Frozen (2010)

   
      Just finished watching Frozen, directed by Adam Green, Staring Shawn Ashmore, Emma Bell, and Kevin Zegers. Its an independent movie about three friends, two of which are dating, who go snowboarding/skiing at this mountain, and eventually get stranded on the ski lift.  "How did they get stuck on the ski lift?"- you may ask, well ill tell ya!.   So the girl of the group flirted around with the ski lift guy in order to get cheaper tickets, they ski around then decide they want to go one more time before it closes, so they beg the ski lift guy (that hooked them up before) to let them go one more time. So hes like raaaa okay!.  and as they were going up the ski lift, the ski lift guyyyy has to leave and he says to the guy replacing him "theres 3 left, wait for them to come down, then shut it down", then 3 people come down (who are NOT the people he let on the lift) and the new guy is like UT 3 PEOPLE *Shuts down ski lift*.  now this sounds kind of unbelievable, but as I watched it, the chances of that actually happening seemed possible! 

 

      I actually liked this movie.  It triggered some of my fear senses that other horror movies do not.  I felt claustrophobic and anxious.  Also the age and styles of the kids are similar to mine, so it was easy for me to relate and put myself in their position.  The actors also did a good job expressing the terror they were in, making the movie pretty emotional.  While watching, I was constantly thinking what I would do in their situation, and I think the plot covered all the possibilities really accurately. OH and one of the reasons I decided to watch this film was because it was supposed to be based in a New England ski resort, but it turns out, they filmed the entire movie in Utah, so that wasn't cool man.  What was cool! was the huge Newbury Comics sign featured in one of the beginning scenes!

      Other than the fear of heights and freezing to death, the movie added the fear of being attacked by wolves, which was kind of cheesy IMO. but ill let it pass! (bears would of been scarier).  The movie definitely had some gross parts, including the girls hands being frozen to the safety bar, and Dans bones sticking out of his legs after he jumped. asihdiashd.  I found it annoying when the girl finally made it down and she was touching trees and digging through snow with the hand that was frozen to the bar, with no problem (I think that made me cringe worse than the other scenes).

      Overall it was better than I expected, I recommend it to anyone who like movies that are based on unfortunate events or movies where the characters are forced to try to survive situations!.