Comments on: [REVIEW] ‘Frozen’ Is Modern, Fun & This Generation’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’

By: hakunamatata

hakunamatata — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to Lindsey. Yea, I agree! This movie...oh its phenomenal.

By: Bob Smith

Bob Smith — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 06:49:00 +0000

I pretty much agree with almost all of this review. Olaf’s summer song was fun but admittedly unnecessary (if something like that had to be in the film, it could’ve worked instead as a short sequence where we instead see his imagination of being in summer), and the Fixer Upper song, while good by itself, was a tad mishandled. I’m wondering there could be an article talking about one of the major “twists” in the movie, and if it was a good idea or not.

By: David Kang

David Kang — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 15:36:00 +0000

I have been avoiding spoiler and review until today and I have to say that I couldn’t agree more! Frozen is a great movie but it does have its ups and downs.

By: Lyndsay

Lyndsay — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 02:31:00 +0000

I definitely enjoyed this movie, but I honestly think it would have been so much better done in the traditional Disney style of hand-drawn animation. I like the style of Tangled and Brave, but that style almost makes a wonderful epic musical seem childish. I love Disney movies and I appreciate the catering to adults as well as children. But I truly miss the old style of animation from the early Disney days.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 21:26:00 +0000

I absolutely love it. Watching it was magical. There wasn’t really anything that stuck out to me as negative while I was watching it, but afterwards, there were few things that could have been fixed with a slightly longer running time. I think Anna and Kristoff should have been travelling longer, and Hans and Elsa should have gotten a little more screentime. Also, Fixer Upper seemed the most forced out of everything in the movie. Oh, and interestingly enough, the only part I thought the animation was poor was the part Morgan mentioned as good (the ballroom sequence). It looked stiff and unfinished. Elsa’s ice & huge snowflakes looked a little off sometimes too. Still, even with its little problems, I gave it a 5 because none of those things detracted my enjoyment. And I think it deserves a five. The sister relationship is really well done. I’m the youngest of two girls and I can attest that that’s what being the younger, more enthusiastic sister is like. The sisters’ characters were treated with respect by the writers (Elsa in particular gets more realistic complexity than any Disney lady I can think of at the moment), and their relationship was put ahead of any romance, which I REALLY appreciated. It’s a real step up for Disney in terms of feminism and just writing female characters. The songs are all fantastic. Yes, Fixer Upper is forced, but it’s still a fun song with pretty good lyrics (from what I remember). Summer is probably unnecessary too, but I wouldn’t want it to be left out. The lyrics are golden. The other songs are consistently strong and move the plot along well. Even Vuelie, which only plays while the movie logo forms and a little at the end is gorgeous. Frozen is Disney’s best movie in a long time, in my opinion. Maybe not since the Lion King, like one critic said, but probably since the early 2000s. I’m rather fond of Treasure Planet, after all. 🙂

By: voicetek20

voicetek20 — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:01:00 +0000

I got a chance to see this movie over the weekend and I quite liked it. However, the commercials call it, “the best film since The Lion King” which I feel is a bit of an overstatement. Let’s not forget the Disney animated movies that came between The Lion King and this one. I don’t feel that Frozen, the film or the music, can even hold a candle to movies like the Hunchback of Notre Dame. When Disney first announced that they were doing a hand-drawn animated movie called “The Snow Queen” with music by Alan Menken I was excited. Then when I saw early concept art I was sure that this movie was going to be the next “Hunchback.” The art looked a bit darker and more epic than some of the more recent releases. However, what we ended up with was another “one word” titled movie that is supposedly supposed to appeal to the masses. We got “Frozen.” As I stated before, it’s not a bad movie and I quite liked it, however, it doesn’t compare to the animated movies of the 90s Disney renaissance. What we have here is a movie that falls somewhere between Tangled and Wreck-it Ralph. While not as good as Tangled (in my own opinion), I found it to be better than Wreck-it Ralph mainly because I prefer the Disney Fairytale Musical. This movie is definitely a “must see” for any Disney fan and will provide plenty to enjoy by anyone who watches it. My one warning though – Don’t expect a Beauty and the Beast level film or you might just be disappointed.

By: Aliscen Khaw

Aliscen Khaw — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 06:03:00 +0000

In reply to Not Without. yeah! It was funny of how hans was punished, as for the marshmallow scene, it has something to do with elsa's crown, you can probably find gifs about it on tumblr, i won't say anything here cause i might spoil it for some people XD, did you catch Flynn and rapunzel in the movie?they looked so sweet XD

By: Not Without

Not Without — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 20:36:00 +0000

In reply to Aliscen Khaw. What was the Marshmallow show? I missed that oy! You're spot on about the shot at the ending. I new right away what was going to happen but it wasn't intense like Beauty and the Beast where all was lost. It was nice to finally have the villain not fall to his/her death however.

By: Pedro

Pedro — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 20:00:00 +0000

In reply to Morgan Stradling. Thank you Morgan :D

By: WDWofColor

WDWofColor — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 18:26:00 +0000

I saw the movie and really liked it. It had great songs and a fun story, but I’ll be realistic. The animation was amazing most of the time, but at moments the animation looked similar to a Barbie home video(anything that wasn’t a major part of the story). Also, I felt while the songs were fun, catchy, and Broadway-y, they didn’t capture the Disney magic. Maybe it’s because it wasn’t Menken, but these songs weren’t as magical(my personal theory is there weren’t great orchestrations like at the beginning of the reprise of When Will My Life Begin-. These often are included in “classic” Disney songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNCuvMYsagw.) This all being said, I loved the film, it just was wayyyy over-hyped. It is a great movie that will be a classic Disney film, but it isn’t a Rennaisance piece. I would put it on par with Pocohontus, which is an amazing film. GO SEE IT! but go with realistic expectations and maybe you’ll be really wowed