Directors: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Writers: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Hans Christian Andersen, Shane Morris
Producers: Aimee Scribner, John Lasseter
Format: AC-3, Animated, Color, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Widescreen, Blu-ray, Digital, DVD-ROM, Multiple Formats
Language: English (DTS-HD High Res Audio), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Region: Region A/1
Aspect Ratio: 2.20:1
Number of discs: 2
Rated: PG
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
DVD Release Date: March 18, 2014
Run Time: 102 minutes
Fearless optimist Anna sets off on an epic journey - teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven - to find her sister Else, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman named Olaf, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom.
Animation: Frozen uses the new Disney Animation style, following Tangled and Wreck-It-Ralph. Not a lot of people care much for the new Disney style and would rather them go completely back to hand drawn animation. This movie however I don't think could have worked any other way. With all of the architecture of the ice buildings and how beautiful the snow was made, a simple hand drawn movie would not have worked. The ice looks like ice. The snowstorms look like an actual raging snowstorms. So as for environments, it was a good choice they went for this style and did not go with something like Beauty and the Beast or The Lion King.
As for character designs, you got two beautiful princesses (who one becomes a queen shortly after the movie starts), two great looking possible suitors for the princess, a goofy looking reindeer, and an oddly shaped comic relief snowman. You really can not not like any of the designs.
Extras: There were quite a few extras in this release and some of them better then others. First we had the new short film "Get A Horse" featuring Mickey Mouse and friends. This accompanied the movie when it was first released and was a refreshing look at the iconic Disney character in his early black and white stages of development into a pop-out 3D look. I loved when it was shown before the movie in the theaters as well as it was an 8 minute "please silence your cell-phone" kind of cartoon which got the entire audience involved as Pete pushed Mickey out of his classic environment into ours, where he had to try to get back to his world and rescue Mickey.
Next we have "The Making of Frozen", which was kind of a joke. This was basically a way for Disney to try to squeeze a silly little musical number out of a few of the voice actors from the film. When the song and dance was over, we didn't get to see The Making of this film.
D'frosted: Disney's Journey From Hans Christian Andersen to Frozen however made up for it, as we get to go behind the scenes of the film and see some original artwork by Walt Disney's original animation team. Frozen apparently was meant to be a ride for Disneyland. And after the movie was finished being made, the creators got to see just how close their vision was to the original vision Walt Disney had.
There were about four deleted scenes included as well, which didn't really improve the overall story much. They were all cut for time, which is understandable as the movie did clock in at a little under two hours, which is a bit long for a typical Disney princess movie.
Last we have a few music videos of "Let It Go" performed by various artists from around the world for their countries specific movie release.
Out of the extras, you definitely need to check out D'frosted. It really has a lot of classic Disney concept stuff that all fans of Disney will enjoy, plus a look at maybe a future ride.
Story: Frozen begins with two young sisters who were very close. One evening, Anna, the younger sister, wakes up her older sister Elsa and wants to play. Using her magical ice powers Elsa builds snow hills and a snowman inside of one of the rooms, but when Anna gets a bit excited and starts to leap from snow hill to snow hill, Elsa gets scared and thinks she is going to get hurt so she uses her powers to try to save her, but instead ends up hitting her in the head. The King and Queen then take Anna to rock trolls who heal Anna's wound but with a price. Anna can not know about Elsa's powers for fear it might happen again. Elsa then decides to close herself up to Anna by locking herself in her bedroom for a decade.
A few years later, Anna and Elsa's parents die in a tragic shipwreck accident, making Elsa the new queen. It's coronation day and Anna meets a prince, Hans, from another kingdom who asks her to marry him the same day they met. Anna of course says "Yes" and goes to tell her sister the news. Elsa doesn't believe a person can fall in love with someone that they don't even know, which causes Anna to start questioning her sister. Elsa gets nervous and accidentally uses her powers before storming out of the kingdom and causing an eternal winter throughout the entire country side of Arendelle. Now its up to Anna and her friends that she meets along the way to save the day by bringing her sister back to fix what she started.
I know most everyone on this planet has seen this movie already, and if you have not then you must be living under a rock some place. What I love about this movie is it breaks away from everything Disney has taught us growing up. There is really no such thing as love at first glance. Anna eventually learns the hard way towards the end of the film, and its up to Elsa to really find herself to break this eternal winter.
This is the first time that we don't just get one Disney Princess, we get two! Even though one becomes the first ever Disney Queen. I love the relationship that the two share. The sisters' love for one another is really the first time Disney has went the way they did by not going the route of romantic love relationships, but showing us that the bond and love that two family members have is just as strong as any other kind of love.
Overall: I highly recommend this movie for everyone to see. I love Disney, but I haven't loved a Disney Princess movie like this since I first saw Sleeping Beauty as a child. Frozen is the new standard of Disney, and let's hope with their next animated movie they can bring out something as great as this new masterpiece they created.
Rating: 10/10 Let It Go...
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