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Interviews with the songwriters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDEhc04GerU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUlOOmN21JQ

Sotiris wrote:

D82 wrote:I'm especially curious about Kristoff's song now after several people praised it in the first reactions.

The description of the song has piqued my interest as well.

“Lost in the Woods” is arranged like a yacht rock power ballad (yes, seriously) with his body shown in multiples, dancing across the screen and in a split-screen close-up of his face backlit as he’s singing.

Source: https://www.purewow.com/news/frozen-2-kristoff-song

I hadn't read that description. Wow, his musical number is going to be very anachronistic. Personally, I don't have a problem with that, I'm just surprised. I'm even more curious about the song now.

Musical Master wrote:Then I saw a tweet from a person who saw the film who said "Into The Unknown is not THE SONG. Show Yourself = Let it Go!"; talk about PEAK curiosity!

If that's true, I wonder if they didn't submit it for awards consideration instead of "Into the Unknown" because they couldn't promote it due to the spoilers it probably contains.

I had the luck to attend a press screening in original version in France last Friday.
Can't tell much for now as we are in embargo for now and only can share our reaction and feeling.
I totally loved the entire movie and it was, at least for me, everything what I expected and wished.
It's more mature, the evolution of the characters is perfect and the story is well written and complete what lacked in the 1st movie.
Very funny, very emotional and visually truly stunning.
The songs are great but it's hard for me to tell if each of them can stand alone apart from the acting, visuals and context in the story.
Kristoff's "Lost in the Woods" is very fun, and kind of a rock ballad from the 90s while Anna's "The Next Right Thing" is so moving.
To me, Elsa's "Into the Unknown" is very catchy in the sense that it is stuck in your head whatever you like or not the song for itself, while I will have to listen again "Show Yourself" because this sequence is so emotional, intense, spoilery and stunning that it is too complicated to judge the song apart alone.
Just forget all the stupid fandom controversies that I can't stand anymore personally. Just enjoy the sequel for what it is if you already are attached to the main characters.
It's epic, magic, more mature but keeps the essence of Frozen.
And I will add in a very subjective way that Elsa is just...WOW!

I wonder if I’m not just going to be totally disappointed by the movie as a whole..

Because so many people have claimed this is the best thing ever, it is more stunning/mature/complex... I’m afraid now my expectations are set to be too high..

And I always end up disappointed in these cases..

Also so many people start considering Frozen II as being superior to his predecessor, which is something I really have to forget before I go watch the whole film to prevent me from being too harsh on the movie, for the first one had SUCH an emotional impact on myself and on my life.. (I just wonder: were the people expecting not much from this movie to be so impressed by it? People srr surprised by the plot: well thanks Godness it has a well-developped and structured plot than the Frozen shorts. I know half of the plot thanks to the merchandising, plus I saw multiple clips at the D23 Expo in addition to every clips/footage that has been released in the Internet: and it seems to me like a seriously made sequel, but is it really an objectively absolute masterpiece??)

But yeah anyway, at least we’re sure this movie have good elements in it! I just don’t want to raise the bar too high fir this one, otherwise I’m scared it’s going to ruin my pleasure while discovering the movie.

Sotiris wrote:Iduna's nickname for Elsa is "little snow". That's too similar to Snow White. It should have been "little snowflake". It has a better ring to it.

Yeah, but the word has a derogatory meaning these days. Naturally they wouldn't use that.

I'm happy you got everything you wanted out of the film, Prince Kido!

That CD package for Japan is gorgeous. If only we had got that. I like that mock-up for the Blu-ray cover. That poster's okay, although it looks very Star Wars, just like the Aladdin 2019 poster. I'm not sure it works as well with animated characters as with a live-action film.

Thank you, Kido! The Twitter reviews were mad raves, so I have high expectations now. I think the fact that Iduna calls Elsa "little snow" is adorable.

STNC sounds cute, but is different than I expected. More Tangled than Frozen. I think I'll save Kristof's song as a surprise. I'm honestly glad he's getting a rock and roll song. Jonathan deserves a big song after being robbed from the last movie.

I'm glad Kristoff is finally getting his own song because Jonathan Groff deserves it. I'm not a big fan of the 90s rock theme to his song though, considering I thought rock influencing the Tangled songs was bad enough.

unprincess wrote: I dont see any other way to interpret that scene. What gets me is that she didnt have the balls to post how she feels about the character and his fans on her twitter account which she knows is visited by many Hans fans who retweet her posts and have asked her about Hans status in the sequels. Doing it this way seems kinda tacky to me.

Total waste. A plot involving Hans and the Duke joining forces to invade Arendelle using sorcery they've obtained would've made a fantastic almost Game of Thrones-ish story line.

She would get dragged on Twitter if she had posted that there. I'm surprised the Hans fandom isn't already losing it on Twitter after her remarks but maybe they're not as big or vocal as the fandoms for other characters in the same vein like Draco Malfoy, Loki, and Kylo Ren.

Going by the hints that maybe we'll see Hans during an end-credits scene, maybe the plotline you proposed is what is planned for a potential Frozen 3 and the catalyst for bringing Elsa back and reuniting her with her sister.

Musical Master wrote:I'm so curious about how "Lost in the Woods" sounds like a "yacht rock power ballad" as described.

Kristen Anderson-Lopez described it as a "big '80s power ballad".

JeanGreyForever wrote:Going by the hints that maybe we'll see Hans during an end-credits scene, maybe the plotline you proposed is what is planned for a potential Frozen 3 and the catalyst for bringing Elsa back and reuniting her with her sister.

There's no way that's happening. From the way the directors talked about how Frozen 1 & 2 are "a complete thought" and likened it to Act 2 of a Broadway musical to disavowing Frozen Fever and Olaf's Frozen Adventure as canon, it's highly unlikely they used the post-credits scene to set up a third film. It's probably going to be something trivial and inconsequential; a little crumb for the fans.

JeanGreyForever, you probably didn't notice, but you're spoiling the ending of the movie at the end of your last post, that has also been quoted by Sotiris.

D82 wrote:JeanGreyForever, you probably didn't notice, but you're spoiling the ending of the movie in the last line of your last post, that has also been quoted by Sotiris.

Oops, you're right, that totally slipped my notice. Just edited now. Thank you so much for alerting me!

JeanGreyForever wrote:Oops, you're right, that totally slipped my notice. Just edited now. Thank you so much for alerting me!

No problem. I already imagined that's how it was going to end by reading the parts of the comments that weren't hidden by spoiler tags when the ending was first discussed. And, on this occasion, I'm actually glad I know how it ends, because now I'll be prepared for it. If I had seen the film without knowing anything, probably I would've been disappointed.

There's a theory that Yelana is Iduna's mom/Anna & Elsa's grandmother.

Jonathan Groff talks about Kristoff's song in this interview (mild spoilers about the scene in which it takes place): https://youtu.be/dbLBWmnVzHc?t=89

Interviews with the rest of the main cast and some crew members:

Idina Menzel (Elsa): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIeSIU4Vzvc
Kristen Bell (Anna): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE6rpR0Idfo
Josh Gad (Olaf): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bmYzYzd-ko
Evan Rachel Wood (Iduna): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqAmAz8LFew
Sterling K. Brown (Mattias): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFlG7luDIhg
Jennifer Lee (Director): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiwL5qwvn00
Chris Buck (Director): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEL5u7sVXBQ
Peter Del Vecho (Producer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDczSbHAiwI
Christophe Beck (Composer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3_eZXOxw_w
Tom Macdougall (Music Supervisor): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axr8H05jLwQ

And behind-the-scenes B-roll about the animation process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMfQRBwSfxQ

Sotiris wrote:There's a theory that Yelana is Iduna's mom/Anna & Elsa's grandmother.

I was already thinking that too! I have a feeling her age isn't a coincidence

D82 wrote:

JeanGreyForever wrote:Oops, you're right, that totally slipped my notice. Just edited now. Thank you so much for alerting me!

No problem. I already imagined that's how it was going to end by reading the parts of the comments that weren't hidden by spoiler tags when the ending was first discussed. And, on this occasion, I'm actually glad I know how it ends, because now I'll be prepared for it. If I had seen the film without knowing anything, probably I would've been disappointed.

Oh wow, I didn't realize it was so obvious from reading the comments that weren't blocked out. I'm sorry that we might have spoiled your experience even if you're glad now that you're prepared. A lot of people didn't take well to the ending of Toy Story 4 so I imagine this will elicit a similar reaction.

Sotiris wrote:

JeanGreyForever wrote:Going by the hints that maybe we'll see Hans during an end-credits scene, maybe the plotline you proposed is what is planned for a potential Frozen 3 and the catalyst for bringing Elsa back and reuniting her with her sister.

There's no way that's happening. From the way the directors talked about how Frozen 1 & 2 are "a complete thought" and likened it to Act 2 of a Broadway musical to disavowing Frozen Fever and Olaf's Frozen Adventure as canon, it's highly unlikely they used the post-credits scene to set up a third film. It's probably going to be something trivial and inconsequential; a little crumb for the fans.

I find it really odd that they disavowed the two shorts especially since they were involved in making those and even said that those shorts were instrumental in setting up Frozen 2 and were thus required viewing. Maybe they're backtracking because of the negative reception to Olaf's Frozen Adventure or maybe they're afraid that people who didn't catch them will feel at a disadvantage.

I never thought the shorts would be consequential to Frozen Ii. One is Anna's birthday, the other is a Christmas celebration. Nothing important happens there, maybe only the attic scene and that too was too short to have any significant. If they had claimed the shorts are important for Frozen II, then they were lying.

farerb wrote:I never thought the shorts would be consequential to Frozen Ii. One is Anna's birthday, the other is a Christmas celebration. Nothing important happens there, maybe only the attic scene and that too was too short to have any significant. If they had claimed the shorts are important for Frozen II, then they were lying.

Yes. I don't even remember anything much happening in the Frozen shorts (not like "Tangled Ever After" that showed Rapunzel and Flynn's marriage), so what story relation would there be? I guess Elsa could reference that time she acted drunk.

the shorts were retconned into being non canon b/c it conflicts with Elsa characterization in the sequel. She seems happy and comfortable with being queen in the shorts but the 2nd film she's supposedly doesn't feel uncomfortable being queen which is why she ends up feeling more like herself and at ease when she become a spirit in the enchanted forest and leaves her position as queen to Anna. Also Olaf melts and reforms himself with no alarm and its seen as comical in OFA but in the sequels his melting leads to a temporary "death", and is meant to be a serious dramatic scene.

btw if the shorts are gonna be considered non canon anyway, why not give Hans a redemption storyline in one of those instead of a film, then Jen Lee can just say its not canon when the Hans haters start bitching about it.

That's quite a reach. There's nothing at all in the shorts that needs retconning. Elsa is happy to be with her sister without closed doors, but I don't quite remember her being happy as Queen? I think the people that hate Frozen see what they want to see, even if it isn't reality.

And I don't think there is anyone who hates Hans? They just don't believe the character should be redeemed or that he has any further purpose to this story. I like the character fine for what he is--a villain. Some people can accept what the story is and some can't, I guess. But I don't think Disney's worried about an audience backlash for failing to redeem the villain from the first film.

I think the shorts are just optional. If some want to consider them, that's fine. If others don't, the main films don't really need them. They are just an appendix if someone wants to spend another half-hour with the characters.

Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez give us a sneak peek at "Show Yourself" in a new interview: https://youtu.be/V5nK8BW7nBk?t=98