The little Mermaid was released on November 17 1989 and is largely accredited with being the film that heralded the beginning of the Disney Renaissance. With the average production time of an animated Disney film being 6 years this film was developed in the height of the 80’s.


The assignment of designing the heroine Ariel was left to animator Glen Keane who would go on to animate other Disney characters such as the Beast, Aladin and Tarzan. He wanted the heroine to be reminiscent of the traditional Disney Princesses while at the same time being relatable to the ‘modern...

Ariel and Max first meet when Ariel, attracted par fireworks, goes up to the side of Prince Eric's ship to spy on the festivities aboard. Max is having a fun time jumping around until he sniffs the air, smelling a strange and unfamiliar scent (you can't blame him - Ariel just came out from the salt water-filled ocean and has a poisson tail for a lower half, she must smell pretty strongly!)

Clearly curious, he follows the smell toward the porthole Ariel is looking through, and our fave redheaded mermaid gasps and hides when she realizes that he's coming her way. The look of fright on her face as...

toi think toi know Ursula but toi don't know the half of it this is her past. Once there was a king Named Triton who ruled the seaven sea's with his beautiful sister Queen Ursula and his beautiful wife Queen Athena. King Triton and Queen Athena had seaven daughters from oldest to youngest Attina, Alana, Adella, Aquata, Arista, Andrina, and Ariel. While she had everything Ursula wasn't satisfied she wanted plus she wanted plus power, she wanted to be greater, she wanted to be the most powerful creature ever, and she would do anything to get it. Strange things were happening which frightened...

Attina has an orange tail with a matching seashell bra and brown hair, and wears a crown-like tiara similar to her father's. She is described par her sisters as being bossy but has often displayed being the most responsible. According to Ariel’s Beginning, Attina is the eldest (and is likely the next-in-line to the Atlantican throne). This was determined par her unique crown, robust voice, as well as speculation that her name is a Jamaican pronunciation of her mother’s name, Athena. Although her name was most likey taken from Alan Menken's rock opera "Atina, Evil Queen of the Galaxy."...

I l’amour the little mermaid the movie came out when i 5 and i'm 18 now! :D but as always my curiosity wonders and i wondered what was the REAL story because most Disney films arent orginal. most are based of old folk tails ou children stories ou true events just dumbed down and sweetened up for kids :D so here is the real story its cool!
heres the plot but toi can go on Youtube and watch the actual cartoon they made from the real story! [heres the link to part one

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The Little Mermaid lives in an underwater kingdom with her father the sea king; her grandmother; and her six elder sisters, each...

Here is fan fiction that I wrote myself . Enjoy.

Ariel was longing to fall in l’amour with someone she would marry. Her father the king Triton didn’t want her to go to the human world as they were barbarians. One night as Ariel was chant about longing to be part of the human world with her best friend patauger, plie grise she heard a ship. ‘What if toi suppose’ Ariel a dit to Flounder. Sebastian was here at the time and he didn’t want Ariel to go up there. Of course she did and she swam up to the haut, retour au début of the surface. As she went up to the surface she saw a huge shipwreck and she started to laugh. Sebastian...

Jodi Benson was born as Jodi Marzorati on 10th October 1961 in Rockford, Illinois. She grew up in Rockford and started using her voice at age 5. The world knows Jodi as the wonderful voice of Disney's "The Little Mermaid". In 1989 Jodi Benson breathed life into one of Disney's most headstrong teenagers. She won the role of Ariel over at least 500 other actrices and The Little Mermaid has been recognized as one of the best animated films ever created. She admits that when she watches The Little Mermaid, she can see herself in Ariel. Jodi went to college at Millikin University, in Decatur, Illinois....

The Little Mermaid is the first Disney rennaisance film which started from 1989-1999. The story is about a lovestruck teenage mermaid who's father doesn't want her to go to the surface as he thinks that human's are barbarians. Of course one night she sees a ship as the prince Eric is celebrating his 18th birthday. But the ship goes up on flames and Ariel saves him after he nearly drowns. She falls for him and in order for her to be with him she makes a bargain with the sea witch Ursula. But she wants her voice and so Ariel gives her voice to Ursula and she gets legs instead. She must make him...

I recently rewatched this movie and i can say that i like this movie plus now than i did at first so i figured that i should write a review about it.

Introduction
Disney´s The little Mermaid is the 29th animated feature from Walt Disney Pictures and the one that started the Disney Renaissance with a bang.

It is Based on the fairy tale written par Danish auteur H.C Andersen.

The Little Mermaid´s production really started soon after Snow White and the seven dwarfs relase but as a featurette not a full lenght feature, but it was put on hold for unknown reasons.

In 1985 Ron Clements came up with a...

Christopher Daniel Barnes (born 7 November 1972) is an American actor who performed in many films and télévision series.

Barnes is also known professionally as C.D. Barnes and C.B. Barnes. He was once the USA's national teenage spokesperson for Greenpeace.

Currently, Christopher is represented par Talentworks Agency located in Burbank, California.

His best-known role is the voice of Prince Eric in Disney's 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid, which he reprised in the Square Enix/Disney video game Kingdom Hearts II. He was only 16 years old when he first provided the voice but the producers cast...

Part of Your World
Vocals: Jodi Benson (Ariel)
Running time: 3:15


[Maybe he's right]
[Maybe there is something the matter with me]
[I just don't see how a world]
[That makes such wonderful things]
[Could be bad]

Look at this stuff, isn't it neat?
Wouldn't toi think my collection's complete?
Wouldn't toi think I'm the girl
The girl who has everything?

Look at this trove, treasures untold
How many wonders can one cavern hold?
Looking around here, you'd think
Sure, she's got everything

I've got gadgets and gizmos a-plenty
I've got who's-its and what's-its galore
You want thing-a-mabobs?
I've got twenty
But who cares?...

The Little Mermaid
Script

(An ocean. Birds are flying and porpoises are swimming happily. From the fog a ship appears crashing through the waves)

Sailors: I'll tell toi a tale of the bottomless blue

And it's salut to the starboard, heave ho

Look out, lad, a mermaid be waitin' for toi

In mysterious fathoms below.

Eric: Isn't this great? The salty sea air, the wind blowing in your face . . . a perfect jour to be at sea!

Grimsby: (Leaning over side.) Oh yes . . . delightful . . . .

Sailor 1: A fine strong wind and a following sea. King Triton must be in a friendly-type mood.

Eric: King Triton?

Sailor...

Poor Unfortunate Souls

Vocals: Pat Carroll (Ursula)
Running time: 4:51

[The only way to get what toi want]
[Is to become a human yourself]

[Can toi do that?]

[My dear sweet child]
[That's what I do]
[It's what I live for]
[To help unfortunate merfolk, like yourself]
[Poor souls with no one else to turn to]

I admit that in the past I've been a nasty
They weren't kidding when they called me
Well, a witch

But you'll find that nowadays
I've mended all my ways
Repented, seen the light
And made a switch

And I fortunately know a little magic
It's a talent that I always have possesed
And here lately, please don't laugh...

Tip And Dash lyrics

Taming the tides, swarming the sea
Beware barracudas, drop to your knees
Defending our Friends and anemones
As big as a baleine (but with a much smaller tail)

Facing the foe with our fearless flukes
Daring the dastards to put up their dukes
Great globs of gore, we'll storm the rive
And seek the unknown, then can we go home?

Titanic Tip and Daring Dash
Adventurers Slash explorers
Titanic Tip and Daring Dash
Adventurers Slash explorers

Our Gallant quest to do our best
and smile for our adorers

We'll save the jour and make a splash
Titanic Tip and Daring Dash

We'll clobber those...

Kiss the Girls

Vocals: Samuel E. Wright (Sebastian)
Running time: 2:43

[Percussion, strings, winds, words]

There toi see her
Sitting there across the way
She don't got a lot to say
But there's something about her

And toi don't know why
But you're dying to try
You wanna Kiss the girl

Yes, toi want her
Look at her, toi know toi do
Possible she wants toi to
There is one way to ask her

It don't take a word
Not a single word
Go on and Kiss the girl

[Sing with me now]

Sha la la la la la, my oh my
Look like the boy too shy
Ain't gonna Kiss the girl

Sha la la la la la, ain't that sad
Ain't it a shame, too bad
He gonna miss...

Q1 Favourite entrance in the movie?

Q2 Favourite character in the film?

Q3 Favourite song in the movie?

Q4 Favourite romantic moment ?

Q5 Favourite sidekick?

Q6 Did I like Ursula?

Q7 Favourite family scene?

Q8 Favourite Ariel & Eric kiss?

Q9 Did I like the ending


Answers

Q1 I actually liked the opening credits to the movie as its so mesmerizing and I liked Ariel’s introduction when we see her character for the first time.

Q2. I have to go with Ariel because she’s so spunky and cheerful and very optimistic. Quite frankly I like how she sacrifices her life to be with the man she loves.

Q3 I love...

After lire the real story of The Little Mermaid which was written par the Danish auteur Hans Christian Andersen, who coincidentally is also one of my favori authors, I was inspired to write about the differences between it and what Disney had shaped their movie into. Also, there is a Japanese adaptation of the real story which toi can find link if you're interested. Now onto the comparing between the two! Also, spoilers ahead.

In Hans Christian Andersen's tale, the mermaid is nameless. At the age of fifteen, a mermaid is deemed ready to see the human world for themselves. The Little Mermaid's...

Ariel didn't know what to do so she decided to change the subject.

"So who was this merman that toi fell in l’amour with" I asked

"We was a rich and handsome noble merman" a dit Ursula

"Was he kind" asked Ariel

"One of the kindest merpeople you'd ever meet" a dit Ursula

"Was it l’amour at first sight" asked Ariel

"Actually I've known him since I was a little mergirl" a dit Ursula

"What's his name" asked Ariel

"His name was Dimitri" a dit Ursula

"You've known each other ever since toi were little kids" a dit Ariel

"Yes then one jour when we got older I saw him differently and we fell in love" a dit Ursula

"Why didn't...