Review: 'Lilo & Stitch,' a sweet but unnecessary live-action remake
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The upcoming 2025 live-action remake of 'Lilo & Stitch' has been criticized for being an unnecessary retelling of the 2002 original. This iteration focuses on Lilo, a lonely Hawaiian girl, but convolutes the plot with added Hollywood elements like explosions and CIA involvement, detracting from the original's charm. Screenwriters adapted the existing story without much innovation, demonstrating Disney's trend of recycling beloved animated tales into live-action versions over the past decade. With past examples including 'The Little Mermaid' and 'Aladdin', there is hope for fresh stories from the studio.
The live-action 'Lilo & Stitch' of 2025 mirrors the original but goes Hollywood with absurd explosions and a CIA subplot, marking another unnecessary remaking effort from Disney.
'What deranged maniac would create something like this?' questions the Galactic Federation head about Stitch, a sentiment that easily reflects the criticism of Disney's recent remakes.
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