The Little Mermaid - Nostalgia Critic
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- Опубликовано: 23 май 2023
- With the remake coming out, Nostalgia Critic calls upon one of the original Disney films' animators, Philo Barnhart, to help him look over the animated classic. Join us as we take a look at Disney's The Little Mermaid (1989).
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The Little Mermaid is a 1989 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 28th Disney animated feature film, it is loosely based on the 1837 Danish fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen. The film was written and directed by John Musker and Ron Clements and produced by Musker and Howard Ashman, who also wrote the film's songs with Alan Menken. Menken also composed the film's score. Featuring the voices of Jodi Benson, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Pat Carroll, Samuel E. Wright, Jason Marin, Kenneth Mars, and Buddy Hackett, The Little Mermaid tells the story of a teenage mermaid princess named Ariel, who dreams of becoming human and falls in love with a human prince named Eric, which leads her to make a magic deal with the sea witch, Ursula, to become human and be with him.
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Can you please review The Crow, Crow City of Angles (that poor movie suffered the same fate as Cool World) , Power Rangers 2017, and Mortal Kombat 2021?
If they are ever going to make a remake of the sequels then I do hope we get to see more of melody
Review
The Mummy 3
Stargate
The Dragonslayer
Predator Month
The Rock
Tremors
Can you review Escape from Cluster Prime, Escape from Tomorrow, Meet the Robinsons, Spongebob movies, Beauty and the Beast 1991, Aladdin 1992, Rock and Rule, Pocahontas, Hercules, and The Rescuers Down Under?
So far so good on those Disney Renaissance reviews. 🙂🙂
the look on tritons face after she started crying after destroying her collection was a look of fatherly regret, he knew he needed to do it but seeing how much it hurt her would have hurt him the same as any good parent would have been
"He knew he needed to do"
Actually "He thought it was what he needed to do"
The voice of Grimsby, Ben Wright, was also the voice of Roger in '101 Dalmatians' and Rama the wolf in 'The Jungle Book'. This was his final role before he died 4 months before the movie came out.
Aw. I always find it sad when someone doesn’t live to see the thing they helped create come to be.
To answer the question on the two shots switched near the end of Part of Your World on the 2013 Blu-ray disc, that was a technical glitch that was eventually fixed when Disney issued replacement discs that fixed the shots. It also fixed the scene transition from Ariel and Flounder escaping the shark to Skuttle on the rock, where it was originally supposed to fade into it, but was a quick cut on the Blu-ray.
Pretty crazy to think that at the time of writing this, the majority of the original film's cast is deceased. It's down to Jodi Benson, CDB, the kid who voiced Flounder (I forgot his name), and Edie McClurg at this point
Ursula actually had a lot of evolutions during production. She was originally meant to be more like the stereotypical witch and be very skinny and emaciated, and her fish half started out as things like a stingray and a scorpion fish. A bit later, they decided to make her more rotund so she would stand out from the other villains, going from a pufferfish and then to an octopus.
Fun fact: Ursula being part octopus bears a very close resemblance to a creature of Asian and Native American myth called the Cecaelia.
"The Phallus on the Palace, that was really there." - and after all these decades of waiting, hearing the truth is so satisfying.
20:06 she turns into human
Ariel drowns
And the movie's over
First, that was hilarious
Second, Yeah seriously. If flounder and Sebastian were not there, she would have certainly died.
Hearing Slappy Squirrel as Ariel made my day.
25:00 I love how defeated he looks. It's like "Yeah... I remember"
I've read before that Ariel not being blonde was because of Splash. Jeffrey Katzenberg told them they already made a blonde mermaid movie, so Ariel couldn't be blonde too.
This is the start of what true animation is and I want to say it's Ariel's design that helped modernize the "Disney Princess" look. If you think about it, all Disney Princesses ended up adopting bits of her look with maybe 1 or 2 exceptions.
I wish you could always have Philo in your videos. His stories are both fascinating and really well told.
Interesting Fact: Robin Williams and Dom DeLuise were originally considered for the role of Sebastian. But it was went to Samuel E. Wright. Plus, Dom did went back to Bluth Studios to voice Itchy in All Dogs Go to Heaven which came out in both the same year and day as this film.
I am so glad that happened. Robin is the Genie.
I really cannot picture either of those two singing Under the Sea, great actors as they were, with the same life as Samuel E. Wright did. It just...doesn't feel right.
There is always a role that was meant for a certain someone. Sebastian was 100% meant for Wright.
Poor Unfortunate Souls is absolutely where it's at. Ariel is my favorite princess. It was the first movie I remember seeing in theathers and it was with my father, who passed a few years ago. I wore out the first VHS copy I had.
I was barely old enough to remember things when _The Little Mermaid_ was in cinemas and I definitely remember watching the _Part of Your World_ sequence at an old cinema in a city famous for its rum.
@@JamesDavy2009, I love it! That whole day stands out to me because it was totally a father/daughter day. I got to hit up a comic shop, go to McDonald’s, and sit in a theater heavily skewed with 4 to 13 year old girls with my extremely “manly” father to see this movie before getting my first banana split ever. I was trying to sing those songs for days. Then the VHS was released and I believe I became the harbinger of painful insanity in an Ariel nightie singing quite badly. 😂
I got the tape back in 1998. Yes, I still have it.
@@155chipmunkz, I approve! Hard approve!
Ariel is still one of the most beautiful animated characters. Strangely, I always found her to be the most relatable as a teen. Hats off to the designers and animators of the film, and of course Jodi Benson and Howard Ashman.
They really went all out making this movie and it definitely shows in the final product. Ariel’s always been one of my favorite Disney characters and hearing the story of how they created and animated her is really cool.
"The phallace on the palace" I nearly cracked a rib laughing at that!
Thanks for the laughs adding in Slappy Squirrel sound bytes, what a treat to see Sherri Stoner's footage too! Philo was a great guest, fascinating to hear about the hard work that was put into this film.
The scene where Triton destroys Ariel's collection and the Statue really scares me even more than the scene where Cinderella's Stepsisters ruin Cinderella's pink dress
It was scary however he at least knew he fucked up after he calmed down. He felt guilty over doing it and may have apologised had Ariel not made her deal with Ursula.
Compare that to Cinderella's step sisters/step mother who didn't care. They felt 0 remorse over their actions.
Also keep in mind, that in the prequel we see why he has a distrust of humans. Additionally, in the sequel Ariel & Eric make similar mistakes with their daughter which causes Ariel go get turned back into a mermaid temporarily to find & save her.
27:38 this reminded me of this really good manga called Mermaid Princess' Guilty Meal, where a mermaid princess starts going to the surface to mourn her fish friends that've been fished and served as food. She ends up eating one of them at a restaurant and loves the taste so much she keeps going back constantly as her friends keep getting fished, convincing herself that it's to mourn them. It's framed in a humorous way but gets pretty dark.
What the fuck!? 😂
Wait... Ursula was meant to be Ariel's Aunt!?
That would mean she's Triton's sister!
Suddenly the bitterness towards Tritons makes a whole lot more sense now.
And it actually would've kept with the trend of disney's animated villains being the aunts and uncles of the protagonists. A family member close enough to have a relationship with but not too close that it would be sad for the villain to lose.
yeah they really should have fleshed that out, she mentions she lived in the palace but she never said why
In the musical adaptation they suggest (pretty much say) that Ursula killed Ariel's mother, not humans.
Her royal heritage was also supposed to be how Ursula got her magic shell necklace - it was originally one of the royal treasures of Atlantica
@@PaulW_ftPAULK well that would make alot more sense....I think
One of the deleted scenes is an extended version of the "Fathoms Below" song, where the sailors talk about Triton and say, "He's got seven daughters and a witch of a sister named Ursula."
I like Lindsay Ellis' view of the story, that it's not really about Ariel, it's about Triton learning to let his daughter forge her own path.
Lindsay!❤️
Based Lindsey
Never thought I'd see her name anywhere near Critic's again lol
@@Gundamseeddabest Well she's the Nostalgia Chick after all. Did she have some kind of falling out with Doug?
@@Tenjeen Google the Change the Channel/Not so Awesome controversy. It was pretty bad, to put it mildly.
"The phallus on the palace" is a terrific line lol 😅 25:00
Editing Slappy Squirrel's dialogue over Ariel's scenes is one of the funniest things ever. :D
When The Little Mermaid came out my mother was stationed in Germany and she watched it constantly on VHS. She loved it so much that she named my middle name "Ariel."
Aww, that's so cute. 🥹🥹🥹💙💙💙
I am so happy Slappy Squirrel got the chance to shine in this review! It's too brilliant of a reference to not capitalize on!
I love her underwater hair physics
Because Ariel feels so real her obsession with Eric actually makes sense because she is 16 and has this intense crush over this attractive guy she has never met. This happens in the real world all the time with teenagers who think they are in love (with their peer, friend, celebrity, influencer, etc...). Now do most teens go to a magic sea witch to make their true love fall for them? No. But most teens also aren't mermaid princesses (lol).
I enjoyed the video! The little mermaid had always been special movie in my heart :)
Ariel isn't "obsessed" with him, for goodness sake. Also, why do people forget that soulmates/love at first sight exists in the animated Disney-verse (Possibly in the real world, too, but love is quickly dying because of how pretentious and selfish everyone is now days)? She doesn't fall in love with a stranger, she falls in love with her soulmate. Their souls knew each other long before their physical bodies met.
A Beautiful Fact: In the Norwegian dub, Ursula was voiced by Frøydis Armand and Sebastian was voiced by Helge Jordal. The two actors were married at the time and had one child.
I thought Anne Grete Preus (a Norwegian rock singer) was the voice of Ursula in the Norwegian dub?
Literally laughed out loud at the gym with the "I'm doing you" line!
I remember someone said that, in regards to Ariel's collection of "human stuff", Ariel only has the grotto in the first place because her father banned his subjects from interacting with anything relating to humanity. This ranges from collecting human things, to going to the surface world, and even interacting with humans (if you're part of the merfolk). So, with that restriction in place, Ariel is left to resort to dangerous extremes just to have her fix. The scene with the shipwreck and the shark is a prime example. Maybe Triton could've tried making Ariel an ambassador for Human/Merpeople relations and build an alliance that way. But, unfortunately, the sea king was to stuck in his ways to see things from a different perspective.
R.I.P. Howard Ashman. The unsung hero of the Disney Renaissance.
Gave a mermaid her voice and a beast his soul
AMEN
And now they trample his work
Also, the writer of the Off-Broadway musical, Little Shop of Horrors.
You mean they got two different people to write the music and the lyrics? Damn they should have just hired Danny Elfman for this, he wrote music AND lyrics for Nightmare Before Christmas and sang for Jack Skellington too. Then again he might not have been interested in making a Broadway style movie.
Despite the criticism that the animated princesses are getting, we will still remember them a lot longer than the live action version.
And so much of that criticism is outright lies to bolster up the idea of "we're more progressive than the past". Ariel doesn't just want the boy, Part of Your World is before she ever sees him. She just wants to experience human life and culture.
But the live actions want to portray this image of "breaking the misogynistic past", so they lie and paint the movies that they can't even hold a candle to as something they're not.
A Nice Fact: Pat Carroll realized a life-long ambition with this film. She had always wanted to voice a character in a Disney film and described the opportunity as "an answer to prayer."
With all the modern criticisms of this character, I'm seeing Ariel as a progressive step. Alongside that, she's really nothing different than what a teenager might be like. I mean, adolescence is a weird time period. You're bored of your environment, so you start taking an interest in someone else's. You become infatuated with members of the opposite gender. You're very vocal and expressive, but you're also uncomfortable and anxious. Ariel may not be what feminists wanted her to be like, but she's pretty normal for the age group she's in.
😌 Thank you! While Doug and other people are saying Ariel became obsessive and stalker like Eric, I'm here thinking "She's a teenager. Of course, she's going to act like that. Honestly, everyone has been like Ariel at one time. Having a crush on someone, secretly hoping you'd run into them, have them talk to you, sometimes be too shy to talk to them, feel anxious and eager and fantasizing little scenarios about you and your crush. I mean it's not like she actually went and killed Eric or kidnapped him taking him to her world 🙄🤦♀️
Now the modern one has NOOOO FLAWS!
Opposite sex*
@@LilyZerepshit she never came off as obsessed to me. Just a teenage girl who’s just gotten her first crush. Which she was.
I never had a problem with Ariel "being obsessive over Eric" because the "love at first sight" cliche is something I've seen many many times.
It's not amongst my favorite animated Disney movies, but I can definitely appreciate the impact it had for Disney and animation, and the castings of Ariel, Sebastian, and Ursula are flawless. Triton is also one of the better Disney parents. You get why he is acting the way he does towards Ariel and feels horrible when he realizes he drove her further away and ultimately made the situation much worse.
An absolute classic film that pulled Disney out of its dark age and into a new age of success and one of my childhood favorites! Plus “Part of That World” is one of the most beautiful songs in the Disney canon and in all of animation. Philo Barnhart and the rest of the animators who worked on The Little Mermaid should be super proud of themselves. One of the all-time great animated classics. An enchanting masterpiece for sure.
YES!!
Just is time to trash the remake which was totally unnecessary from the start.
Also RIP, Tina Turner, 1939-2023.
She graced the Merry Old Land of Oz with classics like (Simply) The Best and Nutbush City Limits.
during the scene of Ariel recovering her voice from ursula, the scene of grimsby's reaction also has the film's directing duo animated cameos: john musker and ron clements.
the tall, white-haired one using lorgnette glasses is john. the short, brown-haired mustache one is ron.
I love that you got Philo a part of this discussing the animation creation!! This movie has such a strong and special place in my heart as Ariel was the exact reason I got into art: I drew her over and over again when I was five that eventually the adults noticed - for me at the time I didn't even think that art was my passion, just that I wanted to be Ariel so much. The special edition of the dvds that came with a bonus disc of all the behind the scenes I watched at a young age despite not fully understanding it. Because of it I had such a huge amount of love and respect towards 2D animation. I am not typically a fan of LA and haven't seen one in cinemas since Beauty and the Beast (insult to the creatives everywhere...), but I couldn't help myself yesterday and saw the LA. Ignoring all the pointless reasons why they wanted to "update the film", I thought it was good for what it was. Looking forward to eventually hearing your take on it!!
15:47 Never thought I'd see the day where Doug brings up the term Yandere! 😂
It somewhat applies to Ariel.
A yandere is someone who goes to extreme for her love, harming others and even the person she loves - best example for this Yuno Gasai, who's killing people who might harm or take her love away; and no matter what her love wants, she'll always be his and he's not allowed to have his own life.
Ariel and many displays of romance in media are the fast-forward button pushed to get the plot over faster and not waste time over building a connection or more valid reasons for them to fall for each other
I remember re-watching this in 2006, around the time me and my brother were still big on the anime series Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch. We were a bit stunned to see the similarities between Luchia and Kaito's first meeting to that of Ariel and Eric, no kidding. And fun fact, this movie was where my brother got his name from.
Cool that you got one of the original animators from The Little Mermaid! Amazing how much goes into animating the characters.
I love her when she lost her voice, her expression are just amazing and adorable.
based?
agreed they do a really good job giving her tons of personality and showing exactly how she's feeling.
It really shows how much we can say when we can’t use our voice, and how much harder it can be to fake through body language.
I am so sick of people saying that Eric is a bland character or that the romance was surface level. In fact, this movie has more emotional complexity than many give it credit for.
Prince Eric is first introduced by the movie narrative as adventurous young man who despite his royal heritage is not above the “dirty work”: the audience is initially exposed to him helping other sailors on the ship as well as showing consideration and concern towards Grimsby in addition to being a good listener and quite an experienced storyteller informed about the subject he takes it upon himself to talk about hence the sailors discussing Triton and the sea with Eric while Grimsby sceptically brushes their theories off. Thoroughness, open mind and a down to earth attitude are established among Eric’s primary characteristics from the get go and not for the sake of forcibly and obnoxiously presenting him as a multi-dimensional morally/intellectually superior protagonist - in fact, he can hardly even be deemed as one seeing as the movie essentially revolves around Ariel and her struggles with inability to obtain independence and fulfill herself outside of a place she feels like she belongs whereas every other character, no matter how significant, plays a part of a supporting cast - but in order to showcase his interests thus, in so much as the first few minutes of the movie we already learn up on not only the hobbies Eric is intensely invested in but the extent of his love for the sea, conflicted relationship with his guardian figure (Grimsby) and are provided with a raw sketch of his mindset and the lens through which he observes the world. All of it could have easily been left out seeing as Eric’s individual emotional investments are not particularly related to Ariel’s story, but those aspects are outlined regardless because Eric isn’t merely a love interest of a fiery red head: he has a personality, a character of his own.
Next time Eric comes off as “the guy with a flute”, it being the immediate impression he gives off once Ariel first sees him, confronted with not so much his mesmerizing attractiveness as the way his eyes lit up when he produced music for his own pleasure (poignantly, the same exact way Ariel preferred to go about her musical skills: away from the crowds or pretentious grand celebrations, using a melody for self expression. It’s hardly a coincidence that Melody ended up being a name of her and Eric’s daughter) or when he played with his dog or when he was clearly not impressed with the unspectacular present - the statue - by Grimsby but tried to the best of his ability to not show a glimpse of annoyance, repressing an insuperable desire to have a good laugh at the ridiculousness of said present. Eric, however, was thankful for the attention and love coming from Grimsby regardless of how inexplicably insufficient and misinterpreted the latter’s perception of Eric generally was, which is rather unfortunate given that Grimsby played some sort of a father figure role to him while being entirely unable to get the grasp of how the young man’s mind functioned. Which brings us to another point: according to all the evidence Eric’s parents are most likely dead, considering they didn’t show up on either of his weddings - the fake one with Vanessa and the real one with Ariel - nor were they around when Melody was born whereas Ariel’s entire family came to take a look at the baby. Admittedly, being left in charge of no one other than Grimsby who hardly understood what Eric essentially was about, and having to prepare himself to be a future effective ruler of the Kingdom Eric did a remarkable job maintaining diplomacy, dignity and compassion rather than coming to be spoiled and self entitled due to the lack of parental guidance as well as the luxuries that came together with being born into royalty. Eric is the epitome of a person who built one self up independently, firmly standing his ground confronting the standards imposed on him that he was unwilling to conform to - such as being forced into getting married before determining whether there was a right woman (“the one” as Eric referred to a person he hadn’t yet been lucky enough to meet and want to spend the rest of his life with, not settling for any less) among his suitors for the sake of fitting into a certain ideal of a proper prince. His attitude of a dreamer was a part of his established characterization but he was also exceptionally analytical about his concepts of romance.
Having survived a horrific incident Eric sincerely believed he had found true love and his ideology of a dreamer took a strong grab at his outlooks on relationship seeing as he was set out to find a girl with the gorgeous voice at any cost due to said voice being quite literally the only connection to his rescuer. As some people mistakenly imply, Eric did not fall in love with a voice, in fact, at that point his feelings were all over the place and not exactly what stands for actual love, a mature fully formed feeling. Being drawn to the idea of a girl who saved him Eric - genuinely and irreversibly - projects his certitude regarding her being “the one” onto the only representation of her he had been left with so far - her voice. And subsequently his idealistic but slightly immature romantic notions backfire with a cunning irony once he meets a girl who has everything a man can dream of but lacks what he seeks out the most. A beautiful stranger doesn’t talk therefore cannot be “the one” nor would she ever - as he firmly believes - pass for “the one” hence why Ariel’s beauty is essentially irrelevant to Eric. His one and only goal concerning relationship at that point revolves around finding that person he believes to be one in the whole world who is right for him. Not only doesn’t he fall for Ariel’s looks but is entirely indifferent to said looks due to thinking that woman is not the one he needs (frankly, the assumption about Eric being easily smitten with visual appeal is extensively incorrect considering the fact that, due to his royal status, chances quite a few attractive female suitors were eager to have his hand only to be rejected because Eric at one point explicitly stated he wasn’t interested in superficial relationship and was waiting for the right person). Which doesn’t mean Eric is immune to primordial instincts and cannot appreciate physical attractiveness - he does, in fact, acknowledge Ariel’s captivating outer exterior once she dresses up for a dinner but it isn’t until she makes him laugh for the first time in few days by being her overly excited, imaginative and adorably dorky self that he starts taking a more insightful look into her and is willing to take her on a Kingdom tour - while still not being ready to open up to her or let the endearing mysterious girl into his life due to being committed to his unrealistic ideal.
Next day Eric spends actual time with Ariel who proceeds to behave excessive and enthusiastic, never failing to amaze him. She is more invested in exploring various layers of the city life rather than paying a consistent attention to him (but… but Ariel totally “left her family behind to be with a man” and had no other agenda, right? Right?!), however, Eric is perfectly content with dedicating time and effort into making her feel happy and content, not being put off by her overflowing craziness in the slightest, but getting more and more intrigued by the unusual, eccentric nature of his accomplice - to the point of becoming largely conflicted hence the boat scene where Eric wants to get to know Ariel while still being unsure of his own feelings and pulling away when she tries to initiate a kiss - because yes, he still takes relationship incredibly seriously and is unwilling to allow himself so much as an innocent romantic interaction without being fully confident that this person is truly the one for him. He challenges himself and his initially established concepts of idealistic romance, gradually deviating from a strong commitment to an image of a girl with a sing song-ish voice he had created in his mind in favor of opening the door into the possibility of forming a bond with a real person regardless of this blooming relationship being enormously confusing, awkward and opposing to everything he had led himself to believe in before. He was GROWING out of exaggerations and teenage angst and exposing himself to a new perspective of building a mature relationship. The segment with him throwing a flute into the ocean is the ultimate representation of his character development.
Eric’s love for Ariel was powerful in both dimensions: back when he was an avid dreamer with a controversial concept of romance who invested considerable amounts of emotional energy into the idea of “the one” and when he was no longer a happy go lucky kid indulging in his dreams but a man willing to fight for a person he loves both in a figurative (choosing the real Ariel over the romanticized ideal) and literal sense (once slipping out of the hypnosis Ursula had inflicted him with all of his thoughts and actions were inevitably and directly related to Ariel, to making her feel loved, to instantly accepting the immensely shocking fact of her being a mermaid and to throwing himself into the waves where he couldn’t even breathe at risk of getting killed in order to make sure she doesn’t remain subjected to her captor) - and in neither of those cases was Eric drawn to Ariel’s looks. Prince Eric is the kind of character to represent self awareness, intelligence, ability to respond to emotional challenges rather than cowardly running away from them and giving all of himself to his nearest and dearest and his story contains more than enough of an evidence to back it up.
Yes! THANK YOU.
They develop the characters really well with little screen time needed.
Eric was royalty trying to bang an obsessed, stalker 16 year old that he was under the impression he'd never have to hear complaints from, or tedious conversations.
You forgot to say "Thank you for coming to my TedTalk."
Eric even says "I lost her once I'm not going to lose her again" as he's rowing into the sea to save Ariel from Ursula
Again...The royal sailor was chasing a white whale-pun intended. One is an obsessed stalker teen throwing herself at the object of obsession she literally has a shrine of to break a supernatural contract within 3 days-the other is a sailor with the horn who can take advantage of her abundant advances and believes he'll never have to hear her speak. Sebastian never had to convince Eric to want her physically, only to "kiss the girl" to nullify said contract&put them both on equal footing. A lot to unpack from watching it as a child& watching it as an adult.
When i was a kid i was in love with arial she was pretty, she was innocent yet rebellious, and she had an amazing voice both talking and singing. When i got older i found out about mermaids and sirens and all i could thin was "THAT BITCH"
4:34 My God, the crossover I never knew I wanted: "Your seashells....give them to me!"
NC: 1:00 "Oh my god, a puppy". Always makes me smile. ☺️
Thank you sooo much Doug for reviewing this masterpiece. The Little Mermaid holds a special place in my heart as it does for millions. I was born in 1989, this movie got me thru my chronic ulcerative colitis when I was in my teens, and it convinced me to become a mermaid enthusiast (tail and all) and your comedic commentary was perfect timing along with Triton's dinners at 5 LOL
If you look at the Gallery stills in The Little Mermaid Platinum dvd, you will see some of the earlier concept of Ariel that would later inspire Roxanne from a Goofy Movie!( she literally shared the same face expression!)❤ No wonder Max loves her so much!!!
Oh yeah, in Max's dream sequence!
The Little Mermaid was my second ever big screen experience and it blew my 6 year old mind. It's probably THE reason I fell in love with going to movie theaters to see things. For me, when the lights go down and the opening logo starts, it's like going to church. Even a bad movie can be made better just by seeing it that way.
"LIGHTS ARE DIMMIN'! LIGHTS ARE DIMMIN'!" -Fowlmouth
@24:08 Pretty sure this inspired the Talokani singing in "Wakanda Forever"
Also fun fact, when Walt Disney was trying to bring the movie to life back in the 40s, he hired a famous illustrator named Kay Nielson whose artwork inspired the storm sequence and you can either Google his work or purchase the Disney postcards
This is the film that made me fall in love with Disney movies as a kid. The songs, the visuals, the characters; absolute perfection. There's no denying this animated masterpiece will hold up for another 35 years, and then some.
Ursula is definitely in the top 15, maybe 10, greatest Disney villains, and has 1 of the more gruesome deaths in Disney animated movies since hers wasn’t a fall to her death, but a ship rammed into her by Eric
Ursula’s death is just as scary as Clayton death In Tarzan
FINALLY! I’ve been waiting for this for weeks-no YEARS! Am I the only one who thinks THIS final battle as one of the BEST of Disney’s-the scope, the angles and THE ANIMATION?! I’m exited to watch this gem again and for the live action remake this weekend!
Im more hesitant for the recreation in live action because the cgi might look weird on melissa and...*spoilers*
From the movie novelization, Ariel is the one who impales Ursula with the ship, not Eric, despite her being a mermaid and having no training on how to sail whatsoever. Which imo is really stupid and defeats the purpose to show triton that not all humans are bad.
I dunno, maybe it's because I like intense fires, but I really enjoyed the climaxes for The Lion King and Hunchback more than this.
@@demonairs they are changing so much more in this new one that is just dumb or hurts the story.
Ariel has magic amnesia and can't remember she needs the kiss.
During Kiss the Girl there's a clip where he is going in for the kiss and she turns away.
That's the opposite of what happened before. She's the one that wants it and he's hesitant, still holding on to his "dream girl".
Erics adopted mother is over protective and he needs to sneak out of the castle.
You brought up Ariel steering the ship with no experience. Even if Eric teaches her for 10 mins it's still ridiculous. In the book she is frigging Standing on her fin.
The makers of this new one didn't understand the characters or story of the first and are "fixing" things that weren't broken.
Ariel gave All the Consent in Kiss the Girl. She didn't give up her voice for a man. She desperately wanted to experience the human world before she met him. Ursula took her voice because that is the one thing Eric would definitely recognize.
And even if she had no other reason than Eric to go to the surface, they are one anothers True Love. He isn't her first crush.
People go their whole lives wanting a love like that and are willing to do a lot to get it.
@@BrcRosa with this live action version I don't think they actually looked at the history, I think they were trying to make it fit more with the times, meaning women empowerment and all of that.
@@saiyan4414 Empowerment shouldn't trump logic and good writing.
Ursula's "Poor Unfortunate Soul" solo was so friggin metal 🤘🐙
Hearing the care that went into creating the original is why I know the live action is going to suck. They chalked Ariel's entire character up as being a boy-obsessed girl who changes everything about herself just for a boy. That was never who Ariel was. The Little Mermaid was at it's core a "small town girl goes to the big city" story. She didn't change for Eric. It was what she had always wanted. She sang Part of Your World BEFORE even knowing Eric existed. Eric wasn't even the catalyst for going to the surface. Her father destroying her things cemented her desire to run away and pursue her dreams. Eric was ONE dream, not her whole dream. She was always very adventurous, courageous, and curious, but based on the interviews thus far, it seems like the people working on the live action don't understand literally anything about the original Ariel.
Did you actually see the live action version?
I always assumed Prince Eric's statute fell into her cave by coincidence. Is that just me?
Exactly!!!! Thank you!!! Like duh!!! It’s painfully obvious!
One of the first Disney movies I saw as a kid. I already loved the sea and this film all set underwater was a delight. I adored Ariel, at the Under the sea I repeated it to the bitter end, even Poor Unfortunate Souls I liked it because it was bombastic and very catchy. What can I say, years later I can't help but appreciate this film.
R.I.P., Pat Carroll.
A true legend
One of the best details about The Little Mermaid is that a lot of the visuals and elements of the finished film are taken from Walt Disney's own early story treaties and concept art when he mulled over the idea of whether to adapt the fairy tale into a film. Many people don't realize that Walt actually studied dozens of stories, fairy tales, and modern fables during his lifetime, picking out the ones he wanted to turn into movies and doing some initial pre-production work and story ideas with his legendary Nine Old Men animation team. A couple of them eventually did get made, like Robin Hood, Chanticleer the Rooster (which was made by Don Bluth into Rock-A-Doodle), and of course the Little Mermaid.
The scene of the film that takes the most from those early sketches and storyboarding sessions was the storm and shipwreck. In fact, the shot of the film with Prince Eric's Galleon riding a massive wave as lightning flashes and shows the spiral center of the hurricane in the clouds above is directly taken from one of the major concept paintings Walt commissioned.
Seriously, we need to get other stories Walt Disney wanted to make.
It's ironic that Ariel sings "I wanna be where the people are" when these day's even people don't wanna be where the people are 😅
The Little Mermaid (1989) won two Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song ("Under the Sea").
Ursula scared the hell out of me as a kid when she was a huge monster.
I _knew_ so many middle aged women as a tiny child that looked like her, so you know, didn't help xD
Omg Philo! He taught an animation class when I was at MIAD. He’s such a sweet guy, I’m glad to see he’s doing well!
RIP Pat Carol the voice of Ursula you were iconic and will never be forgotten Amen.
You when I was little kid I used to be terrified of Ursula when was 3 years old and I didn't overcome my fear of Ursula until I was a Sophomore in High School. Now these days I love animated movie even more.
Keep in mind the stuff that scared us when we were kids now fascinates us and gives us more enjoyment everytime we watch it.
The film that start the Disney Renaissance, making Disney back to the top. I had a crush on Ariel as a kid. This for preparing the live-action remake
I did as well, there’s something about her character design that’s instantly appealing and as a kid I was captivated
My older sisters and I loved this as kids! I got my love of Disney through Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast too but we'd watch this one just as much!
Loved this review,guys! Phylo Barnhart is a gem….He’s an encyclopedia of knowledge and you can tell he’s really passionate about animation. I’m glad that he was able to see the reach of the hard work creating this classic.
Hope you bring him back for commentary and skits. He’s quite the comedian…🤣
17:12 yeah... apparently the lyrics didn't change in the 2023 song, so I wonder what the visual will be for that part....
Malcolm gets increasingly weirder in these reviews, and I love it! He loves staring at people and saying things in creepy ways, and NOW he carries bloodied prop hands! 😂
And has a picture of his fursona in his den. I’m trying to remember the Cats review and if he was dressed as the tiger fursona there. The continuity by bringing up the Secret of Nimh review too was great, it’s been a while since the reviews have had these arcs over multiple videos.
When I was young, I always thought King Triton was a jerk but now that I'm older I can understand why he acted the way he did. However, it's that temper that did him in. And having a parent who is like "it's my way or the way" mindset, also the "if it's not something I want to hear I just tune it out." Makes you want to hide things from them, because you know that they wouldn't approve of it or they wouldn't understand. My mom knows I like anime and my favorite is Dragon Ball Z however that is as much as I'm letting her know.
If Triton hadn't lost it the way he did Ariel wouldn't have made the deal with Ursula. He pushed his daughter away by being overprotective and losing his temper. And my mother has blown up on me like Triton did to Ariel. She didn't destroy my stuff but she did take verbal shots at me and attack my hobbies. And over stupid things too, like either stamps or a missing receipt. Resulting in me giving her the silent treatment in which I won't speak to her until she gives me an honest apology (and we live together).
No that I’m older, I know Triton was so stupid near the climax. Trading the safety of his youngest daughter for himself, the rest of his kids, and the entire kingdom.
Ruler of the king-dumb.
@@WaitingxInxSilence A parent would do anything to protect their child, however as a King that was a very stupid move I agree. Also did Triton conveniently forget about his over 6 daughters? I get it that Ariel is the FL but what about his other daughters does he not give them the same love and attention.
@@user-ok2lw9cc1z After seeing the sequels, I think Ariel gets special treatment because she looks so much like her mother.
@@WaitingxInxSilence Favoritism! Not only is he a bad king but also a bad dad.
I'm glad you released this because it reminds me how wonderful and original Disney could be
LOL I thought a Quentin Tarantino joke would be used for the famous Ariel toe wiggling scene rather then the scuttle trying to hear a heartbeat in foot scene.
10:31 THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT!! It drives me nuts they switched it for some reason! It just looks so off! Why did they do that?? Anyone feel free to tell me!
Two more interesting things not mentioned in this video. The Rainbow at the end was the first use of CAPS in the film. CAPS replaced painted cels, and was first used entirely on Rescuers Down Under. Also, Grimsby was voiced by the same actor who did Roger Radcliffe in 101 Dalmatians, and this was his last film as he passed away before the film was released.
10:40 They didn't change the order of those shots on purpose. IT'S A MISTAKE. There was also a jump cut (instead of a crossdissolve) when Ariel goes up to meet Scuttle. Disney had a disc exchange program to get replacement blu rays with the shots fixed.
I love the inclusion of the animator commentary in this!
I absolutely love that Nostalgia Critic brings attention to great artists like Philo Barnhardt who otherwise would go largely unnoticed and tragically under appreciated by the general public, even those who grew up with his movies. His stories are the best parts of this review as well of the Secret of Nimh review. What a legend!
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Damn I miss airbrush animated lighting effects like this!
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Fun fact though in the Atlantis episode of Fairly Odd Parents, they made a joke about Merpeople eating their own fish friends.
Omg! I always called referred Vanessa as "Evil Ariel" too!!
Great review, guys!
Makes sense, because if you look closely, Vanessa has a slight resemblance to Ariel, except for the brown hair, smaller eyes and more elongated physical features.
6:23 Without a doubt is still one of my favorite sequences! ❤ It makes you believe these beautiful illustrations are people and draws you in to the awe of capturing such believability !❤ This is the kind of magic traditional animation can give that's hard to capture!
One of the greatest Disney films.
I thought Ursula was based on the Drag Queen “Divine” but they were unable to get them to be their voice as they passed away.
Great slappy squirrel parts. I was laughing my head off every time.
You can also see the OG non-Disney Little Mermaid as a cautionary tale of true love vs infactual love. Is she really truly in love with him or is she in love with because he was the first human she ever saw. And if you do really love them but they don't love you then you should let them go because you want them to be happy.
In case you wanted to watch a specific moment, I compiled every Philo Barnhart story timestamp so you don't have do.
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I love when their are special guests for the shows that were involved in what is being reviewed. ❤
The film that started the Disney Renaissance.
This was my personal special Disney movie of my childhood and it's nice to know it has more than just my nostalgia going for it so many years later.
Whoa! Great touch having the animator on your show! What a cool history he provided.
Amazing that Phylo came on board to do the video with you. Great snag there.
Welcome back, Mr. Barnhart! His appearances are always very informative and funny.
This is just what we needed before the dreaded live action film is released, Thank you Nostalgia Critic!!!
I'm hoping the remake is decent. At least Halle Bailey has a phenomenal singing voice so thats good.
@@spongebakesquarepansgaminghow exactly is it “woke”?
@@spongebakesquarepansgaming I don't know why a lot of people is giving this specific Disney live action remake movie a chance because of the actress.
@@spongebakesquarepansgaming I get that it doesn't make sense for a mermaid to have dark skin, but it also doesn't make sense that mermaids can breathe underwater, since they apparently breathe air when above the surface. In the end, I just don't care what color she is. It's still sure to suck, nonetheless, and I have no plans to see it despite the original being among my favorite Disney classics.
@@kdusel1991 The remake is okay but as always, watching the animated movie is a better option
7:20 This Slappy line just made this one- liner golden.
12:26 I always wondered about this. Like there was no reason for Eric to be barefoot. The animators clearly wanted to draw feet.
I'm pretty sure that Eric ended up barefoot once he got on shore because his boots must've slipped off his feet as he was saved from drowning by Ariel (also considering the sea currents being one of the possible factors to that as well)
@@kingandrewcecil348 Eric also loses his boots after he kills Ursula and swims to shore. Eric must just have lousy boots that can't stay on.
@InvaderPet Actually, boots are not water-resistant. This probably explains hence why Eric's boots frequently slip off due to water seeping in into the top hole of the boots and the pressure created from water going in expands the boot, therefore they slip off Eric's feet.
Hence, there's a perfectly good reason why most people would remove their footwear (and clothes) before jumping into water.
Personally, I've always liked Kiss the Girl a lot better than Under the Sea but, Part of Your World always brings out feelings.
They are nostalgic. For me it's because The Little Mermaid was the first movie I saw in theaters and I sang the songs in preschool
I died when you mentioned the sharks from the Titanic animated movie (still my favourite review of yours)!