Just two Christmases ago, I went and saw Disney’s latest animated offering. I fell in love, downloaded the soundtrack, played it in my car for the daily commute to work, and everything was right with the world. Then a few months later, the rest of the world clocked on and every man and his dog had watched Frozen. You couldn’t move without seeing some merchandise somewhere, and YouTube was full of cute kids singing Let It Go in the car.
I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who started to hate Frozen. My local Disney store had signs up informing customers they were only permitted to buy up to 2 items that were from Frozen, the film was that popular.
Over the Easter Bank Holiday, I went to see Cinderella with a friend, and of course, the Disney Short before the film was Frozen Fever. I was a little scared, but at 8 minutes long, the pain wouldn’t be too unbearable.
The story of the short is that it’s Anna’s birthday, and Elsa wants to make her special day perfect, despite the rotten cold she has. Christoph and Sven are in charge of making sure nothing goes wrong, while Olaf is trying his hardest not to eat the ice cream cake. You know that moment in Disney films, where you think ‘I can feel a song coming on...’ Yep, there it was!
And I loved it. It reminded me of all the charm that the original film had, the subtle ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ humour, and it was just perfect. We even got a glimpse of Hans, the evil buggar. Elsa’s sneezes somehow created little baby snowmen, that Olaf aptly started naming after all things cold and frosty, oh and William. Um, hands up, does anyone else want to go to the Disney store to buy a William?
I'm glad this short wasn't terrible. I'm kind of in the hating Frozen phase too. My son got it on DVD and made me watch it over, and over, and over, and over again. It's everywhere. lol
ReplyDeleteYou just can't escape it, can you? At least with Frozen Fever, if you really do hate it, it's only 8 minutes long and there's just one song!
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Saw the movie and thought it was pretty decent, but I swear I don't get all the hype.
ReplyDeleteNo it's a bit weird, and there was a huge delay in the film's release and the hype too! I love it, but I don't live and breath it, lol.
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I'm annoyed with the popularity of Frozen for a completely different reason. I named my daughter Elsa two years before the movie came out. Now whenever I mention her name I hear "oh, like on Frozen!" No! Grrrr! On a happier note, my daughter is young enough to actually love that she shares a name with a Disney princess. :)
ReplyDelete(I do still think the movie is good, and look forward to seeing this short though)
Oh, bless her! That's really sweet. I'm sure schools are going to be full of Elsa's in the next few years!
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I shamelessly love Frozen and thinks it's an animated masterpiece...but yeah...the popularity is ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteI think it's the songs that do it for me, although I can't choose which I prefer out of Frozen and Tangled because I love Tangled's soundtrack just as much!
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Nothing in Tangled tugged every heartstring the way Do You Wanna Build a Snowman did...like...I still tear up when I hear that song!
DeleteHonestly, Frozen was a one and done flick for me. I don't see what all the hype is about, the popularity has gone beyond ridiculous. Getting my 9y/o the Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack was just the beginning, she immediately had to have the bed sheets, backpack, lunch box, dinnerware, t-shirts, sneakers... I love Disney characters/movies but this was a bit extravagant.
ReplyDeleteHaha! I suppose having no kids means I can Frozen whenever I like, rather than having it rammed down my throat!
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