I knew Pat Carroll, who played Ursula, and not only was she an amazing actress but one of the nicest and most down to earth people I have ever met. RIP Pat!
i love this movie. lots of people say they dont like ariel because she "became human for a man" when in reality she has been wanting to go to the surface for years and just found a man as an added bonus lol
Little Mermaid is one of my favourite movies, and the soundtrack is my favourite from Disney. I’m glad you enjoyed it, thank you for posting your reaction 🙏😊💖🧚♂️
"But without my voice, how can I..." "You'll have your looks, your pretty face. And don't underestimate the importance of BODY LANGUAGE!" Fun Fact: Ariel (Jodi Benson) is the first red-haired Disney princess. Art Enthusiast Fact: Ariel's (Jodi Benson) treasure grotto includes the painting Magdalene With The Smoking Flame (1640) by 17th-century artist Georges de la Tour. Mythology Fact: In Greek mythology, the God of the sea is Poseidon, or Neptune in Latin. This movie's sea king has the name Triton (Kenneth Mars), one of Neptune's sons. Many merfolk appear in the film, but Ursula (Pat Carroll) is a lesser-known type of mythological creature known as a cecaelia: human upper body and octopus lower body. Disney Cinematic Universe Fact: It's possible that Prince Eric (Christopher Daniel Barnes) could be related to Prince Phillip (Bill Shirley) and Princess Aurora (Mary Costa) from Sleeping Beauty (1959). In the dining room in Eric's castle on Ariel's (Jodi Benson) first evening on land, there is a painting hanging on the wall. The couple bear a striking resemblance to Aurora and Phillip. Music Enthusiast Fact: Part Of Your World (1989) was nearly cut; Jeffrey Katzenberg felt that it was "boring" and far too over the heads of the children for whom it was intended. At a test screening children were restless during the song which did not have finished animation. In particular one child that sat in front of Katzenberg and spilled his popcorn and was more interested in picking it up than watching the sequence. John Musker, Ron Clements, and Howard Ashman all pleaded their case and begged Katzenberg to let the song stay to no avail. Ultimately, the one who managed to convince him to give it a second chance was the animator of the sequence, Glen Keane. Another screening was set up, this time with an adult audience. It was a greater success (even reportedly moving some members to tears) and so the song was left in the film. Katzenberg later said that he was happy no one listened to him because he couldn't imagine the film without the song.
Love that you haven’t seen these classics, it’s so fun seeing people watch these for the first time! I highly recommend Hunchback, Disney went deeper with that one than others. :)
I was 7 seeing this in the theater. My most vivid memory of it was the shark scene at the beginning because the bass hit so hard when it smashed into the ship. Not the first memory of a theater. I remember seeing "Follow That Bird" from Sesame Street, and very VERY vague memories of seeing my brother bawling in the Transformer movie. I was 2 so it's like a fog.
The Little Mermaid is a great film (one of my favorite Disney films) but it’s also an important film as it kickstarted the “modern” age of Disney movies after they had kinda went out of fashion after the 60’s and 70’s. Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, and the Lion King all followed because of the success of The Little Mermaid.
A few things about the Little Mermaid: It is based on the original 1837 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. The fairy tale is darker than the Disney movie. In the original story, when the mermaid trades her voice to the sea witch for legs, the witch takes away her ability to speak by removing her tongue. When she gets human legs, she experiences excruciating pain whenever she walks. The prince she falls in love with ends up marrying another woman. When the mermaid makes the deal with the sea witch, the witch tells her if she doesn’t kiss the prince in three days, she will turn into sea foam. After the prince marries the other woman, the mermaid’s sisters give the mermaid a dagger and tell her if she kills the prince before sunrise after the third day, she will become a mermaid again, but she doesn’t go through with it and turns into sea form.
fun fact but with sad outcome: Ariels dress was specially made to represent all the dresses of the past princesses from disney movies. aurora's pink dress, snow whites ovel pattern sleeves, the huge skirt of belle's yellow dress, and then the little upper puffy skirt of Cinderella, However over time Disney retired images, merch, toys of Ariel wearing this dress because it would later class too much and replaced it with the sea foam green dress we see her wearing in images today.
After a lacklustre period for Disney throughout the late 70s and all through the 80s,The Little Mermaid came out in 1989,beginning a fantastic series of classics,followed by Beauty and the Beast,Aladdin and The Lion King through the first half of the 90s.All great but Aladdin with Robin Williams was my favourite.
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I knew Pat Carroll, who played Ursula, and not only was she an amazing actress but one of the nicest and most down to earth people I have ever met. RIP Pat!
i love this movie. lots of people say they dont like ariel because she "became human for a man" when in reality she has been wanting to go to the surface for years and just found a man as an added bonus lol
Yay!!!!! Thank you for watching this so much
Little Mermaid is one of my favourite movies, and the soundtrack is my favourite from Disney. I’m glad you enjoyed it, thank you for posting your reaction 🙏😊💖🧚♂️
The voice of the chef that tries to unalive Sebastian is none other than René Auberjonois. Yes, the very same!
This film is my absolute favorite Disney film. When I was about 11 years old in 1989, I had a crush on Ariel.
"But without my voice, how can I..."
"You'll have your looks, your pretty face. And don't underestimate the importance of BODY LANGUAGE!"
Fun Fact: Ariel (Jodi Benson) is the first red-haired Disney princess.
Art Enthusiast Fact: Ariel's (Jodi Benson) treasure grotto includes the painting Magdalene With The Smoking Flame (1640) by 17th-century artist Georges de la Tour.
Mythology Fact: In Greek mythology, the God of the sea is Poseidon, or Neptune in Latin. This movie's sea king has the name Triton (Kenneth Mars), one of Neptune's sons. Many merfolk appear in the film, but Ursula (Pat Carroll) is a lesser-known type of mythological creature known as a cecaelia: human upper body and octopus lower body.
Disney Cinematic Universe Fact: It's possible that Prince Eric (Christopher Daniel Barnes) could be related to Prince Phillip (Bill Shirley) and Princess Aurora (Mary Costa) from Sleeping Beauty (1959). In the dining room in Eric's castle on Ariel's (Jodi Benson) first evening on land, there is a painting hanging on the wall. The couple bear a striking resemblance to Aurora and Phillip.
Music Enthusiast Fact: Part Of Your World (1989) was nearly cut; Jeffrey Katzenberg felt that it was "boring" and far too over the heads of the children for whom it was intended. At a test screening children were restless during the song which did not have finished animation. In particular one child that sat in front of Katzenberg and spilled his popcorn and was more interested in picking it up than watching the sequence. John Musker, Ron Clements, and Howard Ashman all pleaded their case and begged Katzenberg to let the song stay to no avail. Ultimately, the one who managed to convince him to give it a second chance was the animator of the sequence, Glen Keane. Another screening was set up, this time with an adult audience. It was a greater success (even reportedly moving some members to tears) and so the song was left in the film. Katzenberg later said that he was happy no one listened to him because he couldn't imagine the film without the song.
Love that you haven’t seen these classics, it’s so fun seeing people watch these for the first time! I highly recommend Hunchback, Disney went deeper with that one than others. :)
I was 7 seeing this in the theater. My most vivid memory of it was the shark scene at the beginning because the bass hit so hard when it smashed into the ship.
Not the first memory of a theater. I remember seeing "Follow That Bird" from Sesame Street, and very VERY vague memories of seeing my brother bawling in the Transformer movie. I was 2 so it's like a fog.
The Little Mermaid is a great film (one of my favorite Disney films) but it’s also an important film as it kickstarted the “modern” age of Disney movies after they had kinda went out of fashion after the 60’s and 70’s. Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, and the Lion King all followed because of the success of The Little Mermaid.
Thanks, Oliver! 🧜♀ I think you'd appreciate the live-action one, as well.
Rene was in a couple Disney flicks in this time period (he was also in The Princess Diaries).
A few things about the Little Mermaid:
It is based on the original 1837 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.
The fairy tale is darker than the Disney movie.
In the original story, when the mermaid trades her voice to the sea witch for legs, the witch takes away her ability to speak by removing her tongue.
When she gets human legs, she experiences excruciating pain whenever she walks.
The prince she falls in love with ends up marrying another woman.
When the mermaid makes the deal with the sea witch, the witch tells her if she doesn’t kiss the prince in three days, she will turn into sea foam.
After the prince marries the other woman, the mermaid’s sisters give the mermaid a dagger and tell her if she kills the prince before sunrise after the third day, she will become a mermaid again, but she doesn’t go through with it and turns into sea form.
Ah yes, when Disney knew how to write films . . . and music . . . and villains . . . and likeable protagonists.
(seriously why does Wish exist)
Rene auberjonois was the crazy chef
fun fact but with sad outcome: Ariels dress was specially made to represent all the dresses of the past princesses from disney movies. aurora's pink dress, snow whites ovel pattern sleeves, the huge skirt of belle's yellow dress, and then the little upper puffy skirt of Cinderella, However over time Disney retired images, merch, toys of Ariel wearing this dress because it would later class too much and replaced it with the sea foam green dress we see her wearing in images today.
Since you're watching DS9, you might be interested to know the Chef is the same actor as Odo.
After a lacklustre period for Disney throughout the late 70s and all through the 80s,The Little Mermaid came out in 1989,beginning a fantastic series of classics,followed by Beauty and the Beast,Aladdin and The Lion King through the first half of the 90s.All great but Aladdin with Robin Williams was my favourite.
The movie came out in 1989.
🎼 Be Our Chef 🎶 be our chef. I put your service to the test. 🕯️
It’s a cute film, no shame in watching….definite fav of mine for sure :3
If you think this version is crazy read the original.
The adult Shirley Temple did a live action version during her television series. It had the downbeat ending of the story.
Well I feel old 😅 it's advanced "for the time" 😅😅😅
the live action is fantastic as well !
60s? 70s???