A Disney Princess movie that breaks away from the norm and is just as good as the 90s classics

Rating: 10/10 (28 November 2013)

This movie is loosely based on Hans Christian Anderson "Snow Queen" with the only similar things between the two is there's a character who's a Snow Queen and there's two characters in the movie named Kai and Gerda who are far different then their book counterparts and they are unnamed in the movie so unless you read on a website what there names are you wouldn't actually know, which in some cases can make the movie a great disappoint but in this case I think it worked to its favour, as being someone who has read the Snow Queen story beforehand I favoured the route the movie took. The movies have extremely beautiful visuals and all the effects they do with the ice shows how far CGI animation has come over the years. Every song in it is extremely well-done with my favourite one being "Let it Go" sung by the well-talented Idina Menzel. Every character in it is well-animated and well-voiced and there's no characters who brought the movie down or had a voice that was jarring to listen to. The character of Olaf is one of the funniest comic relief characters has done in their movies with almost every line he said either was heart-warming or left me laughing. But he's not the only character in the movie who brought laughs: there was also Anna who quirkiness made her stand out in Disney's Princess gallery who were usually well-refined and dignified, Kristoff who constantly argued with himself using his own voice and his impersonation of his reindeer Sven's voice, the Duke of Weselton who has some of the craziest lines and actions every in a Disney movie, and Oaken who only appeared in one scene but brought so much laughter and character in that few minutes of screen appearance. This movie also has some great villains with the primary antagonist being the Duke of Weselton and his two bodyguards who wanted to kill Elsa and unlock all of Arendelle's trade-able goods and the main antagonist being Hans who was only pretending to be nice for most of the movie to gain the trust of both Anna and the townspeople so that way he can both King of Arendelle and a hero amongst the townspeople, but after Anna returns from the North Mountain and tells him that Elsa had struck her and only an act of true love can save her life is his true intentions revealed where he only asked Anna to marry him as being the thirteenth in line for the throne he would've never gotten the chance to be king unless he married into it and after they were married he would "stage an accident" for Elsa and be hailed as a hero among the people for "silencing the monster" and bringing back summer. He trapped Anna in the room and left her there to die, which he placed all the blame on Elsa and told the townspeople "With a heavy heart, I charge Queen Elsa with treason and sentence her to death." A lot of critics are saying that his villainous reveal was tagged-on and was unnecessary but I say that it was actually quite good. Santino Fontana played both his "fake hero" persona and his true villainous persona really good and all these years Disney has made their princes to be chivalrous people who would do anything to protect the girl they just met, but Hans shows how this kind of mindset that most Disney princesses share that once their eyes meet with a certain guy that they'll fall in love, get married without getting to know each other first and live happily ever after is both really flawed and can leave them in mortal danger. This movie is another Disney classic and is worthy to be seen by all fans of Disney