Warm Regards wrote: Anyways, I like all of the main characters, but I feel that Elsa is the most mysterious. For instance, what did she intend to do after she built her ice palace?
Its first and third acts are better than the jokey middle, but this is the rare example of a Walt Disney Animation Studios effort that reaches as deep as a Pixar film.
In the middle of the film, Anna is tiresomely insipid until she becomes inexplicably skilled at mountaineering. She and the sledder Kristoff (Jonathan Groff), whom she hires to find her sister and save the kingdom, trade empty hipsterisms like “That happened” and verbal tics like”Wait–what?” Disney should consign the of-the-moment chatter to the Disney Channel: The films are meant to last forever.
Round of applause here:The conclusion of “Frozen,” though, brings back the emotional force of the opening in clever and surprising ways. And its central figure is intriguingly nuanced. Elsa mostly has good intentions, but she also struggles to tame powers befitting a villain. The closest parallel to her may be the Beast in “Beauty and the Beast.”
A fair and perceptive review, IMO -- both this and the critical one posted earlier today, though this one has the advantage of seeing more of the good in the film and not being overly put off by perceived weaknesses.For all of Disney’s efforts to rethink its heroines, it too often panics at feminist pressure and orders up formulaically “strong, capable, smart” girls. I picture the protagonists of “Brave” or “The Princess and the Frog” at job interviews answering the question about their biggest flaws: “Well, I have to admit that sometimes I’m just so darned confident, determined and adroit that it gets me into trouble!” Let’s move on from all of that, Disney writers: “Interesting” beats all.
CLUCK That's been my feeling from the beginning of the story -- if you create this incredible character, you need to do more with her.And then there’s Elsa, who is dealing with things Disney characters normally don’t face, even if her situation feels like an X-Men riff (in keeping with recent trends, her ice tricks play a lot more like superpowers than any kind of magic). A better version of this film would focus more on her; the movie falters whenever Elsa isn’t present, and we only get one-and-a-half Idina Menzel musical performances, which I’m pretty sure is criminal.
Gives it a grade of "C," whatever that means, RT-wise (if this site counts towards the RT score).The best song in the film is “Let It Go,” in which Elsa expresses her exhilaration at being able to freely use her abilities for the first time in her life. It’s an Idina Menzel power ballad, so of course it’s great.
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Because of her new show in DC. But still, being gone one day wouldn't have hurt her careerD82 wrote:But, why wasn't Idina Menzel at the premiere of the film?
I'm not an expert for RT, but I was surprised by that yesterday tooLady Cluck wrote:I'm not sure about that site but people in the comments are saying the 1 rotten review should technically be fresh since he gave it a 6.8/10 and 6/10 is the cutoff. Is this true?
That site isn't on RT Publications List, so don't worry.PrincessElsa wrote:A somewhat critical review. I have no idea if this site counts towards the RT score.
http://moviemezzanine.com/frozen-review/
This particular critique is no longer surprising; it's been echoed by professional reviewers and the general public at pre-screenings:
Gives it a grade of "C," whatever that means, RT-wise (if this site counts towards the RT score).
It's up to the individual reviewer whether to designate their reviews as fresh or rotten. 6/10 and 2.5/4 reviews are frequently given as negative. The tone of that review was clearly negative, seems right that it was given as rotten. People use their scales differently and it is best not to focus too much on the score.Lady Cluck wrote:I'm not sure about that site but people in the comments are saying the 1 rotten review should technically be fresh since he gave it a 6.8/10 and 6/10 is the cutoff. Is this true?
And again, FOR NOW, even though this is as good as most of the 90s movies, this isn't as good as TLK & B&TBDon't exaggerate. Reception is still largely positive. None of the reviews you linked to 'hated it to the bone'.TheBlibaBlob wrote: You either really love Frozen, thought it was meh, or just hate to the bone. Quite a few of the negative reviews give me the feeling that the film was flat, lacked that edge. I hope Frozen doesn't lack the edge that the Despicable Me series lacked too, they're terrible in my opinion.
I find this review most interesting as it says the plot twist is terrible and poorly introduced, I think that's funny becuase that is just how everyone reacted when the Junior Novel was leaked.
http://www.watchorpass.com/2013/11/review-frozen.html
Yeah, so far so good on the reviews thus far, nice mixture of very positive and critical reviews. I can't believe the movie will come out soon.qindarka wrote:Don't exaggerate. Reception is still largely positive. None of the reviews you linked to 'hated it to the bone'.TheBlibaBlob wrote: You either really love Frozen, thought it was meh, or just hate to the bone. Quite a few of the negative reviews give me the feeling that the film was flat, lacked that edge. I hope Frozen doesn't lack the edge that the Despicable Me series lacked too, they're terrible in my opinion.
I find this review most interesting as it says the plot twist is terrible and poorly introduced, I think that's funny becuase that is just how everyone reacted when the Junior Novel was leaked.
http://www.watchorpass.com/2013/11/review-frozen.html
And I love how you focus on the only criticism in an otherwise hugely positive review.
Not that I don't have some worries of my own, mostly to do with pacing, but what you are doing is accentuating the negative. Just watch the movie and come to your own opinion then.
This music by Beck and Robert Lopez is beautiful. Besides, there IS a choir, just a small one doing the "aahhs" at the end of the reprise part of DYWTBAS. I hope the visuals live up to that ending.
