Review of The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning

For starters, this shouldn't even be called the Little Mermaid 3. It should just be called the Little Mermaid Ariel's Beginning which is a prequel, not a sequel. Anyway, to start off, this does give off an interesting, yet tragic backstory of what happened to Ariel's mother. Now, this should have also explained why King Triton forbid Ariel or anyone else from going to the surface, and not just him banning music from the kingdom of Atlantica. Also, Jim Cummings did an ok job voicing King Triton, but Kenneth Mars will always be the best voice for him. May he rest in peace. Also, the villain in this movie Marina Del Ray was really lame. She was just trying to be like Ursula who is of course way better than her and eels are Ursula's thing too. Also the manatee was cool. He kind of reminds me of someone out from the Hundred Acre Wood, except he's a sea creature, not a woodland creature. Also, the songs were fine in this, but still not as good as the songs in the original Little Mermaid. The animation was fine too. Also, we do get to see how Ariel first met Flounder which is another good thing about this prequel. This may not have the same hype as the original, but it's ok. So, six out of ten for this.