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FROZEN: A Movie Review
By Anzhel Klein Rigunay | Monday, August 25, 2014
Frozen is one of the most successful Disney movies. This movie doesn't have only one, but two lead princesses who are sisters. They love and care about each other and are not "saved" by any men. Despite Disney's awful advertising that leads you to believe that Olaf, the lovable but pretty sidelined snowman is the center of this movie, the focus is unfailingly on the relationship between Anna and Elsa throughout the movie.
This movie is about a girl (Elsa) who was blessed with cryokinetic powers. Elsa discovered her ability to create snow or ice at the very young age. She used to play with her younger sister until an accident came. She accidentally threw a snow directly to Anna, her younger sister, which led her to lose her memory and nearly to death. After that incident, their parents were afraid of what Elsa can do. They locked Elsa in a room and closed down the castle, which devastated the younger Anna.
THE THREE IDIOTS
By: Therese Lee Gasmen | Tuesday, August 26, 2014
It is all about trailing what your heart desires, not to succeed. The journey of the faithful friends, Raju Rastogi and Farhan Qureshi fallen under a deep hope of exploring who their friend, Ranchoddas Shamaldas Chanchad, really is after he disappeared from their graduation. Like a writen journal, Raju and Farhan kept their memories fresh in their head as the hopefulness stands tougher than any other rock. They thrust their selves in the travel halfway realizing a couple things:
1. Having an inspiration;
2. Living your dream and;
3. Keeping your history.
But once they reached adolescence and it's Elsa's turn to take over the throne at the age of 18, the two experienced an awkward reunion. The perky, quirky Anna was a little nervous but was overjoyed to see her sister. The reserved and reluctant Elsa remained her distance, and with gloved hands, she hoped not to freeze anything and reveal her true self on coronation day. But a run-in with an amorous, visiting prince who set his sights on Anna triggered Elsa's ire, and she inadvertently plunged the sunny, idyllic kingdom into perpetual winter.
Other Disney movies, such as Rapunzel, Snow white and Tangled, the princes are the ones who help the princesses solve their problems in the story. Frozen has this big twist on the story flow. Prince Hans, the so-called Prince Charming of Anna, was the antagonist in the story. He didn't really loved Anna. When Anna reunites with Hans and begged him to kiss her to break the curse, Hans refused and he revealed that his true intention in marrying her was to seize control of Arendelle's throne. He left Anna in the room-- alone and dying.
But in the end, it was not a true love's kiss that saved Anna. It was herself. Anna's act of true love that saved her sister from the angry villagers was enough to save her as well. It was not the knight in shining armor or the prince from a foreign land that became the hero of this movie. Anna and Elsa embraced who they are and led their kingdom towards a happy ever after that we haven't seen in a Disney Princess movie before. No one married someone. No one was engaged with someone. Anna was even asked for consent before he kiss with Kristoff that came not as the final shot of the movie, but almost an afterthought. We, of course end where we began: with Anna and Elsa playing in Elsa's conjured ice as sisters bringing their kingdom back to rights.
This Disney Princess movie from the start to the end was about the tale of two sisters. It wasn't another shot of cliche Disney movie wherein the princess and her knight in shining armor is the focus of the story.
Ranchoddas Shamaldas Chanchad, beyond personality has his own way of succeeding himself in which nobody can compare. Rancho, Raju and Farhan were bounded tight as they bond though the roughness and pressure of Viru Sahastrabuddhe, their principal, when they crushed his daughter's wedding reception. Rancho had taught them about living a little and having the courage to stand for your dream until you've reached it.
"Aal...Izz...Well...", he repeated many times before having the two boys join him and suddenly mixing it with an ignorant tune of happiness and courage that made them all broke into a great laughter. Rancho proved himself to both of them and Viru S. He is smart and brave and hopeful, changing the two boys from behind to keep believing until their hearts are satisfied.
After their graduation, when everthing is free and heavenly, Rancho suddenly vanished...
Who is he? And, why did he leave without hos goodbye?
Three years later, Raju and Farhan finally manned up and promised to search for ther lost pal, keeping the three most important things fresh in their memories. Believing was their only hope. And, believing it is. Scientist Phunsukh Wangdu stood in front of them after confessing that he was under the name of Ranchoddas Shamaldas Chanchad. The two couldn't do anything but to bring back their broken friendship. They were fighters when they searched for him. But he left a mark to both of them and proved them that they didn't need to fight. He proved that Viru S. was wrong about the thought. "Life is a race..."