kongisking
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Forbidden Eye said:Frozen is pretty much considered an A-picture already whether you like it or not. It was huge at the box office(almost 400 million domestic and over a billion worldwide) it had "legs" in a time when no movie has legs anymore, won 2 Oscars, and the film has been embraced by everyone from critics to the general public; you literally can't escape "Let It Go". You have to go back to The Lion King, to find a success from Disney's Animation department(excluding Pixar) that's comparable.
That said, to expand from my mini-review from above, I agree that I didn't find Frozen that great. Compared to Wreck-It-Ralph, an excellent and original family adventure that pushed Disney animation into exciting new directions, I thought Frozen was a pretty basic and by-the-notes tale in comparison outside a few minor "twists". It could be just because Disney has bombarded us with Princess stuff through their marketing over the last decade or so but, as a male, I felt a little bored with the idea of more princesses. But then again, I really enjoyed Tangled and thought it was about as good as the "90s renaissance" films so it could be Frozen's storytelling that's lacking, as well as the characters not being all that engaging.
Of course, the females seem to really love it, so that must mean it was doing a lot of things right(even my Mom really loves "Let It Go"). What I'm really curious about though is Big Hero 6, which follows Wreck-It-Ralph's inventiveness and does something never done with Disney animation before(adapt a Marvel comic). Will it become a big hit and continue the potential "renaissance" we're living in of exciting and successful Disney features or will it disappoint and ultimately make Frozen's success a fluke?
Hold on a sec...
*checks under the desk, if you get my meaning*
Huh. I'm a guy. And I loved this movie. Damn...