Frozen

I kind of just figured that Diksha uses movies as a pacifier on me. If she finds me upset, I'll normally hear 'ma, want to watch a movie together?' And she knows the kind I can't resist :)  

In that context, we watched 'Frozen' yesterday. A lovely movie. Visually and Conceptually. And the music score too....especially this one song ...'Let it go'. It's so beautifully visualized too.

It's based off a Scandinavian fairy tale, and there's not one, but two princesses. Two little girls who are playmates and inseparable friends. Elsa has special powers, the power to turn anything into ice and snow at her fingertips. She unleashes her power at will, and even involuntarily in moments of extreme emotion, and one day Elsa accidentally zaps her sister Anna. Their parents, in all their wisdom, separate the sisters, and more....they keep Elsa in total isolation. 

Time passes, and at eighteen Elsa is ready to take on the throne. The powerful, yet reserved and reluctant Elsa appears with gloved hands, determined not to freeze anything and reveal her true self on coronation day. But a run-in with an amorous, visiting prince who has his sights on Anna triggers Elsa's anger, and she inadvertently plunges the sunny, idyllic kingdom into perpetual winter.

Flustered and fearful, Elsa dashes away in a fit of self-imposed exile. It's on her way to the highest mountain she can find, that Elsa belts out the powerful ballad "Let It Go," a soaring declaration of freedom and independence, and through it transforms from a prim princess to an ice queen. 

The story then settles in on Anna's efforts to find and bring back her sister and restore order to the kingdom. She's accompanied by an ice salesman ( guy with the good heart) and his pet reindeer, and along the way comes Olaf a snowman who dreams of basking in the warmth of the summer sun. 

While the journey has all the action and funny sequences, the destination had a surprise........ yet another wonderful message from Disney. It's the fairy tale kiss of love that can bring back the princess Anna, and you're waiting with bated breath, and the proverbial kiss of love that brings her back is....not from her prince.....but from her sister, Elsa. Wonderful wonderful stuff !!