Pun Salad

We might be the last people in America who had not seen Frozen. If Pun Daughter were 15-20 years younger, we probably would have seen it a half-dozen times by now, owned the soundtrack, bought some action figures for Christmas, etc. Instead, it just showed up via Netflix, and Mrs. Salad and I got to bathe in the Disney magic all by ourselves.

The plot: Anna and Elsa are royal sisters in some vaguely Scandinavian locale. Emma has the occasionally useful, but mostly dangerous, power to command the power of cold. (Kind of like the X-Men's Iceman, but cuter.) Elsa decides she must exile herself to avoid unintentional tragedy, but manages (somehow) to set her kingdom into deep-freeze before leaving. Anna must track her down and convince her to return. She's assisted by Kristoff and his impossibly intelligent reindeer, Sven.

There are twists and turns, a cute snowman sidekick, suspense, clever gags, and action. Won two Oscars. What's not to like?

Local note: Frozen's (Oscar-winning) co-director, co-writer, voice talent Jennifer Lee is a graduate of the University Near Here, and was the Commencement speaker a few weeks back. The gathering sang the "Let It Go" song for her, and Mrs. Salad reports that everyone seemed to have known the words.

Also included on the DVD was a wonderful Mickey Mouse cartoon "Get a Horse!". The YouTube version:

But this mainly made me sad that we didn't see this in 3-D in the theatres.