Frozen

[mariness]

And continuing in the spirit of the season -- Frozen! Which I actually saw a couple weekends back, but forgot to post about. Anyway.

I should hate Frozen. I really should. It's a blatantly commercialized Disney film with several elements carefully designed to sell toys (hi, cute trolls that otherwise have no role in the plot, hi cute snowman who

Comments

[tithenai]

Oh come on they both have snow AND they both have slivers of ice in the heart that need to be healed AND there is a REINDEER in both! They're basically identical!

(I loved it too.)

[mariness]

I forgot the reindeer, but otherwise, I can't help but think you are stretching the resemblances just a teeeny teeeeeeeeeeeeeeny bit.

[tithenai]

I am being the tiniest bit facetious also.

[mariness]

:: grins ::

Alas, I'm not sure Disney is :)

[mariness]

The "Let It Go" number was, I think, the highlight of the film. The other songs were cute enough but that was the emotional highlight one.

The snowman was much cuter than the trailers had suggested he would be, though I liked the reindeer more.

I did like the twist at the end where true love was not Some Day My Prince Will Come love.

[ethelmay]

I take it there is no little robber girl?

[mariness]

There is definitely no little robber girl. There is sorta a quest for the Snow Queen, but it's for different reasons and designed to be an eventual Magic Kingdom ride or Blizzard Beach water slide or both.

[vovat]

I do appreciate that Kristen Bell apparently thinks the theme park ride should literally freeze its riders.

[vovat]

I haven't seen Frozen yet, but I do think it's strange how Disney promotes their princesses so much, yet totally ignores Eilonwy and Kida. I guess it's because they don't sing.