We're back folks!
And boy i have so much to say about Frozen II. All good! I really enjoyed it. But I'm going to save all of my thoughts at the bottom. And don't worry if you haven't seen it yet...
"WHY!?" Maverick screamed pointing a gun.
Don't worry about spoilers. Because after i say my 'That's all for now folks' catchphrase. I will only give a spoiler free review.
I'd like to know your thoughts on Frozen II as well.
"And they better be good, cause that last guy that insulted my mom…..May he rest in pieces." Maverick mocked.
Maverick!
"What I'm joking! I don't kill. Though the few backlashes this movie is tempting me to go Zack Snyder." Maverick said while twirling a knife.
He's kidding folks.
"Am i?" Maverick said darkly. "Sheesh! I'm starting to sound like Stormur."
Anyway, everyone is entitled to their own opinion and to like what they like. Anyway let's answer a few comments.
Khfan: Don't worry. I'm not going to spoil the whole movie. I'm pretty sure people have seen it by now, but i'll be as vague as possible.
Haxorus Knight: Oh trust me, they'll be ready to rumble many times after this.
Alright. Now that it's all said and done.
LET'S GET DANGEROUS!
Why Do We Fall? ( Don't Answer.)
Olympus Coliseum…..
As the hydra fell to the ground, defeated by Hercules's steel sword. The Crowd cheered "HERCULES! HERCULES HERCULES!"
"Thanks! I hope you enjoyed it!" Hercules said and waved to his adoring public before storming out of the coliseum. With the match over, he can only hope he can get to the Guardians in time.
Underworld Caverns….
Following the alternate route to finding the hooded thief that made off with the Olympus Stone. Maverick, Blaze, Armored Sora and Armored Kairi. Donald, Goofy and Baby Groot fought off pairs of heartless as they advanced. After taking out another group of heartless. Sora circled his sore arm.
"Man. This Underworld curse is really getting to me." Sora grunted.
"I don't think my legs has ever felt this sore before." Kairi was stretching her armored limbs.
"I am Groot!" Baby Groot joked. Translate: "Wimps!"
"We have to suck it up for now ladies. The sooner we get that stone back, the better." Blaze said walking by them.
"Who is she calling lady, me or you?" Maverick asked Sora. He just shrugged.
Once they made it to the atrium. They saw Demyx standing at the door to the Underworld lock room. His back was toward them as they approach him. His back was toward them, but when he heard their footsteps, he turned around and pulled his hood down.
"AH?! YOU!?" Then Demyx stared at Sora. "Wait a sec….Roxas? Roxas is that you?!"
"Excuse me?" Sora raised and eyebrow.
"Oh it's no use." Demyx slumped looking down.
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Sora inquired.
"Is it just me, or did someone slip some green in Justin Beiber's Kool-Aid?" Maverick looked confused too.
"Where did you hear that name?" Kairi asked all of the sudden.
"Wait, you know who he's talking about?" Sora asked her.
Then Demyx pulls a script card out. "Let's see here… 'If the subject fails to respond, use aggression to liberate his true disposition.' Right. Did they ever pick the wrong guy for this one." He grumbled a little.
Maverick held his hands up. "WOAH MAN! We don't roll like that! Besides were all still virgins!" He responded.
Maverick what Demyx said as a suggestive statement.
"I don't think that's what he means Aiden." Victoria rolled her eyes.
"Your bizarre." Sora crossed his arms looking at Demyx weirdly.
Then they saw the Olympus Stone in his hand.
"Huh? He's Gotta be the thief!" Goofy pointed.
"Hand it over, or we'll paint the devil's basement with your organs." Blaze threatened with her keyblades.
Then the rest of the team held their keyblades.
"Now that's just plain rude." Demyx said mocked as he summoned his magic guitar as a weapon to control water.
"Okay, now i'm convinced this guy is an extra from the Naked Brothers Band." Maverick muttered.
Demyx summoned many nobody water dancers. The team spit in pairs, as Maverick and Blaze sliced theirs down fast while Sora and Kairi used their free flow abilities to take their enemies down. Bouncing from wall to wall and slamming them into Demyx.
After they were dealt with, Demyx had a sore shoulder after losing the fight.
"Roxas. Come back to us." Demyx pretended to whine before disappearing in a dark portal.
"That guy's a broken record." Sora held his keyblade like a pro.
"A total fruit cake." Maverick agreed.
"So where did you hear the name Roxas?" Blaze asked Kairi.
"I remembered getting in contact with a boy by that name. He spoke from inside here." Kairi touching her heart.
"What did he say to you? Did he tell you who he was?" Sora asked.
" He called me Namine for some reason, and he sounded like he made a mistake contacting me. I don't know who he is but he knew you and what i meant to you." Kairi explained.
Goofy thought of something. "Maybe Roxas is what some of those guys in the Organization calls Sora." He wondered.
"And it was Sora trying to contact you instead, but in a different name." Donald added.
"Except his voice sounded much different from Sora, because i heard Sora's voice after Roxas spoke." Kairi stated.
This left the group confused.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot held his head stating that he's confused.
"Honestly, i think this is all just some bull crap subplot to get us distracted." Maverick figured.
"I guess your right. We need to stay focus." Sora agreed.
"Look!" Donald pointed on the ground.
Sora saw the Olympus Stone on the ground and picked it up. Once he did, he held the stone up high and a light radiated from it's magic. Granting an immunity from the Underworld curse. They all felt much better after that, including Maverick who had his full strength and stamina back.
"Oh i feel like a ate whole can of spinach!" Maverick exhaled.
"I feel great!" Kairi gushed.
"Glad that curse is over." Blaze said in relief.
"Alright guys, let's go. Meg needs us." Sora persisted. They nodded and went on.
The team made it to The lock chamber, where they found a rock column with the image of a woman in some kind of fetal position. With a lock in front. The woman in the image resembles Meg. Over the rock was a dark light beam that was moving like a shadow effect of holding someone prisoner. Surrounding the area around the rock were walls that had images of swamp like trees that take after dark Greek paintings.
This place would bring anyone shivers of fright. But then again this place was Hell.
"Now what if you bet." Kairi observed the rock and held her keyblade up toward the keyhole, then a light beam shot out from her keyblade and into the rock hole. The rock make the sound of something unlocking as it began to light up so bright it illuminated the whole room. Then the light fades revealing that the rock disappeared and the area shifted into a green light beam leading who knows where.
"Your really in the zone girlfriend." Blaze patted Kairi's back which made her smile under her armored form.
Sora and Maverick stood up to the beam. Sora thought for a second while Maverick had a mischievous look.
"After you Jim." Maverick playfully pushed Sora into the beam, making him trip as he is show upward to another area, then the rest of the team went afward after maverick jumped in.
The team appeared in another rocky area similar to the lock chamber, but with white clouds on the ground. Sora was the first to fall in due to Maverick shoving him. Then the rest of the team made it through.
"Cheap shot." Sora got up and scowled at Maverick.
"I'll keep dishing it out as long as you keep taking it Spike." Maverick shrugged and snickered.
"Uh guys?" Kairi got their attention.
They both looked and summoned their keyblades and pointed at Hades, who happened to be in the room with Meg who was a bound hostage. Hades chuckled with his arms crossed.
"Now that's what i call keys." Hades clasped his hands together and mocked them. "Gee! Thanks for all of your help. Now have a nice day. Bye bye. Oh and Mav, can i call you Mav? Try not to bleed everywhere, this place still needs some renovating."
Then Hades disappears in a puff of black smoke. Maverick shakes his head unamused as he walks over and cuts Meg's restraints off. Then…..
"Behind you!" Meg warns Maverick.
Maverick turns only to get slammed into the wall by Stormer, AKA his nobody Dianex. Maverick grunted as he was held down on the wall, but he retaliates and blasts Stormur off with an ice beam. Maverick and Sormur stands against each other with their two keyblades at hand.
Sora and the others were about to help until Pete pops in laughing with a hoard of Heartless Hook Bats. With the team busy fighting off the heartless and Pete, Blaze came in and stood side by side with Maverick.
Stormur span his keyblades and slams them to the ground in an electric stands against the duo. Maverick dashes towards Stormur while Blaze jumps and slashes, Stomur blocks their attacks as the two fences against Stomur like ninja's while Stomur blocks their attacks with precision.
"Your fighting in your prime now. Nice." Stormur says as he blocks and jumps over Maverick, Then Maverick turns to block him. Holding his keyblade up. "It's boring to fight easy prey."
"Don't tell me your a cannibal. That's a sick image for me." Maverick gagged humorously.
Blaze came in and blew fire out of her hands. Stomur blocks it with a neon shielding Then Aiden teleports and flip kicked Stomur upside the head to get him to drop his guard. But he back flips out the way and slashes back at them. Blaze blocks and punches while Maverick unleashes a flurry of punches and kicks to Stomur, Blaze doing the same as they wail into him. With Stormur on his knees, taking the punches and kicks, he roars and strikes lightning at them.
Maverick teleports out of the way, but Blaze takes it given that she was electrical power as well. Then she and Stomur goes into a one on one keyblade duel.
Back over with Sora and Kairi, Kairi was bouncing from wall to wall in freeflow as she slashes and takes down five Hook Bat heartless but more kept coming from the ground. While Kairi kept bouncing in the air, Sora along with Donald and Goofy attacks from the ground.
Meg was taking cover from behind some rocks when she saw Hercules crashing in on Pete, Knocking him down.
Sora turns and smiles as Hercules charges through with his fists and sword, taking down the remaining heartless with brute force.
While Stomur and Blaze were clashing with their keyblades, he didn't notice Maverick coming down hard in the spinning form of an ice drill.
"Hey Copyright!" Maverick yells as he crashes down on Stormur creating a small explosion of neon. Maverick got back up when the glowing smoke cleared and saw that Stomur was gone.
"Did we end him?" Blaze wondered.
"No, if i don't lose easily. Neither does he." Maverick shook his head.
"Thank God they didn't clone me instead." Blaze remarked.
"Don't give me nightmares." Maverick deadpanned as they ran to help their friends.
After the heartless were dealt with. Sora turned to see that Pete was gone, must've ran off while they were fighting. And the caves started shaking, which was their cue to get out of there. So Hercules picks up Meg and ran out with the Guardians.
After they left, Hades wonders around the empty cave and looked so excited. "Could today get any better? Wonder-Breath is going down for good this time." He says to himself.
Back out at the Underworld Entrance…..
The heroes ran out and stop to catch their breaths. But Maverick and blaze was flying instead of running.
"Wimps." Blaze muttered as she lands with her boyfriend.
Hercules allows Meg to stand as she crosses her arms with a remorseful look.
"For the record Wonderboy, i don't like being a damsel. I was down here to convince your tall dark and annoying uncle to give you a break." Meg revealed.
"Don't worry about it Meg, your safe. That's all that matters." Hercules assured her.
Then Hades pops up in front of the team.
"Sure…..She's safe, but can you say the same for the fans upstairs?" Hades stated with an evil grin.
"What are you talking about?!" Hercules glared.
"Better shake a leg Champ. The Hydra might have room for seconds." Hades vanished.
"Wait what?!" Sora gasped.
Hercules looked worried and ran out.
"Herc Wait!" Maverick flew after him.
The team ran out as well. Whatever's happening at the Coliseum, it's not good.
Olympus Coliseum…..
Hercules ran faster than the others, with only Maverick keeping up with him. But when Sora and the team made it to the Coliseum. Hercules was crashed into a wall by what he and Maverick was fighting. They look up in horror.
The Hydra with eleven heads. Maverick was flying around cutting heads off and freezing the stomps. But they only slow them down.
"A little help here A Team?!" Maverick called out Sora and the rest.
Sora ran up to help as he dodges the heads. Kairi was jumping on the heads, flipping and twirling to d swerve past the heads and shoot fireballs at the heads with her keyblade. Donald and Goofy were helping…..by being bait for the many heads. Running and screaming like sissies. Though that wasn't their intention.
But Pegasus was flying around courage as being a third distraction.
Phil was watching from above a pile of Rocks, when he spots and exposed area on the many headed creatures.
"HEY SORA! GET UP ON THE HYDRA'S BACK!" Phill called out.
Sora nodded as he ran and jump flips past the heads and lands on the back of the hydra. The hydra feels Sora on top and gets his many heads to turn. Then Sora stuns the head with a thunder spell. Striking the heads.
Blaze flies to the back and lights up the tail. Making the monster roar in it's many heads. With the Hydra distracted. Sora jumps from the back and dashes in free flow, and slices many heads with his keyblade. Maverick ran in the super speed of light of his neon abilities and slices the rest of the heads. Then Blaze comes over in the air and dashed past the many stumps and burns them cauterizing them to keep them from growing back.
As one final blow, the whole team lands together and Maverick lands in front. Then he summons a large ice pillar to come up from under the hydra. And impales it from underneath.
Then the creature fell limp and dead.
Sora and Kairi shifts out of their armored form while Maverick and Blaze shifts back into Aiden and Victoria. Aiden lands in front of Sora.
"THAT WAS SICK MAN! Give me Some!" Aiden held his hand up.
"Yeah!" Sora gave him a high five.
"You were awesome back there girl." Victoria complemented Kairi.
"Thanks." Kairi smiled. "You too."
The aftermath of the fight…...
Hercules was sitting on the steps of the now destroyed Olympus Coliseum. Looking pale and depressed over losing the battle and letting all of this destruction happen. Everyone tries to cheer him up but he wouldn't let up on himself.
"I'm just no use. I'm sorry i let all of you down." Hercules sulked with Meg sitting next to him with her arms around his big arm.
"It's not your fault. Hey, even a god would be exhausted." Meg assured him.
Just then Maverick flew in and shifted back into Aiden after landing. He came back from after scanning the area for casualties.
"You'll be happy to know that there were no casualties, except for King Ghidorah over there." Aiden pointed at the Hydra corpse. "And only a few in the crowd were injured but i took care of that."
Hercules nodded. "That's good. You all would make better heroes than me." He sighed.
"There's no such thing as better heroes. Just heroes. Even if you count this as a failure, it doesn't stack up with the many victories you had before." Aiden stated.
"So this means I'm not as strong as i use to be." Hercules said sadly.
Victoria pitched in. " Not true. Failure is an assurance that you will do better. Failure teaches us how to become stronger and make better decisions. And teaches others to do the same." She says with assurance in her voice.
"Their right. Give yourself a chance to rest." Sora said.
"There won't be any games for a while anyway." Goofy pointed out.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot nodded.
"Groot just quoted Batman Begins." Aiden muttered in Sora's ear. Earning a small laugh under their breaths.
Meg stood up and gave the team a smile.
"Don't worry about Wonderboy here. I'll look after him." Meg said to them. "Sora, Aiden. I owe you and your team big time."
"Hey, it's no big deal. Just let us know if Hades or the Heartless start acting up. We'll take care of it." Sora guaranteed.
"By making Hades freeze over." Aiden held a two frozen finger peace sign.
"Yeah cause that's what heroes are for." Donald stated.
"When did you three make heroes?" Meg says smugly.
"Let's save that for another time." Sora grin.
"We better jet so….To be continued." Aiden adds.
"Okay. Don't be strangers." Meg scoffs with a smile.
"Gawrsh, i hope ya feel better soon Hercules." Goofy says to Herc.
"Yeah….." Hercules nods sadly.
"Well take care Guardians. Stay a little longer next time. And Mav?" Phil says to Aiden.
"hmm?" Aiden says.
"Your four new recruits still has some serious training to catch up on." Phil said to him.
"Get use to it folks. That's the closest thing Phil ever gets to saying he's impressed by how you all fought." Victoria said to the four of them.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot smiled up at Kairi from the ground.
"He said, you did well too Kairi." Victoria translated.
"Aw, Thanks Groot." Kairi beamed down at the little guy and scratched his chin.
"Anyhow before we fly off. Spike, the stone?" Aiden pointed at Sora's pocket.
"Oh. Thanks for reminding me. Here Herc." Sora handed the stone out to him.
But when he did. The stone started glowing and the team smiled knowing what that means.
The area around Sora began to ship in between dimensions, like he was standing over night clouds and thunderstorms. Sora held his keyblade forward with both hands as a light ray in the shape of a crown formed underneath him as the Olympus Stone floating above, shot a beam up to the sky. And revealed a keyhole. Sora spins his keyblade and points at the keyhole, then a beam of light shot inside the keyhole. Then he heard the sound of large gate unlocking as it shines brightly beyond belief. Then the area shifted back around Sora and he was standing with his friends again.
As they are beamed back on the Highwind. the ship flies off. Stormur who was standing over a pillar sees them leave as he shifts back into Dianex and glares up at the sky.
"Next time Maverick. I'll mount your head on the wall." He promised in a low dark tone.
That's all for now folks!
And now here are my thoughts on Frozen 2. And this is a short spoiler free review here:
"So please people no warnings or flames for anything my author says." Maverick said to the readers.
I really really really REALLY! love Frozen II. To the humor and heart and fantastic animations. I had a magical blast with this film.
Granted it's not better then other sequels before like Toy Story's sequels or How To Train Your Dragon's sequels.
But i put Frozen II next to Ralph Breaks The Internet and Incredibles 2.
Now without getting to details about the plot or what happens in the film. I'd like you all to know, that i am aware of some of the negative or average reviews this sequel was getting compared to the first Frozen. Like how Elsa wasn't growing as a character or the side characters betrayed everything they stood for.
I know this film isn't perfect and it has some issues. But So did the first movie. And….Personally i think people can be dramatic or very touchy about the changes that were done in this film. I understand so i won't judge but i had a different vision and experience with the two Frozen films.
Frozen II demonstrated to me that a Disney sequels true goal is to evolve beyond the first film and not be limited by it. Which is the mistake that Disney Direct sequels made in the past.
Frozen II made not live up to the hype that the last one made for many folks, but to me it was a breath of fresh air. Away from those lackluster cash grabbing Disney remakes we've been getting back to back this year. Non living up to the classics they were based on.
Also This sequel gave me the three things i wanted to see. Now i won't touch on all the aspects yet, because i've only seen this film once, and i'll only talk about the ones that stood out the most.
Sisterhood: Elsa and Anna's relationship as sister shines so brightly in this film. Even better then the first. The moments they have and the actions and antics they get into is just how i imagined it. and it plays a bigger role for everything coming to ahead in the ending. That if they weren't together or in a strong relationship. Then it would've been the opposite for everything going on.
Maturity: Now before anyone asks, I'm not talking about the dark grim themes of this film. Infact it plays rather safe for a sequel. But I'm talking about characters like Anna. She's not that naive, air-headed princess she use to be in the first film (keep in mind her previous attitude played a role in the first film). But she's becoming a supportive. Strong and determined woman. Who gets put into a rocky situation and translates her troubles and mistakes into action. And that! my friends is the definition of evolving beyond your first act. If i have any complaints, is that Kristoff didn't really grow so much after the first film. But to me he doesn't get in the way or become a huge distraction from me getting invested in the movie.
KEEP ELSA SINGLE! I am sick and tired of hearing possibilities of turning Elsa's independence into Chocolate pudding, just so a 3% of the world's population can have a rushed role model. STOP ASKING FOR A GIRLFRIEND!
The only girl Elsa ever had a relationship with is her sister. and that's where the line should stay. On top of that. She doesn't need a true love to find happiness or move ahead in the world. And the way how the movie ends (not giving anything away.) proves it.
If she were to ever fall in love i hope it's with a guy (Yes i said guy) with powers that are similar to hers. I didn't go with that in this fanfic series because this is based on a different vision i had of Frozen.
And that's the power of Frozen. That film came out at a time when people were forgetting what made Disney such a Phenomenon in the first place. And to me that's what the sequel does for all the crappy remakes we were getting. But before anyone says or points out how Disney Remakes and Frozen 2 did similar drastic changes and I'm being cynical and hypocritical.
The difference between Disney Remakes and Frozen 2 is that. The Disney Remakes took stories that were good on their own and missed the mark, by being limited themselves to being live action and having bland acting replace wide range emotions and focused on wrong elements that gave us films that are nostalgic but feels wrong. But again I won't judge if you like those remakes. Infact i hope you do, and i'll be glad that you had a much better experience with those films then I did. There are some Disney Remakes that hit the mark for me, like Jungle Book and a few more. But not all.
Frozen 2 left Frozen one alone and expands on it. giving us new songs without autotuning the original songs. Beautiful girls with many expressions and Incredible voice acting and a story that even though it has been done in a few other films. It's not repeating the first film and gives us it's own take on the coming of age heroine act.
And I believe the many reactions that Frozen II is receiving is based on people's different visions and impacts of what the first film gave them.
If you have a specific version of Frozen. Odds are You may or may not like this one. But if you just out right love these characters no matter what and adore 4K style animation. And are open to changes big or small.
Then you are all in for a trip Into The Unknown.
"Ah i see what you did there." Maverick smirked.
So overall i really enjoyed Frozen II and i hope all of you do or did as well. If you want to know the rest of my thoughts for the film. Check out LukeNukem's review of Frozen II.
And now back to my fanfic. The next world the guardians of the multiverse will travel to is the Beast's Castle. If you have any ideas for what should be included let me know.
Don't forget to comment on what you thought of this chapter.
And let me know your thoughts on Frozen II. Please stay civil if you disagree with my opinions of the movie and let me know if there's anyone out there that enjoyed Frozen II. And please respect my opinion as well as everyone else's, and understand we all don't have to like or hate the same thing.
"But still, Let us know that we're not alone please." Maverick requested to the audience.
Quiet Maverick!
"Fine! Crap!" Maverick exclaimed. Then winked at the audience and whispered. "Let us know."
And as always Disney/Square Enix fans!
FISTBUMP!