We all know the typical Disney princess movie timeline. Girl longs for adventure and her true love. Girls meets boy. They start to fall for each other. Guy does something wrong to hurt girl or girl needs saving. Girl is rescued and they realize they are in love, get married, and live happily ever after. The end.
Well, let me tell you, that is not the case in Disney’s new animated movie Frozen. Let me start off by saying that if you haven’t seen it yet, see it. Now- like, now! You will not regret this decision and your money will most definitely have been well spent. Even if you’re not a fan of those feel good cutesy Disney songs, there are enough puns and funny lyrics for a laugh or two, as well. I must say, I’m proud and excited that Disney finally made a princess movie that is (somewhat) realistic and doesn’t focus solely upon finding Prince Charming and falling in love. Rather, Frozen focuses on the importance of family and the realization of what real love is all about. Plus, an adorably goofy reindeer and witty snowman paired together just keep the laughs coming. Â
I’m now going to give you a brief summary of the movie, so SPOILER ALERT! Here we go.
The story begins with a group of icemen singing as they cut huge chunks of ice from a lake. A lovable blonde boy and his pet reindeer immediately capture your heart as they attempt to mimic what the men are doing but in a much clumsier way. Then, you are taken to a beautiful castle surrounded by a small seaside town, known as Arendelle. In the middle of the night, the younger princess known as Anna asks her older sister, Elsa, to go play and build a snowman. Although Anna is a normal girl, Elsa possesses the power to make snow and ice with her hands. In the midst of their mischief in the ballroom, Elsa’s magical powers harm Anna when she is hit in the head with a snow flurry. The queen and king rush in and take Anna immediately to the magical trolls to cure her. During their visit, Grandpa Troll tells them that Anna must never know of Elsa’s magic and Elsa must learn to control her power, or else it will bring her harm and destruction. Saddened and scared, they return to the castle and Elsa and Anna are put in separate rooms and grow apart for the remainder of their childhoods.
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Tragedy strikes in their teen years as Elsa and Anna’s parents are killed at sea in a storm. As time goes by, Elsa comes of age and must become the new queen of Arendelle. Upon the day of her coronation, the castle gates are opened for the first time in over a decade to visitors. Anna can’t hide her excitement as she bursts into song, the charming “For the First Time in Forever.” As predicted, that night Anna runs into a handsome prince by the name of Hans. The two have their cute, yet slightly awkward first conversation and it becomes love at first sight. During the coronation, Elsa is nervous she won’t be able to conceal her powers, but she is able to do so just fine. However, at the dinner celebration, upon hearing of Anna and Prince Han’s desire to get engaged after just meeting each other that day (another typical Disney aspect), she refuses to allow it and begins to argue with Anna. As the argument progresses, Elsa looses her control and unleashes spikes of ice all over the floor in front of everyone. Frightened and afraid, Elsa flees the castle with Anna attempting to chase her down. In the wake of Elsa’s leaving, she freezes all of Arendelle and begins a frost. Anna leaves Hans in charge and chases after Elsa, who has long retreated into the mountains of snow.
Elsa treks up the North Mountain and, in doing so, sings my personal favorite song of the entire movie, “Let it Go,” as she builds her beautiful ice castle. She transforms herself and is finally able to let her powers show, thus becoming a gorgeous and confident ice queen and more importantly embracing herself and her freedom.
Anna, in the meantime, is struggling through the snow to find her sister and stops at a market, where a gay German man (an awesome first for Disney) sells her a new dress and warm clothes. A stranger covered in snow walks in and asks for carrots, rope, and an ice pick to help him get up the mountain. Upon hearing this, Anna asks for his help to find her sister, but he refuses. However, she is in luck, as he cannot pay for his things and she pays for him, then insisting that he is now indebted to her. At this point you realize that this stranger is the cute little boy from the beginning of the movie with his now grown reindeer companion. Then the trio begins their journey together. Kristoff, the blonde boy grown up, and Anna dispute over her engagement to a complete stranger and find themselves in a number of troublesome situations. After surviving a wolf attack, they enter an ice wonderland. It is here that they meet the hilarious and adorable small snowman Olaf, who was built by Elsa as a reminder of her and Anna’s childhood days. Olaf is given a carrot for his nose and becomes their guide to Elsa’s ice castle.
After engaging in another fight with Elsa when meeting her at the castle, Anna is hit by a snow flurry on accident once again. This time she is struck in her heart, causing her to become weak and slowly turn into ice from the inside out. She is rushed to the magical trolls, who are actually Kristoff’s adoptive family, who healed her when she was little. She finds, however that she can only be healed by true love’s kiss (typical, but all together endearing). Realizing only Hans will be able to save Anna, Kristoff rushes her to the castle to get her life-saving kiss and then…
That’s all I’m telling! Collegiettes, seriously, GO SEE THE MOVIE. Tonight! Now! Not only will you feel amazing about life and realize what true love means, but you’ll no doubt have one or more songs stuck in your head on the way home and for days after. No shame if you get the urge to splurge and see it a second time, I already have!Â