Are you kidding me?

Rating: 1/10 (27 May 2014)

First, I've been seeing many Disney movies for about twenty years, and I like most of them. 'Beauty and the Beast', 'Alladin', 'Lion King', 'Pocahontas', 'Mulan', 'Hunchback of Notre Dame', and more recently 'Tangled' to just name a few I really like. So, hearing a lot of good things about 'Frozen', two Oscars and whatnot, decided to give it a go.
Man, nothing could prepare me for what I saw. I barely managed to withstand the first ten minutes or so, but forced myself to watch it whole. Next day, I still couldn't believe how bad it was, so decided to see it again just to be sure. I'm stupid for wasting so much time, but whatever.
1) The Good.
This will be short. I liked some of the interaction between Kristoff and Anna. Also, two morals, 'love is the cure for everything' and 'don't marry someone you barely met' are good and dandy. Well, could have been better with better execution, but I'm trying to find something good in here. And that's it really.
2) The Bad - nearly everything else.
Music.
It is probably the only Disney picture in which I hate all of the songs and nearly the entire music score. Upon second watching I think that I can stand roughly 10 seconds of ~25 minutes of songs. Some of them, like that snow-fellow song, are just a disgrace. And who the hell allowed Elsa to sing? It was just painful to listen, especially on higher notes. And don't let me get started on the lyrics. Yuck. Also, music is supposed to just blend in, and naturally expand into song when necessary. Here we have characters that talk, then suddenly sing for no apparent reason, then talk, then...whatever. It sounds like a bad musical, or extremely bad pop opera.
Characters.
What do we have here? Idiot parents, that instead of loving and caring for their daughters, especially the older, troubled one, put her in a room and alienate her, making her afraid of everything. I shudder to think what real life implications that could have. Psycho, anyone?
Elsa. We are supposed to believe that she is trying to protect her little sister from harm. Yet, she is stupid and egocentric enough to not see that that separation hurts even more. After 15 or 17 years living like that, her baby sister should have hated her. So, after the inevitable break down at the coronation, she escapes, and decides to live in an ice castle (by the way, eating what? snow?). Screw responsibility. I was hoping that maybe now, finally, she can try to learn to control her powers, being alone and uhm... happy? No dice. And screw her sister, whose she actually did hurt again, more seriously then the first time, and then nearly killed with that Marshmallow dude.
Anna. OK, I kinda like this character, but she is the very definition of irresponsibility, with a 'desperate to get married' flavor thrown in. Still, she - by some miracle, I guess - retained her liveliness, and wasn't as paper thin character as some others.
Kristoph. Yeah, obvious love interest nr. 2. Sorta interesting character, that unfortunately doesn't do anything important, really. Too bad the writers didn't decide to pair him with Elsa. Would have been way better imho.
Hans. Obvious love interest nr. 1. At least for the first half of the movie. This guy just doesn't make sense. I couldn't believe the whole 'I don't love you, just want to rule' plot twist. If that was his motive from the start, then he should try to woo the queen, not Anna. Or later, after already being engaged to Anna, he should just let that crossbow guy kill Elsa. With a little effort, he could've been much more interesting character. But he is not.
Olaf. Obligatory wacky sidekick nr. 1. Or nr. 2. Whatever. Fails to be funny. So that makes him useless, right? Should be forbidden to sing.
Sven. Obligatory wacky sidekick, other number. Doesn't speak, and actually is funny sometimes. Still he's got nothing on Maximus.
Story.
I got the feeling that creators just made this on the fly, as they went. No, seriously. It looks like several people had various, sometimes contradicting ideas, and just put them all together without much of a thought. Other reviewers wrote a lot about that, so I won't be doing that in depth.
3) The Ugly ...or not.
Okay, animation is very pretty. I liked the landscapes. So it should be up there with the Good. Worth half a star, I guess.
4) Final.
Overall, just forget this movie. Bad story, bad music, mostly bad characters, forced jokes. I have no idea why it was awarded two Oscars, and have IMDb rating ~7.9, at the moment of writing this review.
Watch Tangled instead, it's far superior in every aspect.