Frozen

I have been counting down the days to Frozen since Wreck-It Ralph's release last year. And I believe it was totally worth it. I cannot stress how much I loved Frozen.Would I say it's the best since Lion King? Mmmm, probably not. But I enjoyed the characters, how the story progressed, the animation, and the soundtrack. (Warning: I don't make for a very good movie critic. This could have easily been written by a 12 year old)

The soundtrack has got to be one of my favorite things about the movie. In my opinion, it fits perfectly alongside all of the other "classic" soundtracks. Idina Menzel's voice is beautiful, and Kristen Bell surprised me with hers. Let It Go is so powerful and great. I also enjoy For the First Time In Forever a lot, and probably the reprise even more. I'm kind of a sucker for duets, and although the reprise to For the First Time In Forever isn't the typical reprise where they're singing together, I love it. In Summer is definitely cute and funny with Olaf. When first watching the movie, I was actually wishing they hadn't included the song. I think during the movie I felt like there were too many songs and this one was unnecessary. (Usually I think there aren't enough songs, but I know others might not be as into the music as I am.) I was wrong though. The amount of songs is good, and since I've been listening to the soundtrack, I quickly realized that In Summer is pretty great. I'm still not sold on Fixer Upper though. It's kind of a good, upbeat, catchy song, but the whole "he/she's a fixer upper" metaphor kind of bothers me. Don't really know why. The only other thing I have a problem is Anna "feeling gassy" in For the First Time In Forever. In the moment, yes it got a chuckle out of other people in the audience. But I kind of thought it killed the vibe and made it a little gross. I'm not into those types of jokes in the first place, so that may be why I don't like that much. Overall, the soundtrack is amazing and I don't think you could be disappointed with it.

Unfortunately, I can't necessarily go on about the animation or the plot development of the story the way I did the soundtrack. Mostly because I don't completely understand how to pick out all the little specifics of either. But I can say overall, I thought the animation was beautiful, especially Elsa's ice castle. And I thought the story was perfect for Disney. They had their twist (which some or most people may be able to realize before it happens as I did) which added some excitement to the story, and I feel like the story didn't really lag in any places to me. Honestly, I thought near the beginning of the movie that most of it would be the journey up the mountain, with a climax at the castle. I was kind of surprised and happy that the whole movie didn't consist of making it up the mountain. This thought of mine may have just been because I didn't know much about the movie going into it. This may sound weird, but I tried to shelter myself from pretty much everything Frozen so that the movie would hold more of a surprise for me when I first saw it.

Also Get A Horse! (the Mickey short before the movie) was pretty awesome. The 3D effects were used effectively, and I honestly thought I was at a Disney Park in a show like Philharmagic. When the water poured out of the screen, I actually waited for a spritz of water until I remembered I was only in my local movie theater. Only negative thing I would say here, is that I wish the story line would have been a little different. Pete chasing Minnie, Mickey and Pete have their spat. But I think their point was that they were taking such a classic plot that many might already be familiar with (whether Mickey or other cartoons, the male must save the female from the villain) and put such an innovative twist on it. Don't get me wrong, I love it as it is and I get that it was more the switch between the two worlds that the story relied on than the Mickey/Minnie/Pete thing. But I would've liked if the story would've been something that could have been successful without the brilliant use of technology. I feel like this isn't making any sense or is still coming off wrong so please don't read too much into it, but overall the short is phenomenal.

Thanks for reading my extremely unprofessional review on Frozen and Get A Horse! Some of my complaints may have been kinda weak or not had any legitimate reasoning to them, but I wasn't really too upset over anything I complained about anyway. I really loved the movie and the short, and they were surely worth the year long wait. I'm hoping Disney keeps up this streak of great movies in the past few years. While I'm not as excited for Big Hero 6, because I'm wondering how the Marvel characters will fit into a film that fits in with the 'classic' animation studios lineup, but I do have confidence that the artists will be able to pull it off. Frozen just further proves to me that the Animation Studio is capable of putting out quality movies consistently.

Also, please note that I'm not really taking myself seriously as a critic here on anything. Yes, I have my compliments and my complaints, but I am definitely (and obviously) not qualified or knowledgeable enough to review movies or music professionally, and I realize that. I just wanted to put out my thoughts. I just know some people who take themselves seriously as being critics on many matters, when they also do not have the expertise to make any real critiques, and then they think that their opinion is the ultimate opinion. I just want everyone to know I'm not like that at all! Again, thanks for reading!


EDIT:
I went to go see Frozen again. It was just as good the second time, if not better. I forgot to mention before though that I do have a slight problem with Love Is An Open Door. It sounds very High School Musical-ish. I actually do enjoy the song (I enjoyed High School Musical soundtracks sadly) but it seems a little cheap and out of place to me. Disney features have had a past of having beautiful, romantic songs when the male and female characters have their moment. Beauty and the Beast, Whole New World, Once Upon A Dream, I See the Light, etc. But Love Is An Open Door doesn't measure up to these other songs at all. That being said, the song is decent in itself, even if not the love song others may have been hoping for.

Get A Horse! did not impress me this time though. I did see it in 2D which may be some of the reasoning for that. But I have the same complaint as before. The great thing about the short is the 2D/3D mix of animation and the use of them. But the storyline in itself still kind of lacks for me. But again, I'm not a professional critic.