Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

A question, is it weird to feel "nostalgic" for something more recent? I've just been thinking of the time I went to see Trolls Band Together in November 2023 lately, it makes me feel happy. Reason I ask is because nostalgia mostly affects stuff that happened a long time ago, not more recent.

Other things, speaking of movies I saw Lilo & Stitch.

@MarioVillager92 Sounds like a plan to me. I did finish Lilac's adventure, was surprised by how much I enjoyed the story. Sounds nice, never played Okami.

@Pastellioli Yeah, I can stay up late sometimes as well, for pretty much the same reason. I tend to be busy during the daytime, lol. I tend to play my Switch sometime before I get tired.

Nice, I think I know somebody who likes Red Hot Chili Peppers, just not sure if I heard their songs. I probably did. It is a catchy song for sure, and it's cool as heck too, lol. Nirvana's another memorable band for me, my dad had the Nevermind album on CD way back when I was super young, and I have a ton of nostalgia for all of its songs, haha. I can be a little picky when it comes to music as well, lol, I have my preferred genres. Like rock, big band jazz, and even some oldies. I've actually listened to a good chunk of Michael Jackson's songs, like Bad - that one is a guilty pleasure for me. I've heard Thriller as well. Wasn't that the best-selling album of all time?

Yeah exactly. Plus KH's battles sort of looks like the 3D Zelda games' combat to me. It probably feels a bit different from that, but I'm just going by what I see. Yeah, there are a ton of entries that are all connected in terms of their storylines... I remember seeing that Chain of Memories takes place between Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2 for example. They all span across multiple different platforms too, mainly Sony's home consoles and Nintendo's handhelds if I recall correctly.

That would be good to keep using NSO icons on Switch 2, I can't imagine they would take that away. Especially since they'll be having all the NSO classic games on the Switch 2 as well. (Thank you Nintendo for not restarting your retro game library all over again! They've had a bad habit of doing that...) I've had a difficult time getting into Banjo-Tooie for pretty much the same reasons you've mentioned. The massive levels were not doing me any favors because I get overwhelmed very easily. I didn't like the minigames, either. That handcar race in Glitter Gulch Mine was awful, because you have to spend the entire race button mashing, and it's ridiculously long. It seriously made my thumb tired. Heck, the button mashing minigames in Mario Party were better than this! I hated the target shooting in Witchyworld too, since it had clunky aiming. There's a race near the end of the game that's pretty bad, huh? I did want to like Banjo-Tooie, but after spending a good chunk of time with it, it just isn't one of my favorites.

I've not had a system transfer mess up on me, pretty much all of them I've had went smooth as butter. I think it's just a matter of having your Switch and Switch 2 near each other, and having them both plugged in so they don't run out of battery juice. There's a transfer option that lets you upload your data to a dedicated server, if you don't have a Switch 2 yet, but I ain't doing that since that would format the Switch at the end. And oopsie-Princess Daisy, I spoke a little too soon on the backwards compatibility! Nintendo updated the compatibility tests yesterday, here's where you can see it. You can see lists of games that have start-up issues or compatibility issues, too. Going through the lists myself, the only two games I have that were affected are Mega Man Legacy Collection (the one that has Mega Man 1 thru 6 on the NES) and Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection. They both have compatibility issues with the Switch 2.

I think Legends Arceus is a good game, I do intend to come back to it. I like the exploration aspect the best, where you'd go around and catch Pokemon to fill your Pokedex. This is the only Pokemon game I have on Switch, and I actually got it from a game voucher. That's cool. I remember Happy Tree Friends... it looks like a cute children's show, except it gets all violent! I do have a few shoot em ups as well, I have Galactic Attack for my Switch. (It was originally an arcade/Sega Saturn game.) It gets really challenging, but I do like it quite a lot. I like how you can lock onto enemies that are way below your ship and shoot homing lasers at them. The music and visuals are fantastic, too. Ouch, sorry to hear about your Xbox's HDMI port, hope it gets fixed.

Ah yeah I noticed that the guest characters aren't present. I like playing as Villager in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, because I also like Animal Crossing. Maybe I'll pick the snowman in Mario Kart World, only because I like snowmen in general, lol. If there's gonna be more Donkey Kong characters, I'd actually like to play as Dixie Kong. The new gameplay mechanics like driving on water and on walls look fun for sure. And yeah, the character select screen does look a bit problematic, but I guess we'll see how it is when the game releases. Though I definitely love the costumes... I feel they're a fun way to express yourself while you're playing online, as well. It does look like a really good game overall, honestly... hopefully it'll at least have a lot of great content, considering the game on its own isn't cheap.

@Sunsy Hi there, I just wanted to mention that one of my earlier posts that I wrote to you mentioned my previous profile picture, which was my Animal Crossing villager. Just felt like having Mario as my profile picture again. Apologies if that caused any confusion or whatever. Hope you're doing well.

Edit: Whoops, didn't see your post until now. Yeah, I'm liking Okami quite a lot actually. It plays sort of like Zelda, except you're a wolf and it's got this cool, ancient Japanese art style. I don't think getting nostalgic for anything more recent is weird. I've actually been considering replaying Super Mario Odyssey and I can see myself feeling nostalgic for it.

@MarioVillager92 Don't worry, I wasn't confused. Just had the feeling you wanted to have Mario again.

@Sunsy
Everyone is fine to feel nostalgic, that means have sense of remembering the good things in the past.
I miss the 2000's era which DDR machines were very popular and a lot of people's like to play DDR during that time, but now DDR is forgotten in my hometown, only 1 DDR machine still left, the people's in 2020's era didn't have that much hype with DDR and older Arcade machines.
Speaking about Disney movie, recently I watched the missing Disney movies from video reaction on YouTube since I still able to watch them even not 100% but at least I can digging the storyline.
One video I watch such as Big Hero 6 and it was rollercoaster emotional feeling to watch, from happy suddenly to sad then back to happy then sad. And surprisingly, I don't even like Western superheroes by generally except Big Hero 6 despite it said it was based on Marvel's 2000 comic with a lot of changes when turned into Big Hero 6.
When I looked at the original concept from 2000's comic, I don't even like it.
But when already turned into Big Hero 6 with Japanese vibes, I have interest with them.
After watching Big Hero 6, I was thinking to consider Big Hero 6 games but their games only available on 3DS / NDS as 2D platformer, Disney Infinity 3.0 and Kingdom Hearts 3.
The only game I can experience with Disney stuffs in HD 60 fps is Kingdom Hearts 3 and this is my chance to get the PS4 version and play it on my PS5 machine.

Also, I was thinking to get old Disney games from PS2 / Wii era after watching Lilo & Stitch cartoon version (not the live action version because it was suck) as I have never played them but I still have a chance to experience that oldies stuffs.

@Sunsy Oh goody. I've just edited my previous post as well, with my response to you.

@Anti-Matter I know that, but I meant a more recent event. Your examples go all the way back to the 2000's, which could be a time period someone could feel nostalgic for. Usually a long time ago is what most people think of when thinking of nostalgia.

Even though it was in 2023, I've been thinking of the time I went to see Trolls Band Together early at my local theater, and was in a theater full of Trolls fans enjoying the new movie. Honestly, it ended up being one of my favorite theater experiences. Not to mention Trolls was everywhere in 2023, and I miss seeing them whenever I go out to a store.

Cool, reaction videos are fun, though I do find it more fun to watch a movie itself and come to my own conclusion. Never seen Big Hero 6.

Yup, the comic book origins of Baymax is Marvel IIRC. I remember reading about it after getting the Infinity figure.

Go for it, I never played any of the Lilo & Stitch games. I have Stitch for Disney Infinity 2.0, I remember getting the Toy Box set because I'm not really into superheroes, and it included Merida and Stitch. That reminds me, I need to watch the original Lilo & Stitch again, disagree with me, but I did enjoy the new one.

Apologies for double posting, I know if I edit my post, @MarioVillager92 won't get the notification.

Cool. Alrighty, because when I think of the word nostalgia, I think of something from a long time ago. I'm just thinking of the time I went to see Trolls Band Together early and enjoyed seeing the movie with other Trolls fans in a theater, as well as missing seeing Trolls stuff everywhere I shopped, and all the promo stuff they did for the movie. Stuff like this...

This was for Regal theaters, I have an AMC near me and they did a popcorn bucket that looked like Poppy. Stuff like this was on my mind, and it made me happy.

Edit: I wouldn't say I'm nostalgic for Trolls, I see Trolls in some form everyday, I have plushies, shirts, etc. I'm thinking more of the time I first saw the movie back in 2023 is what I'm thinking of. Just thought I'd clarify.

@MarioVillager92 I’ve been trying to draw late at night, but I think I should do something simpler that doesn’t require me to use a lot of stuff. It’s fun playing games on the phone late at night, and weeks ago I was watching videos too. There’s feeling with doing fun stuff at night that I like a lot, probably because I get time to do what I like haha.

I love Michael Jackson’s songs, my dad played them a lot when I was younger so his music is iconic to me. I listened to some of his songs today, that being The Way You Make Me Feel and P.Y.T., and it’s nice listening to them alongside some other 80s-90s songs. There’s a feeling they give off that makes me so happy! And Bad is my most favorite song from him, I agree that it’s a guilty pleasure, because I repeated it a ton a few months ago and couldn’t get enough of it.

Yeah, the games are split between different consoles and some of them didn’t get ported over to PlayStation, so it requires owning multiple consoles to play all the games so you know the characters and the story, plus one of them is a mobile game you can’t even download or play anymore! Still sucks KHUX was closed, especially since future games are going to use more characters and elements from it and some people won’t experience the game’s story and characters. Hopefully they can find a way to explain the story more to players despite the game being closed.

NSO’s game library is getting better and it’s awesome that it’s returning to the next console and not starting from scratch. There is a debate between Banjo fans over whether Kazooie or Tooie are the best, and one criticism people give Tooie is that it has a darker and macabre theme compared to the first game, the size of the levels and mini games. I don’t mind the more macabre themes and jokes, and it’s something I would absolutely expect from a game series that is full of dry and sarcastic British humor and featuring characters that crack self-deprecating jokes a ton. But the levels are too big and not balanced, and it can take hours to complete a single level, not to mention they added, in my opinion, too many more collectibles despite reducing the total jigsaw count to 90 instead of 100, so I didn’t bother 100%ing it because of that. The ideas they had for the mini games was interesting, one being the GoldenEye 007 segments where Banjo wields Kazooie like a gun, but some of them were repetitive and hard later on as the game comes to an end, but the game’s overall difficulty is what makes me not like it as much as the first, because parts of the game feel so unfair and hard to pull off. Yeah, it’s a race against Canary Mary, and before I got to Tooie, everyone said the race was unfair, and it is! It’s INSANE how frustrating the developers made the race, and I can’t tell if they did it intentionally or not. She’s fast and if you lag behind her significantly, even for a few seconds, you lose. To win it requires using a turbo controller or lagging a bit behind her for most of the race before gaining speed right at the end, but I haven’t tried either of those and I’m not in interesting in playing it again. It’s not a bad sequel, but it’s hard for me to play again, kind of like Conker, though for that it’s more of the gameplay being clunky and poor level design.

I haven’t had to do system transfers a lot, and it’s good to hear that for you, system transfers have not gone terribly. I’m not getting a Switch 2 at launch but I also wouldn’t want to upload the data to a server while waiting. It’s a coincidence that they updated their backwards compatibility list, it’s good to hear they fixed some of the issues with a few games that had issues!

That’s good to hear, I like exploring in some games that are big and have a focus on that! Similarly Pokémon Violet is the only Pokémon game I have played on Switch, that one wasn’t bad and I did like what I played of it.

I’m new to Happy Tree Friends, I heard it was all over the internet back in the 2000s-2010s and it’s still popular despite them not really producing episodes for it anymore, but I only heard about it 5-6 years ago, and it wasn’t until last month I watched the show and read up on the characters after buying the game. I haven’t seen all the episodes but I love the characters and the humor (when it’s not violent and has minimal blood) actually made me laugh a bit. Something I also liked from the show was that it had an action spin-off called Ka-Pow! that centered on five characters from the show. All of them starred in their own episodes, and the people working on the show did a good job telling the characters’ stories in only 2-3 minutes and relying on visuals, animation, and writing to tell it instead of dialogue, like “show but don’t tell,” and in fact, the team working on the main show said they rely more on writing than dialogue because they want the jokes and moments to be funnier and creative. The W.A.R. Journal episode in Ka-Pow! is my favorite, since it gave a backstory for one of its characters, Flippy/Fliqpy, and explained the cause of his trauma, on top of the episode having some great action and pretty creative ways in which he fights off his enemies. Then in the main show, he got two episodes full of character development where he goes to therapy and tries to cure his trauma after he becomes aware he’s harming others. For a show that isn’t story-heavy and extremely comedic, I liked that they went ahead and tried to develop one of its characters and gave him depth so that he’d be a more interesting character, but Ka-Pow! never continued because of a failed Kickstarter, which sucked to read a lot…

Shoot em’ ups are fun but challenging, last one I played before The Crackpet Show was Enter the Gungeon on the PS4, and that was a great one but I unsurprisingly didn’t finish it. I had a ton of fun on the PS4. It sucks since I want to go ahead and try finishing The Crackpet Show, but it’s fine. If my Xbox was completely unusable I’d be upset, but since it’s just a broken HDMI port that will get fixed soon, I don’t mind too much, plus I have my fun as heck rhythm game on my phone.

I wonder if crossover characters will come back, but I think they might just focus solely on Mario characters this time instead, but I can still see them adding in extra characters via DLC. If I do get to play the game, I’ll for sure play DK, but I’d love if more DK characters were added in the mix too, so there’d be a lot of more variety with the already big cast in MKW. The new mechanics definitely add freshness and uniqueness with it, and I think them having a select screen like Smash where the costumes are selectable when you choose a character, that would work better and have it look less cluttered, but the costumes are well designed and very unique. Hopefully it does have enough content at launch since it looks like the biggest Mario Kart game, and I think everyone is expecting a lot from it, also from the $80 price tag.

@Mariotag I’m not surprised GameStop’s online store had issues with pre-orders, given its the most popular stop for games in America, and I think Target was another one people had issues ordering from. I saw multiple posts online where people mentioned they successfully purchased a Switch 2 from them, only for it to get cancelled a few minutes later from high demand. I can’t imagine how heckish it was for the people trying to get a pre-order in.

That theory sounds interesting, I’m not too into theories, but I’m wondering what role Strelitzia actually is going to play in KH4, and I think it’ll likely be a bigger role compared to KHUX, and if Marluxia will eventually encounter her and will remember her, and when they’ll explain how Lauriam and Elrena became Nobodies. I’m wondering when that will get resolved and when they’ll answer that.

Yeah, I feel like that if the percentage wasn’t that high near the end of the story, it could hint they had more to tell but couldn’t because of the shutdown, or who knows, maybe it was an inaccurate and slow percentage. Sucks that you weren’t able to complete it, I was trying my hardest to complete it, but again, the enemies got too harder and my medals weren’t even enough, and I’d waste so many Jewels every time I got defeated, and my interest in the game plummeted when it was reduced to nothing but a cutscene viewer. I do miss the medals I got, especially the TWEWY medal and the KH3 Riku medal. But it stinks that millions of player’s medal collections went poof, and all they could do was watch cutscenes, change their character’s looks and clothes, and play Dark Road, devoid of any fun gameplay.

I find that whenever a playerbase or fanbase for something gets big, it gets toxic and has a few bad apples, but it never changes my love for a show/movie/game, but the Smash playerbase was one that could get overly toxic, especially on sites notable for bad moderation and joylessness (looking at you Twitter). I usually like playing some DLC characters because they can be easier to play and learn, but I have heard people finding them to be significantly overpowered compared to most of the base roster. I have gone against my sister in Smash when she plays as Byleth, and it’s crazy how strong his/her moveset is! It can cause damage quickly and KO you fast, not to mention Failnaught instantly breaks shields and deals a good amount of damage, but it’s funny I say that when I play Banjo and Hero, but I find all the DLC characters have at least one or two moves that can cause a lot of damage quickly.

It’s awful, and it’s crazy how quick it gets hot in the morning. It makes going outside places extremely miserable, and I burn up quickly, but I think it’s also my body temperature that causes that too. It’s terrible and I’m sad the weather is going to be like this for another 3-4 months. April already felt hot but it had a lot of rainy and cold days, and I’m hoping it happens a bit again, but I’m not going to be surprised if it doesn’t.

It sucks and it sounds like everyone is going to have to be careful with where they get their games and consoles. I am hoping that some people can work things out with them on phone if such situation happens, but from what it sounds like they seemingly won’t make any exceptions to that. It sounds a bit anxiety and stress-inducing having to ensure your console isn’t bootlegged or has any bootlegged games on it or else it’ll be permanently tied to your account.

Yeah, it’s super late as I’m typing this, hoping I can still get good sleep, my sleep and how I process it can be a bit wack. Usually I can live off a few hours of sleep, albeit I’ll be yawning a lot throughout the day. A few years ago I’d be going to bed late and then waking up around 6 or 7 in the morning naturally, and I weirdly didn’t feel sleepy at all, but it’s now I am.

I wonder why your friends haven’t talked to you and are avoiding doing so, and it sounds strange that there isn’t really a full reason why they are doing that. Sorry that it’s been rough trying to get in contact with them, it sounds disappointing and frustrating…

Wow, I have never expected Cynthia Erivo was a Blue Fairy from Pinocchio live action movie 2022, then she was a Green Elphaba from WICKED 2024.

I was surprised to know about Pinocchio live action movie 2022 as I didn't even watch any movie during pandemic and i have no idea about other Disney live action movies during pandemic.
But I wasn't surprised to hear Pinocchio live action movie was bad, the ending was disappointing, the story got changed, etc.
Cynthia Erivo only got a few minutes role as Blue Fairy CGI then disappeared.
Well, not surprised if next Disney live action movies will be flopped if they keep changing the storyline structure and disappointing their fans.

@Anti-Matter Yup! That's where I first saw her, the live action Pinocchio. Though it didn't get a theatrical release, it was on Disney+. The interesting thing about the ending to the live action Pinocchio is not really the twist that made it different, but rather, they used an idea scrapped from the original Pinocchio from 1940.

Source, it was a feature on the 2009 DVD release.

anyone still remember Ninja Turtles Next Mutation?

@Sunsy
Oh, never knew if Pinocchio cartoon version have idea of ending like that before got switched.
Btw, I felt Disney live action movies start to going downhill a lot since Lion King live action which felt soulless despite replicated almost 1:1 of the storyline, Mulan 2020 was totally different and not satisfying from I heard (I didn't watch since it was beginning of pandemic), Pinocchio 2022 was disappointing after I found from YouTube, Little Mermaid 2023 also disappointing with worse performance of Ursula and the unnecessary changes, Mufasa 2024 was boring, Snow White 2025 was absolutely disaster, Lilo & Stitch 2025 was also disappointing.
Other Disney movies like WISH was disappointing too with predictable storyline plot and forgettable songs model.
I wonder if ELIO 2025 by Disney Pixar can impress me than the disappointing Disney live action movies.

The movies that really made me WOW during 2020's era were from non Disney movies such as Paw Patrol Mighty Movie, Super Mario Bros movie 2023, Trolls 3 Band Together, Transformers One, WICKED part 1.

Btw, speaking about Lilo & Stitch, I found on YouTube the series and the anime version which Stitch + Jumba + Pleakley live with young girl named Yuna with same villain shenanigans Captain Gantu + Hamsterville + Ruben (Experiment 625).
You can watch them for FREE and the series adaptation & anime series looked way much better and enjoy to watch than the live action version.
Pleakley in anime version still iconic with crossdressing fashion, something that absent in live action version.

@Anti-Matter Yeah, it was a deleted scene from the 1940 movie they used for the 2022 ending. I remember being surprised when watching since I knew exactly what they were doing. The new ending probably got overlooked by many unless they watched the special features of the Pinocchio 2009 DVD.

If I'm being honest, I haven't been big on Disney's live action remakes, seen a few of them, but enjoyed Lilo & Stitch the most. Most of the time, they didn't really appeal to me. Kind of helps I'm more into animation.

Might have to wait to see Elio, right now I'm excited for Smurfs being a Smurfs fan.

A lot of other animation studios have been making some really good animated movies. There's more studios outside Disney for animation and movies. Paw Patrol and Transformers are from Paramount, Trolls is DreamWorks (they have a lot of movies, not just Trolls), and Mario is Illumination (famous for Minions, but they've done other movies).

I was reading about that the other day, I never knew Stitch had an anime. More amusing, I found a Stitch manga awhile back when I was out shopping one time. I regret not picking it up, would have made for an odd and fun piece to read.

Edit: Forgot to mention Wish. I saw Wish back in November, honestly, I felt a bit disappointed. I came out of the movie without a new character to like. Not once did I feel "yeah, Asha, she's my new favorite Disney character." I didn't feel anything for the character to make me like her, or feel for her struggle.

@Sunsy Likewise on nostalgia, I normally think about stuff from my childhood. I remember you told me about how you saw Trolls Band Together early, it's nice you got to see it with other Trolls fans. I liked that video you showed me, it's cool they made a Trolls version of that Regal coaster. Actually, I had a similar experience. I still remember when I preordered Mario Kart 8 (the original Wii U version) on Amazon, and it came in the mail the day before its release date. It was pretty exciting, honestly... went ahead and played every track, and even its online had people playing. All on the day before it was meant to come out! I got lucky there. Honestly, that was a nice memory for me. Especially since I've been going through a difficult time emotionally during the early 2010s.

@Pastellioli The outage extends to more than just Switch 2 in Gamestop's case. On the 27th, an order I made was canceled with no input from me. Walmart worked for me though.

It'll be interesting to see for sure!

I don't understand the whole percentage thing. Also, it wasn't that I couldn't have finished the game. I was just burned out. My medals and keyblades were up to date, and quite overpowered. Actually, what were you using the jewels on then?
It's truly frustrating what that game was reduced to.

Fanbases aren't all that get twisted when they get too big. Or rather, that doesn't just apply to fanbases. But that's a topic I don't think I can discuss here. (Politics)
Smash is notable as the massive success it has been. People really wanted their faves in. As for DLC characters, I still play an OG Smash 64 character, and it's insane how every notable advantage that character had is now commonplace among newer fighters. Notably interesting about the likes of Twitter btw, your experience largely depended on what you follow, and what pops up everywhere. For me these days, I just see art. Haven't seen game dev posts in a while tho....

I've never been very tolerant to the heat tbh.

Yeah. IMO, it's a really bad move on Nintendo's part, going against their goals, and causing unneeded grief. What will ppl turn to when their $450 system they shelled out for becomes a brick because of one lousy game? Probably piracy and emulators. Customer service can only do so much, even when people are on the line, as I discovered with Gamestop. Each employee is only given so much they can do....

Yesterday, I was going to bed at 9am lmao.

I don't completely get it. In the case of the two local ppl, I can be a bit pushy. But that still doesn't rationally explain how I "creeped out" one of them. Pressuring for communication can't have helped too much, but I view it as necessary. You expect me to sit there, clueless, and not be incredibly uncomfy and impatient as you proceed to ignore me over seemingly nothing? But it's okay for you to say nothing cause it makes you uncomfortable..
One possibility is the guy thought I wanted some kind of relationship with him when I said we should get together if he was lonely...But that doesn't totally make sense either!

@Anti-Matter @Sunsy
I've not bothered with Disney movies in a while.
Interesting to know the movie that gave me nightmares as a kid had an interesting twist idea like that at one point.
I never actually got into Lilo and Stitch, but might have to watch the movies in order, and the cartoon, before ending with the anime. Which, I saw a video about it, and relation to the live action movie..
Interestingly, the trailer for the Snow White LA was the first time in ages I was intrigued for a Disney movie. Only to find out it's AI generated slop.

@MarioVillager92 Indeed, that's what I think of when feeling nostalgic. Yeah, I've been thinking about that trip to see Trolls Band Together early, and it's all been on my mind, just how it felt like my favorite on top of the world and was everywhere. It is cool, I don't have a Regal near me, so I'm glad they posted that promo online on their YouTube channel. AMC's promotions was the popcorn bucket and drink cups and a fan event (you got some goodies with the movie ticket, like an inflatable microphone, a Trolls Mineez figure, lanyard with a 3D pic of the movie's poster, and a free ICEE).

Really cool that Mario Kart 8 arrived early and had people playing online already. Whenever I pre-ordered games online they always came a day after release. I do remember downloading Pokemon Blue on 3DS at midnight, never actually been to an actual midnight launch though.

@Mariotag I do enjoy Disney stuff, if I'm honest, I have not been big on Disney's live action remakes. I've seen a few, haven't been big on them. However, I loved Lilo & Stitch. The animated one is better, but the live action remake wasn't bad.

Personally, I wouldn't trust YouTube movie reviews in general. They'll always say how bad a movie is, when I get around to watching it, the movie ends up not being bad. There was a guy on YouTube calling Trolls "terrible," yet I consider the movie to be great and love it (if my profile picture didn't hint that I love this series). The reviewer's issue was that the movie was a jukebox musical, he didn't like jukebox musicals and complained every time the characters sang or dance, something the characters are suppose to do.

Does not make the movie "bad," it just means the movie did not appeal to him personally since he didn't like jukebox musicals. I highly doubt DreamWorks intentionally makes "terrible" movies, they usually do a great job with their presentation.

Often times I see a YouTube review, it's just a summary of the movie with complaining about things that the movie is suppose to have in it. Animated movie reviews on YouTube usually aren't great or informative because of it.

From what I heard, the Lilo and Stitch remake is like 70% identical to the animation, 15% changes people liked, and 15% changes people REALLY disliked.

@Eel I've seen the movie, and saw the changes they made to it.

Actual spoiler stuff, so don't read if you plan to see the movie, or don't mind it being spoiled.
The biggest change was that Nani in the end decided to let Lilo live with the neighbor while she goes to college to try and get a better job to better support Lilo. A lot have hated this outcome, claiming "Ohana means nothing." However, the credits scene reveals that Nani kept the portal gun Jumba had, and she could visit Lilo at any time, thus the sisters are still together. It'd be no difference than Nani going away to work, but being with Lilo any other time if you ask me.