Disney has made another excellent movie to add to their new renaissance

Rating: 9/10 (28 November 2013)

After Disney had their successful early 90's run with The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and the Lion King, things really dropped off for them. For me, the only great movies the company made from 1995-2010 were Mulan and Lilo and Stitch. They still had a decent amount that I still liked, but you could tell they were off their game a bit. I mentioned 2010 because then they got their groove back and, in my opinion, never got out of it. Tangled was great, I didn't think much of Winnie the Pooh, but it's alright, Wreck-It Ralph is now one of my all time favorite movies, and now we have Frozen. This movie continues the great trend Disney has right now. In fact, I think this renaissance is actually stronger than the previous one. Aladdin is my favorite Disney film, and Beauty and the Beast ranks third, but, to me, Mermaid was just decent, and Lion King, while still pretty good, I feel is kinda overrated. I actually like Tangled, WIR, and Frozen more than either of those two.
Okay, enough with Disney history, let's talk about this movie. I feel the movie didn't really get off to a strong start, while it wasn't bad or anything, but things got really interesting after Aunna met Hans. They immediately fell in love and were going to wed. I'll talk about the rest of the story in just a moment though, the twist they do with this is VERY clever. During the movie, she meets a guy named Christoff, and he tells her "You don't just meet a guy and marry him immediately." I really laughed at that since this company made some films where the male and females immediately fall in love. I really like how they're poking fun at that. I did not see that coming at all. Speaking of Hans, he turns out to actually try marrying her just to be a king, and he also mentions the fact that people don't just fall in love like that. Again, didn't see that coming.
I also like how Elsa didn't turn out to be a villain or anything. She doesn't want to hurt anyone, and that's why she didn't talk to Aunna much growing up. She left the kingdom because she accidentally let out her powers and they accuse her of sorcery. Her emotions put the kingdom in eternal winter, not her intentionally. She also doesn't know how to change it or anything. She finds that out later in the film though.
It was also a lot funnier than I thought it would be. To add to that, I felt Olaf would be just a typical Disney sidekick who might be kinda annoying. I was wrong. Olaf is hilarious. Almost every scene he has makes me laugh. This song wasn't built up too well, but he actually has a song about how summer would be to him. That's right, a snowman dreams of summer and heat. That idea was just too funny. And it's not just him obviously. Like Wreck-It Ralph, this movie is all around funny, not just one guy has funny moments, like in some other Disney films.
I felt the songs could've been stronger though, and some of them aren't built up well. To me, they're kinda rushed. I do like the song Elsa sings after she goes to be alone though. That was great. The other ones aren't bad, but they're no Circle of Life or anything. Although they do have quite a few smaller singing scenes. What I mean is that they would sing for like a minute or so and stop. I also would've liked Hans to be defeated in a better way. He had such a great plot and suspense, and yet all that happens is that his sword breaks as he tries to kill Elsa, then when summer returns, Anna punches him into the water, then he goes to jail. Is that it? He was such a great villain! That's like if Gaston at the end of Beauty and the Beast decided "You know what, Belle's crazy. I'll just leave her alone." This film almost got a 10/10 from me, but it's few issues prevent that. However, I think everything else is fantastic and very well done. This is easily one of the best films of the year, and I will recommend it.