Monday, January 21, 2019

The Little Mermaid (1989)


The Little Mermaid is one of the few movies I think is better than the book. Hans Christian Anderson is the king of bittersweet endings. The Little Mermaid in the book doesn’t get the prince in the end, instead she essentially commits suicide and becomes an angel. In the Disney movie on the other hand, Ariel does get Prince Eric at the end of the movie. It is a wonderful story about how true love can conquer anything including the distance between the land and the sea. It also shows the depth of a father’s love as King Triton first tries to protect his daughter from the scary human world and then shows his great love by allowing her to be with her human prince. It is truly one of Disney’s greats!

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