watched the show frozen last weekend with bee, the day before i came down with the terrible food poisoning. i had actually expected some crazy christmassy comedy kinda movie but it turned out to be something totally different. and so for the first 10-15 minutes, it was a struggle for me mentally. heh heh...
so, after the initial "mental disconnectedness", i started to enjoy the movie. and admittedly, i didn't think much about the movie except that it was "just another disney movie", complete with the usual princess/ damsel in distress, the handsome dude who came and swept her off her feet and the "and they live happily ever after" kinda ending. but thinking back now, i do noticed there were quite a few interesting differences this production has compared to previous ones.
so, after the initial "mental disconnectedness", i started to enjoy the movie. and admittedly, i didn't think much about the movie except that it was "just another disney movie", complete with the usual princess/ damsel in distress, the handsome dude who came and swept her off her feet and the "and they live happily ever after" kinda ending. but thinking back now, i do noticed there were quite a few interesting differences this production has compared to previous ones.
(spoiler ahead! read on only if you have watched the movie or do not intend to watch)
firstly, the evil character was not female. it was the prince. secondly, the handsome dude that eventually paired off with the princess was a commoner and not a handsome prince. thirdly, the true love that broke the spell was not some romantic love but rather, it was sibling love. other than that, all the usual elements of love, romance, friendship, evil, magic, crazy slapstick jokes, crazy characters, beautiful animation etc that was so characteristic of all disney productions were there.
then again, somehow i didn't feel the oomph the way i did compared to the more classical disney productions such as snow white and the seven dwarves, or cinderella... perhaps it was a case of me having grown up and way passed my younger years. whatever… nonetheless, what stood out for me were 2 characters - olaf the snowman and the moose, especially the moose! to see a moose behaving like a dog was so so over the top for me! simply loved the character!
then again, somehow i didn't feel the oomph the way i did compared to the more classical disney productions such as snow white and the seven dwarves, or cinderella... perhaps it was a case of me having grown up and way passed my younger years. whatever… nonetheless, what stood out for me were 2 characters - olaf the snowman and the moose, especially the moose! to see a moose behaving like a dog was so so over the top for me! simply loved the character!
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