MelodyLaurel

1 day ago: I actually like this more than the original. Beautiful colours!

13 days ago: By this point, I think we can all agree that side characters (especially old ones) aren't going to be made into dolls. Plus the king and Mariposa aren't on good terms, if this is anything to go by. Kids hate characters that dislike the protagonist.

1 hour and 20 minutes is plenty of time compared to recent movies. Hopefully most of that won't be wasted on Mariposa and Catania taking a tour around Shimmervale.

13 days ago: Henna's sister? That's a huge age difference there, isn't it? Where did you get that info?

13 days ago: Oh dear. I can feel a shitstorm coming from long time Barbie fans. They changed both Mariposa's appearance (even her hair colour is different! It's more strawberry blonde while in the first movie it was kind of platinum blonde ish.) and her voice actress. Oh boy. And I thought Mattel was consistent with voice actors after the whole thing with Mermaid Tale 2.

I think the animation looks great. A little bright compared to the original, but it is called Shimmervale the home of crystal fairies after all. An interesting observation: Mariposa was shown without her wings in two scenes. Did they figure out a way to temporarily remove her wings just for convenience's sake? Lol.

I agree about the puffball. Zee, isn't it? Whatever happened to Zinzie? Was she not cute enough? Yeah, I'm going to put this one down as 'not cute enough to be in a kids' movie'.

26 days ago: Her face looks weird from this angle. And I do wish her wings were a little bigger.

1 month ago: So far, Clarice. I can't pinpoint why, but some of it is probably due to my bias for Lara Pulver.

1 month ago: This actually looks kind of nice. Thanks for sharing. :)

1 month ago: I don't know, I'm a bit wary about this. For one, there's something about it that reminds me of the first Mermaid Tale movie, and that movie is very high on my list of least favourite Barbie movies. Agree with Zaff that the name-recycling is getting old, but to be honest, I've come to expect that now.

I do have to wonder what good does changing colour of pearls bring her, though. Sounds like a lame power, but I guess I can't expect much from this franchise, can I.

I still haven't gotten over my disappointment over Pony Tale, and now this turns out to be completely different from what I'd hoped. I'm trying very hard to stay positive, but I do worry it's time I step away from these movies once and for all. They just don't appeal to me anymore. Shame, really. My faith was just restored with Pink Shoes, but sadly that did not last long.

1 month ago: Willa! Here's hoping she doesn't get a makeover that makes her unrecognisable.

1 month ago: ...Her tweet doesn't make much sense. And I wonder why she feels the need to capitalise the first letters. Oh well.