![]() ![]() But if you were like me and even mildly curious about where a 'Frozen 2' could go, this is more than worthy of your time and a great watch in time for the holidays. It's a sequel that is fully committed to expanding the building blocks from the first film, while offering, what I consider to be, real legitimate development that form into a film I couldn't help but be impressed by.Īgain, if you can't stand the first one or the culture around it, fair enough, you probably won't buy into this. The years of prep have really paid off in delivering a film that is both satisfying and thought-provoking, and there's so much more I want to discuss about this film (despite my already ridiculous word count). I know it sounds ridiculous to say, but 'Frozen 2' is probably one of my favorite sequels I've seen in the last number of years. Again, I have to reiterate: I love this film, all I'm saying is that I have a feeling that those ecstatic reactions I had walking out may not be shared by a lot of movie-goes who maybe won't see this as any more than a cash grab with a darker color scheme (as unfair as that is). I couldn't help but feel that this would be exactly the case because, as a fan of the first one, I wanted to see these characters and their world evolve, but is it THAT unique enough to bring in people who weren't on board with the set up from the first film. Were people who either didn't like the first film or who were bored too many times by the first film's overexposure going to be as invested in this movie as it wants them to be? ![]() I was ready to give into my hyperbolic excitement - "ONE OF THE YEARS BEST I TELL YOU" - but, as sometimes happens, my conscious came knocking. Even Olaf has a more interesting arc in this movie, and that's not a sentence 2013 me would think I would utter.īut the other is the bigger issue that my mind just wouldn't let me get away from. There's even a whole stretch of film (again, dedicated to the sisters) where he's basically non-existent. He wants to propose to Anna, things keep coming up, and that's pretty much it. I might be unfairly contrasting him against how much I loved Anna and Elsa's stories (and even his storyline in the first film), but I felt his storyline was pretty one-note in the film. One of these is Kristoff's arc in the film. (Also, this is a bit nerdy of me, but I appreciated how Christophe Beck's score feels a lot more prevalent this time around, quite underrated in my eyes)Īs far as negatives, there's a few and, unfortunately, the more I think about them, the more they started to show themselves (haha, another pun). Even Kristoff gets what I can only describe as an REO Speedwagon-adjacent power ballad that works pretty well. 'All Is Found' is a haunting folk tune (sung by newcomer Evan Rachel Wood in a flashback sequence), 'Into The Unknown' is bound to be a fan favorite with it's ethereal, bone-chilling backing vocals from Norwegian singer AURORA, and 'Show Yourself'.well.I don't want to spoil it, but going back to that point about the visuals, it's probably my favorite scene in the film. Yeah, this is another raving positive review, deal with it. But you know what, to hell with the fatigue: 'Frozen 2' is amazing! In fact, I'm confident in saying that 'Frozen 2' surpasses the original, in more ways than one, upping the stakes and scale for something truly epic, yet still giving us clear reasons for wanting to revisit these characters. ![]() ![]() I've overhyped Disney and Pixar sequels before and wanted to let some of the film I may have ran by too fast settle in. With all that recap and unnecessary background in place, the wait is over what do we get with 'Frozen 2?' Well, I tried to give myself as much time away from my initial viewing as possible. The visuals, the tone, the scale - everything about 'Frozen 2' looked like it was going darker, more introspective, yet still trying to build up some of the fantastical elements foreshadowed in the first film, and ever since (terrible pun incoming) I've gotten chills from the marketing we've gotten. Then last February came and we got the first teaser for 'Frozen 2,' and it seemed like that overexposure was suddenly dust in the wind. ![]()
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