Before Viewing
Things I Am Looking Forward To:
- the songs, The Little Mermaid easily has one of the best Disney soundtracks of all time, also I really just miss hearing laid back and/or upbeat reggae on the radio everyday
- seeing water. even if it's fake and animated. Being surrounded by trees and concrete is suffocating and ironically, I feel more like I'm on an island than ever before. I MISS THE OCEAN.
- nostalgia.
Things I Am Not Looking Forward To:
- the flip side of nostalgia: watching a movie I have seen a million times before
- Ariel's waistline, especially after the tub of ice cream I just consumed
- Ariel's hair, considering the state mine is in right now
- the concept of a cartoon character making me feel self conscious
Commentary
First scene is a song that no one remembers. Similar to Frozen, lots of burly men singing a burly song that you don't really pay attention to.
Mermaid people with ethereal music!!! I'm legitimately excited right now for this royal performance.
Why do all of Ariel's sisters look like the same person with different hair/eye color?
I forgot that Ursula was part octopus. Does that make her a mermaid still?
Disney got the whole father/daughter argument down pat. I've only had one argument with my Dad once and it was very similar. Only with much less cliche dialogue. There is always a certain amount of surprise when your parnets yell at you for the first time. Even when you know you deserve it, it stings.
No time for sad feelings when one of my favorite songs ever is on. WISH I COULD BEEEE PART OF THATTTTT WORRRLDDDDDDD! I can not tell you how many times I used this song for auditions. Definite work of brilliance on both the lyrics and the composition.
My face trying to figure out what exactly Ursula's "garden" is made out of and how Ariel would make a "good addition" to it.
No time to figure that out! ANOTHER SONG I LOVE IS ON! Under the sea is definitely where I want to be Sebastian!
Hold up a second... "the fluke is the Duke of Soul?"
What is it about a young girl sobbing that is universally heartbreaking to some extent?
Interesting that it is very common for the trait of different colored eyes to be applied to villians. In the same way that fuller figured, heavier characters like Ursula are almost always "evil". I tried to explain a similar concept like this in class the other day. I am not trying to say that just because someone has these characteristics, they are automatically evil. I am trying to say that things such as appearance and intelligence are often used by writers and animators to identify specific types of characters. Whew.
"If you want something done, you have to do it yourself." -Sebastian speaks the motto of every Duke student during group projects
It's time to kiss the girl! Man, this soundtrack is phenomenal!
I don't like the fact that Eric is planning to marry a woman based solely off the sound of her voice. Then again, he was about to marry Ariel based solely off her looks. I guess the he's quite the catch?
The final fight scene was exciting and well done, but way confusing. During the tsunami that is caused by Ursula, what happens to the wedding ship that Eric and all of the royal humans were on? How did they all somehow get back to the castle safe and unharmed?
After Viewing:
Things I Loved:
- the soundtrack!!!
- the animation/design of the characters, even if things got a little redundant, they most definitely were stunning at parts
Things I Hated:
- the moral of the story seems to be that having an attractive husband is more important that staying true to yourself and your family
- it also bothered me that Ariel didn't fall in love in Eric for anything besides his appearance, she never once mentioned any other quality
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