Not Frozen, but Slightly Chilled

     Despite the fact that I don't have kids (children or baby goats), I was coerced, albeit somewhat willingly, to catch the latest Disney animated movie, "Frozen". It received great reviews and I love Disney cartoons, but I heard there was quite a bit of singing in the show, and I wasn't really in the mood for a singing, animated film that night. Outvoted by my friends and wife, however, that's what we watched. It wasn't that bad, actually. There were a LOT of songs in the show, even for a Disney flick, and I felt that the inital story set-up and character develpment was a bit rushed. In the first fifteen minutes we had met the family and supporting cast, demonstrated oldest sister's powers, almost killed, but successfully revived the youngest sister, alienated and banished the oldest daughter because of said powers, killed off mom and dad, skipped ahead 13 years, sang two or three songs, skipped ahead 3 more years before beginning the actual storyline. The story was entertaining, but fairly shallow, as were the characters. The movie lacked any cleverly hidden adult related humor one finds in many of today's animated children's shows, but the music was catchy, real catchy.

     I know it sounds like I hated it, but it was a good hour and a half of mindless entertainment spent in good company.  Apparently, the rest of the world doesn't share my half hearted review of the film; it recently surpassed all other animated films as the top grossing animated fim of all time, according to the Washington Post. I am glad that I waited to see it on Blu-ray rather than in the theaters; spending twenty dollars on tickets would have resulted in further negative reviews. Needless to say, I am not buying this DVD, but I will be forced to perpetually sing along with the soundtrack that has been playing in my head since last Friday. "Let it go, let it go..."