Different than the fairytale, but still great

Rating: 8/10 (28 June 2014)

The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen contains some messages such as the battle between the good and evil, and that love can thaw the frozen heart. Frozen, on the other hand contains some other messages, such as not battle between good and evil, but facing your fears and fighting for the ones you love. So thawing the frozen heart in here is actually showing the power of love upon your fears, and not power of love upon the evil.
The Snow Queen is originally a villain in the fairytale and making her actually a protagonist in this version was pretty smart, I would say, but I think that her villain side could be much more shown after she gets isolated on the mountain. And there it lays another flaw of Frozen, the lack of villains. I think that Duke of Weselton was not needed distraction who was not scary, and hell he wasn't even funny. And I felt that Hans being a villain was a bit forced. His intentions to claim the throne were not strong enough in my opinion to form him as a villain. It would have been much better if the focus of the film stayed on Elsa trying to fight her powers and perhaps slowly turning herself into a villain.
The characters are very relatable, we can recognize Elsa and Anna within our own feelings and actions. Feeling trapped in something for which you could only blame yourself or the fate and not being able to talk about it, we have all been in similar situations where we just needed to shout 'Let it go', when our loved ones were sad because of us and they could not understand. The scene where only door separates Elsa and Anna, at the end of 'Do you wanna build a snowman?' just tears you apart because you know how both of them feel. Anna is perky and goofy and really opened to the world and we can all relate to her awkwardness and clumsiness. The comic relief is very good, Olaf is really funny, they really took advantage of any joke that could have been made with a snowman. The reindeer Sven is pretty funny too, even though he doesn't say anything, his face expressions and the way he moves is hilarious. Kristoff is also a fun character, he can get some laughs. He is lovable, but yet not do developed as Elsa or Anna, but he does not need to be.
The trolls were also not so needed, the song sequence with them was a bit too long and tiring and they were charming but not so much. They were cheerful and upbeat but maybe too much. In the fairytale on the other hand, the troll or the devil was a villain who made made that mirror which makes everything good seems bad and everything bad seems wonderful. He was much more of a character than a bunch of loud singing rock-like balls and as I previous mentioned it adds up to the lack of true villain. But the trolls being good is an acceptable and important part to the plot, but still I think they should have gotten much less screen time.
The landscape was beautiful. It was amazing to see what they have actually done with the winter and it was fun enjoyable to watch. The songs were great and memorable, with the exception of the troll-song.
That is Frozen, people. If we are going to compare it to the original source, well, it is pointless. Too many changes were done and with some similarities, those are two completely different stories. Frozen has its flaws, they are transparent, but also it is overall very fun, enjoyable and even touching to watch. Relationship between two sisters is real and touching, and if you cried on Frozen, I won't judge because even with all its flaws Frozen is great flick and when you'll watch it you're going to laugh, sing along and even cry.