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Rating:  - Dont Buy the VHS yet!
So, as I was watching the new Little Mermaid 3, Ariels beginning, I noticed that they are re-releasing this movie soon. If you want a new one in DVD format, just wait it out a bit!!
Rating:  - Wonderful to watch!
Like most people, I love "The Little Mermaid". It was the first Disney Princess movie I ever watched and started my love of all the princesses. When I heard of "The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea", I had to see it. I thought it would be good, but not as good as the original. Well, I was wrong. I enjoyed this movie very much and I've watched it many times. The story is similar to "The Little Mermaid", but not completely. I spotted many differences between "The Little Mermaid" and "The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea".
Personality
In the original movie, Ariel is a strong-willed mermaid with a passion to live on land. She is very brave and wants to leave her home because she falls in love with Eric and is willing to do anything to be with him. She is a confident 16-year-old and very adventurous and inquisitive.
12-year-old Melody, on the other hand, is worried about not fitting in. She isn't confident in herself and worries about making a fool of herself. She is also brave and strong-willed, but feels insecure.
Storyline
In "The Little Mermaid", Ariel longs to be human from the very start of the movie. She has a collection of a variety of things she has found from the human world. Ariel also knows a few things about the human world, such as human being have two legs and feet and cannot breathe underwater. And she even seeks help Ursula, even though she is reluctant. Her love of Eric is too strong to restrain her from going to Ursula for help.
Now compare this to "The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea". Melody knows absolutely NOTHING about her mermaid heritage. Sure, she loves the sea and prefers to spend time swimming than staying in the castle, but she doesn't even know mermaids actually exist. When she says that she sometimes pretends that she has fins, she means she pretends she's a fish. Melody doesn't run away from home to become a mermaid like Ariel does to become human. She runs away to find the meaning of the Atlantica locket, unlike Ariel, who simply left because of her love for Eric. Not only that, but Melody doesn't even know who Morgana is. Once Morgana tells Melody some of her heritage, that's when she wants to become a mermaid.
Danger
In the original movie, Ariel's love of the human world is her weakness, but the danger she's in doesn't even become clear until she falls in love with Eric. Melody was in danger from birth, which caused Ariel to forbid her to go into the sea. Not only that, but Ariel knew why her father didn't want her to interact with humans. Melody didn't have any clue as to why she wasn't allowed in the sea. When she brings the issue up with Ariel, instead of telling her, Ariel scolds her for disobeying. In my opinion, that isn't fair and Melody should know why going into the sea is forbidden along with her heritage. Melody's lack of knowledge of her mermaid inheritance is her weakness and the one person who can help her drives her away.
Overall, "The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea" is terrific! It's even a bit more realistic than "The Little Mermaid". Don't let the negative reviews give you the wrong opinion. Watch it for yourself and see!
Rating:  - UNSATISFIED
WHEN I RECEIVED THE DVD IN THE MAIL, THE CASE WAS CRACKED AND THE MOVIE I BELIEVE IS A COPY AND NOT THE ORIGINAL. I THOUGHT THAT I WAS BUYING A "NEW" DVD, INSTEAD IT WAS A REPRODUCTION. POOR QUALITY!!
Rating:  - Pleased overall
First of all I would like to say that I worried about getting a pirated copy of the movie I purchased. Unfortunately, the DVD is out of print now, so I had to take a chance in purchasing the DVD. When I received the movie, the box and the inserts looked very authentic, however, the label on the DVD itself looked as though it had been manufactured or copied from an original. When I inserted the DVD, it made a horrible groaning sound. Eventually the sound dies down, but for the first few minutes of the the movie, the sound is quite annoying. I don't know if I got a bad copy, but my daughter is pleased none the less. That makes the purchase worth it. I did receive the movie in time to wrap it for my daughter's birthday, even though I made a late purchase.
Rating: - Couldn't rent or buy it in any store!
I had searched everywhere for this movie for my niece - even considered "keeping" a rental from Blockbuster in order to own it (but somebody else actually did that with the ONE copy I had rented once from my Blockbuster). I searched on Amazon, found it, ordered it and received a "used" copy within a week of the order - and the price was no more than I would have spent in a store! And the used copy? If I didn't see that in the description, I never would have known it was used! Case, insert, dvd all in brand-new condition! Can you say - PERFECT!
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