Frozen II. Two princesses are raised by their parents in a palace, but one is cursed with superhuman powers over snow and water and ice. Big Hero 6 is about how easily grief can turn into rage and violence. Unfortunately, Frozen II absolutely bails at the … "Frozen II" is funny, exciting, sad, romantic, and silly. These movies also have happy endings, but they don’t shy away from the difficulty of the subtext. Frozen 2 picks up three years after the events of the first movie, and two years after the Frozen Fever short. More: Frozen 2 Review: Disney's Sequel is Deeper & Darker, If Also Messier, Hannah has been with Screen Rant since the heady days of 2013, starting out as a humble news writer and eventually clawing her way up the ladder through a series of Machiavellian schemes and betrayals. It’s a “happy” ending. At the same time, this second chapter also asks a few new questions that still have us lying awake at night. The symbols represent water, earth, wind, and fire, and those spirits rule over the Enchanted Forest, as Disney revealed during a special "Frozen 2" preview event attended by Insider. If the conflict is about wrestling with the sins of the past, then to have the solution literally be magic is anticlimactic and would really only work if Frozen II were satirical. Covering the hottest movie and TV topics that fans want. A big question that fans may have about Frozen 2 is why only Elsa was given ice powers and became the fifth spirit, whereas Anna is normal. Meanwhile, Elsa has been hearing a mysterious siren song that she believes will reveal the truth about her powers. Frozen 2's Ending & The Fifth Spirit Explained In Frozen 2, Anna and Elsa go to an enchanted forest to find out where Elsa's powers came from - and the ending (mostly) reveals the answers. Disney has shown a willingness to dive into some tough subject matter recently that has no easy answers. Continuing to follow the siren call, Anna and Elsa discover the wreck of their parents' ship, and learn that they died attempting to cross the Dark Sea to a glacier called Ahtohallan, which holds the secret of Elsa's powers. Related: Frozen 2: Nokk, The The Magic Water Horse Explained. The dam breaks, the spell is broken, and everyone is saved and happy. Although the original Frozentook place in a kingdom that was, well, frozen over, Arendelle wasn't a Narnia-like land in some sort of permanent Winter. Leaving her friends behind, Elsa crosses the Dark Sea to Ahtohallan (with a little help from a kelpie called Nokk), and commands the spirit (in song) to "Show Yourself." Elsa gets to rule Northuldra and Anna now rules Arendelle. Hannah enjoys weird horror movies, weirder sci-fi movies, and also the movie adaptation of Need for Speed - the greatest video game movie of all time. Iduna didn't have magical powers in the same way that Elsa does, but like the other Northuldra people she had the ability to perform magic by interacting with the spirits of the forest. By Hannah Shaw-Williams Published Nov 23, 2019 Warning: MAJOR SPOILERS for Frozen 2 … The glacier draws water from all around it and crystallizes those memories. Through her spiritual powers and her unconscious yearning to find out the truth about where they came from, Elsa was effectively calling to herself through Ahtohallan. This breaks the spell on Elsa, who recovers in time to race across the Dark Sea on her kelpie and reach Arendelle in time to throw up an ice barrier that saves the kingdom. But along the way the structure of power in the world is radically altered, long-held secrets are revealed and even the throne changes hands. The other four spirits are embodied (respectively) by "Gale" the invisible wind spirit, the rock giants of the forest, adorable fire elemental Bruni, and Nokk the kelpie. Shortly before the fighting broke out, Agnarr heard Iduna singing in the forest (the same song that Elsa hears later) and followed the sound of her voice. In order to restore peace and break the spell, the dam must be destroyed, but destroying the dam will also flood Arendelle.