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Barbie in 'A Christmas Carol' (2008)
A Carol with a nice Barbie Twist
So when I found out this movie existed I thought, okay so what do we have: - A new Barbie movie - The knowledge that Barbie movies are pretty cliché most of the time - A Christmas Carol, the story that is already told a hundred times Result: This must be the most cliché boring movie Barbie has ever had.. Wrong..
*spoiler alert* The story about the selfish singer Eden Starling has a nice twist. The girl is raised by her aunt who taught her everything by one line: In a selfish world the selfish succeed. Kinda horrible..right? So well Eden is really rude and mean against her employees and her best friend..Then on one night the ghost of her aunt appears to tell her she has to change her behavior, of course Eden doesn't listen so her Aunt tells her she will send 3 ghosts...Well you think, here we go, first she sees how she was when she was little, then she sees the current state of her friends and then how she will end up alone loved by no-one... Almost right...the story gets a nice little twist where not only Eden has a worse future but her best friend as well..
I liked that twist, it made the movie more interesting this way. The animation is fine, just what we are used to when we watch a Barbie movie, though of course the animations get better every movie..compare Eden to Clara of Barbie's first movie: The Nutcracker, and you'll see the improvements.
I say not at all a really worse Christmas movie, there are much worser edits of Charles's story :)
Barbie in a Mermaid Tale (2010)
Lovely Vivid Barbie Story as we know them
So we meet Barbie here in a new design or at least..her looks changed a bit..In some ways an improvement, in others (like the part she looks a bit like she's crossed-eyed or something) there are some parts to become better..Though... we were prepared, already in Barbie thumbelina you can see a change of graphics, and in Barbie and the three musketeers they're nicely preparing you for Barbie's changes. The graphics and animations overall were outstanding. The colors are really vivid and underwater are used all different kinds of blue.
*There is a tiny possibility that one may find the following information a spoiler, though personally I see it more as objective nothing revealing about the storyline review*
Of Course Kelly Sheridan has provided her voice to Barbie, here Merliah. The story is a bit cliché, but hey, its Barbie, it would be interesting when the story is Not a cliché. Barbie movies always are in some ways inspired by other already existing stories, here you could find some Disneys Second Movie about The Little Mermaid parts. Nevertheless I really enjoyed watching the movie, the music is nice with the catchy 'Queen of the Waves'song. Of course also this time Barbie is accompanied with some cute talking friends, a pink dolphin and a little seal.
I loved how the mermaid world is worked out with the malls, the mermaids and the high level of fashion you may not expect under water with something so in-practical as a long tail.
I thought the movie was really nice, also for older people...I'm 17..the story contains nice parts, I watched with my little girl-next-door of 6 years old and she totally loved it.
At last I have to say that I liked the little pun in the title choosing for Barbie in Mermaid tale instead of Story because one pronounces tale in the same way as tail ..and let the whole thing be that Barbie goes Mermaid here :)....