I'm a little bit too young to have said that the I grew up on the original, only by about 50 years. But I can say that I loved the original. I however think that everyone is also being to harsh on the new one. It has the same message, and story. Tessa Thompson didn't do as well as I would have hoped, but Justin thereoux was great in it! I it was missing that Disney feel, but so have the other live action remakes, they are a different style of film. I did really enjoy the movie, not nearly as good as the original, but still worth the time to watch.