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I ended up seeing this and it was awful. But then again Disney stuff has never really been my thing.

I also enjoy fairy tales, and have read The Snow Queen prior to seeing the movie. Frozen is a fairly loose adaption, to say the least, but the overall idea of someone making a journey to rekindle a 'lost' relationship is definitely present in the film (in fact it's the entire plot). But aside from that and the presence of a person with snow powers... they really don't have a whole lot in common.

@ Bambi: Haha, well to each their own. ^^

 

@V1P2 (because I'm lazy and would rather write these parenthesis as an explanation than spell out the entire username): Yeah, I've heard that the two stories are vastly different. Normally that's what happens with Disney films. Even so, I'm looking forward to comparing the two as is my usual hobby. XP

Fair enough, although not all of Disney's adaptions are as loose as this one. Tangled and Beauty and the Beast, for example, were much closer to the source material. Granted they (particularly the former) both took liberties with characters and plots to make them more interesting (and kid friendly), but the general storylines were similar.

 

Although, as you say, it's always interesting to compare the original stories with the adaptions to see how they differ thematically. If anything I think these differences can actually make them more interesting (and, at any rate, the original versions aren't necessarily the original originals anyway).

Haha, very true about the originals not being the originals. The Brothers Grimm invited story tellers to their homes and then recorded down their stories that way. Of course, it's entirely possible they altered the stories to their liking. They even omitted stories from their works for having French origin (as they wanted to bring out German nationalism).

 

Not only that, but Cinderella, while recorded by the Brothers Grimm, actually is thought to come from an Asian origin. The fairy godmother character wasn't added in until a much later version (then again, Cinderella has some of the most adaptations out of all stories).

I think that there's a pretty good reason why they called this Frozen instead of The Snow Queen. That is to say, they are different stories altogether. I wouldn't say that Frozen is based off of The Snow Queen so much as it is inspired by it. There are common elements, and they owe credit where credit is due. If they hadn't given The Snow Queen credit, just imagine the people who would say "Well they obviously took this from something else!" People gave that sort of criticism of The Lion King and its resemblance to Hamlet.

 

So overall, yeah, I do really love the original story, but I already say an animated movie based off of it. Seeing this movie was actually a bit of a throwback, since indeed it was cool to see some of the tie-ins to something familiar. At the same time, it was an amazing original experience focusing in on Disney's strong point, which is a fairytale about princesses.

 

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... Yeah, I really should see this movie in the near future... I regret not ditching my friends at the movies already. XP (Okay, so I don't... but when I was buying my ticket it was tempting to ditch them to see Frozen instead of Anchorman 2)