Into the Unknown: A Visualization of Frozen 2

Five years ago, its prequel changed our lives forever. I still remember the times when I used to drape a blanket around my shoulders like a cape and sing Let it Go on the balcony. It filled my mind with magic and wonder, and left my nine-year-old-self dreaming about its mystery for days.
I think it's safe to say that Frozen 2 was just as good. With chilling songs and breath-taking visuals, along with the mind-blowing concepts, it's sure to whisk anyone off to a land of surrealism.
In this article, we'll dive deep into the unknown, and analyze Frozen 2 scene for scene. Unlike the usual analyzes I post on this blog, we'll wander beyond the movie, instead focusing on the thoughts it tries to convey.
I'll try and put the scenes into words, and capture the essence they display. We'll look at five scenes today, and find powers of our own.

WARNING: MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS

Scene 1- The Spirits Attack

Now, the air was thick with rage as the water swelled with anger. The ground trembled; but not in fear, rather to evoke it instead. The flames quenched, but grew all the same, somehow igniting the place with darkness. The fountains died into the mist, unleashing a drought of humidity. Then the gale struck, taking everything it touched with it. The sky turned grey as the storm brewed: Elsa had awoken the spirits.

And they weren't pleased.

Charged with power and emotion and most of all, rage, the elements were determined to avenge their confinement.

They would not be restrained.

Not once, not ever.

For years and years they had been victim to a deep slumber, while the whole world believed they were gone, non-existent, even.

This wouldn't be tolerated.

The element of Earth was next, and the tremors it would be unbearable. Arendelle knew this, and fled, like anyone in the right senses would do.

Because the elements were unconquerable. No one could defeat them, especially when they were as livid as the high tide. All one could do was try and appease them, and hope for the best.

The people of Arendelle never thought that shards of ice would be the ones to humble them. As they waded through the broken bits of glass, they realized that good would only come to them if they made up for the mistakes of their past.

Magic overrides strength, however strong said strength may be.

And Nature is Magic.

Scene 2- The Gale is Tamed

First was the air of the Enchanted Forest. It began as a light, gentle breeze, and Elsa would have rathered it stayed like that.

But then it grew.

Slowly, the breeze turned into an uproar. Leaves blew off trees, and the sheer intensity of the wind knocked them all off their feet. None of them could see beyond their noses now, as the spirit was so mighty.

The air wasn't finishes, though. On the contrary, it had more to give.

More fury to impose.

More storms to create.

Howling like the wolves, the gale closed in, capturing them in an orb of tearing winds.

The spirit needed to be calmed, Elsa thought, and ice is cold. Gathering the strength in her, and the energy from being whirled around midair, she channeled her own power outwards.

She gave the spirit a taste of her thought for once.

Somehow, ice encrusted the sphere of air, but the gale didn't obey. Elsa wouldn't give up though, and this time, she used her determination to command the spirit. Along with a piece of her mind, she sent out her essence of being.

And then the spirit froze.

It wound down and down, freeing her from its bounds.

I'll calm for now, it seemed to say, but set me free soon.

Here, the focus wan't just Elsa's powers, it was her will.

She had never prepared herself for this moment, but was able to achieve it with her inner strength.

If your confidence works in line with your physical power, nothing can stop you.

No challenge will ever be impossible.

Scene 3- To Play with Fire

The village was under attack. The ground was searing hot and the air turned dry. A molten crack broke its way into the settlement, burning trees, grass, shrubs and practically anything else that stood in its way.

The fire had a sort of humming energy within it: when in joy, it would spark in excitement, but when angered, it would evoke disaster. And now, it was livid.

Fire, most would say, worked against ice. If Elsa was to fear a spirit, this would be it. The cold may never have bothered her, but the heat most certainly would.

And the fire would definitely find ways to make things a whole new level of painful. 

But this didn't bother Elsa in the least.

Instead, she leaped into what would surely be her doom, luring the spirit into shrinking smaller and smaller, until it was none more than a lizard.

Fear can only control you if you let it do so. Elsa wasn't having any of that. She welcomes the flames, embraced them, even, and they made her a stronger person.

If handled just right, fear can mold you to someone you never thought you could be.

To someone whose only master is themselves.

Scene 4- Wading in Water

At first, she tried to swim, but the strong, sweeping currents were too much to take. The raging waves did not let her pass, sweeping her onto the shores of the sea.

She ran against the tide yet again, this time armed with ice. The ocean still wouldn't let her pass, breaking her bridge into a million ice float. Yet again, she was blown onto the beach, but with the same everlasting pride, she built another path of frost, and this time grabbed onto a slippery stone. Elsa jumped into the frigid waters once more; unsure of what to expect, but clear of her goal.

It was then the water spirit showed itself, but not for long. As Elsa's consciousness slowly faded into the whirling storm, the spirit dragged under, bringing her back to her senses. Her eyes widened as the water constricted her throat, forcing the air out of her.
If Elsa didn't do something fast, she would drown. And at calming as that seemed, she couldn't afford to let that happen.
Grasping for the surface, she shot her swords of ice in every possible direction. She tackled the rough Waters, fighting for air.
Fighting to live.
But she could feel herself being pulled into the abyss, and she sense her thoughts grow fuzzy.
To tame the spirit of the ocean, she would need to let go of herself.
She needed to immerse herself into pure thought, with just a strange holding her to reality.
There was no point in fighting against the current, she needed to work with it.
Doing just that, she commanded the spirit to let go of its rage
 Water had memory, Olaf had said. Elsa helped the water remember what it had to be happy for, shaping it into a beautiful, majestic horse.
A horse she would ride to receive memories of her own.

Scene 5- The Dam Breaks

Anna knew what she needed to do. It would destroy her home, and everything she loved with it, but at this point, she had nothing to lose.

Olaf was gone.

Elsa was gone.

Kristoff was gone.

And soon her kingdom would be gone too.

But if the spirits weren't calmed, there was no point in having a home to live in.

Now, Anna knew the truth,  and the mistakes her predecessors had made. It was up to her to fix them.

Maybe then she could stay afresh work her people, and love as peacefully as she could with the pain knotting in her chest.

In front of her slept the Earth Giants. It probably wasn't the best idea to wake them, but is that was what is took to bring down that dam, then that was what she'd do.

Over and over, she hollered out to the Giants, reversing the trends her sister had set- angering them instead of calming them down.

Finally, one's eye's snapped open, and fixed onto Anna. Slowly, the Giants rose, one by one, towering even the tallest trees.

Anna ran, letting them into the trap she had so recklessly put out.

Sometimes, we need to sacrifice everything to make things work out. Her deeds hadn't gone in vain, thankfully, as Elsa managed to stop the tidal wave before it hit the kingdom.

If we're willing to give up everything for the good of those around us, the act will come back to us someday. 

Selflessness is a virtue that bounces back like a rubber ball. And like said ball, it will always come back to the hand that to threw it.

Those were just five of the many scenes we could take from Frozen 2. I depicted them as best as my imagination would let me, but nothing beats watching it on the big screens. I'll never let go of the magic it put in my heart, no matter how many years go by, for water has memory.

And in a weird, odd way, we're all connected to the water, aren't we?

Image credits: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4520988/

ALL CHARACTERS MENTIONED AND SCENES DEPICTED BELONG TO DISNEY, THE CREATORS OF FROZEN 1 & 2.