La princesse des glaces 3

Today, my daughters and I watched the third part of the Snow Queen trilogy. The youngest daughter adores this story) The cartoon is about 1.5 hours, but the view flew completely unnoticed. I liked the work of Russian authors. Kai and Gerda grew up, make money for their living stories, miss their parents and will of chance again become involved in the adventure. Very nice characters, especially Gerda. Really, very sweet - I suddenly wanted to put my daughter's hair like hers! Trendy, slender, charming, and when she finds herself in the outfit of a "half-snow queen" is awesome. How adorable is her love, how familiar these adolescent loving looks are! solid fascination! Animation is very beautiful, good special effects (but a cartoon is not completely overloaded by it), a clear plot design, adventures of heroes, interesting turns... There were several scenes where little spectators had to worry. But the magnificent ending has very pleased me and my daughters! Summary: the movie is absolutely to be seen especialy by young girls!

The 3D work is quite remarkable, taking into account the rather limited budget (I've seen movies budgeted at over 100 million failing to achieve that level of quality). Both the settings and the characters deserve the highest praise. Particularly, the character design is a bit too much Disney, but nicely done anyway, with beautiful clothing and face dynamics. Lighting and texturing is absolutely great. In a nutshell, "The Snow Queen" is kind of a little masterpiece, joining high levels of realism with all the expression one could expect from an animated film. What is more important, all the impressive technical achievement is put to the service of storytelling.

The first Snow Queen story by the Russian animated studio Wizart came into being in 2012. Now, in four years after the first premiere, we can see colossal evolution of the Russian animation. The graphics and the characters clean-up have improved – now we see brighter colors, more interesting costumes, and more scenic locations. Of course, there is nothing left of the initial story of Kai and Gerda, children living next door to one another, from Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale. The teenagers from the new story have grown up, acquired more difficult tempers, lost their parents, but gained a huge experience in the show business. Then, as one would expect, the brother's and the sister's paths separated. She, like any girl, chose to follow her heart as well as the new guy called Rollan, whereas Kai became an animated downshifter – a pirate artist. Both the family division and excessive curiosity placed the whole Troll Country under a threat. It is worth mentioning that the participation of the Hollywood screenwriter Robert Lence and the Comedy Club show stars turned out very useful – the movie became funnier but sometimes, like in all Russian masterpieces, this went a little bit too far. It should also be pointed out that the Russian animation is becoming interesting abroad too: releases in Korea, Bulgaria, Turkey and countries of the Middle East are planned for the beginning of 2017. I would like to wish successful distribution to The Snow Queen and a great enjoyable time watching the movie – to the audience.

I was skeptical when I realized that this is indie studio product, and that it does look a bit like Frozen. Then I realized that "The Snow Queen" is a really high-grade movie with a really nice story, interesting and cute characters and some life lessons, like it's not just about chasing your dreams, it's about forgiveness, family and friendship too. I really enjoyed it and it did transport me to that fairytale world, it was an amazing and a very immersive experience! I highly recommend this film for your whole family!

About two minutes into the 3D version of this film, I turned to my friend and said, "This is amazing". And it really is. The depth of color and the quality of the details are simply stunning. However the beauty of the animation wasn't the only good thing about the movie, just the most obvious. The storytelling was fantastic and fast-paced, weaving a golden fairy-tale with a modern reinterpretation of surrounding events. What really makes the film, as far as the characters go, though, is the personalities that Wizart assigns to the animals involved. The main character's cute animal sidekick - a pet ferret named Luta - never utters a word, yet it easily steals the show with its clear human emotions and comedic timing. This is definitely a film I recommend, even if you don't have children