The Little Mermaid

The magic touch of Menken & Ashman elevates what could have been a run-of-the-mill fairy tale into something really special. Wonderful music, great characters, and sharper writing than Disney animation had had in years. A classic by any worthwhile measure.

It took me awhile to get around to it. I did like it quite a bit. The voice acting is all very fitting and the music is obviously infamous and original. It's beautifully clean animation and short length make it an absolute win for Disney, and the ending is quite touching in my opinion. Likable characters and humor help out too. All in all, this deserves the praise it received. Recommend if you somehow missed it like I did.

This seemingly innocent film warped my child's mind into thinking they could comb their hair with a fork. Outrageous.

Though, the Little Mermaid is a very light and bubbly Disney movie, like many other of the Disney princess films, there is a subtle darkness to it that adds seriousness to the story. It is undeniably a classic, but it fails to pack as big a punch as some of the Disney epics that came out only a few years later like Lion King and Beauty and the Beast. Really good!

The last glimpse of oddball Disney dreaminess before everything went ultra pop and market-driven. The tragic, unfulfilled longing of the lonely mermaid in the original story here is watered down to sacrificing everything for a chance with a cute boy and some cute stuff. Oh well, at least we got URSULA. Ursula... God how my four year old self loved you. Throaty voice, heavy tits, roaming phallic tentacles. A true goddess who planted the seeds of John Waters in every future weirdo as a child.