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Frozen (2013)
Topic Started: Jul 18 2015, 08:45 AM (275 Views)
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Disney's Frozen (2013), Dir. Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee, songs by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez

Two orphan princesses in the Great North; the klutzy younger one is a bit of an oaf, desperate for love; her older sister is an Ice Queen, and I mean that literally: she has the Midas Touch, only with frozen water instead of gold, so she avoids her sister for her own protection. Eventually, the secret comes out, and big sister Elsa moves to a Fortress of Solitude on a mountain, protected by a giant ice monster and a funny li'l snowman that likes warm hugs and dreams about all the things he'll do when summer comes. Alas, summer ain't comin'; Elsa lost her temper and froze the whole kingdom accidentally. Li'l sister Anna, her new fiance Hans, her friend Kristoff the Iceman, Kristoff's best friend Sven the reindeer, Olaf the snowman, a glen full of rock trolls, and a giant gay shopkeeper will try to figure out a way to melt a frozen heart.

I wonder how many people watched the first 15 or 20 minutes of this thing, decided it was going to be another bore like Brave, and turned it off? Instead, it's another Aladdin: once the comedy starts, it's nearly non-stop laughs and fun. Instead of a genie, though, it's a snowman.

Disney had worked on Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen on and off since the late 1990s, and when they'd finally got around to it, it was as close to the fairy tale as Roger Corman's The Raven is to Poe. Nevertheless, it's an enchanting story about two sisters (unusual for a Disney film) whose love forms the bond of the film, as opposed to the typical Prince-Prince Charming dichotomy. As for the songs, you get the usual love song ("Love is an Open Door") the usual comic show stopper ("Fixer Upper"), the usual snowman-singing-about-summer novelty tune, and the big hit "Let It Go", and Oscar winner and one of the great songs ever written for any film, it's Elsa's declaration of self and it's an anthem for a whole lot of people.

Frozen has become, I'm told, the most profitable film in Disney's storied history. It's very likeable, and the designs - all snow and ice and cold and stuff - are gorgeous. The princesses are pretty. The men are dolts. The snowman is a scream.

Million-dollar Dialog:
Snowman, singing: "Winter's a good time / To stay in and cuddle / But put me in summer / And I'll be a... Happy Snowman!"

Yeah, so I should just add that it's become a "thing" for me 'n' my ladyfriend Angie to get together a couple times a month with a bottle of wine and Frozen. Love IS an open door, you know.

Highly enjoyable cartoon.
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This is my favorite animated film since Up. I watched the sing-along version and I wish they'd have put Olaf's head with the lyrics a la Mitch Miller's bouncing ball.

Gravy, you didn't like Brave? Really? Let It Go.
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Brave was boring and lacked romance.
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Romance is for romantics and I ain't one.
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