This one is over a 月 late but I have reasons! 1. I kept forgetting 2. I had some personal stuff going on and I had personal reasons to not want to watch this movie for a while after watching the first one. But this movie and Ariel's Beginning are way overdue at the 图书馆 so it's now 或者 never and get even 更多 fines.
Today's rewatch: The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea
Last time watched: 2015
How much did I like this movie as a kid?
Since I loved The Little Mermaid when I was little, of course I was really excited to watch Return to the Sea and when I finally did watch it I might not have loved it as much as the first one, but that didn't stop me from watching this movie over and over and over again. The last time I watched this movie I was working 2 jobs and when I had a 3 小时 break between shifts I was channel surfing when I saw 迪士尼 Channel playing this movie for the first time in I didn't know how long (seriously, when was the last time 迪士尼 Channel showed a straight to dvd sequel?). The 秒 I saw this movie was on I sat back, relaxed, and took a nice trip down memory lane before I had to spend another night in stress.
Why I 爱情 this movie so much:
For one thing, JODI FRIGGING BENSON RETURNED AS ARIEL. Jodi Benson is one of my 最喜爱的 singers and 女演员 and I 爱情 watching any movie that she sings in even if it's a bad movie.
Also, how did I go this long not knowing Pat Carroll voiced Morgana? Especially with that laugh!
I 爱情 that this movie toned down Triton's temper, the only time we see him get angry like he did in the first movie is when Morgana is involved and when he's upset about Melody missing (though that time was understandable it was a little much)
One of things I 爱情 about this movie is that the characters aren't out of character (except maybe Ariel a little bit, even if Melody couldn't know about merpeople she could have at least told Melody why the ocean wasn't 安全 but if that's not an option then it's understandable) which is almost rare to see in straight to dvd sequels (so far I've only seen it in the 阿拉丁 sequels, BatB 着魔 Christmas, and kinda 灰姑娘 2)
Something I almost forgot about this movie (despite it being pretty obvious) is how similar this movie is to the first movie. Not just the parts about a princess sneaking off to somewhere forbidden and asking a sea witch for help, there's Melody forgetting about the party like Ariel forgot about the concert, Melody splashing out of the water like Ariel did after she got legs, Melody collecting treasures like Ariel did, and so on.
I'm glad we got to see 更多 of Ariel and Eric together, in some of the sequels we've gotten we never get to see too much of the original couple interacting the same way Ariel and Eric do in this movie. In other sequels we see them talking about their children and most of the time it's only one 或者 two scenes together and that's it. In this movie we see Ariel and Eric talk-singing in the opening, they talk about their daughter but they're longer scenes and there's 更多 than one, and there's that sweet little "bad hair day" part before the birthday party.
Melody still isn’t my 最喜爱的 sequel princess but I still like her. Sometimes I think people forget she’s only 12 years old and people that age can make mistakes especially after being lied to 由 a parent and being manipulated 由 a “sweet” old lady. I know I did some really stupid and dangerous stuff as a kid so I know how it is. I still 爱情 her 设计 and I’m glad the animators didn’t make her look 100% like Ariel like 迪士尼 normally does with 迪士尼 children. I remember being so disappointed that she wasn’t going to be in the third movie because I wanted to see 更多 of her relationship with her parents.
Watching this now I find it so weird that when Melody heard Mama 企鹅 yelling for help we didn't see her come to try help 或者 any reaction at all. Like Ariel with the stuffed 螃蟹 in the first movie, this might just be bad writing.
While Tip and Dash are obvious knockoffs of Timon and Pumbaa I had a hard time hating them. I didn't 爱情 them because they were 更多 annoying knockoffs of Timon and Pumbaa, but I didn't hate them. I thought they had some moments that made them likable and honestly, I liked their song. It was catchy!
While the climax wasn't as intense as the first one we at least got to see Morgana use the trident 更多 compared to Ursula who was only able to use it for a brief while.
What I loved the most about the ending is unlike the first movie, this movie actually addressed that 你 didn't have to choose to be only on land 或者 in the sea, 你 can be a part of both. I still loved the ending to the first movie 更多 than the ending to this movie but I'm still happy this movie showed the humans and 《美人鱼》 together.
Movie:
As much as I 爱情 this movie, it's not the original. The characters look Saturday Morning Cartoonsy, Morgana wasn't as impressive as Ursula ("Morgana, why can't 你 be 更多 like your sister Ursula?"), the background 动画片 was even 更多 disappointing, especially the ocean scenes which is a huge bummer because that's what I loved so much about the first movie. I had 更多 fun watching the first movie but this movie was still 更多 fun to watch than some of the other sequels I watched recently.
Rating: 6/10
How much has my opinion changed?
It's changed a little bit compared to how I felt about this movie when I was younger.
Would I watch it again?
Yes!
下一个 movie will be The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
Today's rewatch: The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea
Last time watched: 2015
How much did I like this movie as a kid?
Since I loved The Little Mermaid when I was little, of course I was really excited to watch Return to the Sea and when I finally did watch it I might not have loved it as much as the first one, but that didn't stop me from watching this movie over and over and over again. The last time I watched this movie I was working 2 jobs and when I had a 3 小时 break between shifts I was channel surfing when I saw 迪士尼 Channel playing this movie for the first time in I didn't know how long (seriously, when was the last time 迪士尼 Channel showed a straight to dvd sequel?). The 秒 I saw this movie was on I sat back, relaxed, and took a nice trip down memory lane before I had to spend another night in stress.
Why I 爱情 this movie so much:
For one thing, JODI FRIGGING BENSON RETURNED AS ARIEL. Jodi Benson is one of my 最喜爱的 singers and 女演员 and I 爱情 watching any movie that she sings in even if it's a bad movie.
Also, how did I go this long not knowing Pat Carroll voiced Morgana? Especially with that laugh!
I 爱情 that this movie toned down Triton's temper, the only time we see him get angry like he did in the first movie is when Morgana is involved and when he's upset about Melody missing (though that time was understandable it was a little much)
One of things I 爱情 about this movie is that the characters aren't out of character (except maybe Ariel a little bit, even if Melody couldn't know about merpeople she could have at least told Melody why the ocean wasn't 安全 but if that's not an option then it's understandable) which is almost rare to see in straight to dvd sequels (so far I've only seen it in the 阿拉丁 sequels, BatB 着魔 Christmas, and kinda 灰姑娘 2)
Something I almost forgot about this movie (despite it being pretty obvious) is how similar this movie is to the first movie. Not just the parts about a princess sneaking off to somewhere forbidden and asking a sea witch for help, there's Melody forgetting about the party like Ariel forgot about the concert, Melody splashing out of the water like Ariel did after she got legs, Melody collecting treasures like Ariel did, and so on.
I'm glad we got to see 更多 of Ariel and Eric together, in some of the sequels we've gotten we never get to see too much of the original couple interacting the same way Ariel and Eric do in this movie. In other sequels we see them talking about their children and most of the time it's only one 或者 two scenes together and that's it. In this movie we see Ariel and Eric talk-singing in the opening, they talk about their daughter but they're longer scenes and there's 更多 than one, and there's that sweet little "bad hair day" part before the birthday party.
Melody still isn’t my 最喜爱的 sequel princess but I still like her. Sometimes I think people forget she’s only 12 years old and people that age can make mistakes especially after being lied to 由 a parent and being manipulated 由 a “sweet” old lady. I know I did some really stupid and dangerous stuff as a kid so I know how it is. I still 爱情 her 设计 and I’m glad the animators didn’t make her look 100% like Ariel like 迪士尼 normally does with 迪士尼 children. I remember being so disappointed that she wasn’t going to be in the third movie because I wanted to see 更多 of her relationship with her parents.
Watching this now I find it so weird that when Melody heard Mama 企鹅 yelling for help we didn't see her come to try help 或者 any reaction at all. Like Ariel with the stuffed 螃蟹 in the first movie, this might just be bad writing.
While Tip and Dash are obvious knockoffs of Timon and Pumbaa I had a hard time hating them. I didn't 爱情 them because they were 更多 annoying knockoffs of Timon and Pumbaa, but I didn't hate them. I thought they had some moments that made them likable and honestly, I liked their song. It was catchy!
While the climax wasn't as intense as the first one we at least got to see Morgana use the trident 更多 compared to Ursula who was only able to use it for a brief while.
What I loved the most about the ending is unlike the first movie, this movie actually addressed that 你 didn't have to choose to be only on land 或者 in the sea, 你 can be a part of both. I still loved the ending to the first movie 更多 than the ending to this movie but I'm still happy this movie showed the humans and 《美人鱼》 together.
Movie:
As much as I 爱情 this movie, it's not the original. The characters look Saturday Morning Cartoonsy, Morgana wasn't as impressive as Ursula ("Morgana, why can't 你 be 更多 like your sister Ursula?"), the background 动画片 was even 更多 disappointing, especially the ocean scenes which is a huge bummer because that's what I loved so much about the first movie. I had 更多 fun watching the first movie but this movie was still 更多 fun to watch than some of the other sequels I watched recently.
Rating: 6/10
How much has my opinion changed?
It's changed a little bit compared to how I felt about this movie when I was younger.
Would I watch it again?
Yes!
下一个 movie will be The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
The Way
Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora and Pocahontas will fit the song, especially when the respective 爱情 ones see them for the first time.
Without You
Taken from his 'A Thousand Different Ways' album, originally sung 由 Mariah Carey. Eric would sing this when he rescues Ariel and vice versa.
This is the Night
From the Beast's perspective, he reassures himself that this is the night to admit his 爱情 for Belle. Including Rapunzel/ Flynn, Aladdin/ 茉莉, 茉莉花 and Anna/ Kristoff.
Here 你 Come Again
花木兰 and Shang will sing in the finale of the film, they could not hide feelings to each other.
Clay Aiken Fan, Anyone?
Do 你 like Clay Aiken and do 你 all agree with the choices?
To all 迪士尼 princesses fans
My 民意调查 i created about the new 图标 has raised some negative feedback about the new proposed one. Mainly because I have not 评论 about it on the 迪士尼 Princesses forum.
Therefore I am very sorry I had no idea 你 had to voice out your idea first and the 民意调查 will be abandoned. I'm not sure how 你 删除 a 民意调查 but it's fair to say that the original 图标 has 80% so it should win.
Please any 问题 或者 concerns please 评论 below.
I hope I haven't 迷失 any popularity because of this.
Andy10B
My 民意调查 i created about the new 图标 has raised some negative feedback about the new proposed one. Mainly because I have not 评论 about it on the 迪士尼 Princesses forum.
Therefore I am very sorry I had no idea 你 had to voice out your idea first and the 民意调查 will be abandoned. I'm not sure how 你 删除 a 民意调查 but it's fair to say that the original 图标 has 80% so it should win.
Please any 问题 或者 concerns please 评论 below.
I hope I haven't 迷失 any popularity because of this.
Andy10B
Let Them Have It!
Of course, if 迪士尼 were to make a movie about them together. The fairy godmother will give them a dragon stone that will turn them into 龙 with each special powers! It will make the story interesting.
Don't Take It!
The story will be to dark for a 迪士尼 film, unless if 迪士尼 could tone down the appearance of the 龙 themselves.
Dragon 或者 Not?
Here are my thoughts of this theory, so what do 你 think?
Hebrew (Einat Azulay)
Okay, She sounds relatively fresh and young. However, she sounds a bit heavy and stiff at certain parts, especially the first part of the chorus. (Ratings: 8.5/10
Arabic (Shorouq Salah)
I absolutely 爱情 Arabic 音乐 and their voices, unlike her Hebrew counterpart. She sounds smooth and it makes the audience relax and get along with Anna easily, especially in For the First Time in Forever! (Ratings:10/10)
For the First Time in Forever!
So, only 2 were feature because I'm not really sure who is the Persian actress for Anna sadly to say. Our final destination is the Americas!