Hello everyone, as I did for previous Disney Princess reboots, here is a comparison of the 1989 animated film with its 2023 live action reboot. With that being said, let's dive in!

The Storyline

While the storyline is faithful to the 1989 animated feature, I was very happy that there are several scenes that actually filled in the plot hole. Like we get to see Prince Eric's adopted mother and their relationship between mother and son. tied
Speaking of parental relationship, Ariel's relationship with her dad remains the same, except that in the animated feature. King Triton is a very hot tempered man, but in this live-action reboot, he is a very reasonable man with the exception of the destruction of the grotto. 1989
Les Poissons was omitted in this live action reboot, I was really disappointed about this! 1989
When the wedding was crash, it was rushed and not comical enough! But on the other hand, it gives Ariel more character developments. tied
Prince Eric is not hypnotise in this version, because he notices that Ariel is not present in the castle when he's about to marry Ursula. 2023
Finally, Ursula's demise, which scarred me to this very day. It is even scarier in this live action reboot, from what I heard from Prasert! tied

The Characters

As mentioned, Ariel has more character developments and even has more screen time like her animated counterpart. She also a few new songs specially written for her too, to which I'm going to be talking about it in a little while! 2023
Prince Eric's character remains the same and has 1 new song that he sang, he has more screen time as well despite the fact that he's a supporting character. tied
While stern, King Triton is not hot tempered in this version, especially during the Destruction of the Grotto and still remains the same as his namesake animated counterpart. 2023
Ursula has more charisma and is also very hilarious at some point of the film. She also has more dialogues in this reboot! 2023
Like Ursula, Scuttle has more charisma and is also very hilarious! Especially his vocal stimulation, at least she did not sing Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Overture this time! I love her song too! tied
Sebastian and Flounder remains the same, the latter is even more hilarious and more proactive in this reboot! The same applies for Sebastian, even though he is also very stern at the beginning of the film. tied
In terms of appearance, Sebastian's animated feature is better! 1989
Finally, Grimsby is portrayed as a stern advisor in this reboot. Whereas in the cartoon, he is like the Duke from Disney's Cinderella. tied

The Songs & Music Scores

The songs remained the same, with some new songs written for this reboot. I was blown away by Halle's rendition of Part Of Your World! 2023
Poor Unfortunate Souls was greatly change for this rendition, mainly because of time constraint. Despite this, I love Melissa McCarthy's rendition of this song, she nailed it! 1989
The new songs, especially The Scuttlebutt is a very catchy song that can't get it out of my head! 2023
I love the choreography in Under the Sea, it's very colourful and vibrant too! 2023
Kiss the Girl remains the same, except that like Under The Sea, it has more choreography than the 1989 and less repetitive too. 2023

Under The Sea

So, here are my comparisons of both the 1989 animated feature with it's 2023 live action counterpart. Do tell me what do you think? If I missed out anything, please let me know in the comment section!