A classic

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back and since it was available on Disney+, I thought I might as well check it out again. Well, first of all, back in the 80’s, Disney was going through some rough times and even though most of their movies had done fairly well at the box-office, none of them had been very memorable.  In fact, even if during the 70’s, their animated movies didn't turn out to be really impressive either. Eventually, they managed to make a massive come-back with this movie which would be the start of the era known as the Disney Renaissance. In fact, I actually saw the damned thing in the movie theatre when it was released and I must have been 9 or 10 years old at the time. Eventually, to be honest, even though I thought it was well made and fairly entertaining, I can’t say I really loved this movie though. Basically, this movie would establish the template for the following Disney productions during the 90’s and one of the trademarks of this template would be some musical-comedy format with Broadway-styled songs but, to be honest, I have always been rather bored by these songs. Well, after 30 long years and many rewatches, I think I finally get this movie. Above all, what really impressed was Ariel as this character was pretty much pitch-perfect. Indeed, not only she was quite gorgeous but she also had the charisma of such classic princess like Snow White or Cinderella. However, what made her such a success was the fact that she was also a perfect representation of a modern teenager and this mix was just so well done. The story itself was also a solid old fashioned fairy tale, something they used to do so well in the past and it was a great idea to finally come-back to this genre, especially with such a tremendous end-result. The only down point would be when they turned Ariel into a mute. Obviously, they needed to find some obstacle to temporarily slow down this romance but this choice made Ariel, such a well-rounded character, terrible passive during the 3^rd act. Anyway, to conclude, even if it might not be flawless, it was still a massive classic fairy tale from Disney and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.