Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 6:08 pm
Okay fine Escapay, I actually have to disagree with you on this one lol.
Well I do agree The Little Mermaid is over-rated, but then again a lot of Disney and Pixar movie have their moment of being over-rated at some point, this one just happens to have a larger fan base then those that are cult classics.
Anyways I don't think it's so much that Ariel rejects her culture and heritage its just that she was curious to find more about this other culture above her world that seems to be a mystery to her. In her situation, she's kind of like that kid in school who's a loner and is somewhat isolated from what everyone else is conforming to(conforming could be looked at both ways if she did what every other merperson did or conform to what humans do, so really there's no escape from conformitism), not being able to fit in and hopefully be able to find what their looking for in other things. In this case Ariel always had this curiosity about this other world, but not only that she then finds Eric to sort of push her motive and reason to want to be apart of something she's not. Also, the whole father-daughter relationship doesn't exactly go well between her and Triton. The confrontation between Ariel and Triton in the grotto is another major key point that plays into Ariel's desire to transform herself into something she's not. That's not to say she dosen't still care about her family and friends she does make mention of them before her decisions. I never really found it "disturbing" that she has an interest in the culture of humans because today a lot of people have an interest in different cultures and lifestyles other then their own and what they grew up with. Anyways in conclusion it's not that Ariel just wanted to give up everything for a man, because she had already wanted to be apart of human life because she was...how should I say? Odd? Estranged? In the world she grew up in.
So anyways I don't think the general or hidden message in The Little Mermaid is to tell people that "you have to reject everything for love" I think it tells people to "not give up on what you want, go with what makes you happy." Cause in the end, that’s what really matters right?
Okay. Im done. Again...I hate over analyzing things lol.
Oh I forgot to mention the whole... "True Love" side of the story. In that aspect The Little Mermaid is no different from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. In each of these films the whole "love" thing comes into play extremely fast with no development. How does this happen? I thought love takes a while lol. I think the only fairy tale that actually does have a well developed love story is Beauty and the Beast, and sort of Aladdin. But anyways when watching those 4 movies you shouldnt expect the "love" part to be something major, because it's not just going to work though the topic is another factor in the story. It is a nice thing to make the story revolve around and you can't really look at it as "love" because what happens when they really get to know each other afterwords? They might not even like each other. Bad thought. But of course for the films storyline your not supposed to see it that way, you watch it for what it is and how it should be. Which is a good thing, and makes them all the more enjoyable.
Well I do agree The Little Mermaid is over-rated, but then again a lot of Disney and Pixar movie have their moment of being over-rated at some point, this one just happens to have a larger fan base then those that are cult classics.
Anyways I don't think it's so much that Ariel rejects her culture and heritage its just that she was curious to find more about this other culture above her world that seems to be a mystery to her. In her situation, she's kind of like that kid in school who's a loner and is somewhat isolated from what everyone else is conforming to(conforming could be looked at both ways if she did what every other merperson did or conform to what humans do, so really there's no escape from conformitism), not being able to fit in and hopefully be able to find what their looking for in other things. In this case Ariel always had this curiosity about this other world, but not only that she then finds Eric to sort of push her motive and reason to want to be apart of something she's not. Also, the whole father-daughter relationship doesn't exactly go well between her and Triton. The confrontation between Ariel and Triton in the grotto is another major key point that plays into Ariel's desire to transform herself into something she's not. That's not to say she dosen't still care about her family and friends she does make mention of them before her decisions. I never really found it "disturbing" that she has an interest in the culture of humans because today a lot of people have an interest in different cultures and lifestyles other then their own and what they grew up with. Anyways in conclusion it's not that Ariel just wanted to give up everything for a man, because she had already wanted to be apart of human life because she was...how should I say? Odd? Estranged? In the world she grew up in.
So anyways I don't think the general or hidden message in The Little Mermaid is to tell people that "you have to reject everything for love" I think it tells people to "not give up on what you want, go with what makes you happy." Cause in the end, that’s what really matters right?
Okay. Im done. Again...I hate over analyzing things lol.
Oh I forgot to mention the whole... "True Love" side of the story. In that aspect The Little Mermaid is no different from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. In each of these films the whole "love" thing comes into play extremely fast with no development. How does this happen? I thought love takes a while lol. I think the only fairy tale that actually does have a well developed love story is Beauty and the Beast, and sort of Aladdin. But anyways when watching those 4 movies you shouldnt expect the "love" part to be something major, because it's not just going to work though the topic is another factor in the story. It is a nice thing to make the story revolve around and you can't really look at it as "love" because what happens when they really get to know each other afterwords? They might not even like each other. Bad thought. But of course for the films storyline your not supposed to see it that way, you watch it for what it is and how it should be. Which is a good thing, and makes them all the more enjoyable.
