FAN ART: How Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' should have ended.....

[brendala]

I love this film as much as any other girl who was raised on a steady diet of Disney princess movies. However, upon watching it as a grown up, it becomes clear that Ariel is a totally stupid, selfish, awful person (er, fish or whatever species she technically is). And I have my doubts that her relationship with Eric would survive the resolution of her "Daddy Issues".

Sorry for ruining your childhood, everybody!

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Comments

[rezo-eris.livejournal.com]

I guess some people just don't see the movie as "a dopey fairy tale movie". It DID spark the Disney rennaissance after all. And was a very personal project for the late Howard Ashman. It's got alot of worth for many people, more than we could give it credit for.

Oh of course I know that! I do it all the time!

[brendala.livejournal.com]

I love the little mermaid, too. I was just the right age when the movie came out and probably watched it at least 200 times throughout my childhood. And I adored Ariel as if she was real. In fact, one of my earliest memories is of seeing her out the window of Disneyland's old submarine ride and almost fainting with joy.
But that doesn't stop me from having fun with it. Because it's still just a movie at the end of the day.

[rezo-eris.livejournal.com]

Well all the same, sometimes "just movies" deserve more respect too. Like what the NC said about Dr Seuss books in his recent review. xD

I'm also bugged by the "feminist" reverse sexism that most people who decry Ariel's actions have. So it's sexist that a girl sells away her whole life for a man (when it wasn't even really about the man, it was about getting what she'd dreamed of: he was just her reason for finally taking action), so she ought to not think for herself or act independently, and should just obey her father, who is currently the most prominent man in her life. So...don't give up your life for a man, but conform to your current status quo because of a man's wishes? HUH?

Honestly, I sometimes wonder why Katzenburg DIDN'T just cut "Part Of Your World". Nobody seems to pay attention to that number if they think Ariel was JUST wanting to be human due to an obsessio with Prince Eric. (Incidentally, that song's antithesis is "Under Da Sea." No wonder people are against Ariel: Sebastian made a better point with a better song! XD)