Review of Frozen II (2019) by Dukejon — 27 May 2020

I really enjoyed the first film, but I found the sequel to be a big disappointment. The whole story about the elements doesn't make a lot of sense and feels very contrived. It's like they were making it up as they went along.

The whole "water has a memory" is just an excuse for them to portray memories as snow sculptures, as it's easier to show that way. The kingdom of Arendelle seems to be a little port with 300 people living in it.

There's no villain to speak of. With Elsa we have another story about her self-indulgently running off to find herself, and yet again Anna is the one running behind trying to fix everything. Kristoff basically has a cameo role, and I didn't like the way his main arc ended with him marrying Anna, when Anna was clearly indifferent to him.

I also feel it undermines the first film's message about true love not having to always be about romantic love. Olaf is Olaf. Graphics are great and there are some some good songs here, but overall for me this reminds me of The Lion King and Aladdin - two great Disney films that had poor sequels that were best forgotten.