Kind of underwhelming through no one's fault but I do think it's because of the visual effects. Everything in the animated was so bright that everything looks lively. It's not so much here, so even if the musical numbers were the same songs, because of the life-like CGI of the sea creatures and the ocean, everything was muted/darker in contrast to the vibe the movie wanted to portray.
The live action kept a lot of parts from the animated movie,…