Yes, I may have been one of the very last to see Disney’s latest animated movie, “Frozen.” My son just wasn’t interested, and I haven’t a lot of time for movies lately. But last week we had yet another snow day and I needed to get my son out of the house, and off we went to the theater. What did I think? Oh … it was wonderful! I was surprised and delighted by it, like most people who’ve seen it.

But rather than just go over the same-old, same-old as the bajillion other movie reviews, here’s a mini movie review with five things interesting or notable things I observed about the movie:

1. The “costumes.” Usually Disney at least tries to get the costumes kinda-sorta-close-to-what-you-might think, but these outfits were pure fantasy! About 20 minutes in I thought, well, maybe German. It wasn’t until the got to the trader’s shack and met the big guy (Oaken) in the sweater that I realized this was more like Norway.

2. The ice palace. Oh my goodness! When Elsa goes to the mountain and begins making that ice castle, I’m sure my mouth was open. That has to be one of my favorite scenes in a Disney movie EVER! Right up there with the opening scene of “The Lion King.” That’s movie magic.

3. The love triangle. I was completely fooled by Hans and I think I gasped when he revealed himself to be a grade-A jerk. And I was sure Kristoff would fall for Elsa, not Anna. Nice surprise! Usually that sort of thing is very transparent.

4. The cold. Disney, are you kidding? We went to see this on one of the coldest days of the year. I was hoping for a bit of an escape, but honestly, I felt freezing cold just watching the movie! I would MUCH rather have seen this in the summer when I’m dying of heat. Or maybe fall. Fall would be fine. But not the middle of winter when you live in the frozen tundra. Zero romance for me there.

5. Anna saved herself. When the trolls (so cute!) say that an act of true love must save her, I was worried that she’d have to be saved by Kritoff. Yawn. Boring. So when she jumped in front of the Han’s blade in an act of true love for her sister, I was totally floored and happy. That’s what we should be teaching our young — that they can help themselves and do not need someone else to “save” them.

So there you have it — a mini movie review.

So what did Alexander think of it? Well, he was still pretty “meh” about it when I asked at the end. But when I glanced over during the movie, I saw plenty of smiles.