It's been a long two months. My attentions and energies were not in posting to my own blog. Sorry but the LORD had other requirements of me.
But today I have time to blog. For some reason when I try to post on ~d, charity's or lyndie's blog it won't let me. Not sure what I'm doing wrong, but it's asking for my google account. Anyone know wny? It's frustrating to finally get time to respond and have everything rejected.
~d: your blog is about a movie. I haven't seen it or even heard of it. But I have had the "joy" of watching Disney's Little Mermaid more times than I ever care to again in one week. Actually if I never see the movie again, I would be quite content.
I disliked the movie when it came out while Shan was in high school. Time has not made the heart grow any fonder either.
*16 year old girl longs for things she cannot have
*Father gives her stern warning against going to the surface
*She deliberately disobeys. gets herself involved with a demonic creature (the character actually calls herself a demon/witch)
*Girl makes a pact with this demonic creature.
*"rescued" before she loses her voice permanently
*receives her Father's blessing and gets what she wants in the end. (The rewards of disobedience?)
Is there something in this movie that I am missing? Some *redeeming* quality? Of all the kids movies I have seen over the years, this one has bothered me the most. Am I missing something?
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ReplyDeletei must say, i've missed hearing from you. and now i know why i've not gotten any updates on your spanish language skills :)
i think her father let her learn from the natural consquences of her mistakes, in a way- though she got legs she learned that getting what you want is not always everything it's cracked up to be. she ends up going back to the sea in "LM2" (i think). though she went about it in the wrong way, maybe her father realized that she was old enough to start making some decisions for herself... i dunno. i haven't seen "little mermaid" in EONS- all i really remember clearly are the songs. she's not my favorite disney princess or anything. i doubt i even have a favorite disney princess since i can't even remember all their names. david likes "beauty and the beast" the bestest- so i go with that.
ReplyDeletei hate watching movies over and over in a short time period, but i guess i'd better resign myself to it if kids get are in the picture.
the thing i guess i do like about LM (although I too have seen it more times than i can recall) is that her actions come with nearly-disastrous consequences. and even after she's messed things up and defied her father's wishes, he gives his life to save her. i think that part's pretty cool, although the movie definitely has its weaknesses.
ReplyDeleteI'm realizing it's going to be very important interacting with our kids, especially as they get older, about what they're watching/reading/hearing. Hopefully they'll learn to be discerning individuals!