The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Beginning
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Movie Reviews of The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Beginning
Movie Review: Worth it
Summary: 4 Stars
I 24 years old and have been a fan of disney's orginal classics for as long as I can remember. The Little Mermaid is by far my favorite, I own all three movies and love them all. This one was not as action packed as the first thats true and I do believe the storyline could've been a little more devloped but all in all it was worth my money and time. It was deffenetly better then cinderellaI II which was a complete waste in my opinion because it had absolutely no relevence to the first Cinderella, whareas this movie I think gives a nice tie in to the others. Its a good movie for all agesMovie Review: Great movie.
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie In my opinion was well done and better than expected.The story line was ok, not the best.But I am glad they showed the story of Ariel's mother.It also clears up why King Triton was so upset with Ariel going to the surface in the original,since his wife died with a pirates ship.
Nice movie and was better than the Return to the sea movie,nice music,a little childish at times but it is a movie for kids.
I was not disappointed with this movie and the Bonus features are nice.
Movie Review: Good Beginning but needed more..magic....
Summary: 4 Stars
While this movie was one of the better ones I've seen Disney come out with in a long time. I though this movie seemed too rushed. Personally, I wish they would have given more background information on King Triton's wife; for example how they met, fell in love, and then had all of their seven daughters. The plot was cute but the villain....well...I don't think that person was up to snuff with Ursula but then again, I was expecting to meet Ursula in this movie. Flounder is still just as wonderful. A few things I did notice were the voices for Triton and Sebastian. They weren't the same people as they were in the original movie. The plot was very well thought of but it really needed more to it. Needless to say this is another disney classic in my collection. The animation is just as glorious if not better than it was 20 years ago when the Little Mermaid premiered on VHS. The songs on the movie were pretty good but they never really song new songs. You hear one song about three times throughout the movie. I was hoping for Ariel to do a solo by herself. I give it 4 out of 5.Movie Review: Pretty good!
Summary: 4 Stars
Upon watching this movie, I was actually pretty impressed! Like some others have said, the story is pretty basic, nothing too intricate or complicated about it. I did enjoy the opening where it tells the story of Ariel's mother. I also thought, in general, that this movie had wonderful animation! It's far superior to all of the other straight to DVD Disney sequels/prequels, and dare I say the animation may be better than the ORIGINAL. Although the original is a good, what...20 years old now? I still thought they did an excellent job with the movie overall. My 2 year old loves the Little Mermaid, and I'm glad I got it for her. :)Movie Review: Was expecting more but it just didn't deliver
Summary: 3 Stars
My daughter absolutely LOVES Ariel and both Little Mermaid 1 & 2 so I figured this movie would be, at the very least, entertaining for her. While she did sit through it the 1st time, when I offered to let her watch it again, she agreed but it didn't hold her interest enough for her to watch it all again (and she has seen the other 2 movies many times each!) It just didn't hold her (or my) attention very well. The annimation, as others have said, IS very good - nothing close to the crappy TV show so no worries about that. The background we get about Ariel's mother is nice, albeit VERY brief...the whole movie is based on the premise that her mother was so into music that her tragic death upsets Triton so much he can't bear to have music in Atlantica anymore. But all we get is ONE very short scene of her singing to her 7 daughters as the are put to bed. And then yeah, we get to see Ariel's look-alike mother making out w/Triton, which IS a little creepy. Still, you get that they really loved each other but seeing as the whole storyline is based on her love of music, I just wish we had seen more. More scenes of the mother w/Ariel. Maybe some mention of the fact that Ariel and her mother look exactly alike - what does that do to Triton...is this what keeps him so protective of her? The background on the other characters is cute (Sebastian and Flounder) and the scenes at the secret nightclub are cute too but overall, the music is pretty terrible. Most notably, the 1st song by Sally Field is pretty unbearable. It's mainly spoken, and not musically. Even a Jodie Benson song (can't recall the exact name) is pretty bad, which is saying a lot. I was pretty excited about the music when I saw the short preview (which is the 1st scene in the movie, w/her mother singing her to sleep) but after this, it pretty much disappoints - sometimes badly. The sidekick to the villianess IS out of place, although I found him to at least provide some comic relief. As for the extras, we really only enjoyed the behind the scenes look at the Broadway show. The pencil drawing "deleted scenes" were not interesting (especially to a 4 year old!) and we couldn't get through the behind the scenes look w/the director - just didn't hold our interest. I liked that they provided the songs in their own feature, until we listened to them again and only found ourselves liking the 1st (mothers's lullaby). To rewatch that Sally Field song was torture! I would have so much preferred a movie where maybe Ariel relays her childhood to her daughter, or maybe even grandaughter. Or possibly has more intimate memories of her mother. Or even just a movie w/her CHILDhood, not necessarily her teen years. I'd say I was most pleased with the fact that the villian doesn't actually get slayed in the end, which is a bit of a switch (although for that song, she should have been!) So, while it will certainly do for little fans of Ariel (can they ever get enough of her?) it just doesn't make the grade.