Positive: I like the idea, and the fact that they edited the story so it isn't as dark and is more suitable for kids.
Negative: To be honest, to me Ariel just comes off as a whiny teenager, who stalks and risks too many things for a boy she knows nothing about.

^ Oh, I meant your overall opinion on the movie, positive or negative, but it's fine.

My overall opinion on the movie is positive. The movie starts off with a father and a daughter fighting, gets darker when the father destroys his fragile relationship with his daughter, and finally concludes with the daughter fighting to save her father's kingdom, and a reconcilation of the father-daughter relationship.

I love everything about The Little Mermaid BUT the little mermaid, which drives me crazy. I think the animation, aesthetics, music, lyrics, soundtrack, characters, and side plots are PHENOMENAL! Every song has me singing and dancing all day, the animation is mesmerizing (the characters really look like they're moving underwater!), the colors pop, the de . My problem is that in the filmmakers' quest to make a strong, proactive, uninhibited role model who goes after their dreams, the filmmakers forgot to add compassion and consideration for others. (And common sense.)

To me, The Little Mermaid is about that selfish, inconsiderate, irresponsible, boy-crazy flake who constantly constantly lets people down, only told from her point of view. If the movie was about any other character (Triton, Sebastian, Flounder, or any of her sisters), Ariel's behavior wouldn't seem cute since she consistently blows people off, lets them down, and leaves them to clean up her messes without a nod of thanks. However, since Ariel is the character we follow, we are supposed to not only sympathize with her (which is fine), but completely excuse, rationalize, and even praise her behavior (which is not fine).

We're supposed to think that she's entitled to do whatever she wants whenever she wants it, get what she wants when she wants it, shouldn't have to take anyone else's happiness or well-being into consideration as she does whatever she feels like whenever she feels like, and anyone who DOESN'T just give her what she wants or let her do what she wants is Oh So Mean and Not Understanding. Yet, hypocritically, we are supposed to think that those same characters are obligated to care about Ariel and help Ariel get what she wants, even though she consistently doesn't help or think about them.

Can you see where I'm torn with this? On the one hand, I love everything about the movie: visuals (animation, aesthetics, colors, etc), music (lyrics, instrumental, soundtrack), voice acting (singing, speaking, etc), side characters (Ariel's friends, the human characters, etc), pacing, iconic scenes ("Part of Your World" Reprise, Ariel's first breath of air as a human, the scene where Ariel both loses and gets her voice back), side plots (yes, even those)... But the main story catering to the whims of an inconsiderate brat really cuts into my enjoy-ability.

Does that make sense?

I love how Ariel is a realistic 16-year-old. The villain is good, the prince is sweet, and the relationship is adorable. On top of that, it launched the Disney Renaissance.

My only gripe is the animation style, as I don't like the buggy eyes that all the characters have.