Review of Frozen II (2019) by Gregpauline — 22 Nov 2019

It is an absolutely beautiful sequel, very different take from the first, I dare to say a more mature view on the world of Arendelle. The Animations is stunning, I have never seen so beautiful water in my life.

My favourite thing about the movie is its humour, it's great and ageless, no matter how old you are, you will have genuine, wholehearted laughs throughout the film. The music is most enchanting, Idina is still the perfect cast for Elsa and Kristien Bell is just a delight to listen to.

I had a rush of joy that this time they gave Johnathan Groff, and he could once again take the piss at romantic pop music (everyone familiar with Hamilton will know he is great at that). My main complaint is that the music was obviously with intent written around the musical motif of a siren's call, and this made the songs blend with each other too much, the differences didn't pop as much, but they are still .

.. so good. The Anna-Elsa-Kristoff three wayed journey is a very well written story about them having to learn from each other in order to overcome the challenges so that their family can endure. There is an obvious colonial undertone, but I believe it's perfectly reasonable to just focus on the message of responsibility while following the Queen of Arendelle on her 2- movie journey to learn to rely on others and not to take the weight of the world on her shoulders.

The three story arcs remind me of Elphaba, Glinda and Fiyero. Olaf is a homage to the first movie, while he also symbolises the maturing tones. So to give my final verdict: Is it as good as the first one about fear, duty, love and shame? No.

Did it still have me spellbound? Absolutley yes. Now go see it.