Frozen

MY RATING: MUST WATCH

Frozen is a brilliant, beautiful and touching film that really warms every corner of your heart. To say that I enjoyed the film is a huge understatement. In fact, I walked out of the cinema so enchanted and amazed by the film that I forgot I left my unfinished drink by my seat. 

Frozen is Disney's loose adaptation of The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson. It tells the tale of two sisters, Elsa and Anna. Elsa is born with the power of ice that she cannot control and constantly hides from others, including Anna, in fear of hurting anyone. One day, she accidentally unleashes her powers to the people and freezes the entire kingdom. Elsa flees and it is up to Anna to find her and help her sister fix the winter she started. 

What I really love about this film is that the film steers away from the expected, which makes it really fresh and exciting. The film also focuses a lot more on the emotional aspects as compared to the humour and really brings across the message of family to the audience. Disney is making a huge transition towards the modern era, the female protagonists are taking on larger roles and are portrayed as more independent. Its films are also much bolder and sophisticated which I really enjoy as it really helps build the suspense and emotions. 

The animations were also pretty amazing, I love how they played close attention to how snow and ice is animated which makes the setting very realistic, although Anna's frozen dress in one of the scene did not look all too convincing. 

The music is my favourite part of the film. The cast does include few talented broadway singers such as Idina Menzel and Jonathan Groff. I have always loved Idina Menzel's amazing vocals and I am so happy she gets to show it off in this film. Elsa reminds me heavily of Elphaba from wicked, the way she felt like an outcast and a danger to the world, and I am gald that Idina brought some elements of Elphaba into her performance. Johnathan Groff did not have a huge musical number but I am glad he plays Kristoff because his voice fits the character so well. I also love Kristen Bell's singing voice. She plays Anna in the film and although her voice is not as powerful as Idina Menzel's but it manages to showcase her character's, juvenile and charismatic nature. 

In all, Disney has managed to put its audience (or at least me) in awe again with its movie magic and strongly recommend this to anyone who would love a great holiday film.

p.s. This is the highest rating I gave a film so far and I felt that this film really deserves it because the feeling I had when I walked out of this film was unlike any other. I strongly recommend everyone to watch this film. 

SPOILER ALERTS FOR THE CONTENTS BELOW 

Frozen gave me one of the best unexpected surprise. It also reflects how much Disney has changed and adapted for its modern audiences. Frozen redefines the definition of "True Love" and expanded it to more than just between two lovers. In the film, Anna had to make the choice between getting her "True Love's Kiss" Kristoff to break the spell and saving her sister, Elsa from being killed by Han. She chose the latter and although she froze from the inside out in the process, her act of sacrificing herself to save her sister proved to be an act of true love which caused her to thaw. That scene was the most beautiful and it was something I totally did not expect from the film and I would like to give the writers a thumbs up for that. I like how the idea of "True Love" has steered away from its convention and I am glad the writers incorporated such a powerful and unexpected twist that not only amazes the audience but teach them the importance of family as well - kudos to the writers for that!