Customer Reviews

The Enchantment Collection (Beauty and the Beast / The Little Mermaid / Thumbelina)

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

"It's not the 1979, so I just hate it because I ordered the wrong one!" Urrgh!

This version of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale was produced by Diane Eskenazi and distributed by the unpopular GoodTimes Entertainment studio. "The Little Mermaid" (1992) follows the adventures of a sweet, fun-loving little sea girl named Lena, who after a visit to the above world, falls deeply in love with Prince Stefan. Lena then visits the wicked sea-witch Cassandra, who in exchange for Lena's enchanting voice, gives the little mermaid legs to walk on land, warning her that if Prince Stefan were to marry someone other than her, then would Lena be turned into seafoam for all time. Lena then is able to walk on land and when Prince Stefan meets the girl, he too falls in love, unfortunatelly, trouble comes for Lena when Princess Anna is then pressured by her father to marry Stefan.

Like in many other Disney and GoodTimes films, a few sidekicks are added for comic relief and to add a sense of friendship and companionship into the movie; Bink, the dolphin, is Lena's best friend, but at the same time is an important character in the story. Animation quality does not live up to Disney's standards, being a bit rougher and less realistic, but nothing that would make a child enjoy this any less than a Disney film, after all, this films are meant for children and adults viewing should take that into consideration before bashing it. Music, as in many other GoodTimes releases is one of the strengths in this film. Golden Films (The producers) has always done a good job of selecting music for their films, rather than creating a brand new musical soundtrack, timeless classical pieces are added by some of the best and most famous composers of all time. One lovely, original song is included in the opening and instrumentally reprised later on in the film, that song is called "The World Above" in which the singer steps into Lena's "shoes" and dreams of life by her prince on land.

This film is somewhat hard to find offline, for not many stores carry GoodTimes' line of Collectible Classics. However, finding it online at a price of about $5.95 should be no real challenge. One of the best things about these children's films is that, being so cheap, a small child might just save up to buy them on their own. Overall, memorable and heartwarming Golden Films/GoodTimes fair, I'd recommend it to the very young and the very young at heart.

This version of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale was produced by Diane Eskenazi and distributed by the unpopular GoodTimes Entertainment studio. "The Little Mermaid" (1992) follows the adventures of a sweet, fun-loving little sea girl named Lena, who after a visit to the above world, falls deeply in love with Prince Stefan. Lena then visits the wicked sea-witch Cassandra, who in exchange for Lena's enchanting voice, gives the little mermaid legs to walk on land, warning her that if Prince Stefan were to marry someone other than her, then would Lena be turned into seafoam for all time. Lena then is able to walk on land and when Prince Stefan meets the girl, he too falls in love, unfortunatelly, trouble comes for Lena when Princess Anna is then pressured by her father to marry Stefan.

Like in many other Disney and GoodTimes films, a few sidekicks are added for comic relief and to add a sense of friendship and companionship into the movie; Bink, the dolphin, is Lena's best friend, but at the same time is an important character in the story. Animation quality does not live up to Disney's standards, being a bit rougher and less realistic, but nothing that would make a child enjoy this any less than a Disney film, after all, this films are meant for children and adults viewing should take that into consideration before bashing it. Music, as in many other GoodTimes releases is one of the strengths in this film. Golden Films (The producers) has always done a good job of selecting music for their films, rather than creating a brand new musical soundtrack, timeless classical pieces are added by some of the best and most famous composers of all time. One lovely, original song is included in the opening and instrumentally reprised later on in the film, that song is called "The World Above" in which the singer steps into Lena's "shoes" and dreams of life by her prince on land.

This film is somewhat hard to find offline, for not many stores carry GoodTimes' line of Collectible Classics. However, finding it online at a price of about $5.95 should be no real challenge. One of the best things about these children's films is that, being so cheap, a small child might just save up to buy them on their own. Overall, memorable and heartwarming Golden Films/GoodTimes fair, I'd recommend it to the very young and the very young at heart.

well, my daughter picked this up as she is a big ariel fan. very soon, she realised it was not just the red hair that was amiss but all the characters like- ursula is cassandra , eric is stefan. But nonetheless, she enjoyed it...and likes to watch it on weekends. the animation is good , and dialogues are simple ...so that even a 3 year old can understand. at the price it is being sold, it is a good buy...lena is cute.

As some folk have mentioned, this *is* the version from the late seventies/early eighties that may have frightened and enchanted you or your children. It's an honest, heart-wrenching animated film that ends with a glimmer of hope. Far deeper than the Disney version, treat yourself and/or your children to this beautiful and meaningful story.

I do not know why the previous copy I'd purchased on this DVD was different than this one. This has the same DVD cover as the previous copy I'd purchased, but the enclosed DVD is different.

This is mostly the same movie I remember being traumatized by as a child haha. My sister and I wanted the Disney mermaid and my parents bought this in the budget VHS bin at WalMart... do NOT buy this expecting anything cheerful like the Disney title. I grew to really love this movie as a child and am glad to have it back in my life.

Product arrived as described. My mistake, I didn't look to see if it was the Disney version. No fault of the seller.

This is my favorite re-telling of the Little Mermaid [I've seen 3 diffrent vertions]Leana the little mermaid wants to meet a hansome prince and to the surprise of her talking pet dolphin Binks she does and shes in love prince Stephen so she make a deal with Casandra the sea witch trading her voice for a pair of legs,and meets two birds Cecil and Claudia,then... well see for your self.

For those who thought they were looking for the touching story of a mermaid's ultimate sacrifice, this ain't it! This is the worst animation I've ever seen.

I was expecting the Little Mermaid I watched when I was a child, but when I got it the date showed that it had been produced in the early 90's not the 80's. I tried to watch it anyway, but I did not get past the first 15 minutes.

( I'm 17 but thissite wouldn't let me review unless I'm a member, I'm not a member my mom is, so I had to resort to putting my review in this way!^-^;)

Ugh! I really did not enjoy this movie at all. Bad animation, really bad acting, did I mention that I didn't like it? The reason why this even got a star is because it did a better job at sticking to the real story ( a lot was still changed though).
Disney's movie is much much better even though it changed the story even more than this movie did and the anime is supposed to be really good too (made in 1979 and is the closest to the original story than the other two are.)
My recommendations: Watch Disney's version,then the anime version(if you can find it), and then read the original story. After that, if you're still curious about this one, go ahead and watch it. You may like it, I don't know cause I'm not you, but I know I didn't like it!
Thanks for lisening to my little rant, hoped it helped you. ^-^