Film Theory: How To FREEZE Elsa! (Disney Frozen 2)

Frozen 2 was one of the highest grossing movies of 2019 and, like most of the world, I saw it. Since then one scene has been getting my Theorist brain in a tizzy. We see Elsa freeze, which came as a total surprise to me! The previous movie tells us that the cold never bothered her and yet, here we are. So my question is, HOW do you freeze the ice queen herself?

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Credits:
Writer: Matthew Patrick and Alan Baker
Editors: Tyler Mascola, Koen Verhagen, and Marc Schneider
Assistant Editor: AlyssaBeCrazy
Sound Editor: Yosi Berman

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[isaiahrauscher]

MatPat: “The water needs to be clean”
Also MatPat: *pulls out a bottle of orange Gatorade”

[anitawhite]

All I could think of in the beginning of the video when the ice “smiled” was, “It cracked a smile” :)

[RedLetterDavid]

"make sure you have clean water"

*Slams a bottle of pee on the table"

"Pure. clean. water"

[Ilander]

So, this is more easily explained by lore. Elsa's freezing power fully unlocked because of the shock of betrayal by her ancestors, and she froze herself, i.e. overwhelmed her own body with her power. As for her unfreezing, something about curses, ley lines, and shock enabling her to re-establish control.

[shellyboi]

A better title would've been:


ELSA DISCOVERS FALL DAMAGE IN A CAVE

[konichiyawa]

Matpat: "How to freeze elsa"

Elsa: "I can hear you, but I wont"🎶🎶

[beastbass]

“Water can’t speak”
Disney: BUT FROZEN WATER CAN

[ChumpkinPumpkin]

in a way, the impact was probably her seeing this super disturbing truth about her past and people that "shook" her emotionally, and that's what supercooled her. in the first movie, it's intense negative emotions that offset her ice powers. so in response, she tries to stay as cool and collected and emotionless as possible. and now, although she is much happier and is able to express herself and be more emotionally open and is able to self regulate her emotions better, seeing the ambush on her people is what messes her up and she breaks (in this case, freezes). idk lol

[moniquescott]

So that's how she doesn't break her ankles, she just freezes them lol.

[zephers_]

“Water has no memory”


Olaf: “hold my Samantha”

[Demented_Chaos]

“I chose the small island of- can’t pronounce those letters”
lmfao

[urboo_aru]

Can we just appreciate the fact that MatPat does much research just for 1 freaking video!? Also, I’ve learnt 10 times as much stuff from him than I have done in online classes!!

[BenjiM]

Therapist: MatPat with a beard isn’t real, he can’t hurt you
Matpat with a beard

[KitoGamesa]

MatPat: "Elsa is ice"
Me, immediately: I have a lil bit of Elsa in the fridge

[canofair]

Next episode “how hot does Elsa have to get to evaporate “

[ItsMeBeaufortSC]

MatPat: *notes all four cold locations in movie, one of them having enchanted in the name*

Me: dude, it's literally called the ENCHANTED forest, Elsa's magic is OBVIOUSLY going to be combatted with more MAGIC

[Mistyswirl]

Matpat, there is a simpler explanation: *If love thaws, then hate freezes.* What she saw down there was literally an act of true hate and it froze her.

[v.v]

Elsa’s powers were derived from Ahtohallan, so it makes sense to me that even she is not more powerful than Ahtohallan, therefore the magic and cold of that place can freeze Elsa solid.

[TheSefirosux]

I've always thought it was fascinating that the four classical elements line up perfectly with the four phases of matter: Earth=solid, water=liquid, air=gas, fire=plasma.

[lifeasaweirdo]

Another thing I thought is that it may be that..To control Elsas ability, she needs to control her emotions, for example, she saw a lot of memories of her family fighting against the other tribe. She could have experienced a heart attack. Love yr vids! 🤗