Among the Let’s Take a Match to Our Childhood remakes coming out is the live-action version of the 1955 Disney animated film Lady and the Tramp. The first trailer was released in August and I don’t think any of us were that excited about it. The second trailer just dropped so let’s do this:
The good news is that this is live-action, with real dogs and the CGI is limited, mainly to mouth movement and a freaky hairless cat. I can always spare some time to watch a bunch of cute doggos, especially when the lead is a rescue pup from an Arizona shelter. The main thing I took away from watching this trailer is how much I confuse Lady and the Tramp and The Aristocats. I remember the beginning of Lady, up to the muzzle part and, of course the stupid meatball scene that has led to countless awkward Italian dinners over the decades. I also know how it ends but I can’t remember the part in between Lady leaving and returning (sorry – spoiler). I do know there’s some (Disney-level) peril and that will be much harder to watch with real dogs than it was with cartoon versions. I really don’t intend to be bowled over by this, but I am getting major Benji vibes from the trailer and hand to God, that might be enough to get me to watch it. I was such a Benji fangirl as a child, I will still embarrass myself if I get anywhere close to a Benji looking dog.
Unfortunately, I’m not feeling Justin Theroux as Tramp. I don’t care if Tramp is cool or not, but he needs to be scrappy. Justin has far too many smooth edges to be scrappy. Kiefer Sutherland would’ve been a great Tramp. And since CB just wrote about him, he’s on my mind – Aaron Paul would be a good Tramp. And, I love Tessa Thompson with a capital L, but I don’t know that she’s working for me as Lady. She has a lovely voice, but Lady needs a heavy dose of entitled naiveté to her and Tessa always sounds savvy. For me, the voices matter. But there are a lot of fun names attached to the film as other characters, I just don’t know if they are enough to make me forget about the leads.
Lady and The Tramp will start streaming on Disney+ November 12, which means I’ll be watching this with my mother over Christmas. And she’ll cry and love everything about it. She won’t have any clue who played what and won’t be able to remember what happened after it’s over but it will be her favorite movie of 2019, because: dogs.
this is this the night what a beautiful night on this lovely bella notè ! Lady And The Tramp on Disney Plus November 12th pic.twitter.com/Juz2b62cPD
— Halloween & Chill (@SlasherLakewood) October 13, 2019
Also backstage of #DWTS — doggies to promote the upcoming live-action version of Lady and the Tramp! pic.twitter.com/8VrfV3WcSp
— Lynette Rice (@Lynetterice) October 14, 2019
Photo credit: WENN Photos and Twitter
This is nightmare sauce.
I LOVED Lady and the Tramp as a child, but I don’t think I can watch the live action. The part where Lady gets lost and ends up in a shelter where dogs are being put down – I don’t think I can handle it. (also I’m not doing “spoiler alerts” for a movie that is 50 years old, sorrynotsorry, lol).
Same way with Dumbo. I watched that movie countless times as a child. I cant even imagine watching it today.
I couldn’t watch Bambi or Dumbo as a child. I would cry uncontrollably.
Oh my god where the dogs are CRYING!! My entire day is ruined due to thinking about that 🙁
I’d hope with this remake they’d at least get rid of the bit with the dog being led away wagging his tail, otherwise they’re gonna traumatise thousands of kids all over again.
This is honestly the Disney remake I’m most excited about. Besides the fact that they are actual dogs, I like they are not going over the top with the promotion and stuff like they did with Lion King and the others. It’s just supposed to be a fun, cute movie, not something groundbreaking and I’m fine with that.
Why do they hire people who look like the dogs to do the voices? Like if Justin and Tessa were doggos they would sort of look like that but WHY is that necessary for voicing an animated film…?
No. That is horrifying.
I think it looks ridiculous tbh. I’ll stay with the original.
Homeward Bound forever!
I loved Lady and the Tramp as a child and still do. I have it on blu ray and my kids watch it now. But this is a big no. It doesn’t have the same feeling/aura? for me.
You guys Tramp was born in my town but our local shelter shipped him along with other doggos to a rescue group in AZ whereupon a movie scout discovered him. Heard it here first!