Frozen [Blu-ray] [2013] [US Import]

Disney has done it again! They've produced another masterpiece, this one big and beautiful enough to rival even Tangled and (dare I say it) Beauty and the Beast in its elegance and female independence! Now, I have to admit it, I never went to see this when it came out at the cinema. It was too busy and to be honest, I wasn't too keen on the adverts - no matter how cute Sven and Olaf were. But my friend said it was 'epic' so I bought the DVD, pressed play and watched... And fell in love with the 52nd animated feature... As well as the special features! The story: Now, Frozen is all about two sisters, the Queen and Princess of Arendelle, who are separated by a magical secret. Queen Elsa has the power to control snow, and after an argument with her sister Princess Anna, this is revealed and an eternal winter is released. Anna, feeling guilty and sad over her sisters sudden disappearance and the creation of eternal winter, goes off on a rescue mission to save her town - meeting some new friends along the way. Based upon 'the snow queen' by Hans Christian Anderson, the writers of Disney have done a really good job with this. The characters: Queen Elsa is a troubled and powerful young woman, filled with fear and uncertainty about her abilities. I think Disney have done a brilliant job of portraying her emotions through songs and her powers - I mean, the ice changes colour depending on her mood, how awesome is that? Plus, her sheer determination and sense of duty/protection is admirable, simply from a moral perspective. Anna is probably the most naive character of the entire story, but she's so endearing! Agreeing to marry someone after one day? Though I have to say that the moment she meets the Prince is hysterically funny; all that balancing and awkwardness- and then the horse just lets go of the boat and the prince ends up soaked! Ace. And the prince deserves it - he's a douchebag. Anyway, for Anna, this film is a journey of self-discovery and comedy of errors - she finds out what she wants and what people are really like. And her songs are adorable - Do you want to build a snowman? - has to be my favourite. Okay, l also have to talk about the guys. I'll start with the moron of a Prince. I mean, sure he's handsome and he wears a suit, but really? If his own horse would let him drown, what does that say about a man? On the flip side of things, I love his character from a writers point if view. He's just so sneaky and clever; this is a guy with twelve brothers who is never going to be king, so instead of complaining, he goes and seduces an heir instead! It's brilliant in a way - vicious and underhandedly cruel, but brilliant nonetheless. From bad to beautiful, Kristoff is simply adorable. I'm going to give another huge compliment here to the writers and say that the way characters are introduced and interact with one another is simply superb. Kristoff is a down to earth, fresh kind of guy who values honesty and integrity. He's also protective and relatively intelligent; when he has an argument with Anna over her engagement, his consternation over it is adorable. The fact that he talks to her about getting to know people is admirable and something everyone should consider. He's the type of guy that girls should want to date, not a flashy dude with hardly any substance. The last thing I'm going to chat about is the sidekicks, Sven and Olaf - because who can watch a Disney film without talking about the epicness of the magic and animal kingdoms. Sven the reindeer has to be my favourite; he's like a massive dog in reindeer clothing, and his attitude to life - love and play - is the best ever. He's loyal, smart, and just like other brilliant sidekicks he provides the comedic relief in form of slippery blunders and funny snorts. He's also a bit of a matchmaker, which is quite amusing too. Olaf is the animated snowman with a desire for all things summer. Now, when I first heard him singing, I fell about in fits of hysterical laughter because, really, who the hell would think about dressing a snowman in a summer hat and sticking him on a beach to sing? It is writing genius. Coming into the film at a tense moment, he provides the light-heartedness that we enjoy in Disney while keeping the relationship between the two sisters alive - Olaf was the snowman of Anna's childhood. I'm gonna quickly mention the trolls too. Little tumbling rocks of bundling fun, these family orientated magical creatures were perfect for this film. They kept the story going and egged on the romantic element as well - not to mention making everyone laugh with their song lyrics. Overall, I was overjoyed with Frozen. It is a story of love and triumph over adversity, a tale of sisterhood and family. But what is perhaps even more inspirational about this film is that it shows us even the worst fears can be overcome with hope, trust, and a little bit of love. Well done Disney!

Frozen had pretty much passed me by until I started to look for Christmas presents for my cousin’s two little girls aged four and six. I ordered a Blu-ray version, just to see what all the fuss was about, and having now seen the film I must say I am impressed. The plot is refreshingly different to the usual princess story lines: it follows the adventures of Princess Anna, sister to Queen Elsa of Arendelle. She undertakes an epic journey to find and then reconcile with her estranged sister, who fled when her icy powers inadvertently trapped the kingdom in an eternal winter. Anna is accompanied by a down to earth iceman named Kristoff, his loyal pet reindeer, Sven, and Olaf, a living snowman. The sisters are eventually reconciled and the icy spell broken via a sacrificial act of true love from Anna. I haven’t enjoyed a Disney film like this in ages. There is a clear moral message and the powerful emotional highs and lows that the film provided took me straight back to the Disney films that I watched in my childhood. Olaf’s character as a comic sidekick is spot on, very funny but never annoying, and actually quite touching in places. Visually, this one of the most beautiful animated films that I've ever seen. The quality of the cinematography is outstanding: the characters are rendered in hyper-realistic detail. Both Anna and Elsa are beautiful as you would expect. You can even see the freckles in Anna's face. Some of the snowy shots were so realistic they made me wonder whether I was looking at animation at all. I have to mention in particular the scenes which feature the blue ice palace created by Elsa. They are just stunning to look at. Kristoff speaks for perhaps all of us when he says “Now that’s ice…I might cry…flawless”. The scene where Anna enters the ice palace and Queen Elsa makes her appearance was breath taking and had me reaching for the rewind button just to take in the sheer beauty of it all. It was really quite dazzling. The musical score is a lovely mixture of full on orchestral background combined with catchy songs such as ‘Do You Want to Build a Snowman?’ and ‘In Summer’. The song ‘Let it Go’ has my vote for the most insistent ear worm song of 2014. It is clear that the Disney crew have put a considerable amount of resource into this film and it shows: the production values are sky high and the film has a peculiarly enchanting, majestic grace about it. When it finished I wanted to see more. It gave me the sort of buzzing high that only a good Disney movie can provide. Recommendations don’t come any higher than that.

I watched this kind of half hearted, having not heard a great deal about it. MY GOD was I shocked! The graphics are spell binding, and the expressions that the likes of Elsa and Anna make are quite simply so human-like I was in awe! The graphics are also so beautiful, the snowflakes and glittery snow leaves your speechless as is its sheer beauty. The producers have been nominated for several awards, including 2 Oscar's and frankly they deserve it. It truly is the best Disney film since The Lion King and I mean that as a die hard Disney fan! I think the testiment of a good film is good humour, a bit of romance, a bit of fear, amazing soundtrack and likeable characters. Well this, my friends, delivers all of those and more. It even chucks in a good morale to the story which is lovely for kids and adults alike :) I am telling anyone that will listen to watch this story, as its sooooo sweet. My favourite scene ever (maybe in Disney history!) is when Elsa goes off into the forest and sings 'Let it Go' (this song was nominated for an Oscar for a reason people!) Also, if you like the musical 'Wicked' you will know the famous song 'Gravity.' Idina Menzel sings the lead in that so if you love her voice, you will love Elsa! I have actually started braiding my hair into a side French plait haha! <3

As a 27 year old adult, I am not ashamed to say I enjoyed this movie. No, it's not the best Disney film of all time or my fave musical of all time but was exactly what I expected it to be. Yes, the character's are your typical beautiful princesses going through a hard time and each trying to find their place in the world. You've got your comedy sidekicks, obvious twist on who the bad guy really is and once again True Love saves the day. But in saying all that, this movie is fun and feel good and shouldn't be taken too seriously. The music is generic but upbeat and catchy and the vocal talents of the main voice actors are immense. The character's are likeable not loveable but each has it's own charm and are all for the most part entertaining. The movie didn't feel that long as I felt the pace of the story moved quite quickly and although the ending could have been executed a bit better it didn't spoil my overall enjoyment of the movie. One warning though, do not watch this if you hate musicals, there is a lot of songs in this film. Overall, while not the strongest Disney film in my opinion, it is enjoyable and fun and is highly recommended for times where you're wanting something fun for your kids to watch that you can enjoy too or just need something easy going and fun to watch one afternoon you're feeling a bit fed up.

For some odd reason, the 3D version of Frozen wasn't released in the US on Blu-ray, so I had to import the UK version, but I'm glad I did. This movie does 3D right, with fantastic depth and beautiful environments. Probably the best use of 3D I've seen in an animated movie. Let It Go in particular is a great scene to show off in 3D. Fantastic visuals. The snowy environments really bring out the depth in practically every scene, more than I've ever seen before. I probably would have liked to see a few more special features. I know there were deleted songs and a lot of changes during production early on, so I would have liked to see some of those things included, as well as a more in-depth making of feature, although the "Making of Frozen" feature is brilliant. There are rumors that Disney is waiting until the holidays to release the 3D Blu-ray in America, so it's possible new features will arrive with that release. I just couldn't wait to see Frozen in 3D on my TV, and I'm glad I bought this. Fantastic disc, and fantastic movie. I really liked the movie better the second time around. The first time I found the songs odd. They didn't feel like they fit the style of typical Disney musicals. People were singing dialogue and the songs weren't quite as catchy as usual (aside from Let It Go). However, on a repeat viewing, I realized the genius of the movie. The songs really have a strong connective theme, and are actually written very smartly, with complex lyrics and unconventional rhyming patterns. I think it's the fact that the rhyming is different that through me off the most the first time, but once you're familiar with the songs, you can see the structure of the songs much clearer, and they're really well done. The acting, animation and story are all top notch. I still slightly prefer Tangled over Frozen, but Frozen is very close, and definitely one of my favorite Disney animated films!

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I almost didn't buy this version as someone else had said they had problems with the digital copy. I redeemed mine from my IPAD. Just make sure to set your country as Canada when you get to DigitalCopyPlus.com and you should have no problems getting your iTunes code. Having the film in three different media form is great and I wish all movies came this way. We can watch the movie on the go on my iPad, or at home on our TV hooked up to the Apple TV, in our media room on blu ray and upstairs on DVD. Brilliant! We are a bilingual french/English household, and the only thing with the digital copy is you get either English or French, but even if I had purchased the movie on iTunes, it would have been in only one language or the other. The film itself is great. The music is catchy, and the story line is heart warming. As adults, we enjoyed this film and, although it is done with modern animation techniques, it reminds me of classic Disney princess films. I believe that this movie is the best Disney movie to come out since Mulan or The Little Mermaid. If you have little girls, or you were a little girl, or if you like musicals, this is sure to be a hit.

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This is a great price for such a fantastic movie from Disney. It is rare that we will pre-order a movie, but this one was worth it. Our little girl (age 4) loved it so much that she wanted to act out the story around the house. That is no big surprise. But our 6-yr-old son also really liked it, and was quite happy to watch it twice within 24 hours of the film's arrival in our mailbox. It strikes a nice balance of action/drama/humour/music. Fans of the musical Wicked will love to hear Idina Menzel channeling Elfaba in her big musical numbers. Once we had blasted through the film twice, the kids wanted to explore the other features a bit. There is a "How we made Frozen" song that appears to include lots of the Disney Animation staff singing and dancing, but beyond that there isn't any information about how they made it. Of course, our kids are usually bored by all the interviews and stuff that come along with those types of features, so they probably liked this song-and-dance more anyways. We tried out the other feature about the history of the project at Disney. Maybe interesting for adults, but not for kids. The big hit was the Get a Horse short film that showed before Frozen in theatres. That is genuinely funny, and they watched that one a second time. Really, this purchase was all about getting our hands on the film and I'm glad we could do it for such a reasonable price, especially with multiple discs in the package. We can keep the Blu-Ray at home, put the DVD in the car and download it to the tablet. That will be great for a future vacation. Great movie. Highly recommend!

When the trailer for ‘Frozen’ was dropped a few months back, I predicted a dud. It looked so generic and obvious and unfunny and repetitive and just everything I didn’t want it to be. When news of the film broke I was ecstatic. Disney, doing another musical, basing it off of a very dark and disturbing tale. I knew it would get white washed a bit (which I was fine with), but it was a MUSICAL and so I was automatically game for it. Then that trailer deceived me. Still, my daughters were hooked with the very first television spot, and they’ve had the dolls for nearly a month already, and so we were going to see this opening night. With expectations low (despite some good early ink), there was nowhere to go but up for this film, and it didn’t just go up, it blew through the roof! Yes, ‘Frozen’ is easily Disney’s best film since ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and honestly, one of the best musicals since. It’s a visual feast, charming and sincere, and an unexpected twist on a tale of love, family and acceptance with beautiful shades that make this something truly special. The film tells the story of two sisters, Anna and Elsa. In early childhood, they are joined at the hip. Elsa has an ancient power to create ice (a power that is never explained, and quite frankly doesn’t need to be) and they use her power as an advantage to their playing. When an accident occurs and Anna is injured, Elsa becomes terrified of her ‘gift’ and basically locks herself away from everyone and everything, including Anna. The two obviously drift apart (‘Do You Want to Build a Snowman’ is a marvelous musical moment and brought tears to my eyes) and after the loss of their parents things only get worse. Now fully grown, Anna is a naïve and desperate young woman seeking any attention she can get, and Elsa is distant and misunderstood. On the night of Elsa coronation things go amuck and her secret is exposed to disastrous consequences, and soon Elsa is forced to flee and Anna is left to track her down and ‘thaw’ her town. Now, many have balked before seeing the film that Anna is reduced to yet another Disney stereotype, a girl who needs a man to get the job done. Ignorance is bliss, I suppose, but ‘Frozen’ certainly takes a different approach that the one expected and presents us with a lovable tomboy, a klutz who takes risks and places faith and is willing to ‘take the bull by the horns’, even when its beyond her reach. Sure, she is aided by a man, but she doesn’t need him around (and even the twist at the end where it could have easily fallen into stereotype of ‘man saves the day’ turns out to be even more sincere and honest in the way it finally comes out). Anna is a great role model for young girls (and surprisingly, so is Elsa) and the beautiful bond created by Disney here is unlike anything I’ve seen them do before. Yes, while the film does eventually give is an antagonist (albeit ever so briefly and the way the villain is handled is light and a very nice change of pace), the beauty of ‘Frozen’ is that the chief antagonist is not a singular person but the inner struggle to be accepted and understood. Elsa is not a monster, she is simply scared or herself and what she may do to those whom she loves. ‘Frozen’ does a marvelous job of portraying the bond between sisters and the lengths each will go to protect and love the other. My daughter was in tears over their separation; that is how heartfelt this portrayal is. ‘Frozen’, in my eyes, is one of the best things Disney has done; ever. The film is a modern-day classic and one that is sure to be remembered and regarded as a beloved nod to the Disney Renaissance with obvious modern twists and its own identity. I’m not exaggerating when I say that I can see this being spoken of in the same circles as ‘Beauty and the Beast’, ‘Cinderella’ and ‘The Little Mermaid’. While ‘Tangled’ certainly helped Disney regain their footing after some serious dips in quality, ‘Frozen’ completely redeems them and proves that they are still as magical as they ever were. Take that Pixar! And let’s just talk about the musical angle for just a moment. This is one of those rare gifts that actually feel like a true Broadway show. The use of music is integral to the feel of the story, and the glorious visual expanse helps create an epic and ‘larger than life’ reality. When Elsa has her big number (‘Let it Go’ is one of the greatest Disney ballads of all time, easily) you can feel the goose-bumps and your heart starts beating faster. This is a beautifully nostalgic reminder of the power of Disney, and it helps bring those same chills and thrills to a new and younger generation. I have never seen my daughter so excited to be watching a film as I saw her while watching ‘Frozen’. It carries a different feeling.

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