History Awesome / Frozen2013

* It may be Villainous Awesome, but Hans' performance as a grief-stricken widower for the council of the ambassadors is a tour de force. When he passes the death sentence on Elsa, you can just make out tears in his eyes. He's an appalling man, but [[Theatre/{{Cinderella}} Santino Fontana]] [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct Really Can Act]].

** For a more subtle bit of awesome in the scene: notice her hands? ''No bruises.'' Anna is made of ''excruciatingly strong stuff''.

!!The Disney film
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[[caption-width-right:350:Let the storm rage on!]]

** As well as being 100% awesome music, "Let It Go" is 100% awesome story-wise. After years of pressure to hold her power back she manages to throw it off and do awesome things. Without practice.

** “Let It Go” is one of the most critically acclaimed songs released in Disney history, ever.

--->Oh, Anna... [[BaitTheDog if only there was someone out there who loved you.]]

** Anna has been frozen by ''Elsa''... so just how cold ''are'' Elsa's snow powers if they can ''shatter metal?'' Normal snow and ice ''cannot'' do that under normal circumstances... Elsa's snow powers are either ''as hot as lava'' (which is one of the few things that ''can'' melt metal) or made of something ''extremely'' powerful. "[...]stronger than one, stronger than ten, stronger than a hundred men"--those ice-miners at the beginning of the movie really knew what they were talking about.

* Anna then ''punches Hans in the face.'' Notice her hands? ''No bruises''. Anna is made of ''excruciatingly strong stuff.''

-->'''Hans''': Anna? [[ThisCannotBe But... she froze your heart!]]
-->'''Anna''': [[ShutUpHannibal The only frozen heart around here is]] ''[[NoYou yours]]''. [''turns around to leave before turning back and [[TalkToTheFist socking him in the face]]'']

-->'''Kai:''' Oh, I have a message from the Queen. ''[opens a documented scroll]'' "Arendelle will henceforth and forever no longer do business of any sort with ''Weasel Town''."
-->'''Duke:''' WESELTON! IT'S ''WESELTON''!

!!Meta
* The movie is packed with SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome.
** This is snow, guys. They animated snow. And it is ''awesome''.
** The scene where Elsa raises her ice palace is a technical marvel in computer animation. It took fifty effects artists and lighting artists working together to create the sequence. It was so complex that it took 30 ''hours'' to render each frame, with 4,000 computers rendering one frame at a time. According to the ABC documentary, it took ''nine months'' to complete that single shot.
* This movie had the biggest box office opening of any Disney movie, even beating out the previous record holder, ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''. And its box office ''rose'' between its third and sixth weeks, which is unusual for any film. It's the highest-grossing animated film ever, the first Disney animated film (not counting Pixar or Marvel) ever to gross more than a billion dollars worldwide, and the fifth highest-grossing film (not adjusted for inflation) of all time. To put it into perspective, this movie was still at #9 at the US box office ''the weekend before the DVD came out''. And then during awards season, the film swept all the major Awards for Best Animated Feature (from the Oscar and Golden Globe to the Kids' Choice Award), not to mention a clean getaway at the UsefulNotes/{{Annie Award}}s!
** After the Golden Globe win, on January 13th, word was announced that probably a large number of fans had been expecting and hoping for: ''Frozen is heading to '''Broadway'''''! Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger said, "We're not demanding speed. We're demanding excellence." Regardless of how long it takes, it's good to hear that the team is hoping to put as much effort into the musical adaption as was done for the film itself. Even better is that the songwriters and directors of the film are helping out. Under four years later after the announcement, the Broadway production began a out-of-town tryout in Denver, Colorado in August 2017 that ran for a month and a half, before heading to Broadway in spring 2018.
** Jennifer Lee is the first female director of a Walt Disney Animation Studios film, and the first writer at any major animation studio to become a director. And that movie surpassed a billion dollars worldwide, won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, and won Oscars for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song.
* Anna and Elsa are insanely popular at Disneyland/World. [[https://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-news/frozen-out--one-reporter-s-tortured-quest-to-meet-disneyland-s-anna-and-elsa-203635415.html On a Wednesday morning after Easter (with most schools' Spring Breaks over) in 2014, 10 minutes after Disneyland opened, there was a 4 1/2 hour wait to see them!]] When they were at the Norway pavilion in Epcot at Disney World, the wait reached as high as 6 hours.
* Demand has been so great the Disney Store often has little or literally no Frozen merchandise available. In Spring 2014, a weekly lottery was been set up for the chance to buy the most popular costumes and plush. Disney later announced that they wouldn't make the mistakes they made with ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'''s merchandising a quarter-century ago.
* Surprising that the announcement came after the Broadway announcement, but while fans waited for the latter, [[http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmovies/article/Disneys-FROZEN-ON-ICE-Heading-to-an-Arena-Near-You-20140520#.U30aBygUVT5 Frozen]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJlbDBJmavE on Ice]] starting making rounds in summer 2014. The ice show itself retells the movie, you can sing-along, there's awesome skating and orchestral score and effects. And then there's the finale: as if Idina Menzel singing "Let It Go" with the lyrics for the credits version wasn't [[OverusedRunningGag cool]] enough, the song is arranged as a dance-party-style remix AND ''an AudienceParticipation CallAndResponseSong!''
* Disney Hollywood Studios. [[http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/06/get-ready-to-experience-frozen-summer-fun-live-at-disneys-hollywood-studios Summer-long Frozen party all day every day from July 5th to September 1st, 2014]]. And it's indeed awesome, with multiple sightings of Anna, Elsa, and for the first time Kristoff, sing-alongs, Elsa using her powers, a snow play area and ice skating rink, a store where you can buy Frozen merch at non-jacked up prices, and a paper Olaf that if you tweet pictures of yourself with him around the park during the day, you might be included in the slideshow before the fireworks.
** The celebration was then [[http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/theme-park-rangers-blog/os-disney-hollywood-studios-frozen-longer-20140806,0,2148499.post extended to September 28th]] - which coincidentally was the same day the fourth season of ''Series/OnceUponATime'' premiered... which is themed around Frozen!
** And as of December 2014 they're keeping the sing-along and Frozen Funland for an indefinite period of time ([[NegatedMomentOfAwesome but it sadly seems like they're not keeping the ice rink since the Frozen Funland is being moved "down the street").]]
* The Last Sleepless City's cover of "Let It Go". The [[EpicRiff guitar]] and singer's voice are both truly incredible.
* Two more awesome covers of "Let It Go": Music/ThePianoGuys' cover, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dakd7EIgBE incorporating passages from Vivaldi's "Winter"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAJYk1jOhzk an African-tinged version]] by Alex Boye and the One Voice Children's Choir.
* More Let It Go-related awesomeness— a [[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/190083-Disney-Releases-Let-It-Go-The-Complete-Set-Featuring-International-Recordings-of-Award-Winning-Song CD set]] was released called [[https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/let-it-go-complete-set-from/id853340442 "Let It Go: The Complete Set"]]. which is a set of ''50 international recordings of Let It Go'' - that's over ''3 hours'' of listening to ''the same song'' translated into multiple languages! (Unfortunately, calling it The ''Complete'' Set can be considered inaccurate in terms of the one released in America because [[NegatedMomentOfAwesome the Menzel and Lovato versions are conspicuously absent.]] And yet the versions released on [[https://itunes.apple.com/tw/album/let-it-go-complete-set-from/id852970905?l=zh the Japanese iTunes]] [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Let-Complete-Set-Various-artists/dp/B00JNFMVYQ/ and on CD in the UK]] ''do'' have Idina's version, bringing the track total to 51, though seeing as Demi Lovato's version isn't on either release it's still technically not a "Complete Set". [[NegatedMomentOfAwesome Why that was done is anyone's guess.]])
* And ''then'', on May 19th 2014, an album of [[https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/let-it-go-remixes-from-frozen/id875528297 4 remixes of Let It Go]] hit iTunes! One wonders if that song holds the record for "Most Variations of a Song on iTunes"!!
* As if ''Frozen'' wasn't popular ENOUGH, it was honored with ''[[http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/07/11/japan-getting-exclusive-official-bizarre-frozen-edition-ps4-from-sony/ a special edition PlayStation 4]]''..... [[NoExportForYou but only in Japan]].
* The songwriters Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez were honored with a written piece by [[Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone Trey and Matt]] for [[http://time.com/70801/kristen-anderson-lopez-robert-lopez-2014-time-100/ Time's 2014 100 Influential People]] article, talking about how the film soundtrack's popularity was well-earned and that the skill they used was what they themselves attempted with the songs on ''Theatre/TheBookOfMormon'', ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice'', and ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
* Male covers of "Let It Go" are nothing new, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xGmx4K81Hc this one]] comes with an awesome animation! Notable is that the animated King looks and sounds quite awesomely villainous. It's like an insight into what "Let It Go" [[VillainSong was initially going to be]].
* The WordOfGod explanation for Elsa being born with ice powers (that is, unless the sequel [[Main/{{Retcon}} Retcons]] it or Jennifer Lee says otherwise since it was going to be in the film but was cut) [[http://forums.boxoffice.com/index.php?/topic/2717-disneys-frozen-400m-domestic-highest-grossing-animation-of-all-time-number-1-movie-ww-of-2013/page-554#entry1575244 is absolute genius]].
* The sing-along edition of ''Frozen'' was [[http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-frozen-singalong-dvd-72233/ finally released as an official DVD]] in November 2014, just in time for the holidays!
* "The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic", a documentary that aired on ABC on September 2nd, 2014 (and a few more times during the subsequent holiday season). It has interviews from the cast and crew, some WhatCouldHaveBeen trivia, and even a lot of the original storyboards for the original VillainSong-version of "Let It Go" (we even get to hear Kristen Andersen-Lopez singing the first couple lines)!. The documentary also has its Funny and Heartwarming moments as well.
* Semi-accurate talking plushies of characters are common things. The Frozen ones at Hot Topic follow this trend. So why is it on this page? Because of the Elsa one. With the (possible) exception of, "Thank you" and "Give me my glove!", all of the things Elsa says are ''lines from when she was meant to be a villain!''. Even [[{{Pun}} cooler]]? ''That's Creator/IdinaMenzel herself saying those lines!''
* Even though "Let It Go" didn't get nominated for Best Single for the American Music Awards, [[http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/11/17/kohls-retail-holiday-frozen-disney-merchandise-american-music-awards/19168955/ Kohl's still managed to get the song played during the commercial breaks, with 10 fan covers,]] with the store promoting themselves as a Frozen Merch HQ for the holiday season.
* Just when we thought Frozen has spread just about everywhere in the world, NASA thought that they could go beyond that and [[http://www.space.com/27839-frozen-snowman-olaf-zero-gravity-doll.html send it to space!]]
* Several months after the movie's initial release, Music/TheLivingTombstone made a remix of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11q9-Kl02Dg Let It Go.]] AND IT. IS. '''GLORIOUS.'''
* How about some love for "For the First Time in Forever" with a gorgeous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qxRK-JvYlg piano cover and a viola serving as the vocals?]] The key change is simply divine, and it makes the song much more intense than the original!
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ah3zQOVims This deleted scene]] shows a glimpse of a more villainous Elsa. And it is [[EvilIsCool AWESOME]].
** And [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV1QL-n_ljs here it is in MMD-style animation]]. A little bit of color and animation really makes Proto-Frozen look even more awesome.
* In Winter 2014, Arendelle, the North Mountain (including Elsa's ice castle and the trolls' home), and Wandering Oaken's Trading Post and Sauna became the first new locales added to Disneyland's Storybook Land since [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Agrabah and the Cave of Wonders]] almost 20 years earlier.
* With ''Let It Go'', Robert Lopez became the ''only'' person to complete the EGOT awards roundup (an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award) in competitive categories within a decade.
* How many animated shorts get their own ''trailer''? Well, ''Frozen Fever'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQRLVxZHKPs is one!]]
* The day before Frozen Fever was released in theaters, a ''feature-length'' sequel was announced!

-->'''Hans''': Anna? But she froze your heart.
-->'''Anna''': The only frozen heart around here is yours. ['''[[TalkToTheFist POW!]]''']

** And then Hans pleading with Elsa to not [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope become the monster everyone thinks she is]] by taking their lives. Granted, it's in his own interests but it at least helped Elsa to not take a life.

** You would think there would be a steep learning curve for Elsa, as she has obsessively suppressed her powers for nigh on thirteen years. Yet upon seeing her conjure such an impressive castle on a whim, on her first attempt, it begins to sink in just how ''powerful'' she can be. The scene isn't just beautiful and poignant; it's an stunning display of Elsa's strength, talent, and creativity, showcasing just what an incredible girl she can be when she believes in herself.

* “Let It Go” is one of the most critically acclaimed songs released in Disney history, ever.
* As well as being 100% awesome music, "Let It Go" is 100% awesome story-wise. After years of pressure to hold her power back she manages to throw it off and do awesome things. Without practice.

* As well as being 100% awesome music, "Let It Go" is 100% awesome. After years of pressure to hold her power back she manages to throw it off and do awesome things. Without practice.
** And the best part is: “Let It Go” is one of the most critically acclaimed hero songs ever released in Disney history.

* The opening scene with the ice harvesters. Seeing them do their professional work, while singing, is just awesome. That had to have been the [[RatedMForManly manliest]] Disney song since "[[Disney/{{Mulan}} I'll Make A Man Out You]]".

* Demand has been so great the Disney Store often has little or literally no Frozen merchandise available. In Spring 2014, a weekly lottery was been set up for the chance to buy the most popular costumes and plush. Disney later announced that they wouldn't make the mistakes they made with ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'''s merchandising a quarter-century ago.

* In Winter 2014, Arendelle, the North Mountain (including Elsa's ice castle and the trolls' home), and Wandering Oaken's Trading Post and Sauna became the first new locales added to Disneyland's Storybook Land since [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Agrabah and the Cave of Wonders]] almost 20 years earlier.

** And ''then'', on May 19th 2014, an album of [[https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/let-it-go-remixes-from-frozen/id875528297 4 remixes of Let It Go]] hit iTunes! One wonders if that song holds the record for "Most Variations of a Song on iTunes"!!

** From what we see of the castle Elsa creates, there are no foundations or load bearing support, just hundreds of tons of ice clinging onto a steep, precarious slope on the edge of an abyss (and ice isn't the best building material to begin with). Yet she keeps it standing, with no discernible effort, for days, ''by her will alone''. Even in the 21st century, mankind couldn't construct and maintain a building like that, but Elsa created it and sustained it all by herself without breaking a sweat.
* As well as being 100% awesome music, Let It Go is 100% awesome. After years of self hatred she manages to throw it off and do awesome things. Without practice. She doesn't throw it off completely, but still.

* Kristoff marching his way to go throttle Hans for what he almost did to Anna. Luckily (however you look at it), Anna stops him. What makes this moment awesome is that it shows that you NEVER want to mess with the people Kristoff loves.

* It may be a small one, but the way that Anna and Elsa's parents rode on their horses to save Anna's life. They didn't stop riding. Their horses were going fast. Just seeing these two parents riding on their horses to save one of their two daughters is just awesome.

* Male covers of "Let It Go" are nothing new, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xGmx4K81Hc this one]] comes with an awesome animation!
** Notable is that the animated King looks and sounds quite awesomely villainous. It's like an insight into what "Let It Go" [[VillainSong was initially going to be]].

* Disney Hollywood Studios. [[http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/06/get-ready-to-experience-frozen-summer-fun-live-at-disneys-hollywood-studios Summer-long Frozen party all day every day from July 5th to September 1st, 2014]]. And it's indeed awesome, with multiple sightings of Anna, Elsa, and for the first time Kristoff, sing-alongs, Elsa using her powers, a snow play area and ice skating rink, a store where you can buy Frozen merch at non-jacked up prices, and a paper Olaf that if you tweet pictures of yourself with him around the park during the day, you might be included in the slideshow before the fireworks. The celebration was since [[http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/theme-park-rangers-blog/os-disney-hollywood-studios-frozen-longer-20140806,0,2148499.post extended to September 28th]] - which coincidentally was the same day the fourth season of ''Series/OnceUponATime'' premiered... which is themed around Frozen!

* Surprising that the announcement came after the Broadway announcement, but while we wait for the latter, [[http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmovies/article/Disneys-FROZEN-ON-ICE-Heading-to-an-Arena-Near-You-20140520#.U30aBygUVT5 Frozen]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJlbDBJmavE on Ice]] is making the rounds as of summer 2014.
** The ice show itself retells the movie, you can sing-along, there's awesome skating and orchestral score and effects. And then there's the finale: as if Idina Menzel singing Let It Go with the lyrics for the credits version wasn't [[OverusedRunningGag cool]] enough, the song is arranged as a dance-party-style remix AND ''an AudienceParticipation CallAndResponseSong!''

* Anna and Elsa are insanely popular at Disneyland/World. [[https://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-news/frozen-out--one-reporter-s-tortured-quest-to-meet-disneyland-s-anna-and-elsa-203635415.html 10 minutes after Disneyland opened, there was a 4 1/2 hour wait to see them!]] When they were at the Norway pavilion in Epcot at Disney World, the wait reached as high as 6 hours. Other characters' wait times have been reduced to as little as 15 minutes.
** Demand has been so great the Disney Store often has little or literately no Frozen merchandise available. As of May 2014, a weekly lottery has been set up for the most popular costumes and plush. Disney later announced that they wouldn't make the mistakes they made with ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'''s merchandising a quarter-century ago.

*** Before Caissie Levy was cast to originate the role of Elsa on Broadway, she did this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV-pkOhTNxM 2015 mashup]] of "Let it Go" with the Beatles' "Let It Be".

* The movie is packed with SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome. ''Tangled'' did a lot with hair and textures for dresses. But this is snow, guys. They animated snow. And it is ''awesome''.

** You mean ''even'' for a reindeer, he's tough. Sven's depiction throughout the film is an Awesome moment for his ''species'', which for too long has been depicted as the cuddly, twee, diminutive associates of Santa Claus. But ''every'' Arctic-adapted animal is as tough as they come, and real reindeer are no exception.
*** Cuddly, twee, diminutive? Santa's reindeers ''fly around the world through god knows what kind of weather every year for twenty four hours a day due to the rotation of the Earth!'' Nothing twee or diminutive there, thank you very much!

** Anna then ''punches Hans in the face.'' Notice her hands? ''No bruises''. Anna is made of ''excruciatingly strong stuff.''

** And then Hans pleading with Elsa to not [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope become the monster everyone thinks she is]] by taking their lives. And then making sure that ''they'' don't take ''her'' life either. Granted, it's in his own interests but it at least helped Elsa to not take a life. Oh, and speaking of this scene, just a second, Hans diverts the Duke's Guard's crossbow from being aimed at Elsa to being shot at a small ice chain holding up the chandelier. He's a goddamn good sniper.
*** It's clear that Hans was deliberately trying to kill Elsa without actually aiming for her, by aiming for the chandelier (You actually see him glance upwards briefly before running to redirect the arrow) because you'd have to have amazing marksmanship to pull that off.

* There's something awesome about Kristoff's physical build. Compare him to other Disney heroes. They're mostly slim, about 5'7" or 5'8", just tall enough to embrace a princess and kiss them without overshadowing them. Hans is a perfect example of this. Kristoff is ''at least'' six feet tall, broad shouldered, rugged and muscular, with big feet and hands. Upon his first adult appearance, he is given slightly ominous music as he enters Wandering Oaken's Trading Post & Sauna, and he's almost a full head taller than Anna is. They want you to know, "This guy works outdoors. He'd better look like it too." He can lift Anna right off her feet without blinking, and he performs quite a lot of physical exertion in the movie. For once, a guy who is strong also looks it.
** [[http://goldflshturtle.tumblr.com/post/84245299773/heights-of-frozen-characters-anna-50-152 This Tumblr user used math and reality to calculate the heights of the main characters]] and Kristoff is actually 5’10” (177cm), which makes him tall for the average height of that time period which was 5’4” (165cm). Prince Hans however is also tall for the period at 5’6” (167cm) tall, but he is still at the average height of a Disney Prince. Anna and Elsa's (In that order) heights are 5’0” (152 cm) and 5’4” (162 cm) respectively.

** From what we see of the castle Elsa creates, there are no foundations or load bearing support, just hundreds of tons of Ice clinging onto a steep, precarious slope on the edge of an abyss (and ice isn't the best building material to begin with). Yet she keeps it standing, with no discernible effort, for days, ''by her will alone''. Even in the 21st century, mankind couldn't construct and maintain a building like that, but Elsa created it and sustained it all by herself without breaking a sweat.

''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' is one powerful movie; here are some moments that show just why.

** There was no way Anna could have known that her hand would [[JustInTime turn to ice at that exact moment]]. She was so intent on protecting her estranged sister that she was [[HeroicSacrifice willing to shield Elsa with her own body against a fatal sword blow]].]] Anna came close to getting her hand split down the middle, [[NervesOfSteel yet Anna herself was reaching to grab the blade even as it fell.