StunnaKrypto
Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.
RyothChatty
ridiculous rating
Neive Bellamy
Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
OllieSuave-007
This is a sequel to Disney's The Little Mermaid, where Ariel's daughter, Melody, yearns to be part of the ocean world. After finding a magic locket which shows the kingdom of Atlantica, Melody decides to run away from home and find the truth behind it and why her name is written on it. Ariel must turn back into a mermaid to return to the sea to find Melody and also stop Morgana, sister of Ursula, from taking over the ocean.Released directly to video, this movie was probably not meant to be a masterpiece and was probably made to capitalize on the success of the original movie. Although this movie brings back a little nostalgia from the first film, it sorely lacks the charm, imagination and magic of the original. The plot is very rushed through, leaving little room for suspense and character development, and the songs were forgettable.The newer characters, especially that of the walrus and the penguin, were quite annoying and Ariel doesn't have a very large role in the story. Sebastian is not the commanding and formidable crab that he once was in the first movie, rather, he appeared to be too overwhelmed or woeful in this sequel. And, I understand that you have to stretch your imagination a bit in animated movies, but this story treated like that it is common for humans to interact with talking animals; there needed to be some intrigue, like Melody showing some astonishment when running into talking walruses, crabs and penguins.The animation was OK and I liked the fact that the filmmakers brought back a lot of the original actors to voice the characters. Some of the action scenes were a little riveting, but the overall movie was just too rushed-through especially for such a large cast, which results in difficulty for emphasis to be placed on each one.Overall, not one of the better Disney sequels out there. The original movie is and should remain in a class of its one.Grade D
lisafordeay
The Little Mermaid II:Return To The Sea is a 2000 sequel to the 1989 classic The Little Mermaid only this time she is a mother to a beautiful girl named Melody who doesn't know that Ariel was a mermaid herself but got transformed into a human thanks to her father in the end of the first film to be with Eric. Melody of course cannot leave the castle at all because its too dangerous for her to go outside and swim around in the water,as Ariel vowed to protect her from harm by making her father King Triton build a wall so that she may never leave the castle ever.But when Melody disobeys Ariel one day while she was swimming she stumbles across a mysterious locket that her grandfather(King Triton) gave Ariel as a welcoming present for her when she was born. Later there is some party for her and all the younger people make fun of her because she can talk to animals and they make her upset. Later on in the film Melody escapes the castle and decides to go to Ursula's sister Morgana(who happens to be voiced by the same woman who voiced Ursula in the first movie) to change her into a mermaid. She agrees and Melody is transformed into a mermaid. Ariel finds out that she is missing and its up to Ariel to transform back into a mermaid again and save her daughter from Morgana. But will Melody choose to be a mermaid or a human?The animation was nice and the songs were great I liked the For A Moment song sung by Jodi Benson and Tara Strong. But I have a few issues with this movie one is that I wish Christopher Daniel Barnes was back in this one as ,I hate the new guy that voices him now Rob Paulsen,he doesn't have the charms like Chris had for Eric in the first movie. Also there is No Alan Menken either and there is parts to this film that is a replica of the first movie. Like the seagull in the beginning of the film,the rainbow,Melody copying Ariel's Part Of Your World routine with the spinning around in the water etc.Having said that its not as good as the first movie as the 1st one is my 3rd favourite movie of all time,but still check it out if you loved the first movie. But stay clear of the 3rd outing as its GOD AWFUL.Also its great to see the original cast again,Jodi Benson,Samuel E Wright,Kenneth Mars,Pat Carroll.5.5/10
SnakesOnAnAfricanPlain
It's the exact same pissing film. Ariel has a daughter, obsessed with the sea like she was with land. Her daughter meets Ursula's "crazy" sister, whom appears from nowhere. She is also voiced by Carroll, which adds to her menace, but she is just a poor variation on Ursula. Being in Ursula's shadow and ridiculed by her mother, means we get a less talented, less confident, and just a lesser villain overall. The songs are pants, with no heart or humor. Timon and Pumbaa even make an appearance in the disguise of a penguin and a walrus. No imagination has been used at all in this poor retread. I understand that these are cash-ins, but there must be hundreds of talented writers that could give us something more interesting for little pay.
rumblinglove
I'm not saying that this is a very bad movie, but it's closely to being one. This movie is a much of a remake for the original than being a sequel and it's true that remaking is not always a curse but apparently this sequel is semi to be a curse. I found the events of this movie to be semi interesting but I didn't find any event not even remotely interesting for real; this movie had my interests in it's events killed by just every second when first I watched it and I was about to give up but hey why should I be so harsh? let's handle the events and see what's the end with the story. All I'm saying is that this movie needs to improve itself over 600,000 time to at least be as good as the original. You may say I'm totally overreacting but that's how I see it. My preschool brother and 2nd grader sister at the time didn't like this movie at all. Both of them actually borrowed this movie for movie time at school and guess what, the both reported us of how everybody were bored from the events and their teachers eventually ended up replacing another movie instead of this just when it wasn't even close to the middle. If you want to watch this movie just go to youtube or download it but my advice to you: never pay a penny over this for even rent cause you might cry from believing that you've waisted your money over this.
