Review of Frozen II (2019) by St_Sgibbs — 24 Nov 2019

TRUTHFUL REVIEW: First off ignore all the high 9s and 10s, this movie is definitely not that. I saw this movie in theaters this weekend and this movie lacks a lot of what made the first film as much of a powerhouse. Starting with the good... Though it’s not a bad movie for plot overall (though definitely flawed), as it continues the story shortly after the first film ended and while it dived deeper into the history of our beloved characters. This movie feels like a piece of art as it’s all about transformation when things are always changing and that is symbolic with the “lost woods” feel. Olaf provides great humor and Elsa/Anna/Kristoff provides character heart. I chuckled when the movie made fun of its itself with acknowledging Elsa’s “Let it Go” was too over played.

Now the bad... There’s only like 2 songs that are even decent and sadly even those two don’t hold up to any of the many hits from the first one. The music is a big loss with this sequel as it pretty much made the first movie like it did for Moana. Especially Kristoff’s painful 80s like montage song. Really! It was painful to watch. The story plot though being praised for suffers with how much we are just supposed to accept from water holding memory of the past and though being warned many times to not treading too far “or you’ll be drowned” our characters still don’t learn. Sadly, I was just ready for the movie to end so I could leave.