Review of The Little Mermaid

Watching The Little Mermaid again was very entertaining for me. Despite being several years since I have watched the movie, this movie and its songs are classic and reminded me why I loved Disney so much. Ariel represents the curious nature in all of us that want to travel and see what the world has to offer. She represents the normal rebellious teenager who wants to live her own life by her own rules. My roommate definitely was giving me weird looks as I was watching the movie because I was humming/singing along to the songs, especially "Part of Your World". Compared to Snow White, Ariel is a thousand times better of a princess. Ariel, first of all, is a Mermaid, and who doesn't want to be a Mermaid; she is also once of the first princesses to see with a loving family. In typical Disney movies, the family is somehow broken, and I feel like Ariel's family is the least broken out of all the Disney families.  We never see Ariel's mother, but Ariel has 6 other sisters and her father Triton, who clearly love her.

Most of the movie was the same way that I remembered it, but there were certain parts that I didn't remember at all. One example was the beginning of the movie when Sebastian was throwing the whole concert for the mermen and mermaids, and Ariel was supposed to be the star singer of this concert. I clearly did not remember this scene happening and didn't even remember that Ariel had missed it because she was discovering new human treasure. I also completely forgot that Eric had a dog, what kind of detail am I forgetting!!! The dog was absolutely adorable and I don't know why i forgot Max. I also forgot the whole scene on what happens to Ursula, I had known that she had used Ariel's voice and turned into a human to lure away Eric to get Ariel tied to her for eternity, but I had forgotten the rest of the scene. I had forgotten the necklace around Ursula's neck had contained Ariel's voice, forgotten that Eric was too late to kiss Ariel because the sun had set on that day, and that Ursula had kidnapped her. I also had forgotten that Triton had switched places with Ariel and had given up his trident for her. That shows family love and commitment to one family. I also had forgotten that it was Eric that stabbed Ursula to save everyone. Basically, I had forgotten how the movie ends other than the fact Ariel gets legs and marries Eric.

I will now be in a Little Mermaid music craze and be listening to "Part of Your World" and "Kiss the Girl" on repeat because I had forgotten how good the music is in this movie. Sure, Ariel is a little ditzy, dumb, naive, and innocent, but we all have our faults, and The Little Mermaid will still be one of my favorite Disney movies of all time. Seeing this movie again when I am more mature has not changed my stance on the movie at all. Ariel is still one of my favorite princesses.