And so, everyone, we've finally arrived at the sequel to highest grossing animated movie ever and one of the greatest Disney films ever, Frozen 2. This is definitely a movie I was excited for. Especially seeing as the trailers were making this look like an awesome and fun experience. And so, was it? ... Uh... it was pretty close. It's not as good as the first and there were some things about it that were kinda bad and cringe-worthy. But I'm not saying all those things make the film bad, they just kinda drag it down a little and make it not as good as the original. Anyway, let's get into the story first. And yes, like I normally do, I'm gonna do a spoiler free section first and then move onto the spoilers after with a warning. So, first off, what's the story? It opens up with a flashback with Anna and Elsa as kids being told a story from their parents. Years later, after the events of the first movie, Arendelle is celebrating something, all the while, Elsa is hearing a voice somewhere and even Arendelle is evacuated when all sorts of weird things happen like the wind blowing everyone away, the ground shaking, fire spreading and so on. And after a word with the trolls, Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven head off into a forest to find out what's going on. And I'm gonna stop there. So first off, I wanna get those problems out of the way. First, and probably the thing I noticed within the first few minutes is that the pacing is way too fast. Not only does the opening scene kinda spoil the rest of the movie, but also everything happens way too fast. There's a lot of that, especially in the opening. There are some things in the opening I liked, but it all happened way too fast and then they just jump straight into the story. I guess some stories get away with that considering they have a lot to do, but at least those other stories give more time to feel like the audience is more into the story and it's addressed enough to get people into it, whereas this just gets into it right away and doesn't really have a proper opening. It's just a rushed few minutes and then we get into the actual plot. And that part did distract me a little. The other problem is easily the biggest problem and that's the fact that there's a subplot with a character that's really cringe-worthy and and takes too long. I won't spoil it, but it's definitely the worst aspect to the film. It also gets kind of annoying after a while. There are also songs here, obviously, and I liked a lot of them, but there is one that's kinda bad. It's like what I just said with that character's subplot and that's that it's really cringe-worthy. You could honestly take that part out and miss nothing. There's some things that don't really make sense and the film and are kinda hard to ignore, especially towards the end. And also, I guess this next point is a little more subjective than those others, but, from the trailers, I was sorta expecting this to have a huge fantasy and adventure and action aspect to it. And while there is definitely an element of that in here, there's not as much as I was hoping for. There's also something that a character does towards the end that was really weird to me. I know I'm being pretty vague with these problems, but they are better explainable in the spoiler section. And I guess this is where I can make the transition into the positives. Firstly, and this is really to be expected with any Disney movie, the animation is still amazing. Just the way everything looks and the way the movie is shot just makes everything really massive. And, while I said before that the element of fantasy isn't shown here that much, there is still a bit of feel here and that much of it is still really effective. And the characters are still super likable. I was really glad to be able to see them again and they're still great. I especially like Anna and Elsa's relationship more this time and Olaf still gets some good laughs. And a lot of the other characters are really funny too. And even though the character that I mentioned gets a cringe-worthy subplot, it doesn't mean the character is bad or unlikable at all. Also, like I said, there are also a lot of elements here that I really loved, and a lot of that came from a lot of the interactions between the characters and what they end up doing on this adventure. The songs are still as awesome as the first movie. Yes, there is one that's not great and is kinda cringe-worthy, but the rest are still amazing, especially Elsa's "Into The Unknown" song.
Elsa still gets the best songs in these Frozen movies and Indina Menzel still has an amazing singing voice. The rest of them, besides that one that I mentioned, are really great too. I immediately downloaded this song onto my iPod after seeing it. I had listened to it a ton of times before seeing the movie too. And all that good stuff definitely helped make this really entertaining. So, yeah, the film's not perfect and it does have a good amount of problems and it's not as good as the first incredible film, but I still had a fun time with this and would totally recommend it. As a humongous Disney fan, I'm satisfied with it and can't wait to see what Disney Classic is next. And so, everyone that's my review for Frozen 2. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think. And now, we're getting into the spoilers. If you haven't seen the film yet, go watch it and then come back and read the rest.
Spoiler:
Okay, so first, I want to get those problems I mentioned out of he way. That biggest one I was talking about before was the subplot with Kristoff trying to propose to Anna. Like I said, it's super unnecessary and takes up way too much time in the film and it was becoming really annoying and cringe-worthy really quickly. And his song about it is that song that I was talking about. I feel if they took that out, it would help with the film feeling not so long. But with that part out of the way, let's get to the actual plot next. So, with the opening, I liked how their parents told them about the forest and about their past, but what didn't like was how it spoiled what was gonna be coming and it made a lot of the rest of the film really predictable. As soon as they were talking about their dad being saved by someone, I immediately thought that it was their mom and I was right. And then, I guess the biggest spoiler is the whole origin of Elsa's power and what caused the spirits to be mad and all that. So, apparently, what their parents were doing that they were going to was trying to discover where Elsa's powers came from and they even find the ship wrecked up on this bit of land somewhere. And, I honestly don't really know how I felt about that. I mean, I guess it's cool to know what they were doing, but still, in terms of what they showed, I don't know how I feel about it. But, I guess moving away from that, I'd say the next biggest spoiler is the fact that Anna and Elsa's grandfather is the one who caused all this to happen. He just decided that he wanted to betray the forest tribe and kill the leader. And, what I said about the last point is the same here, I don't know how I feel about that because they present it as he was just some guy who, I guess, maybe didn't want to do things the way everyone was talking about and just wanted to be rid of this other tribe. And this is all discovered by Elsa when she decides to go off and find this island of Ice where all that's where she finds all this. And then we see what happened to Anna in the first movie happen to her where she freezes. That was actually pretty interesting. This even causes Olaf to disappear, which I thought was actually a risky move. And then, when Anna gets this message and decides to destroy the dam that's keeping a whole bunch of water together thinking that Arendelle was something that should never have been made, thinking it was based on a bad history, which, I didn't really get. This is that one decision I was talking about before. And it still doesn't make sense to me. It felt like they could have thought of another plan besides that and I don't think this one was a great idea either. And they managed to use the giants to destroy it, only for Elsa to come and save Arendelle and say that destroying it wasn't necessary. And that kinda shows that problem. I get that destroying the dam was needed to release the mist from the forest, but, I don't know, I just feel like the whole thought of destroying Arendelle didn't really make much sense. But, anyway, after that, Elsa brings Olaf back and then decides to stay with the people in the forest while Anna becomes the new queen of Arendelle. I did actually really like that and I like how they put them in those new roles like that. And, like I said, all that together made the film really enjoyable. And so, everyone, that's the spoiler review for Frozen 2. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.
SO, EVERYONE, WE ACTUALLY GOT THE FINAL TRAILER FOR THE RE:MIND KINGDOM HEARTS 3 DLC. AND THIS TRAILER IS AMAZING. WE SEE SO MUCH HAPPENING AND SO MUCH AMAZINGNESS. WE'RE GETTING THE FINAL FANTASY CHARACTERS IN THIS AND THAT'S A RELIEF. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE SEE ALL THE GUARDIANS OF LIGHT FIGHTING TOGETHER. WE'RE ALSO GETTING CONFIRMATION THAT SORA DID SAVE KAIRI AT THE END, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AFTERWARDS. BUT WE DO SEE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GO AROUND SCALA AD CAELUM AND EXPLORE IT. PLUS, IT'S FINALLY CONFIRMED THAT KAIRI IS PLAYABLE. THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE WANTED FOR A WHILE AND NOW IT'S HAPPENING. WE EVEN HEAR SORA SAYING THE WORDS FROM KINGDOM HEARTS 1'S OPENING. SO, YEAH, I'M OBVIOUSLY EXCITED AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR IT. AND SO, HERE IT IS AND I HOPE YOU ALL LIKE THIS.
So, today, we were given the first teaser for the start of Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Black Widow. Like what I said before, Black Widow is a film that me and so many other people have wanted to see for a while. Considering what a great character Natasha has been in all the other M.C.U movies, me and a lot of others were interested in what she could do with a solo movie. And this teaser looks like it'll be delivering what we want to see. First off, it's nice to see her again after she died in Endgame, and it's nice that we're getting her backstory. She's always had a fascinating side to her before, but it looks like this could be using that to its full advantage with her being the main character. Scarlett Johansson also looks like she's still amazing as the character and I always love seeing her in these movies as Natasha.We also get to see a little bit of Taskmaster here. Not enough to give my thoughts on, but it's still cool we're getting this character in the M.C.U. And the whole rest of the cast looks interesting too. The only thing I can say I don't like that much is that some of the jokes here don't land in my opinion and there are a couple of weird moments, but I still have faith in them and I'm still excited for this. And so, here it is and I hope you all like this.
So, kinda moving away from my paintings for a post, I decided to show a video I did recently of me showing my different manga and anime collections. I've been trying to do some more videos recently and hopefully I'll get even more out. And for this, I wanted to show the different anime and manga collections I own and one's that I'm happy to have. And I'm hoping to get more soon. But, for now, these are all the ones I have now and so, let's start, please subscribe to my channel and I hope you all like this.
So, yesterday, I was at the Kingdom Hearts Orchestra in London and it was absolutely amazing. A friend of mine told me about it and I'm so glad he did because I got to go to a Kingdom Hearts concert, and, not only was that amazing aspect there, but the composer of the entire Kingdom Hearts series, Yoko Shimomura, was there to and we all got to see her. Not only did she speak to us all, but she also did the music for the last piece that was being played. The entire experience was incredible. I also got tons of stuff there. I also didn't wear my Sora suit, though afterwards, I realised I should have, but I wore a ton of other Kingdom Hearts clothes. And I'm really hoping I get to go again some day. And, I got photos and so, here they are and I hope you all like these.
Continuing my paintings of old childhood shows of mine is this underrated show that I'm actually find out recently had some fans behind it and was appreciated by a fair amount of people, Robotboy. I remember also really liking this show a lot when I was younger. And now, looking at it years later, I still feel like it's got this innocence to it that makes it really nice to watch. It's not the best show I've ever seen, but I still feel happy watching a lot of it. It does have some bad episodes, especially one in particular involving a fake dog, but the ones I do like I think do hold up now that I'm older. And so, I've decided to show off some more paintings of characters from it. And so, here they are and I hope you all like this.
Robotboy:
Tommy:
Gus:
So, continuing my blog entries of doing paintings of old childhood shows I loved in this classic show that I was a massive fan of when I was young. As I may have said in another post before, this was a show I adored and followed and looked up to as a kid and I still think it holds up. At least the original. I remember liking some of the others, but I really love the original the most and have the most fond memories about. And so, doing the characters for this wasn't the easiest, but I tried my hardest. And so, here they are and I hope you all like these.
Ben:
Gwen:
Max:
Vilgax:
Kevin:
Azmuth:
So, the other day, the trailer for the other new Pixar movie was released, Soul, which looks really interesting to me. The thing about this film is kinda like what I thought about their Onward trailer, the fact that it looks like something completely different from what Pixar's done before. And it does look like it has potential to be good like most Pixar films and it does look interesting like I said. And it doesn't show much. It shows a man's life and then him becoming something. So, this kinda reminds me a little of Coco a little bit. Overall, yeah, I'm excited and I do want to see what it's really about. So, here it is and I hope you all like this.
So for these next few entries, I decided I'm gonna do paintings of old shows I loved from my childhood. I've done some before, but I wanted to do much more. And starting us off with that is one of the best cartoons I've ever seen, Avatar: The Last Airbender. I've been rewatching this whole show on Netflix recently and I'm so glad I am. It's an amazing show and I love it. And so, let's begin and I hope you all like this.
Aang:
Zuko:
Katara:
Sokka:
Toph:
Seeing how Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is now over with Thanos gone, I think eventually, they're gonna have to bring in a new big villain for the Avengers to deal with. So, I decided to count down my picks for the top 5 Marvel villain who could be the next big villain for the M.C.U. Seeing how there are so many big villains in Marvel, this could give them the opportunity to bring in a villain who could live up to the greatness than Thanos was. And this could give fans a chance to see some fantastic Marvel villains in live action on the big screen. And so, let's begin and I hope you all like this.
5. Dormammu:
Starting us off is the ruler of the Dark Dimension who appeared briefly at the end of Doctor Strange. Now that the Time Stone is technically gone from the main timeline of the M.C.U, this could give Dormammu a chance to come back. Being the one who was almost brought to our planet by Kaecilius, he could do a lot more now given his power and having him back in the movies could give us the definitive confrontation with him against Doctor Strange and the other Avengers with him looking like him comic book counterpart.
4. Kang The Conqueror:
Seeing how Thanos was able to be an alien looking for a way to eliminate life in the universe, why not try a villain who has the power of alien technology and a huge army himself who has a desire to conquer our own universe and era. Kang has been a huge villain for the Avengers in the comics for years, and while the original Avengers from the movies aren't the main focus anymore, seeing a new group of Avengers brought in to fight him could be something comic book fans would geek out about.
3. Norman Osborn:
This might be a bit of a stretch considering Norman isn't that big in terms of villains, but I gotta stick with what I'm feeling and I do believe that Norman could be a great villain for the Avengers. Not just with Spider-Man as the Green Goblin, but he could also create tons of problems for the Avengers being either a selfish businessman who wants them dead by hiring someone, or being the one to do it himself as either the Green Goblin or a new Iron Patriot.
2. Doctor Doom:
Coming in close to number 1 is the masked ruler of Latveria, Doctor Victor Von Doom. Now that the Fantastic Four and X-Men are coming soon, seeing their villains brought to the M.C.U movies could bring something we've never seen before in live action. Maybe an actual good Fantastic Four movie and a more accurate depiction of the X-Men. And one of the best parts about seeing the Fantastic Four is seeing Doctor Doom portrayed correctly on screen. Being one of the most famous and entertaining villains in Marvel, seeing a proper version of him, as well as just seeing him in the M.C.U and being the next big bad for the Avengers, could be mind-blowing.
And the number 1 Marvel villains I want to see as the next big bad for the M.C.U is... Galactus:
And finally at number 1 is probably the most powerful villain in Marvel. Being the devourer of worlds, Galactus could be just the villain needed for the M.C.U considering how big the universe has gotten and we can see him on the big screen in the way he's supposed to look. Just the fact that he's so huge and so powerful make incredibly threatening makes perfect sense for him to be the next villain and in the M.C.U fighting the Avengers no less. Given his great portrayals in the comics, seeing that transferred to the movies could be epic. And, if we're lucky, maybe even more epic than Infinity War and Endgame were. And all that is why Galactus is the number 1 Marvel villain I want to see be the next big bad for the M.C.U. And so, everyone, those are my picks for the top 5 villains I want to see as the next big bad for the M.C.U. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think, or, if you want, please comment to tell me who you want the next M.C.U big bad to be.
