Frozen

Frozen, loosely based on Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen's Snow Queen, tells the story of the royal sisters Elsa and Anna. Their father rules a small kingdom, located somewhere in the northern part of fairy-tale Europe. The eldest, Elsa, is able create snow and ice. This magic, related to the girl's emotions and therefore mostly uncontrolled, sets the narration in motion: A near fatal accident occurs during the girls' early childhood, but Anna, the unintended victim, is cured by the wise and rather tribal trolls. Elsa however is kept in isolation from that moment, and the sisters are estranged from one another. Years later Elsa finds herself crowned. During the festivities the nervous, secret-bearing queen is provoked by the awkward Anna, who yearns to be close to her sole surviving relative. The misunderstood Elsa causes a winter and flees, creating a solipsistic world of her own, high in the mountains - a castle of ice where she can be herself. The rest of the plot deals with Anna trying to get Elsa back to being among people, back to being queen, back to being her sister. During the trip Anna is helped by ice merchant Kristoff, his reindeer Sven and snowman Olav, whose presence is as endearing as his history - he was called into existence by Elsa when she was a small kid. The film's denouement I will not tell, but this much is guaranteed: you'll find NO cliché, and an unexpected villain to boot! Many factors contribute to Frozen's standing out among other Disney films. First there is its most visible one: Frozen's landscape. Never before did the studio conjur up a full-length animated film taking place in a set of snow and ice. I have read many 'The Art Ofs' - the accompanying books to Disney films, but not so The Art of Frozen. However, in it you are likely to find space devoted to the different textures of frozen water and air, from the romantic, almost warm blanket that covers Anna and Kristoff's trip, subtly differing from the candylike substance Olav is made of, right up to the unforgiving spikes that Elsa's unfocused magic can produce. All of it is indeed stunningly rendered, and thus worthy of separate mention and credit. The animation of the leads is brought to screen with the quality one knows the Disney Studios to be capable of: sampling Kristoff's expressions and his timings should give you an idea. What should make Frozen especially interesting for adults are the characters and their relations. The dynamics between Anna and Elsa as adults are intriguing, as their relationship was robbed of development after their toddler years. Then there is the relation of Anna and Kristoff: a slowly developing appreciation and then love - hardly new, but sharp screenwriting makes it fresh. Drums ...The character award goes to Elsa and her creators: I think they managed to conceive the most complex character in animation to date. Hers goes further than the fine blend of insecurity, haughtiness, warmth and bitterness. Elsa is psychologically similar to someone suffering from an illness - and we are made aware of the isolating agony that that may bring. Her occasional violence is something you understand, you never think of Elsa as a villain. She is the successor to Beast. A less obvious, though similarly `autistic road,' is Kristoff's. The leading man of the film represents yet another success of character development, and it can be followed right from the film's opening, wherein we see him as a child. After `doing' reindeers and trolls Kristoff's trip with Anna doesn't just get him the girl, but it also brings him a healthier way of relating to humans. On the downside, Frozen contains too many songs, and they are rather unevenly distributed. The majority of them is crammed at the beginning. The plot-driven song `Do You Want to Build a Snowman?' would have sufficed for me there. The vocal storm subsides at about a third of the film, and then it gets better. Then again, this reservation is smothered in the layers and layers of snow, and the subtle play on cliché fairy-tale ending, cliché villain treatment accounts for much of the success with me. The Blu-ray picture quality has the crispness of new frost, and I can't find fault with its superb soundtrack. With the extras on the Blu-ray I come to a let down: A Glee-styled song, tediously long for an introduction, proves no intro to the making-of at all - it's just a song. We do get to the the real thing in another track: A too short history of the film and its origins is addressed through talking to the widow of the great animator Marc Davis, herself the designer of `It's a Small World.' The few deleted scenes were left in a very early state of development; an understandable common practice in costly animation films. But scant extras cannot bring this package down a star, for let's face it, how often do you browse them after the initial curiosity? Just purchase Frozen for Frozen and be chillingly happy.

So I'm an 18 year old male and I absolutely love this film. Probably the best film I have ever seen. It doesn't matter who you are, everyone can get something out of this film. Everyone sees a different message. Whether you are a child and you want a laugh or whether you are more mature and want a great film to watch, you will love this! The Story: Yes the main storyline is a bit clichéd. A Queen/princess who has magical powers who has a love hungry, attention seeking younger sister who is a princess. Sound familiar? Though given that it is a children's film made by Disney it's hardly a suprise. Even though it is clichéd it still works incredibly well and Disney definitely pulled this one off spectacularly. Funny, memorable, heart warming, emotional, sad, overall amazing. Characters: All the characters are very likable, except those who we're not meant to like. Character development is amazing. We really see all the characters come to life and evolve so much during this. Acting: 1 word: Amazing Songs: All just suit the film perfectly, from 'Fixer Upper' to 'Let it Go'. 'Let it Go' is honestly one of the most powerful songs I have ever heard. Up there with 'The Circle of Life' from Lion King. So well written, so well sung. Be warned: if you do have young kids, you might end up with some kids singing let it go, for the first time in forever, love is an open door, etc. All VERY catchy, but perfection at it's finest. Basically, no matter who your are, you will love this. I can not count the amount of times I have seen this. Get it and you will not be disappointed. A must have P.S. If you have a Blu-ray player/ Games Console with a Blu-ray drive (PS3, PS4, don't know about the Xbox 360 or Xbox One) or anything that can play Blu-ray, you have to get the Blu-ray version. Looks so much better than the DVD (some scenes look like real life)

My 18 month old and 2 1/2 year old LOVE this movie. When I put it on they will both sit in their chairs (which are now little upholstered Frozen toddler chairs that my 2 1/2 year old begged for when she saw them) for the whole duration of the movie. It's a wholesome Disney movie and it's beautiful in Blu Ray on our LED television. The colors are so vibrant. The story line is great and this makes the perfect movie for a family movie night if you have young girls in the house. Even my teenage son sat in on it with us when we were watching it the other night. Just an adorable movie that your little girls will love. Definitely worth every penny.

What do you spect, its a film and you can watch it, you have to wait like a week to have it.

My granddaughters favorite movie. A "must have" at my house.

Probably one of the best 3D animated Disney movies I've ever seen. I have yet to see one top this. Re-watching it always brings back different emotions. The songs are surprisingly catchy too. I really enjoyed the art style in this out of every Disney movie I've seen thus far. I wish they would release a 4k blu-ray version as well, as I'd love to watch this in sharper detail than 1080p can afford. Regardless, a definitely awesome movie to add to one's collection.

Disney at its VERY BEST! Disney first had me many years ago at "Bambi". Years later, it was "Fantasia". MUCH later, it was "Monsters, Inc." the "Toy Stories", and "Finding Nemo". And then came "Frozen". I held off as long as I could, listening to my students singing and humming in the classroom, and dancing and swirling down the hallway between classes. One of them finally brought a copy in to me. They all worked at being on their best behavior, so I played it after lunch on a rainy, dreary Friday, just before spring break. I was an instant convert.