Fun movie, but shouldn't be claimed "One of Disney's bests."

Rating: 3/10 (31 January 2014)

I didn't initially want to see 'Frozen', but then I saw that it was from the creators of 'Tangled', a Disney movie which I enjoyed, so I thought I'd give it a chance. Now, I'm not a huge fan of musicals, and I know that when it comes to Disney animations, aside from Pixar, most are musicals. And I realize that 'Tangled' is, along with others of my favorites, so I've learned to just enjoy musicals. So I went into the theater with a clear mind and all doubts aside, and for the most part, I did enjoy it. But only because it made me laugh at some parts, and some of the songs were good.
Now, what I didn't like so much was that it had too many conveniences in it. Now what I mean by that is that it had too many "well that worked out nicely for everyone" moments. The first being that Anna saved herself by saving her sister. So in a Disney movie, you know that a main character, usually, is not going to die at the end. I know some characters have died in the beginning of Disney movies for the sake of the story. But not many die during the end sequence. But the fact that Anna froze to save her sister, which ended up being her act of true love to save herself, worked out too nicely for me. I just feel like Disney could've done it better.
Another kind of convenience that I didn't like was that when summer was brought back, Elsa placed a little flurry cloud over Olaf and only Olaf. Now she can suddenly limit her powers to put one cloud over Olaf and not accidentally cause a blizzard? And sure, she figured out that love is what she needs to contain her powers, which is kind of cheesy. But, everyone got their summer that they wanted AND Olaf got a snow cloud over him so that Disney didn't have to melt everyone's favorite character.
And let's be honest, the movie was cute, but Olaf did kind of make the movie. You don't hear people come out of the theater talking about how cute the trolls were or how good Elsa's singing was. They come out telling all their friends how funny the little snowman was; and of all the lines in the movie, everybody's quoting Olaf. I don't think I would've liked it as much as I did if Olaf wasn't in it. Him and that guy at the trading post. "Yoohoo! Big summer blowout." That guy was awesome.
So, the last thing I didn't like about 'Frozen' was that I saw too much of 'Tangled' in it. I know, I know, it was made from the same creators, so I know it's going to kind of look the same. But in too many of the characters and story aspects I saw 'Tangled'. First, a girl is born into royalty with magical elemental powers. I know Elsa didn't get kidnapped, but other than that, I see Rapunzel's origin. Another thing that I saw was the seclusion of the main character for their protection. So I see a kind of lack of difference between the two, besides what power they have, their desires and dreams in life, and that Elsa has a sister and Rapunzel doesn't.
Another similarity between the two movies that I saw was the team that goes on the main journey who we follow throughout the story. You have your girl, Anna and Rapunzel, your guy, Kristoff and Flynn Rider, an animal, Sven and Maximus, and the sidekick, Olaf and Pascal. Also, in both films, the guy and girl of the group don't get along at first but gradually grow closer until they fall in love at the end. But I guess that happens in other films too.
Lastly, the villain is someone who the girl loves and trusts and is close to until they discover the truth. Mother Gothel is the kidnapper who poses as Rapunzel's mother and Hans is Anna's true love and fiancé. And both girls, in a way, get their hearts broken in the end.
Now for the things I did like about the movie. Like I've already mentioned, I did think Olaf was funny. Was he hilarious? No. But I did like the subtle humor he brought to the movie. I liked the overall humor of the movie as well, and found myself laughing at the small things, but other than Olaf, I don't feel that the other characters compared to those in 'Tangled'.
I also very much enjoyed the music; score and soundtrack. I think that the stand out songs were, obviously, "Do You Want To Build A Snowman?", "Let It Go", and "For The First Time In Forever". One thing I noticed about the music was that it didn't really have a base genre. Each song sounded different than the last, although, I did hear the music of other songs hidden within each other. What I mean by base genre is a similar sound throughout the movie, such as Elton John in 'The Lion King' and Phil Collins in 'Tarzan'. But that lack of one distinctive sound didn't really bother me.
And the last thing I liked about the movie was the animation. Since it was made by the creators of 'Tangled', and I liked that animation, I did like 'Frozen' too. I thought the snow looked great for computer animation.
So, I did point out a lot of things that I didn't appreciate in the movie, but overall I thought it was enjoyable; because it is still Disney. Do I think it should be praised like it is? No. Do I think it is one of Disney's bests? No, because they make a bunch of great movies that I still like better than 'Frozen'. But any 'Tangled' fan will enjoy 'Frozen'.