Review by K

Frozen 2013

Frozen is a visual masterpiece which left me in a state of awe and wonder. That Disney Magic is present throughout the entire film and I feel they have finally gotten back to their roots - really championing the musical and theatricality of their films.

Idina Menzel and Kristin Bell absolutely shone (I had no idea Kristin could sing). The soundtrack I found was very reminiscent of Wicked (couldn't stop thinking of Defying Gravity during Let It Go). It is no surprise that this animated musical has been confirmed to be made into a Broadway Show.

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/theater/disney-s-frozen-coming-to-broadway-plus-more-theater-buzz-1.6821814

They are guessing due to how long it took for The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast to hit the stage, we are looking at a four year turn around. I personally think they will ride the popularity train and push it to stage as quick as possible. The score seems like it is pretty much done and written for the stage (listen to the out-take songs on the deluxe extended soundtrack - lots of focus on Anna and Elsa as children).

Considering the choices (aesthetically) for the voices of Anna (Kristin), Elsa (Idina), I believe it is highly likely the ladies could play the same characters on stage.

I have really enjoyed adding Frozen to my Idina Menzel collection of soundtracks (I love Rent and Wicked) and will continue to bask myself in the power of Let It Go - each and every morning.

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I definitely would not rate this ten. As good as this movie is, it ain't great. I would say it follows a very basic disney. Btw, THE best scored disney movie of all time will be Lion king. Nice points, however you didn't pinpoint the obvious cookie cut out 4 chord structure of Let it go." The fact that here are MAJOR plot issues and of course this movie is predictable. it ain't bad but it ain't good. Cinematography was average and some technical editing i noticed that were unbearable. Some of the characters, like Olaf, never really served a purpose AT ALL!!! And, am I the only one who notice other animals acting like dogs. That moose always had his mouth open for no reason!! I saw that plot twist of the prince coming a MILE away. I will admit the animation is good though.

@devotedtodisney How do you watch? there is nothing where you can click "Watch" or "Play"? I can't either watch any of my fav series? Why?

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