The Little Mermaid II Return to the Sea
SCORE: 75
Family Friendly Gaming has
come a long way in the last three plus years. We had kicked around the
idea of reviewing DVD's in the past, but 2008 is the year we started
them. When I heard about the release of The Little Mermaid II Return to
the Sea, well I wanted to return to the sea. The original was
controversial with my grandmother because Ariel openly disobeyed her
parents. Ariel gets to see the problem from the other side as she is now
the mother, and her daughter does not obey her. You know what they say,
children will act like their parents. Disney threw an interested twist
in The Little Mermaid II Return to the Sea, because Ariel is not
truthful with her daughter about why she wants her to avoid the sea.
The animation is good in The Little Mermaid II Return to the Sea. I
enjoyed seeing the different characters grown up, and having younger
versions (children). We are suckers for good wholesome family images
here at Family Friendly Gaming. The mermaids, and mermen wear sea
shells, and nothing (in that respective order) on their upper bodies. I
was not bothered by this, but know there are families that are. So I
wanted to bring that issue up. The violence in The Little Mermaid II
Return to the Sea is very mild, and cartoonish in application.
The Little Mermaid II Return to the Sea has okay songs, and good music.
It can be difficult to follow up a previous version that had hit musical
songs in it. The Little Mermaid II Return to the Sea makes the attempt,
and there is nothing I found wrong with the songs, they were just not as
catchy as the first one. I really wish Ariel had been honest with her
daughter Melody. But then if she had there would have been no drama in
the movie.
There are a few extras in The Little Mermaid II Return to the Sea, but
not a lot (even though it is the Special Edition). In fact I have been
noticing more and more recent releases seem to be scaling back the
extras on the DVD format. My theory is it is an attempt to get us to
upgrade to bluray, which in my book is not yet worth the price of the
format. Anyways The Little Mermaid II Return to the Sea is an enjoyable
movie that children will enjoy watching multiple times.
I like the Fastplay feature that Disney has been including in their
DVD's. Thanks to Fastplay The Little Mermaid II Return to the Sea has
great functionality. There was one screen that I was a little confused
on where I was, but with a little attention to detail I figured it out.
I found this DVD to be an enjoyable story that teaches families a good
lesson.
Talking about the main lesson in The Little Mermaid II Return to the Sea
brings us to the family friendly factor. This lesson is honesty is the
best policy. The entire problems this family experiences is because of a
lack of honesty. They have opportunities early on, but they squander
them. So a minor lesson of time being precious is also included. The
disobedience of the child is another issue. The Little Mermaid II Return
to the Sea brings Ariel full circle from the disobedient teenager to the
parent dealing with a disobedient (almost) teenager.
-Yolanda
Graphics: 70%
Sound: 80%
Replay/Extras: 72%
Gameplay: 80%
Family Friendly Factor: 75%
System: DVD
Publisher: Disney
Rating: 'G' for
General Audiences
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