This is the movie review for Disney's 53rd animated movie, Frozen. I will warn you right now (if you hadn't noticed via the title.. =P) that there WILL be spoilers in this review. A lot of spoilers. Like, basically the entire movie described in one blog post. Just sayin'.
Okay. so if you've read past the warning sentence above, sit down with a cup of tea, coffee, or hot cocoa, put your feet up, and get ready to read a LONG post. ;)
Anna - Anna is, as some people call her, "adorkable". She's the goofiest, most realistic princess you'll probably find. She's clumsy, she speaks before she thinks on occassion, and she's naive. Like a lot of people, she is desperate for love...especially since she's been shut out from her sister's world.
As a little girl, her and her sister, Elsa, were very close; "they used to be best buddies". After an accident whilst playing, where Elsa strikes Anna in the head with her powers, (hence the lock of white hair), Elsa and Anna are forced to stay in the castle, and stay away from each other. Anna tries and tries to get Elsa to come out and play during the "Do You Wanna Build a Snowman" sequence, but Elsa, fearful of hurting her sister, never does. At the end of the song, their parents (the king and queen of Arendelle) end up with their boat getting capsized. Anna goes to the funeral by herself; Elsa stays in her room, bereft.
These pictures basically describe her personality. :D
Elsa -- Elsa, of course, is the snow queen. She has the power to make ice and snow, especially due to emotion. She is very emotional, but she has trained herself to be reserved, cool, and indifferent on most things. However, when Anna asks her to bless her and Hans' marriage, at the end of "Love is an Open Door", she ends up getting in a fight with Anna, and consequently, her powers are revealed to EVERYONE at the coronation party. She flees to the North Mountain, makes her own palace out of ice, lets down her hair, and makes herself a new dress out of ice. As she's 'letting go' during the "Let it Go" scene, she ends up plunging the entire kingdom of Arendelle into an eternal winter...unbeknowst by her.
(From the Oh My Disney blog)
(From Pinterest)
Kristoff -- Kristoff is the rough and tumble mountain man. He's 'socially impaired', blond, and smelly. His reindeer buddy, Sven, and he, grew up together, and were orphans until they were adopted by these cool trolls that are in the movie. He's an ice harvester, and usually talks for Sven. He's funny, sarcastic, and Anna basically has to bribe him to help her go to the North Mountain to confront Elsa. They end up falling in love, of course.
(all from Pinterest).
Olaf -- A lot of people thought that Olaf would be annoying, but he's actually really funny and cute! =D He's the snowman that Elsa built. He can walk, and talk, and he tends to freak people out because of this. There's not much to cover here, just that he's funny.
(Picture from Pinterest; looks to be a promotional poster.)
(Promotional picture from Disney)
(Picture from Pinterest).
There are other minor characters, but I won't go over them...those are the six main characters in the movie (Kristoff, Sven, Anna, Elsa, Olaf, and Hans).
Oh -- I forgot to add...the actors and actresses voicing everyone!
Josh Gad voices Olaf
Jonathan Groff voices Kristoff
Kristen Bell voices Anna
Idina Menzel voices Elsa
Santino Fontana voices Hans
Oh -- I forgot to add...the actors and actresses voicing everyone!
Josh Gad voices Olaf
Jonathan Groff voices Kristoff
Kristen Bell voices Anna
Idina Menzel voices Elsa
Santino Fontana voices Hans
BASIC PLOT OF "FROZEN"
When Anna and Elsa's parents get killed in the accident, Elsa is to be coronated queen of Arendelle, once she turns 21. On coronation day, Anna runs into Sitron (Hans' horse) -- literally RUNS INTO him-- and she and Hans immediately hit it off. By the end of the day, Hans proposes to her. When they run back to get Elsa to bless the marriage, they're surprised by Elsa's swift refusal; going on to tell Anna that she can't marry a man she just met that day. Anna and Elsa have an argument, and then Anna grabs Elsa's hand, trying to plead with her. She pulls off her glove by accident, and Elsa releases some of her power by accident --in front of the ENTIRE CORONATION PARTY. Horrified, she runs away. Everything behind her freezes. She ends up freezing the entire kingdom of Arendelle....unbeknowst to her. Elsa flees up to the North Moutain, creates an ice palace and dress for herself, and is finally free to do as she pleases.
Anna immediately goes after her sister to make things right and to stop the eternal winter. She ends up at Oaken's Trading Post (Oaken's a hoot!!) and meets Kristoff. She bascially bribes him into taking her up to the North Mountain, but he doesn't agree to it willingly, necessarily. ;) On the way to the North Mountain, they meet Olaf.
When they get to Elsa's ice palace, Anna confronts her, and despite Elsa's warning to leave, she keeps pestering at her...and Elsa's so upset, she ends up making a blizzard inside her courtroom. She finally get so worked up that the entire snowstorm sucks back up inside of her, and she releases it in an icy blast...accidentally striking Anna in the heart.
Kristoff takes Anna to the trolls, (specifically Grand Pabbie--he has healing powers), and they find out that only an act of true love can heal a frozen heart. He races Anna back to Hans, thinking that he is her true love, and then leaves her with him....even though it's killing him to leave her.
Anna immediately goes after her sister to make things right and to stop the eternal winter. She ends up at Oaken's Trading Post (Oaken's a hoot!!) and meets Kristoff. She bascially bribes him into taking her up to the North Mountain, but he doesn't agree to it willingly, necessarily. ;) On the way to the North Mountain, they meet Olaf.
When they get to Elsa's ice palace, Anna confronts her, and despite Elsa's warning to leave, she keeps pestering at her...and Elsa's so upset, she ends up making a blizzard inside her courtroom. She finally get so worked up that the entire snowstorm sucks back up inside of her, and she releases it in an icy blast...accidentally striking Anna in the heart.
Kristoff takes Anna to the trolls, (specifically Grand Pabbie--he has healing powers), and they find out that only an act of true love can heal a frozen heart. He races Anna back to Hans, thinking that he is her true love, and then leaves her with him....even though it's killing him to leave her.
As those two are coming back to Arendelle, Hans and some other guys are going to capture Elsa. She ends up getting knocked out, and taken prisoner, back to a dungeon in Arendelle. Despite her special shackles, her powers break them and breaks a hole in a wall, so she escapes.
Meanwhile, Hans takes Anna to a private room, where he starts to kiss her, to heal her frozen heart. But after he leans close to kiss her, he freezes, gives her a smirk, and says, "Oh, Anna...if only someone loved you." (or something to the similar effect). As he closes the blinds, puts out the fire in the fireplace, and makes the room as cold as possible, he explains his plans of becoming king of Arendelle. And then he leaves her to die, while he goes to kill Elsa. Before he leaves to kill her, though, he tells some other dukes that Anna was beyond saving, and died in his arms right after they said their wedding vows...so they believe him and appoint him the King of Arendelle.
When he finds out that Elsa's no longer in the dungeon, he goes to search for her.
As all this is happening, Sven, who knows something's wrong, convinces Kristoff to go back for Anna. As THIS is happening, (You really have to pay attention to the movie... xD) Olaf finds Anna, unlocks the door with his nose, and he builds a fire, while they have a chat about true love.
Olaf's the one who notices Kristoff racing across the frozen fjord to rescue Anna.
When he finds out that Elsa's no longer in the dungeon, he goes to search for her.
As all this is happening, Sven, who knows something's wrong, convinces Kristoff to go back for Anna. As THIS is happening, (You really have to pay attention to the movie... xD) Olaf finds Anna, unlocks the door with his nose, and he builds a fire, while they have a chat about true love.
Olaf's the one who notices Kristoff racing across the frozen fjord to rescue Anna.
He helps her up (as she's slowly freezing to death -- her hair's white and she's shaky) and they run to the fjord.
They get to the fjord, and Elsa is already out on the fjord. She's so scared that she starts up another major blizzard, but Hans still finds her. He tells her that her sister is dead, and when she falls to her knees, horrified, he (taking his sweet time) prepares to kill her.
As this is happening, Kristoff and Anna are calling back and forth, trying to find each other.
Anna is slowly freezing - her fingers start to freeze. The blizzard, when Elsa falls to her knees, stops. It freezes. Snowflakes are suspended in the air with her grief. Kristoff sees Anna, and he starts running for her.
But then she sees Elsa, and tries to run to her, to save her. Just as she freezes completely, she lunges between Elsa and Hans. His sword shatters upon impact of her frozen hand.
Elsa jumps up, and immediately grabs her sister's frozen body into a hug, sobbing and crying over her. Kristoff and Olaf just stand off to the side.
As Elsa's crying over her sister, her tears thaw Anna...who had done an act of true love for her sister.
Elsa figures out that love can stop and control her powers, and so then she unfreezes Arendelle, and it turns back into summer.
As Elsa's crying over her sister, her tears thaw Anna...who had done an act of true love for her sister.
Elsa figures out that love can stop and control her powers, and so then she unfreezes Arendelle, and it turns back into summer.
And then at the end, it's really cute. Anna buys Kristoff a new sleigh, which replaces the one that kind of fell off a cliff and exploded... :D And Elsa, who finally has learned to control her powers, starts using them for good things -- such as creating an ice-skating rink for the community of Arendelle. They never close the gates again.
Annnnd that's the movie, in short.
I give it a 9.5 out of 10...I absolutely LOVE it, the visuals are STUNNING, and I absolutely love every single thing about it. The 1/2 a point I docked is because I was really hoping for a Kristoff/Anna duet (c'mon..who else thinks they'd sound AMAZING together?? :D) and at the end, they could've made Anna's frozen face a little less...weird looking, and the ice was a bright blue - it could've been a lot more natural. Also, Kristoff just kind of stands there like "oh well" when she dies. He's so sweet and concerned about her the whole movie, after he starts liking her, and then when she does die...he looks practically indifferent...which is strange. But anyway...that's just about it! I highly, HIGHLY reccomend seeing it! I can't wait for it to come out on DVD, supposedly over Easter. (: It's a VERY funny movie!
SONGS --
This YouTube user, "Rose Red", has just about all the songs, including instrumentals, from the deluxe soundtrack up. To look at them, click HERE.
The songs are all absolutely BEAUTIFUL. I love them all so much!
RAPUNZEL & EUGENE CAMEO IN FROZEN!!!
During "For the First Time in Forever", when the song reaches the "Tell the guards to open up...the gates!///The gates!!! For the first time in forever, I'm getting what I'm dreaming of..." part, when the gates are open and Anna's running out of them...keep a VERY close eye on the bottom-left screen. Rapunzel and Eugene from Tangled do a VERY quick, (like, blink and you miss them) cameo!!! It's PERFECT. :D
So yeah...that's about it! I was gonna do this big, huge, four-part review and basically explain every single little thing about the movie, but I figured that nobody would want to read that much and you want to be at least a little surprised at the movie, right?? :D
Did you enjoy the review? Have you seen Frozen yet/do you plan on seeing it? Any questions?
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Did you enjoy the review? Have you seen Frozen yet/do you plan on seeing it? Any questions?
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