Frozen

So I'm kind of behind with this movie. It was in theaters for a long, long time. It originally came out in November and I think it only just recently left theaters. Now Disney movies come and Disney movies go but I don't know if I've heard as much hype about a Disney movie for a long time before Frozen came out. And I'll be honest, I was skeptical.

Frozen isn't the typical kind of movie I usually watch. Think about the last few reviews I did were on serial killers and Guardians of the Galaxy. But I do have a soft spot for the Disney movies. I grew up with the 2D animations and I love Pixar movies but I've always been a little bit at arms length with the 3D animation without the Pixar brand on it. But I've heard nothing but great things about Frozen, and with the songs I've heard from it, I thought its time to see this movie.

Frozen follows the story of two sisters who are the princesses of a kingdom called Arendale. In the beginning, they are great friends until there is an accident with the older sister, Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel) and her powers. Elsa is sort of like Bobby from the X-men in that she can form ice. So there's an accident and the parents bring Anna (Voiced by Kristen Bell) to a group of trolls who quickly heal her but wipe her memory of the fact that Elsa has super powers. Why they do that... I'm not quite sure.

But then the king and queen pretty much lock Elsa away with the hopes that she'll learn to control her powers. Well... years pass and eventually the king and queen die and Elsa is suppose to become Queen. The way she sees it, its just one event and then she can go back to her isolated life. Whereas Anna who has had no contact with anybody outside of the castle as well, sees this as an opportunity to find true love.

In short things go wrong and Elsa's powers are exposed. She flees the kingdom, leaving it in an eternal winter and Anna takes it on herself to go find her sister, bring her back, and end the harsh winter.

On the way she's accompanied by a mountain man named Kristoff (voiced by Jonathan Groff), and his reindeer named Sven. They also are joined by a Snow man created and given life by Elsa named Olaf (voiced by Josh Gad).

Other voice credits belong to Santino Fontana, playing The Duke Of the Southern Isles, Hans, and Alan Tudyk (Firefly).

As far as individual performances go, the cast is really good. They were spot on when they casted Kristen Bell as Anna and they pronounce her name Ahna. The correct way. (I have a sister named Anna).

I was actually kind of surprised on how well Idina Menzel worked for the part. I think it was mostly from the music sequence I've watched of Let It Go and felt I was more hearing Idina Menzel singing as opposed to watching Elsa sing the song. But Menzel really does do the part well. I still feel Let It Go is a little bit more of a music video as it is a necessary sequence for the movie, but its a great song so I don't really care.