The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning 2008 123movies

Watch: The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning 2008 123movies, Full Movie Online – In the kingdom of Atlantica where music is forbidden, the youngest daughter of King Triton, named Ariel, discovers her love of an underground music club and sets off to a daring adventure to bring restoration of music back to Atlantica..
Plot: Follow Ariel’s adventures before she gave up her fins for true love. When Ariel wasn’t singing with her sisters, she spent time with her mother, Queen Athena. Ariel is devastated when Athena is killed by pirates, and after King Triton outlaws all singing. Along with pals Flounder and Sebastian, Ariel sets off in hopes of changing her father’s decision to ban music from the kingdom.
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Ratings:

	6.2/10 Votes: 8,961
	33% | RottenTomatoes
	N/A | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 852 Popularity: 2.808 | TMDB

Reviews:

A bad prequel
A bad prequel.

‘The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning’ is, unfortunately given the original and sequel are good, utterly pointless. It’s just all very plain, most notably with the animation due to its dully done backgrounds. The story is useless, do we really care what happened to Ariel before ‘The Little Mermaid’? No, this premise adds extremely little to the other two films – the only plus is that we find out what happened to her mother.

At least the duo of Jodi Benson (Ariel) and Samuel E. Wright (Sebastian) reprise their roles for a third time, though none of the new additions leave a mark. The villains are very boring, Sally Field goes unnoticed as Marina Del Rey and Benjamin (Jeff Bennett) is entirely forgettable.

Some of the songs are decent, but that aside this is a follow-up that doesn’t need to exist.

“Need More Ariel Merchandise!”
Giving my judgement on this film is not easy. A lot of people are torn between it being good or bad, and I’m somewhat in the middle. While it’s not a horrible flick, it’s not terrific either.

Story: King Triton bands music from Atlantica (is that really the best name you could come up with?) because it reminds him of his dead wife and brings him bitterness and grief. But of course Ariel breaks the rules and kinda brings music back to Atlantica.

Let’s get the bad stuff out of the way: 1) The whole premise has nothing to do with the first (and better) movie. Sure it’s a way to develop Ariel’s backstory, but I don’t see it developing that much; it just seems like it was randomly put together for a separate story. It was like the writers knew it was about a rebellious teenage mermaid who loves to sing, and they came up with a problem out of the blue. Don’t get me wrong, it’s an interesting conflict, for the king, but that’s where the story should have focused more; it should have not really been about Ariel. Also, they don’t bring up the human world at any time in the film, and that was Ariel’s focus – she doesn’t even show a hint of interest in the film. 2) Flounder, what have they done to you? Yes he’s cute, but he’s really OBNOXIOUS in this film! He never shuts up, he is always making music sounds when he knows it’s forbidden, he talks modern (“Oh yeah, I’m hot”, “Torpedo Tube”, “Cork Screw”, “We love you, Flounder”), he plays spy kids, he’s not the “guppy” we know and love, the Little Mermaid TV series gave a better backstory on how he and Ariel became best friends, and he and Ariel have little to no time together alone, pouring their hearts out with each other, or exploring. 3) The villainess is fashionably annoying (literally)! It kinda would have been nice to see if this was how Ursula came to hate Triton, but no, she gets tossed aside for a fashion disaster mermaid with another unnecessary sidekick. 4) It’s nice to see the mermaid sisters have character developments, but they’re “like totally” valley girl teenage stereotypes. 5) Of all the songs, why did Sebastian have to sing an already popular song instead of come up with another awesome original song as he did “Under the Sea”? 6) The modern talk – wherever it is (includes being sworn in clubs)! 7) Trident is a jerk and isn’t loving towards his daughters until the end when Ariel proves he’s a jerk. 8) Her mother’s death (being crushed by a pirate ship) would have explained why Triton says humans are barbarians and they never bring up the human world once. 9) Kinda a nitpick, but the band instruments are of the human world, they don’t even look like they are made of coral. 10) The villain sings. Say what you want on it being a good or bad pair of songs, but the fact that she’s singing should be questionable. Music/singing is banned and she’s singing. Even if it was for just 4th wall pleasure it doesn’t work. 11) The pointless shot replica of when the villainess sings out on a rock and gets splashed. That shot was forced for no other reason but to say that it can’t happen in real life. Also that no mermaid visits the surface (aside from the beginning).

Now what’s good about it? 1) Triton is awesome again, emotional, though he’s also more of a tyrant compared to the first film (which is a flaw). I still love how you see how much he is in pain over the death of his wife (for a few minutes), and there’s a scene where he destroys the Catfish Club and it makes me glad to see him use his trident again. The whole story should have centered around him. 2) I won’t falter – it’s so nice to hear Ariel sing 3) Compared to other Disney sequels, this has some nicer animation – it’s not as overwhelming as the first movie. It’s computer animation, which is nice to look at, but in all honesty, I think The Little Mermaid looked better in hand drawn animation. 4) Sebastian knows how to make a hot crustacean band – even from already popular songs, and he is still the same protective/responsible guardian of Ariel. 5) The intro is heartwarming and tragic. I actually felt sorry for Triton losing his queen and felt his bitterness. 6) There were some really heartfelt moments.

I kinda like it, but I wish they could have fixed the flaws. I was on the edge of comparing this movie the the awful Fox and the Hound 2 film, but Ariel’s Beginning got a better premise. However it is inconsistent with the first movie, the TV series, and is making me tired of seeing Ariel over and over again. I really hate it when Disney Princesses are made into a constantly repeated franchise rather than move on. The TV stories gave us a backstory already, the first movie had nothing to do with banned music, and the sequel moved on with her life. I don’t want to see Disney go backwards on her life, but either move forward or just stop altogether.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 17 min (77 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated G
Genre Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Director Peggy Holmes
Writer Robert Reece (screenplay), Evan Spiliotopoulos (screenplay), Jule Selbo (story), Jenny Wingfield (story), Steve Bencich (additional screenplay material), Peggy Holmes (additional screenplay material), Tom Rogers (additional screenplay material), Thania St. John (additional screenplay material), Rich Burns (additional screenplay material), Ron J. Friedman (additional screenplay material)
Actors Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Jim Cummings, Sally Field
Country USA
Awards 2 nominations.
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.78 : 1
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