If your house is
anything like mine, the “Frozen epidemic” has taken a firm hold on your daily
existence. Sure, it’s a good movie and I enjoyed watching it. I even enjoyed it
enough to justify buying the DVD and audio CD without resentment. I don’t even
mind watching it multiple times when my children request it during the grumpy
hour. (You know, post dinner and pre bedtime…)
The fact that my 5
year old children will listen exclusively to the “Frozen” CD in the car has caused
minimal problems, but nothing too extreme. In fact, there are definitely some
positives to the experience. Oh, and as a side note, am I REALLY the only one
who noticed the connection between the release of a movie about eternal winter
during our eternal winter? I should hope not…
As for the benefits, I’ll elaborate.
1- The enhancement of memorization
techniques: My kids don’t always
remember things well and lyrics to songs have never been their strong point.
They know EVERY WORD to the Frozen songs, however. And yes, I do mean every word. My daughter
especially, although my son isn’t doing badly. They practice often enough, so
they should know all the words. That’s got to have some academic benefits.
Right?
2- Pretty music: I haven’t’ conducted an
extensive study, but I am willing to state that the quality of music in
animated movies has improved recently. While the older movies included some
pretty tunes, I would hesitate to say that their music was inspired. The Frozen
music, however, is beautiful. It’s very well written and catchy. It’s easy on the ears and classy. It’s not
“kids’ music” despite its presence in a movie made at least partly for
children. That something, right?
3- Excellent lyrics: My daughter has reached a
phase in her kid curiosity where she feels the need to understand the meaning
of every word she hears. She thinks it’s hilarious that the word “noodle” can
mean the food you eat or the bendy toy you play with in the pool. A word geek,
myself, I think that’s kind of cool. I’ll tell you this, I love explaining the
meaning of the lyrics in the Frozen songs. I love explaining that “isolation”
means being alone, but implies much more than alone. It’s the feeling of being lonely, as opposed
to that wonderful moment when you finally get to be alone at the end of a busy
and social day. And she gets that. I LOVE that she gets that. We talked about
how “the past is in the past” means that her tantrums of yesterday are forgiven
and today is a new day. That’s an important life lesson if you ask me.
4- Excellent female roles: I like romance and
love, so I don’t object to a happy romantic ending. That said, I found it
refreshing that the “true love” at the end of Frozen was sisterly love, not
romantic love. Ana saved Elsa, and then Elsa save Ana. Their bond was
recreated. Joy and love was returned to the kingdom. The presence of a romantic
relationship for Ana was the icing on the cake. A nice addition. A bonus.
Family came first. Nice.
I
empathize with parents and child care provider all over the world. I do. I
understand how annoying the 7 millionth rendition of “Let it go” can be,
especially at full voice in the middle of the supermarket. But hey, it could be
worse. It could be the “Thong song”. Right?
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