catmuto
Since: Nov, 2012
03/26/2015 00:00:00
I agree, Frozen has nothing in it that actually justifies the huge amount of hype it's getting. I will admit that several of the songs are catchy - but then, I have yet to see a Disney movie where I forgot all the songs or didn't find them catchy. It's a nice enough movie if you go into it without big expectations, but definitely nothing hype-worthy.
WhoNeedsAMango
Since: Aug, 2015
10/03/2015 00:00:00
Probably ought to leave that to the viewers, Muto, instead of stating it as fact.
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Hype? Expectations? Better let 'em go!
Ain't seen nothing become this culturally ubiquitous since way back in the '90s... even cave-dwelling religious fundamentalists have probably heard of it, probably as a default ringtone for paid-for cell phones or something. Does it live up to the hype? Of course it doesn't! Does anything ever? Nope! So let's do it the sensible way and judge it on its own merits.
Building on the good foundations set by its two immediate predecessors in the canon, Frozen is pretty much the archetypal classic Disney film. That's not at all saying it reaches the dizzying heights of their Golden Age masterpieces, but it just may qualify as being Disney's best stab at it so far during this millennium. It's got all the hallmarks and ingredients found in some of the D's best work, but how you combine those ingredients is what determines whether you've got a masterpiece on your hand or not.
The characters are likeable and inoffensive, and have the emotional depth you'd come to expect from D. Most of the humor is derived from characters and situations rather than the hackneyed brainlessness of the non-stop pop-cultural reference usage of—ahem—others. Add in some nice catchy songs, and even the odd refreshing subversion of typical Disney tropes, and you've got a recipe for a pretty crackin' good time, if not necessarily a film that will change your life in any meaningful way.
Even if some trope usage feels maybe a bit too overly familiar and sentimental, at least they're continuing that grand Disney tradition of empathy, tolerance and understanding, and God only knows that's in short supply these days. Disney are well and truly back on the right path as compared to the mess they were in about a decade ago, and while they've still got a while to go (and they may never get there), beginning an age of new greatness seems increasingly more like a true possibility. Disney's still more than worthy of the responsibility of being given your children's precious time, and hey, you might even have some fun yourself while you're at it!