Frozen

by Jessica

The latest and greatest movie by Disney is Frozen. Critics are raving, and I definitely agree with them. This is my favorite movie since Tangled (2010). I’ve already seen it twice, downloaded all my favorite songs from it (it’s only sort of a musical, just like any good Disney movie), and cannot wait to get it on Blu-Ray to watch over and over again.

Disney’s Frozen tells the story of two princesses, Elsa and Anna (pronounced Aw-nah). (I really don’t want to give away too much of this amazing story, so I’ll try not to give any spoilers.) Princess Elsa has special powers - ice powers. It’s magic, and everyone in the kingdom, Arendelle, is afraid of magic of any kind. So Elsa must be locked in the castle until Coronation Day, when she becomes queen.

But Elsa runs off into the mountains, leaving an eternal winter behind her which she set off unknowingly. Her sister, Anna, must find her, and she enlists the help of three unlikely cohorts: Kristoff and his reindeer, Sven, and a snowman Elsa created, Olaf. Can they save the kingdom in time? And is Arendelle safe in the hands of Prince Hans of the Southern Isles, or will the perennial winter doom them all? You’ll have to find out in Disney’s Frozen, in theaters now.

 

Haha, so that’s my attempt at a movie commercial. Not too bad, eh? Well, that’s the main gist of the movie, but I want to tell you what I personally loved about it. The first and best part was how side-splittingly funny it is. Everyone who’s anyone will like this movie; I don’t care who you say you are. You would. Little kids will giggle at Olaf the snowman (I have to admit - he’s my favorite) and Sven the reindeer, and adults will laugh at the witty banter between Anna and Kristoff. They’ll also laugh at Olaf and Sven. Sven the reindeer is just the cutest animal, especially as a baby. His friendship with his owner, Kristoff, is incredibly endearing as well.
 

Besides being such a comedy, there is, of course, romance throughout this movie, and it’s not as pointedly written in as it is implied. Not until the end, anyhow. But as relationships form, and the true forms of characters shine through, we all begin to realize that not everyone is who we thought they are, for better or for worse.

 

I also loved the music in this movie. It all just really reminded me of Tangled. Rapunzel demanded to be taken to see the Floating Lights by Flynn, and Anna demanded the same of Kristoff, but to be taken to the North Mountain instead. But the music. There is an incredible choral/African-esque song in the intro to the movie which I loved, as well as one called “Frozen Heart,” which is the song the men in the ice business sing as they cut the ice. There are upbeat songs that will make your heart sing (“Love Is an Open Door”) and sad songs that will make your heart, and maybe your eyes, if you’re like me, cry (“Do You Want to Build a Snowman?”). There are Broadway-type songs (“Fixer Upper”) and empowering songs (“Let It Go”).

My favorite song is probably the last one I mentioned, “Let It Go.” Idina Menzel voices Elsa, and her voice on this song is simply incredible. Breathtaking. Demi Lovato covers it in the credits, and though I don’t like that version as much as Idina’s, it’s still an awesome song. My second favorite song is “For the First Time in Forever,” which Anna (voiced by Kristen Bell) sings, and it’s about all the things she could never do before Coronation Day, when the gates were closed, and she was shut out from the world (another comparison to Tangled, I think, since Rapunzel was locked up in her tower for 18 years and found even the grass enthralling when she left).

There are two other songs, which, though they aren’t my favorites, they’re funny and give life and stories to the other characters. “Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People” is sung by Kristoff (voiced by Jonathan Groff) to Sven, and he even sings Sven’s part for him. He likes to do that - talk for Sven since he’s a reindeer and can’t talk. I know, sounds weird, but it’s quite cute in the movie. The other song is “In Summer” by Olaf the snowman (voiced by Josh Gad), which is all about Olaf’s dreams of how wonderful summer would be and all the things he would do when summer came. One of my favorite lines of the movie is what Kristoff says to Anna after the song: “I’m gonna tell him.” I don’t think Olaf’s seen exactly what the hot sun does to snow in summer…

And that’s what I have to say about Frozen! I loved it so much, and everyone I know who’s seen it loved it too. Give it a shot, even if you wouldn’t normally watch a Disney movie. Trust me - you won’t regret it!