I don't have high expectations for this or any other Disney live-action remake. At best, they're "OK" but bring nothing new to the table and feel completely unnecessary. At worst, they're poorly made and downright insulting to the audience and to the original films/concepts. I really wish they'd just stop, and I know I'm far from being alone on this, but Disney doesn't care because hey, money. But that's just a general complaint about all the remakes.

There's not much to go on besides the teaser trailer, but I can say that it doesn't look very good to me so far. Everything is too dark and dull; it all kind of blends together. Visually, it's lacking the magic and energy we should be able to expect from a Disney film, especially one as bright and colorful as The Little Mermaid.

I don't have much of an opinion one way or the other about the choice of actress, though. I haven't seen her acting before, and all I've seen for this movie is a tiny bit of a song. I didn't care for the added vocal flourish; I've just never really liked that style of singing. But I don't mind her not looking exactly like the cartoon version; I don't think her skin tone or hair texture are of any importance to the character. She is recognizable as Ariel. She looks and sounds the part to me, from what little I've seen so far. Time will tell, but I don't think the choice of Ariel is going to be this movie's biggest problem.