Frozen 2 Film Review

Admittedly, I have to write a more biased review for this particular film, because of how much the first one meant to me. I specifically remember where I was, which cinema we went to and where we ate when my family and I watched the world famous, but slightly overrated, Walt Disney’s Frozen.
  From the moment I entered the cinema, I was filled with anticipation, and with good reason. Simply from watching the trailer, I knew that the film was going to be good. The cinematography of this film was a think of pure beauty.
    As always in a Disney film, the use of colour was both incredibly effective and meaningful. The autumnal feeling mixed with the build up to a more winter feel, meant a lot to me, when taking into place my safe place (if you read my Safe Place blog post). Now all I can dream of is an enchanted forest of my own, that’s calling my name – with the colours of oranges, pinks, purples, blues, yellows and greens.
     Now, with this film being specifically catered to a child audience, it was occasionally difficult to concentrate due to the excitement of the children that surrounded me, but simultaneously, their laughter filled me with a kind of joy that I hadn’t felt in so long. There were definitely jokes hidden in there specifically for the adults, that includes the songs! Such as Olaf’s song entitled ‘When I am Older’ relating to what the world will be like when he’s older, and how it will all – hopefully – make sense; when us adults know that this truly isn’t the case whatsoever! Also, the staging and mise en scene during Kristoff’s song ‘Lost in the Woods’ is an instant throwback to an eighties style music video, which will resonate more deeply with a lot of the parents in the audience.
  Every song has a meaning and purpose to people, some of which I can personally relate to (especially with Elsa, these songs are ‘Into the Unknown’ (also covered by Panic! at the Disco), ‘Some Things Never Change’ and ‘Show Yourself).
   The film does a great job of tying few loose ends without the need for it to be over-complicated, including Olaf’s ‘permafrost’, so that there would be no need for a lot of extra work to carry his personal ‘flurry’ throughout the film’s duration, which would be difficult on the animator’s parts. There are many mentions and throwbacks to the original film, with Olaf’s hard cut monologue and the way Elsa is positioned at one point. More simply, to the way Anna knocks on Elsa’s door brings instant memories back to ‘Do You Want To Build A Snowman’.
   Every song brings the emotion of the film to the forefront and explains exactly how the characters feel, which makes it easy for a young audience to empathise with, while still creating an appropriate amount of tension and threat to be felt when needs be.
   The last main thing I would like to point out about this film is the overall location building. For it being an animation, the detail into every single location, including the kingdom and the enchanted forest are a thing of bewilderment and beauty. Even the water of the sea looked incredibly realistic, as did the trees.
   I keep trying to find some sort of constructive criticism, but I can’t. There’s so much more I want to say, but I’m starting to waffle a bit. I will just say, that it’s nice to see all of the main protagonists to be portrayed together, more as a family.

I simply cannot recommend this film enough. 5/5 stars for sure.