- Lilo and point Fans are raging on the changes made at the end of history
- The final of the live remake is completely different from the animated classic
- Viewers head to Disney + to watch the original film and its consequences in the middle of the controversy
The live remake of Disney of Lilo and point Perhaps breaking records at the global box office, but it also breaks the heart of long-standing fans of the unnecessary change from the end of the story.
After its release last Friday (May 23), one of the most anticipated new films of 2025 has set a new record for the biggest weekend in four-day Memorial Day in the United States. Indeed, according to an official press release from the Walt Disney Company, Lilo and pointReimagination has won more than $ 182 million in the United States and $ 361 million worldwide throughout its opening weekend.
This is not all good news for the exuberant but adorable Blue alien and his Hawaiian counterpart. Although he also obtained an audience score of 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, some viewers developed Disney for modifying the final scene of the film – a creative decision that made some who loved the original 2002 animation.
Complete spoilers immediately follow For 2002 and 2025 Lilo and point.
In the original, the film ends with Stitch remaining on earth with Lilo and his older sister Nani. It is because, according to an adoption form that the pair signed in an animal refuge which housed Lilo (it was presumed to be a dog at the time), Nani and Lilo legally.
However, the live action remake upset this comforting end. Instead of staying with Stitch and his younger brother and rebuilding their family home, Nani heads for the University of California to study marine biology. Meanwhile, Lilo and Stitch are collected by David and Tutu, this last duo becoming the guards of the old pair.
Why did this alteration rabid fans? Because, in the eyes of certain viewers, Lilo and pointThe most recognizable dialogue line – “Ohana means the family” – and, by proxy, the main theme of the film, is completely ruined by the fact that Nani leaves his sister and Stitch behind to study on the other side of North America.
Indeed, many upset fans went to Reddit to express their frustration and their exasperation on undesirable change. “I am happy that Nani ends it,” wrote Parmesan_pirate119, “but it seemed forced and false to the original spirit of the film.”
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“It was not a story of Lilo & Stitch, it was a story of Nani,” said a bored Townidiot25. “And, as the history of Nani, I don’t like the way they have completely changed the end with regard to the situation of Lilo’s tutelage.”
“In the end, they actually abandon Lilo to the neighbors (… although Nani first abandons Lilo to State) and go to university in place, who feels completely bad and out of character,” added Spider-Man2401. The most frustrated reaction that I saw, however, comes from Noakai, who wrote: “Nani agreeing to give Lilo custody to the state, then Lilo will live with other people so that Nani can go to California for the university is so stupid that I cannot believe that they were.”
This quartet is a simple snapshot of fans upset by the change, but there are some who defended the final sequence of the remake. For example, Mchiquitabanann said: “The end will be the big ditch-Ohana is a family, but Ohana is also found in the family (that is to say a point). So, Lilo says to Nani to go to the Navies ” and Nani really, while Lilo has his new support system there, I think it works.”
No matter what people think Lilo and pointThe modified end, there is an undoubted impact that the remake had: it caused an increase in the number of people who look at the original and its consequences on Disney +.
Indeed, in the United Kingdom, viewers flocked to one of the best streaming services in the world to watch the animated film of 2002 and its brothers films. At the time of publication, Lilo and point is the number one film on Disney + UK, with Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch has a problem Placing in number two. Point! The film And Leroy and Stitch There are five and six numbers respectively.
It is a story similar to the United States, with Lilo and point seated at the top of the most broadcast films list and Point! The film Classified as number two. Leroy and Stitch is also in fifth position.
Will these films have the power to stay on Disney +? Probably not. They probably saw an increase in the hearing at the rear of the release of remake and the controversy surrounding its end. Nevertheless, it is interesting to see how well these animated films perform well on Disney’s main streamer. Maybe 2002 Lilo and point deserves a place on our best list of Disney +films!
