The sequel skims the surface of a world and a character
How is it that Queen Elsa of Arendelle has magical powers? That question is at the core of the new Walt Disney Animation Studios film. The original story dealt with how Elsa inadvertently revealed her powers to the country she was meant to rule, and how her sister Anna and some friends convinced her that love would win the day, with her proper place indeed being as the country’s leader.
Upon arriving in the enchanted forest, Elsa, Anna, and their friends encounter two groups who have been trapped there for decades: one is a cadre of Arendellian soldiers led by Lieutenant Mattias , and the other is a tribe known as the Northuldra who have been in tune with magical forces of air, earth, water, and fire that reside in the forest.
Eventually, in a visually impressive centerpiece sequence, Elsa travels on her own to a far-off glacier and learns the truth about the past: the previous king of Arendelle wasn’t a peaceful ruler, but had engineered a fake get-together with his own troops and the Northuldra in an attempt to kill the tribe, due to their connection with the world of magic. In the ensuing battle, Elsa and Anna’s father was saved, by a young Northuldra girl who would eventually become their mother .
Elsa’s own powers are, as we learn by the end of the film, even greater than she realized. While she’s still primarily able to harness icy powers to do everything from fend off the magical wind forces of the forest to riding a frozen horse spirit across a pitch-black sea, Elsa comes to accept that she’s a bridging force of sorts between the other four spirits. She is, in essence, the fifth spirit .
But the mythological elements here are much less specific than in other recent Disney and Pixar animated efforts, such as the wonderfulbenefitted not just from having strong female leads, but an equally strong sense of location, with the former film taking place in the Pacific Islands and the latter in the highlands of Scotland.
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