"I don't even know what love is"

Rating: 9/10 (2 December 2013)

A lot of people had complaint that, even though Frozen is about the sisters, there's a lot of subplots that are more about things unrelated. But watching the movie I realize all of them are there to make the relationship stronger. Another complaint is that Elsa is not that much in the movie. But I came to the conclusion the movie is not strictly about the sisters
The movie is about Anna's physical and emotional journey to find the real meaning of true love. At the beginning of the movie we see a character similar to Giselle from Enchanted, desperate to find romance. But Anna is not that plain, Anna has a backstory. After feeling shut out her whole life by Elsa, she finally comes to the realization that the coronation of her sister is the chance to find the human contact she has been longing for her whole life. That's why she's willing to get married to Hans the day they just met. Because of Elsa. But Elsa has been shutting Anna out to protect her. THAT was the true love Anna couldn't see. Now, when Elsa leaves and Anna goes after her, she finds Kristoff. I'll talk about him later. They meet Olaf, the snowman. This poor guy has been one of the main complaints. Even I thought he was another "annoying sidekick". But the whole movie, specially the beginning, proved me wrong. He was not only funny ("-Give us a minute -Ok, one two) but he helped Anna remember Elsa and helps Anna realize that what she feels for Kristoff. The only thing that doesn't help in the plot is his song but the movie needs to show he's not a plain character and he has his own dreams too!
Kristoff and Anna: he feels kind of jealous when he finds out she's engaged to someone she just met and throughout the journey they develop their relationship. And you may think I'm crazy, but I think that's about Anna and Elsa relationship too! Before Elsa leaves, she said Anna shouldn't marry a man she just met. And then she meets Kristoff. And they fall in love without knowing it. And they don't even get engaged in the movie! When Anna gets struck in the heart, they go with the "love experts" and they start singing so she falls in love with Kristoff. (Did they know an act of true love would save her? Did they know she had been struck? Did they know what they both were feeling for each other? I think they did). However, the song also helps Anna get to know that "people make bad choice if they're mad or scared or stressed". Like Elsa, afraid of hurting Anna, shut her out. That was love too. But when she needs true love, Kristoff believes in Anna and takes her to Hans. But we know they're all denying their true feelings. She's not sure what true love is. Then the Hans treason comes. Yeah, a little bit cliché the way he tells the plan. But you have to admit it's original in Disney that the dreamy prince let the princess die in the floor. Despicable. Almost like Scar killing his own brother. This proves Anna wrong. She may be thinking Elsa was right. But if that wasn't true love, then what is? Then Olaf comes to help and Anna and Kristoff try to get to each other to save the day. But Anna sees her sister about to die. She doesn't get to kiss Kristoff, she doesn't know saving Elsa would save her. She doesn't know that was true love too. All that she knows is she's missing her chance to be saved to save her sister. Then she finds out that true love is what she feels for her sister.
Hans character is also great because is the mirror of what a person can be without the family's true love. Also, Anna hated "the doors in her face", but that was to protect her, that was love. Instead, Hans is like a"door in her back", being himself a traitor. When I think I would have liked a lot more of Elsa, I realize this is Anna's movie. Not about the sisters, about Anna finding love in her sister. I would have loved more Elsa, at least a longer conversation between both sisters at the ending. However, this is a true Disney classic. Full of metaphors like any other classics. Full of lessons about love but, being original, about family love, with an excellent plot twist. I also liked the Grand Pabbie metaphor "The heart is not so easily changed. But the head can be persuaded. The soundtrack is WONDERFUL. Not only the songs, but also the score, specially The Great Thaw (Vuelie Reprise), The Trolls, and all the flute that there's in it. The songs are great, Let It Go being the best. I would have liked For The First Time in Forever to be reprised at the end to have a last time with those great voices. But the instrumental reprise of Do You Wanna Build a Snowman is awesome. Fixer Upper has nice lyrics and and it's kind of a "nobody's perfect" song, so it's a little bit relatable. The visuals are also stunning. "I never knew winter could be so beautiful". There's no doubt Disney is back. It may be not as great as Beauty and the Beast, it may not have that great ball scene in the middle of the movie, it may not have the 'epicness' The Lion King has or the fantasy and romance The Little Mermaid has but missing that little something even the best Disney movies are missing, it has the moral about love, family, being ourselves, about being selfless that the best Disney classics have.