Coco said that her Music teacher recommended watching it to 'really' appreciate the song 'Let it go'. And she was one of the only two in her class who didn't watch it.
It was first screened in November last year, so not many cinemas were screening it then. When they did, the timings were not fantastic.
So we specially made time that Sunday morning to watch it at Plaza Singapura.
'Frozen' is not a typical Disney Princess story in which a hero rescues a royal damsel in distress. It is about how the love between two sisters, Elsa and Anna ('Ah-na'), releases Elsa from her Midas' touch of turning everything she touches into ice.
After watching the movie, I could understand what Coco's Music teacher meant. Without understanding the background and Elsa's need of living up to her father the king's expectation of being a 'good girl who conceals her feelings' (so that her power does not manifest itself), it is not quite possible to appreciate the release of repressed feelings in the song.
It is also interesting that the movie shows how desperate Anna is in looking for her prince, resulting in her blindness towards a love cheat, the prince. It is fictional, yet quite realistic - just about a portrayal of how 'love' is like for most young girls, and perhaps women who are not so young too.
Quite a different princess movie from the rest of the Disney princess movies, as noted by Coco: the other princesses fell in love with and married someone they met for just one day while Frozen tells you that it's ridiculous to do so.
When we came home, Baby was singing the medleys from Frozen non-stop, 'For the first time in forever' and 'Let it go' in particular. I went online to search for the lyrics and videos for the songs. I fell in love with 'Let it go' myself.
Although I loved cartoons as a child, I rarely watch animated movies now. In fact, I dozed off in the cinema at least twice when we were watching cartooned (Spongebob Squarepants) and animated movies. But Frozen was enjoyable.
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