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The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Beginning | 
 enlarge | Director: Peggy Holmes
Actors: Jodi Benson, Sam Wright, Jim Cummings, Kari Wahlgren, Parker Goris
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.99
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 4
Format: Animated, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 77
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 04917900
UPC: 786936689334
EAN: 0786936689334
ASIN: B000XUOIQO
Theatrical Release Date: August 26, 2008 (New: This Week)
Release Date: August 26, 2008 (New: This Week)
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Product Description
Every story has a beginning but only one begins under the sea now for the first time ever discover the story you never knew in The Little Mermaid: Ariel s Beginning an all-new motion picture only on Disney DVD. Long ago in a kingdom where music is outlawed King Triton s youngest daughter Ariel discovers her love for music in a secret underground music club. Torn with the choice of whether to hide her passion or share it with her father and risk losing everything Ariel sets off on a daring adventure to restore music to Atlantica.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY UPC: 786936689334 Manufacturer No: 04917900
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 A wonderful and fun prequel to The Little Mermaid! August 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Ariel's Beginning" is a fun animated feature that had my 3.5 year old daughter asking for more. The story is the prequel to The Little Mermaid - it tells the story of how King Triton lost his beloved wife Athena in an accident [back when Ariel and her sisters were little] and thus banned music and all forms of gaiety in his kingdom, living in seclusion and with darkness within his heart. When the pirncesses grow up, they all chafe against the restrictions imposed by King Triton, especially Ariel who, like her mother, loves music and singing. Ariel starts to dabble in music secretly, much to her father's anger and finally runs away with Sebastian in tow, until Triton realises his folly.
It is in this movie that we find out how Ariel meets and befriends Flounder, and how Sebastian becomes the music conductor in Triton's court. There is also a villain in the form of nanny, Marina del Rey, though she is not as scary or menacing as Ursula, the sea witch in The Little Mermaid.
The songs in this feature are not as catchy as in The Little Mermaid, but they are still pleasing and fun. The songs here are: I Remember, I Will Sing, Athena's Song,Just One Mistake,Jump In The Line [Shake, Senora], and Man Smart, Woman Smarter.
The extras include Deleted Scenes, Music and More [the Disney Song Selection option allows the words of the songs to appear on screen, making it easy for sing-alongs], Games and Activities [Mermaid Discovery Vanity Game- allows viewers to unearth secrets about the princesses by clicking on their personal scrapbooks, or compare which of King Triton's daughters you are most like with the Personality Profile Game]. There is also a Backstage Disney feature [a behind the scenes featurette centring on animation director Peggy Holmes].
I watched this with my little one, and we were both entertained - so much so that we watched it again! Having been long-time Little Mermaid fans [me longer than my little one of course:)], this was a delightful addition to our collection of Disney features. Final verdict: highly recommended!
Worth it August 29, 2008
I 24 years old and have been a fan of disney's orginal classics for as long as I can remember. The Little Mermaid is by far my favorite, I own all three movies and love them all. This one was not as action packed as the first thats true and I do believe the storyline could've been a little more devloped but all in all it was worth my money and time. It was deffenetly better then cinderellaI II which was a complete waste in my opinion because it had absolutely no relevence to the first Cinderella, whareas this movie I think gives a nice tie in to the others. Its a good movie for all ages
Great movie. August 29, 2008
This movie In my opinion was well done and better than expected.The story line was ok, not the best.But I am glad they showed the story of Ariel's mother.It also clears up why King Triton was so upset with Ariel going to the surface in the original,since his wife died with a pirates ship.
Nice movie and was better than the Return to the sea movie,nice music,a little childish at times but it is a movie for kids.
I was not disappointed with this movie and the Bonus features are nice.
Good Beginning but needed more..magic.... August 28, 2008
While this movie was one of the better ones I've seen Disney come out with in a long time. I though this movie seemed too rushed. Personally, I wish they would have given more background information on King Triton's wife; for example how they met, fell in love, and then had all of their seven daughters. The plot was cute but the villain....well...I don't think that person was up to snuff with Ursula but then again, I was expecting to meet Ursula in this movie. Flounder is still just as wonderful. A few things I did notice were the voices for Triton and Sebastian. They weren't the same people as they were in the original movie. The plot was very well thought of but it really needed more to it. Needless to say this is another disney classic in my collection. The animation is just as glorious if not better than it was 20 years ago when the Little Mermaid premiered on VHS. The songs on the movie were pretty good but they never really song new songs. You hear one song about three times throughout the movie. I was hoping for Ariel to do a solo by herself. I give it 4 out of 5.
It was Ok August 28, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
not Great but ok! i gave it 5 stars because even if it wasnt Amazing i watched It!
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