]]), there are many who absolutely ''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 most of the remakes are of 3D animated films, with the upcoming ''Moana'' remake being the only one of a CGI-animated film.

* 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]]), there are many who absolutely ''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.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: From ''Film/Cinderella2015'' 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.

** The remakes have been accused of becoming [[HistoryRepeats the new version]] of the [[Creator/DisneytoonStudios Disney direct-to-video sequels]] -- redoing the original story while [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks changing few elements from it]] or [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks changing too much to the point it bore little resemblance to its source material]]. Even with the vast differences in budget in mind, audiences proved to be [[SoBadItWasBetter far forgiving of the DTV sequels]] (at least in later years) given that it was an ''attempt'' to expand upon the existing worlds these movies had created, [[VindicatedByHistory and those efforts did get better over time]], whereas the Disney Remakes have been experiencing a far worse reception over their retellings of these worlds and how little is done to differentiate it from what came before.

* 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]]'' (1996), with Creator/GlennClose as Cruella De Vil. It's a well-known film that became one of the highest grossing movies of 1996 and even got a sequel, but it tends to get forgotten when talking about remakes. This is probably because ''101 Dalmatians'' was a one off remake, rather than a trend starter.

* MemeticMutation: Facebook comments often have people replying on how Disney will remake ''all'' of its animated films in live-action, 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.

** The remakes have been accused of becoming [[HistoryRepeats the new version]] of the Disney Sequels -- redoing the original story while [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks changing few elements from it]] or [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks changing too much to the point it bore little resemblance to its source material]]. Even with the vast differences in budget in mind, audiences proved to be [[SoBadItWasBetter far forgiving of the DTV sequels]] (at least in later years) given that it was an ''attempt'' to expand upon the existing worlds these movies had created, [[VindicatedByHistory and those efforts did get better over time]], whereas the Disney Remakes have been experiencing a far worse reception over their retellings of these worlds and how little is done to differentiate it from what came before.

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

** ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'' was criticized for its over-realism sucking out the movie's emotions and soul. The use of hyper-realistic CGI can be traced back to ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'' (both films being directed by Creator/JonFavreau). However, this wasn't viewed as a problem in ''The Jungle Book'' because the animators gave the characters facial expressions that conveyed emotions, which, alongside the amount of changes to the story compared to the original, gave it some degree of its own magic. ''The Lion King'', on the other hand, felt too much like a ShotForShotRemake to many critics, where the characters had very little emotions in their facial expressions, sending the animals down the UncannyValley in the process of them seeming empty.

* BileFascination: A few moviegoers have admitted that the only reason they paid full price for the live-action remakes was just to see how bad they were. ''Film/Aladdin2019'' became perhaps the most notable example of this, when Genie's UncannyValley redesign underwent MemeticMutation that made it a ''huge'' target for mockery.

* BileFascination: A lot of moviegoers have admitted that the only reason they paid full price for the live-action remakes was just to see how bad they were. ''Film/Aladdin2019'' became perhaps the most notable example of this, when Genie's UncannyValley redesign underwent MemeticMutation that made it a ''huge'' target for mockery.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'' was criticized for its over-realism sucking out the movie's emotions and soul. The use of hyper-realistic CGI can be traced back to ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'' (both films being directed by Creator/JonFavreau). However, this wasn't viewed as a problem in ''The Jungle Book'' because the animators gave the characters facial expressions that conveyed emotions, which, alongside the amount of changes to the story compared to the original, gave it some degree of its own magic. ''The Lion King'', on the other hand, was mostly a ShotForShotRemake where the characters had very little emotions in their facial expressions, sending the animals down the UncannyValley in the process of them seeming empty.

** ''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.
** ''The Jungle Book'' and ''Beauty and the Beast'' 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).

* 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 ''Film/Aladdin2019'', 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}}'').

* 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}}''. If you count ''[[Film/PetesDragon2016 Pete's Dragon]]'' as part of the lineup, it's the only remake to have a higher [=IMDb=] score than its original counterpart.

* 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.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The remakes are often a pretext to "fix" plot lines or characterizations 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/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]]]].
** ''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 scenes 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 Disney fans who adore the remakes for the nostalgic value and the fans who adore Disney but really dislike the remakes, thinking they're just a continuation of a [[DorkAge "creatively bankrupt" era]] that began with Bob Iger where Disney's preoccupied less with producing original, groundbreaking animated movies and more with selling and focusing attention on franchises, sequels, ''Star Wars'' and Marvel-related content [[labelnote:although]]even ''they're'' likely to be ScrewedByTheNetwork in favor of live-action remakes, as shown with ''Solo''[[/labelnote]]. There's also the fact that traditional animation at Disney is mostly dead, which sours the opinion of many fans — though Jennifer Lee, the head at Walt Disney Animation Studios after John Lasseter left, ''has'' said they're open to doing 2D animated films again in the future, so [[HopeSpot there is hope]].

* CriticProof: No matter how much the critics and some fans harp on the remakes for being unoriginal and bland, they always end up being at least mild successes, simply because of the nostalgic value attached to them.

* 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]]'' (1996), with Creator/GlennClose as Cruella De Vil. It's a well-known film but it tends to get forgotten when talking about remakes.

* HilariousInHindsight: Beast from ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'' and Genie from ''Film/Aladdin2019'' have similar designs to Stranger and Abe from ''VideoGame/{{Oddworld}}''.