Movie Review : Frozen Is The Hottest New Princess Movie Of 2013

Walt Disney Productions prestige is to never disappoint and their latest movie Frozen, is no exception. The movie centers around the lives of two sisters, kind-hearted Anna and the frightened Snow Queen Elsa. Fearless Anna sets off on a journey to find her sister, who flees to an icy mountain after she accidentally traps the kingdom of Arendelle in an eternal winter with her ice powers. Disney’s 2013 animated film reeled in its target audience and more; the film intended to appeal to children’s of all ages surprisingly enough enticed a wider audience largely comprised of non-families. Disney’s reputation for promoting happiness and the well-being of American families led to the direct success of the movie Frozen. The film met its purpose, depicting a touching storyline – showing the importance of family and undermining the traditional concept of “true love.” Furthermore, Walt Disney Productions established sufficient credibility within its viewers and audience with the use of artistic proofs such as; ethos, logos, and pathos. Disney’s tradition is to provide the audience with an educational piece of entertainment, Frozen is undeniably one of those Disney animated films worth seeing. Walt Disney Productions strategic use of rhetoric made it evident that the movie was going to be an all-time hit – some may even say “the biggest children’s film of all time” – simply because it was just that, a Disney movie.

A number of children’s literature are progressively becoming produced with reverse gender roles. In fact, “Merida’s heroism is why Brave signifies a turning point for Disney” (Garabedian, 2014). Modern day princesses are ending these past stereotypes and becoming strong and independent female characters. Merida is no damsel in distress!

Disney films are more than just magical fairytales. They are gateways back into our childhoods where dragons needed to be defeated and where fairy godmothers granted our deepest desires. These magical films also encourages little girls to feel confident about themselves.

Not only do Disney princesses result in bad self esteem, they also encourage passiveness and reliance on others. The feminine and vulnerable side of these princesses, reflect the reliance on their hero and true love. The Disney princess stereotype insinuates that girls should be sweet and submissive, and should fully rely on a male-counterpart. Conversely, new characters, such as Elsa (Frozen), Rapunzel (Tangled), and Merida (Brave), do not express this passive characteristic. At the same time, these princesses continue to need assistance to reach the desired solution. For instance, Princess Rapunzel still needed hero Flynn Rider, in order to navigate her to her parents throughout the movie. None of these princesses independently found a solution to the main conflict in any of these Disney films.

Disney princesses are fun for all ages, but their target audience is young children and “as children grow and develop, they can be easily influenced by what they see and hear”. Therefore, what they see and hear in Disney movies leaves an impression on them. The first princess, Snow White, was created in a time where each gender and race had a specific role in society. Recently, many believe that Disney has come a long way in regards to gender and race since Snow White, as several multi-cultural protagonists have been introduced subsequently, and gender roles do not appear to be as stereotypical as they once were. However, many of the apparent innocent messages about race and gender in these movies, can be exposed as otherwise. Despite

All the colors that surrounded were Dull, Plain, and Neutral. It was pastel pink, the frills that covered The chest and created the three-fourths sleeve. The dress made me realize how skillful the seamstress was.

The Princess and the Frog. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, performances by Anika Noni Rose, Keith David, and Oprah Winfrey, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Walt Disney Pictures, 2009. This movie is the ninth movie in Disney’s line of princess movies.

For it appears that the Academy has a differing opinion on these animated films. Amid Amidi, brings attention to how some judges’ feel for their nominations, in his article, “Definitive Proof That Academy Voters Are Ignorant About Animation”. One such judge stated how, “I have seen none of them. I have no interest whatsoever. That ended when I was 6. My son dragged me to a few when he was 6; I would seat him and go outside and make phone calls.” This academy judge apparently didn’t even waste their time with a vote as they abstained in the Best Animated Feature category. Most of these judges do not understand the amount of time and energy it takes to make an incredible animation. Half of these judges abstained in this feature, and the rest voted for Frozen, but these votes was due to the fact that their fellow judges voted for the same.

“Once upon a time in a faraway land, there was a tiny kingdom; peaceful, prosperous, and rich in romance and tradition.” (Cinderella, 1950) This is the ideology that has

Disney’s new movie “Frozen” has caught the eyes of viewers and has surprised us all, reaching No. 1 in the box Office and have pass over $300 million of tickets sold, this movie has no sign of slowing down any time soon. “Frozen’ is one of the few recent Disney films to capture the classic Disney script, like “Cinderella” or “Snow White”, it’s a heart warming and loving story, guaranteed to thaw a frozen heart. Unlike the usual Disney princess story line where the girl has a poor life or things just don’t turn out like there suppose to, they wish upon a star, fall in love, then bibbidi-bobbdi-boo they have a happily ever after. Frozen strayed off from tradition and decided to go for more of a different approach. True love has always been a

The first movie produced by Disney was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Snow white was a Disney Princess who was shown as good-looking, romantic, and sensitive. She is rescued by seven dwarfs running away from an evil queen. The seven dwarfs are men in the Disney animation; they promise to protect her and help her until one day she falls and a prince charming soon finds her and kisses her, in which he saves her life. The story of snow white shows a standard female princess that is miserable without a prince charming. The princess was also viewed as beautiful because of her skin and red lips, indirectly inferring that that these are the qualities essential to become beautiful. These are the kind of unattainable stereotypes that young girls are

Thus, many adults had a problem with this movie. The movie is addressed to not only children but adults as well. My adults are stubborn and don’t like things that are not how they see it. These parents have metathesiophobia. Also, those adults believe that the kids should not be watching these types of movies that shows them how to be rebellious. These parents focus on the parts of the movie that were irrelevant like how Elsa ran away. Other adults who see the positive difference between the old Disney movies and the new Disney movies encourage their kids to watch it and recommend other parents to watch it with their kids. It is parents like those who have helped changed the perspective of the medias role in our socialization. Media has always been negative towards women and the role they have in the world. But movies like “Brave” and “Frozen” are helping change those perspective in a positive way.

Frozen fractals have been all around Walt Disney World the past couple of years. What used to be ran by a mouse now seems to be ran by a happy little snowman. If I could change one thing, I would change the overuse of Frozen in the Disney parks. There are 53 other animated Disney movies, so why can’t they just let this one go. I wonder how Bambi or Todd and Copper from Fox and the Hound feels since they are mainly represented by stuffed animals. Do not get me wrong, I loved the movie, but Disney is taking out classic rides, added a usually 2 hours or more wait time just to meet Anna and Elsa, and changed last year’s Christmas parade into Frozen Christmas Celebration. Ten to fifteen years from now, those little kids that belted out to “Let

Her hair still remains to long now that she has grown it back out. The color of warm brown with a touch of caramel and honey highlights. Her eyes remain an icy blue, which only helps to add to her ice queen reputation.

Whether it is used as a symbol (such as the color red in the film Snow White) or as a tactic to catch the audience’s attention (such as Superman’s bright red and blue costume), color proves to be a language for the artist. Mary Blair was a popular concept artist for the Walt Disney Studios back in the 1950s. Writer Michael Gormley mentions that Blair was in high favor of Disney. “Blair’s later work…displays a conscious simplification of forms and expressive use of color” (Gormley). Blair knew how to set the mood of the scene with different hues of colors. One of her best works would be her concept art for Disney’s Cinderella. Blair’s design for the ballroom scene includes many pastel pinks and blues. This works well for the scene because the softness is pleasing to the eye and gives a sense of love. Blair’s coloring skills are assisted by the atmosphere and lighting in the