Frozen is very loosely based upon "The Snow Queen", a long established fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen. Disney had looked at creating a film based upon this particular story for a long time, but the story was felt to be just a little bit too dark for the normal modern-day Disney viewer. In point of fact, a Snow Queen derived motion picture has been commenced upon and then called off by Disney on several occasions throughout the years.
It was only when several modifications to the authentic tale were made that Frozen ultimately got the thumbs-up. The two fundamental modifications were to give the Snow Queen (Elsa ) a younger sister and to make the Elsa's character less of an out and out villain and more confused, insecure and misinterpreted. The addition of a young sister (Princess Anna ) enabled the film to have a substantial emphasis on the subject of sisterly affection. Which would definitely explain the movie's extensive appeal to the young girls in the target audience.
While it might not have been stringently accurate to the initial story, the final release of Frozen definitely struck a chord with film goers young and old. The sisterly love theme undoubtedly appealed to young girls (and their mothers), and it also helped to furnish commitment for Anna to perform her quest. In Hans Christian Andersen's initial version, the Snow Queen is aided by a young peasant girl who has no firm relationship to her. While that might have been credible in Andersen's time, today's viewers, in Disney's estimation at least, may have considered that degree of selflessness a little bit hard to believe. To judge by the end result, Disney seems to have been one hundred percent correct in its analysis.
The movie is set in the sovereignty of Arendelle. The King and Queen have two little girls; Princess Elsa and Anna. Elsa is the next in line to the throne and she possesses magical ice powers.
She can produce snow, ice and frost with the wave of a hand. That's a ton of fun and Anna and Elsa make plenty use of Elsa's snow powers when at play - until Elsa inadvertently injures Anna with her powers that is. After that unfortunate incident, Princess Elsa is essentially sealed off and forbidden to reveal her ice magic again.
Later on, when both of the princesses have become young adults, their mother and father perish at sea and Elsa becomes queen of Arendelle. Sadly, prompted by an emotive argument with Anna, Elsa lets loose her ice magic once more, and on this occasion in front of her loyal subjects. She panics and dashes out of the castle, inadvertently plunging the kingdom of Arendelle into unending winter as she leaves.
She seeks refuge in a distant ice castle, which she creates on the North Mountain making the most of her snow powers. Fortified with very little more than a positive attitude, Anna takes off to be reunited with her elder sister, rescue her from her self enforced detachment and, while she's at it, to see if they can't fix the inclement climate.
Elsa (Disney)
The breakthrough arrived when an executive decision to give the Snow Queen a younger sibling. In Andersen's traditional story, the Snow Queen is helped by an unlearned peasant girl. Disney came to a decision to customize this and Princess Elsa (the Snow Queen) was given a younger sibling - Princess Anna.
This was an incredibly savvy action on the part of Disney. It set up a solid connection involving the two key characters, something which was missing in Andersen's traditional tale, and made Princess Anna's sterling labors to help rescue her sister very much more rational. It also changed the picture into a tale of sisterly love, which perhaps goes a long way to account for the film's strong appeal to girls (and grown women) worldwide.
Needless to say, the economic success of the movie Frozen is only one part of the overall equation for Disney Studios. All over the world, young girls snuggle into Frozen bedding, brush their teeth using Frozen toothbrushes, engage in make believe play with their Frozen dolls, pull on their Frozen knapsacks and check the time on their Frozen watches. If you can imagine a conventional child's game or toy, you can be quite certain that there's a Frozen variation of it these days. Originally the runaway success of the film seemed to take even Disney's marketing promotions department by surprise. It was hard to obtain appropriate Frozen merchandize for quite some time immediately following the film's premier. Unhappy kids pleaded with frustrated parents, but even "pester power" is going to be ineffectual when there are no materials to be gotten in the shops. Thankfully the problem has been dealt with now and happy parents seem able to keep their little princesses furnished with the needed Frozen merchandize a lot more easily.
Frozen has received a ton of honors, including a couple of Oscars - the first for "Best Song" (Let It Go), the other for "Best Animated Feature". Golden Globes, BAFTAs, Critic's Choice awards and Annie Awards were just a small sample of the additional awards collected by the movie. Apart from being given a considerable amount of critical acclaim, the movie was a huge triumph at the box office. It was the best grossing movie during 2013, the top grossing animated feature ever and even the fifth highest grossing motion picture (of any style) of all time. Put simply, Frozen was a hit both with movie critics and the cinema going public, and it turned into a real cash cow for Disney.
