Mermaid Mhara
02-15-2014, 12:48 PM
Hey guys! So I had a quick search and I found one thread focusing on a Barbie Memraid movie in this entire section (please let me know if there's one like this already!)
So I created this thread to group all Barbie Mermaid movies together, considering Barbie movies are my guilty pleasure (I own all 26 of the current movies on DVD) and I know a little about 'em :')
So let's start from the beginning
The first Barbie movie to feature any Merpeople was the first Fairytopia movie, then in 2006 the sequel to Barbie Fairytopia was released titled 'Mermaidia' it focuses on the main character Elina, diving under the water to help her friend Prince Nalu the Mermaid. In doing so she enters a world of Mermaids, Mermen, sea creatures, and even Merfairies!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Off_fKRFw
Review: I personally loved this movie, and remember it as one of the movies I was obsessed with during childhood. The story is VERY LOOSELY based on Hans Christian Anderson's 'the little mermaid' whereas Elina, the fairy, swaps something she loves so that she can become a Mermaid to save her friend Nori (very similarly to how the little mermaid trades her voice for legs) As a Barbie movie you can expect it to be cheesy and as it was an early Barbie film, the animation isn't amazing but I love the designs of the underwater world! And the Mermaid tails are beautiful! Well worth a watch if you love mermaids and cheesy movies!
Merpeople next made a brief appearance in Mariposa, where they were portrayed as vain, and selfish creatures. Although the appearance is too brief to go full into discussion about.
Then Barbie went full out to create and focus on a world full of Merpeople. In Barbie in a Mermaid tale. In this movie, Merliah, a top surf girl, starts worrying when her hair starts turning pink in water, and she suddenly has the ability to breathe underwater and speak to a dolphin. This is when she is told her mother was a Mermaid, and not just any mermaid...a queen! Merliah sets off on an adventure to save an underwater world of Merpeople from a deadly threat: Her own aunt! And to find her long lost mother.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5xlAqeuEQQ
Review: Although it was a very enjoyable movie, the cheese level in this one is BEYOND the usual Barbie standard...and that's saying something! I found myself cringing a LOT to this movie and was actually very disappointed that this was how Barbie made it's true first Mermaid based movie debut. Although saying that, the animation was much better than Mermaidia and the story was fairly good. But the over the top fashionable mer-kingdom was hard to watch. It's a fun watch, but very mindless and not something I'd really want to watch over and over again.
Following Barbie in a Mermaid tale, was the sequel Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 2. In this movie, Merliah enters a surfing competition which sends her to Australia to keep her title as 'Queen of the Waves' but is torn when she finds out the annual changing of the tides ceremony takes place at the same time as her surfing competition. Along with all this, her aunt Eris escapes her imprisonment and is plotting to take over the underwater kingdom of Oceana. Merliah with a new friend must journey to stop Eris, and save Queen Calissa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGLJ5PVL9DQ
Review: I didn't have high hopes for this movie when I saw the trailer...but wow was I shocked by how much I loved it! The animation was even better, giving us beautiful ocean scenery and mermaid tails. The story was well thought out, and I enjoyed every second of this movie! Much improved from the first...so much I actually watched this movie three times in the span of two days! A very watch worthy film for all Mer-lovers in my opinion. Cheesy as usual...but who doesn't love a bit of cheese every now and then? :)
The next movie to be released in Spring 2014 was Pearl Princess, a movie about a 17 year old Mermaid called Lumina, who has a secret talent...she has Pearl Magic and can manipulate pearls to move, and glow. In the movie Lumina sets out of her reef home where she has never leaved before in order to go to the palace.
Here's the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_6rZUtIVBQ
Thoughts thus far: I'm looking forward to this movie...but I am worried it looks to be in the 'Mermaid tale' category and not the sequel standard...but I was plesantly surprised by Mermaid Tale 2 and I hope this movie will surprise me too! The tail designs are gorgeous, and I give massive kudos to Barbie movies for FINALLY giving the Mermen as detailed tails as the Mermaids! usually every Mermaid has a unique tail whereas the Mermen are given same colour, same design tails...but I've seen some photos on the Barbie Film Series facebook page of gorgeous Mermen with beautiful tails.
Review: I loved this movie, and for some reason it reminded me of The Little Mermaid Disney TV series. There are some lovable characters, a good story plot, and some GORGEOUS designs! There are Merfolk with all sorts of different tails including seal-like tails and shark tails :) Of course as always it was extremely cheesy BUT I was not disappointed by this film!
In Fall 2014 there will be a new Barbie movie titled Barbie and the secret door. It seems the plot is that Barbie's character enters through a secret door which leads her into a world full of magic...and connects her with a fairy and a mermaid. Hmmm...seems a bit too cheesy? I'll still watch it though!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw2LZKcZe0U
I will continually edit this post to review movies and add more when released :)
So who here has watched some of these...thoughts??
So I created this thread to group all Barbie Mermaid movies together, considering Barbie movies are my guilty pleasure (I own all 26 of the current movies on DVD) and I know a little about 'em :')
So let's start from the beginning
The first Barbie movie to feature any Merpeople was the first Fairytopia movie, then in 2006 the sequel to Barbie Fairytopia was released titled 'Mermaidia' it focuses on the main character Elina, diving under the water to help her friend Prince Nalu the Mermaid. In doing so she enters a world of Mermaids, Mermen, sea creatures, and even Merfairies!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Off_fKRFw
Review: I personally loved this movie, and remember it as one of the movies I was obsessed with during childhood. The story is VERY LOOSELY based on Hans Christian Anderson's 'the little mermaid' whereas Elina, the fairy, swaps something she loves so that she can become a Mermaid to save her friend Nori (very similarly to how the little mermaid trades her voice for legs) As a Barbie movie you can expect it to be cheesy and as it was an early Barbie film, the animation isn't amazing but I love the designs of the underwater world! And the Mermaid tails are beautiful! Well worth a watch if you love mermaids and cheesy movies!
Merpeople next made a brief appearance in Mariposa, where they were portrayed as vain, and selfish creatures. Although the appearance is too brief to go full into discussion about.
Then Barbie went full out to create and focus on a world full of Merpeople. In Barbie in a Mermaid tale. In this movie, Merliah, a top surf girl, starts worrying when her hair starts turning pink in water, and she suddenly has the ability to breathe underwater and speak to a dolphin. This is when she is told her mother was a Mermaid, and not just any mermaid...a queen! Merliah sets off on an adventure to save an underwater world of Merpeople from a deadly threat: Her own aunt! And to find her long lost mother.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5xlAqeuEQQ
Review: Although it was a very enjoyable movie, the cheese level in this one is BEYOND the usual Barbie standard...and that's saying something! I found myself cringing a LOT to this movie and was actually very disappointed that this was how Barbie made it's true first Mermaid based movie debut. Although saying that, the animation was much better than Mermaidia and the story was fairly good. But the over the top fashionable mer-kingdom was hard to watch. It's a fun watch, but very mindless and not something I'd really want to watch over and over again.
Following Barbie in a Mermaid tale, was the sequel Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 2. In this movie, Merliah enters a surfing competition which sends her to Australia to keep her title as 'Queen of the Waves' but is torn when she finds out the annual changing of the tides ceremony takes place at the same time as her surfing competition. Along with all this, her aunt Eris escapes her imprisonment and is plotting to take over the underwater kingdom of Oceana. Merliah with a new friend must journey to stop Eris, and save Queen Calissa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGLJ5PVL9DQ
Review: I didn't have high hopes for this movie when I saw the trailer...but wow was I shocked by how much I loved it! The animation was even better, giving us beautiful ocean scenery and mermaid tails. The story was well thought out, and I enjoyed every second of this movie! Much improved from the first...so much I actually watched this movie three times in the span of two days! A very watch worthy film for all Mer-lovers in my opinion. Cheesy as usual...but who doesn't love a bit of cheese every now and then? :)
The next movie to be released in Spring 2014 was Pearl Princess, a movie about a 17 year old Mermaid called Lumina, who has a secret talent...she has Pearl Magic and can manipulate pearls to move, and glow. In the movie Lumina sets out of her reef home where she has never leaved before in order to go to the palace.
Here's the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_6rZUtIVBQ
Thoughts thus far: I'm looking forward to this movie...but I am worried it looks to be in the 'Mermaid tale' category and not the sequel standard...but I was plesantly surprised by Mermaid Tale 2 and I hope this movie will surprise me too! The tail designs are gorgeous, and I give massive kudos to Barbie movies for FINALLY giving the Mermen as detailed tails as the Mermaids! usually every Mermaid has a unique tail whereas the Mermen are given same colour, same design tails...but I've seen some photos on the Barbie Film Series facebook page of gorgeous Mermen with beautiful tails.
Review: I loved this movie, and for some reason it reminded me of The Little Mermaid Disney TV series. There are some lovable characters, a good story plot, and some GORGEOUS designs! There are Merfolk with all sorts of different tails including seal-like tails and shark tails :) Of course as always it was extremely cheesy BUT I was not disappointed by this film!
In Fall 2014 there will be a new Barbie movie titled Barbie and the secret door. It seems the plot is that Barbie's character enters through a secret door which leads her into a world full of magic...and connects her with a fairy and a mermaid. Hmmm...seems a bit too cheesy? I'll still watch it though!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw2LZKcZe0U
I will continually edit this post to review movies and add more when released :)
So who here has watched some of these...thoughts??