It's a movie for Pete's sake!

Rating: Null/10 (17 April 2004)

Spoilers, I think! This film is my favorite movie of all time. I first saw it when I was two, and it was the first movie I ever saw in theaters. It has changed my life. In fact, my little brother is named Eric because of this movie. I have seen it probably a hundred times, not kidding, and can recite almost the whole thing. But it is only a movie. It's a story, meant to entertain and take you away from reality. It is not supposed to be realistic, in events or characters or anything else. She's a mermaid with talking animals for friends! It's not going to make girls become airheads, which Ariel is not by the way, or make them marry young or anything else, any more than it will make crabs sing and dance. It's a fairy tale, most of which are silly and full of unrealistic characters anyways. That said, Ariel is a very intelligent and strong character. She and Eric are in love because it's meant to be. If you think three days is a short time to wait before marriage try reading other fairy tales where they wed ten minuets after they meet. Besides which, there is no indication that weeks or months didn't pass between the kiss on the beach and the wedding. Anyhoo, the movie is spectacular in its animation, music, voices, and characters. And my last two points are that Eric does not go for Vanessa because he is a twit, but because he is bewitched. She's a witch, he's under a spell, see the glowy yellow eyes. Lastly, for the thousandth time, the supposed sexual content in the movie is a misunderstanding. E-mail me and I will explain it to you.