SnoReptilePlenty
Memorable, crazy movie
Claysaba
Excellent, Without a doubt!!
Quiet Muffin
This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.
Juana
what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
Gauglini Gogini
I understand the bad reviews. I don't agree with them, but I understand. Some things just don't translate well into other cultures (and I'm not talking about linguistics). Morozko is an absolute classic in Czech Republic and Slovakia. Basically, you can't have Christmas without Morozko. I remember decorating the Christmas tree every year while watching Morozko in TV as a kid. Now I'm looking forward to decorating the Christmas tree with my kids while watching Morozko. The old Soviet-era generation, the revolutionary generation, the millennials - everyone loves this movie. However, it is a fairy tale based on Slavic history, folklore and mythology, made by Slavs for Slavs. I think that in this case, the cultural differences are simply too big for the western viewers to understand and appreciate this movie. I haven't seen the English version, but I think the translation probably doesn't help either. My advice: Try to watch it with an open mind, try to understand the culture behind it and realize that fairy tales around the world are usually different from Disney movies.
Veronika Vykoukalova
As nearly everyone from Czech republic could tell you, this movie is classics (of course, I know some people who never watched this movie - not because they don't like fairy tales, but because it's a nice pose to not like anything Russian), so it's no wonder they show it so often in the TV - and people still watch it, and can quote whole passages from the movie by heart.I can't speak for English dubbing, as I've never heard it, but the Czech one is absolutely excellent - a true masterpiece as far as dubbing is concerned. And the story! There is humour, there is healthy dose of mysticism and magic, and good winning over the evil, just like it should be. Of course, if you are not at least minimally aware of Slavic folklore, half of the movie will not make much sense to you - but if Steven Spielberg could find this movie breathtaking, obviously its creators did something right.
MissSimonetta
Frost (1965) is a sweet, somewhat surreal and sometimes corny fairy tale flick from the 1960s. I found it rather lovely, even with the stiff and sub-par English dub. This film contains an old-fashioned innocence that just isn't fashionable in modern family fare, and that makes it all the more cruel when it's so mocked.I love Mystery Science Theater 3000, but I don't think this was great riffing material. It's not bad in the least. There were a few moments you could chuckle at, but for the most part, it's adorable. The actors, sets, and costumes are all charming.Any nasty comments directed toward this one just feel unwarranted.
toporchillo
It is a classic film for several generations of Russians. Legends and tales should not be transformed for modern world. You know nothing about Russian culture. So, Russian folk tales is to complicated for you. Some Americans live in trailers. It's a good idea, travel into your house. This idea is 1000-years old. Witch-cannibal lives in a house with chicken legs. Legs better then wheels, house can walk through forest. Forest wizard wear mushroom cap. Forest master in helm or crown instead is really ugly. I can explain everything, what you feel crazy.Laser swords, nuclear rifles, space corsairs - this is really madness.
