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Today's rewatch: The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
Last time watched: 2008

How much did I like this movie as a kid?
I didn't. Like, at all. In fact, after we see how Ariel's mom died that was it for me. Okay, so let me start from the beginning; If you've read my 文章 about TLM and TLM 2, 你 know that TLM is one of my most 最喜爱的 电影院 and was a huge part of my childhood so when I was 15 years old I found out that there was going to be another movie of course I was excited! I was thinking, "Yay! We'll get to see 更多 of Melody! We'll get to see Ariel with Eric again! We'll get a new villain and see old characters and new characters!" but once I found out this movie was a prequel, needless to say I was pretty disappointed. Unless it's a movie done right I'm not a prequel fan. We see a movie taking plase before the main story and we're supposed to be all worried for the characters and be all, "Omg the main character is dead! :'( " but it's like...how? How are we supposed to be so worried about all of that when we see all of them 安全 and sound in the main story? Especially when the plot of the prequel is "Blaaaargh no music, Ariel!/But daddy we need music!" and in TLM the first time we see Atlantica we see everyone going to a 音乐会 and we see characters 唱歌 all the time! I mean, seriously! What?? And while the 音乐 ban is for a sad reason, who do 你 ban 音乐 for THAT long even though it was something your wife loved so much? Like, okay grieving can take a long time but to actually get angry at your own children for wanting to sing 或者 play instruments several years later? Especially when it's clear that no one has been happy for so long? I'm sorry, rambling. Anyway, after I heard that this movie was going to be a prequel I was disappointed but I wanted to check it out anyway. So the week the movie was released I rewatched both TLM in one night and then popped the prequel in as soon as I was 首页 alone (family tried to get me to stop watching so much 动画片 once I became a teenager) and I remember being so...bored and annoyed. I barely remember any of the songs save for Athena's song and I still can't believe the missed opportunity to give the audience the story of what happened to Ursula and how Ariel got so interested in humans. I know in the tv 显示 we see how Ariel learned that humans weren't all evil and how she met 比目鱼 but for a lot of kids today unless they have a relative who has any episodes on tape 或者 dvd 或者 迪士尼 channel plays the 显示 at a 更多 reasonable time, how many kids will tell 你 they have actually even heard of the tv series?

How much of this movie have I forgotten:
I forgot how rushed the opening was. We don't see Athena with her daughters too much except for at the beginning and in a flashback but that's it. It's kinda hard to have an emotional connection to a character who only had a few lines and then died trying to grab her 音乐 box. She stayed behind to save Attina at first why couldn't that have been the real reason instead of such a materialistic one? I know it was an anniversary present but still. On new years eve there was a bad 火, 消防 in my apartment building and 你 know what I grabbed when I ran out? Not a 圣诞节 或者 birthday present, not my wedding album, I grabbed my cat. I didn't think of anything else, I just grabbed my cat from under the 床, 床上 and made sure my husband was right behind me on our run out.

I forgot that 码头, 玛丽娜 had such a ridiculous reason for what she does in this movie. Really? She just wants Sebastian's job? That's it? At least with Morgana even though she was just trying to be "mother's favorite" she's at least 更多 memorable than 码头, 玛丽娜 del Ray. And I'm still confused about how she could have found the club so quickly when Ariel had to follow 比目鱼 and 码头, 玛丽娜 didn't even follow anyone. She just saw the girls were gone and then just randomly found it. Also, what's with her outfit changes? Does she decorate her tail a different color, put some kind of cover over her tail, 或者 are the writers trying to make it seem like she can just change out of her tail?

And plot hole: Even though 音乐 is forbidden in the kingdom how is 码头, 玛丽娜 not arrested 或者 anything when she was 唱歌 twice in this movie?

比目鱼 has to be the most out of character in this sequel. He was 表演 way too 《勇敢传说》 compared to the original, especially when he decided to just play 音乐 out in the open before he met Ariel. Yeah, he thought he was alone but it was still a dumb move. And when he wasn't being 《勇敢传说》 out of nowhere he was being annoying.

I'm sorry I had a hard time taking Ariel's almost death seriously. There's evil electric eels and the thing that looks like almost kills her is just 码头, 玛丽娜 running into her? That was the almost death?

Movie:
While I still thought this movie was dull and frustrating and the new characters and songs weren't as memorable 或者 good as TLM 或者 TLM 2, the 动画片 was much better than TLM 2 at least and we got to see 更多 of Ariel with her sisters which is something we didn't get to see in either of TLM movies.

Rating: 0/10

How much has my opinion changed?
It hasn't

Would I watch it again?
Hell nope

The 下一个 movie will be Moana!