The Legend of Frosty the Snowman

Will we get a better Frosty sequel than Frosty Returns? *sigh* No we don’t. While they learn their lesson in animation, Legend of Frosty is probably on par with Frosty Returns film. I didn't like this when it first came out, but it got slightly better by an ounce.

In the 50s town of Evergreen, the Tinkerton has a father as the rules strict mayor. (voiced by Tom Kenny. Crap, I’m getting a Peter Cottontail flashback.)

They go to school in an orderly fashion and have a strict principle Hank Pankley. (Voiced by Nutty Professor’s Dean, Larry Miller)

Tommy Tinkerton (voiced by Kath Soucie) was first noticed by a magical hat as it flies to the other kids of Evergreen. The magic hat came and drafted Walter, as once it placed on a pile of snow to create Frosty the Snowman. Frosty’s plan is for the kids are to have fun. He would later have fun with Tommy’s brother, Charlie and Sara (voiced by Tara Strong) to the point of being a secret society.

Tommy discovered the comic about Frosty, as it reveals the slightly different origin including boy in blue shirt and his father, Professor Hinkle from the original film. As Frosty has fun with the children, it’s chaos for Mayor Tinkerton, as its opportunity for Pankley to be mayor with a chance of getting Everlasting Gobstoppers. (General Zod approves in Shape of Water.)

The animation has gotten better, as it was the last 2D animated related sequel. It’s not as good it can, but it’s best to appreciate hand drawn animation before the later films would switched to bad flash animation or bad CGI that the film will be next year that shall not be spoken more than once.

It’s strange that Bill Fagerbakke voiced Frosty, and only gets Patrick out of him as it would make Frosty real dumb and only a shell. Even more strange that we already have a Patrick the Snowman in a Jimmy Neutron Christmas Short, and that’s actually funny! It does show something new with Frosty such as him absorbing snow, creating a double, and to name a few that’s minor to the film.

The kids here are split while the actors are good; Tommy is just there, Walter is either a jerk or wimp, Charles is a bully, and Sara is OK. I can’t tell if they’re better or worst. It’s usually one of the kids I like. If I had to like any kids in this film, it’s an extent of Tommy and Sara. It’s hard to top Karen and maybe Holly. Burt Reynolds, but he’s not an engaging narrator and singer here.

This film is a combination of the original Frosty and the Frosty comic that did exist. The advice of having fun is needed nowadays in what’s mostly a depressing and grim world, something I was advice twice this year by Arthur Burghardt (the voice of Devestator) and Walter Jones (the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) at two different convention.

The Legend of Frosty the Snowman is not bad, nor good. If you can’t stand one of those films where fun is taken away by a stick in the mud, then this is a film can just melt away.