Disney's Frozen

[X Knight]

based on the spoilers I've read, let's just say.......Frozen, like B+B and Tangled, will follow the formula of getting sad and emotional at the end before the happy ending.

I cried at the end of B+B and Tangled, and I think I'll do it again at the end of Frozen.

and when the true villain is revealed............

 

[jmc]

I wish they killed off Flynn Rider, and it's not just because I have one of my weird animated crushes on Rapunzel, I just wish Disney would have the balls to kill off a character like that.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

based on the spoilers I've read, let's just say.......Frozen, like B+B and Tangled, will follow the formula of getting sad and emotional at the end before the happy ending.

I cried at the end of B+B and Tangled, and I think I'll do it again at the end of Frozen.

and when the true villain is revealed............

Thanks for the Olaf info. Isn't the villain[BLACKOUT] the old guy with the glasses?[/BLACKOUT]

 

[X Knight]

Thanks for the Olaf info. Isn't the villain[BLACKOUT] the old guy with the glasses?[/BLACKOUT]

you're welcome.

as for the villain ( POTENTIAL MAJOR SPOILERS. DO NOT CLICK IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW!!! ). I've warned you all......lol

Spoiler

I guess the old guy with glasses ( the Duke, I think he is), is portrayed as the main villain throughout the film. but the real, true villain is revealed near the end. And it is..........Hans ( who I think is also the Duke's son )!!

The charming, handsome prince who Anna fell for at the coronation party is really a scheming, manipulative b*****d. He has his eyes on the throne, and he uses Anna's feelings for him and the chaos created by Elsa to his advantage, to try to get rid of both sisters and be the "hero of the kingdom." When he turns at the end........he turns!!

You think Elsa's the cold one?? Think again.........What Hans does ( and says ) to Anna near the end is probably one of the coldest, cruelest things I've seen a Disney villain do.

 

[Lord]

based on the spoilers I've read, let's just say.......Frozen, like B+B and Tangled, will follow the formula of getting sad and emotional at the end before the happy ending.

That's the best way to go in these kinds of movies

For me, it is because the story they are choosing to adapt is perfect for a film adaptation, just ripe with possibilities and beauty on the silver screen. But they've taken it and added a cutesy snow character, made most of the cast male, and Tanglerised it.

Now I don't mind the Tangled formula. I very much loved that film, but my problem is that The Snow Queen is more than that. So much more, and it is one of the few properties that defies the regular formula of love interests in favour of a moving platonic friendship, and is one of those rare stories in which the cast is majority female, instead of male. To see that changed is heart-rending.

Agreed, the original story was perfect, while i'm expecting this one to be good i still feel like they wasted a great oportunity by not making the story more like it was originally.

 

[sueb1863]

Maybe that's why I'm so interested in Elsa.....lol. FINALLY, we're getting a blonde, blue eye princess!

Isn't Cinderella a blue-eyed blonde?

 

[DarkKnight88]

Agreed, the original story was perfect, while i'm expecting this one to be good i still feel like they wasted a great oportunity by not making the story more like it was originally.

They tried.

It just didn't work. They always change the original fairy tales to work better as films.

Check out this article that explains the problems Disney has had in adapting it since the 1940s.

You get what I'm saying yet? The setting of the Snow Queen (i.e., the frozen north) is certainly cinematic. Likewise this story's title character (i.e., a beautiful, mysterious stranger who can magically manipulate ice & snow). But as for the actual storyline of this particular fairytale, there just wasn't enough real character conflict to build a full length film around.

http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_c...decades-long-story-problems.aspx#.Um5YkRbfj8s

 

[X Knight]

Isn't Cinderella a blue-eyed blonde?

yes.

but she originally had more strawberry/orange blonde hair, and that was retconned into lighter blonde hair.

which, ironically, is the opposite direction Anna's design has taken. when the 1st concept poster of Anna and Kristoff was released, she had lighter blonde hair. but then that became the more reddish/orange color she has now.......(is Anna even still considered blonde now?? she looks like a redhead to me.)

and even Elsa has platinum blonde hair, which seems to turn white at some point in the film, with some images of her with more silver/white hair than blonde. so that's confusing.

and of course Rapunzel is blonde for 98% of her movie, until she reverts to her natural brunette color at the end.

it seems like the blonde princesses can't make up their minds about what hair color they want.......lol

so if Elsa does remain platinum blonde throughout the movie, I guess that would make her the 1st "true" blonde/blue eyed princess?

 

[Lord]

What about Sleeping Beauty's princess?

 

[X Knight]

What about Sleeping Beauty's princess?

Aurora??

she has golden blonde hair, but according to the Disney wiki, she has violet eyes.

so, like Rapunzel, she's almost there, but not quite........lol

 

[Lord]

But does it really matter?

 

[X Knight]

but does it really matter?

yes!!

 

[Lord]

Do you have a thing for blondes with blue eyes?

 

[X Knight]

Do you have a thing for blondes with blue eyes?

...............yes.................

 

[terry78]

Blondes are evil, don't you watch 80s movies?

 

[smashmode]

More Impressions

Den Of Geek ‏@denofgeek 16h

We do not say this lightly, but Disney's Frozen is the best Walt Disney Animation Studios movie in a generation.


Den Of Geek ‏@denofgeek 16h

Genuiney: it's by a country mile the best family movie of the year, and would sit alongside the Disney movies of the late 80s/90s with ease.

 

[flickchick85]

Damn. If it's really that good then I hope this (imo) crappy marketing doesn't hold it back from finding the success it deserves. Because honestly, if it weren't for these reactions, I'd be assuming the worst at this point based on what they've released.

 

[smashmode]

Damn. If it's really that good then I hope this (imo) crappy marketing doesn't hold it back from finding the success it deserves. Because honestly, if it weren't for these reactions, I'd be assuming the worst at this point based on what they've released.

Wasn't that the fear with Tangled as well? (Trailers didn't do it justice). I've seen so many good words from people that I respect that I think the trailers/marketing is just not that great.

 

[flickchick85]

Wasn't that the fear with Tangled as well? (Trailers didn't do it justice). I've seen so many good words from people that I respect that I think the trailers/marketing is just not that great.

Yep, it was an issue with Tangled too, but to me, this is an even worse case of it.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

The trailers and marketing aren't bad imo. They pitch the film exactly to who they have to.

 

[smashmode]

The trailers and marketing aren't bad imo. They pitch the film exactly to who they have to.

3-10 year old girls?

 

[DarkKnight88]

Most (if not all) animated trailers amp up the slapstick.

 

[smashmode]

Most (if not all) animated trailers amp up the slapstick.

Smart: brings in the kids, looks like the 'essence/moral of the story is sticking with the adults'

 

[X Knight]

love the positive early reviews!!

 

[X Knight]

I hope the songs are good and memorable, too.