Part 3/7:
Trailers and Reception
The first teaser trailer received a colossal amount of negative feedback on YouTube, with nearly 329,000 dislikes compared to just 130,000 likes—an egregious ratio that highlights the audience’s discontent. Unlike other contentious Disney adaptations, the backlash here is not rooted in identity politics or race swapping, but rather in fatigue and frustration with the product itself. Fans are openly criticizing the film’s CGI—often classified as "live-action" but actually animated digitally—as "soulless," lacking the heart and vibrancy of the original animated classics from the 1990s.