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Frozen (2013)
Time will tell...
Frozen is a great fun trip to be had. It jumps right in and doesn't really slow down (in fact I feel like the film is very edited down from a much longer film), it's brisk and pretty light for the most part.
The songs are getting a pretty strange backlash for being too "modern" but... that's all songs have ever been in movies, so we'll see in ten years if the movie ages well. That aside, the message of the movie is great, the characters are fun, the sequences are very well done and the laughs come at the right times. That being said, I don't think that there are any HUGE laugh moments, but a ton of smiling and chuckles to be had.
I rather enjoyed myself, I don't know if it is another "golden era" for Disney, but it's a fun time!
Low Winter Sun (2013)
A gritty look at the underbelly of a lost city...
Low Winter Sun, on paper, has a lot going for it. Mark Strong & Lennie James lead a strong cast of great actors you'd recognize but not know by name. The cinematography matches the grittiness of our locations. The theme from the pilot is super thick. It's "A" grade material on paper.
So if that's all there, why am I left with C+ results?
First off, Low Winter Sun, I don't think really knows what show it wants to be. It kicks off with the murder by a policeman by two other detectives. From there, we learn it was a revenge plot. Cool. The internal affairs is investigating. Great. Then... we don't EVER stay focused on that, we constantly veer to side stories that are so loosely connected to the main story that it gets VERY frustrating. Especially when it burns so slowly.
Breaking Bad, The Wire, The Sopranos, The Shield, Damages etc. These shows ALWAYS linked things back, not only to the main story, but our main CHARACTERS. I know these are some of the best shows ever written, but when you throw your hat into the "crime drama" ring, you face off with these shows.
Low Winter Sun doesn't throw an punches that haven't already been thrown and it doesn't do it as well. Too Bad.