Review of Frozen II (2019) by Jluis_001 — 01 Dec 2019

6 years ago Disney released an animated film that made people go completely crazy.

Its success was somewhat unexpected because it was an original film with new characters in the Disney princesses repertoire but it worked great. Also the emblematic song was a massive hit even though I **** hated it.

I really didn't see anything remarkable in the film but with 1.29 Billion dollars raised at the box office Disney obviously knew they had gold in their hands and the sequel was inevitable. 6 years later it has finally arrived and it's clear this sequel was born for monetary reasons instead of narrative reasons.

Anyways that's not a bad thing, I've always said this is a business and it's perfectly understood and therefore Frozen II plays it safe. It doesn't necessarily deliver the same but obviously there would be no changes in the formula.

Maybe something that can bother a certain part of an audience unable to see something with another mentality has to do with the very own mentality of the film focused on current affairs.

The message of feminism and feminine empowerment is clear but at this point if people continue to believe they will see something else or that a film directed at a kid's audience doesn't need to deal with such themes, they're just deceiving themselves.

The songs just like in the original movie are the spine of the narrative but once again for me they didn't seem really interesting, although ''Into the Unknown'' is definitely the best in the repertoire and I personally liked it more than Let it Go.

But this is how Frozen works. The story this time is a bit messier but like in any musical the songs are how the characters express themselves better and this is how the film is made to work in a more suitable way.

I confess that Frozen wasn't the kind of film I like from Disney Animation but I know and I can recognize when there's quality and Frozen II despite its defects is a well made film.

Frankly I cannot say if it was able to recapture the tone of the first film because even though the original has certain superior elements, this one seemed more enjoyable to me.

I don't know, maybe I saw it with a different mindset, especially because of my lack of expectations but I repeat I liked it and there's quality to spare, nothing great but hey; it's more than fine and if you enjoyed the first one, then you will enjoy this one as well.