elodie-r
Good points:1. Hero is a scientist not an actressI think this movie was very good at portraying a female character who is normal, and good at physics, I was nicely surprised by it. She was simple and not arrogant like the usual science geek cliché. This kind of character is really rare and the actress played her well without too many idiotic clichés about science geeks (except for the science blabbing which real science people don't talk in real life). It is refreshing that the girl does not dream of becoming an actress but her thing is physics.2. Girls are supportive of each otherThe fact that the girls support each other and are not mean for no reason is also very new and positive.3. Science project is pretty coolAs a woman in technology myself, I found that the idea of applying her physics knowledge to her skating passion was awesome and cool. Actually this is what make scientists great, they apply science to whatever interests them and that's how they innovate and invent. During all the movie I liked the plot of her doing a science project on her passion and I thought this would be the message, she would get her scholarship because she made some findings (silly me!). I almost rated the movie 9 if it was not for the ending and the general cliché message. Bad points:1. Glamorous is better than scienceI have nothing against ice skating, it is indeed beautiful and I understand that girls love it, I love it too. But the whole glamor vs brainy schema where the glamor wins just kills any feminine ambition there could be to become a scientist. It implies that science is no good and not something you chose and love, just something you do because you are forced to. This movie actually justifies why there are no women in STEM fields. Girls are encouraged to pursue the glamorous path even though they display talent in science which is actually a huge gift. Even though they rock at physics they become more motivated to become show girls, sad right ? Story tellers repeatedly fail at showing that you can love science and be pretty it is NOT a sin! Instead, the feminine ideal is set to be "beautiful and show girl", how do you expect girls to develop the confidence to become scientists? The movie sets an ideal that is really low. I think those story tellers don't think about that when they write their story. They just look for "what has been done until now, let's do the same because it works (well we hear nobody complaining)". They don't realize that girls who love science get no support at all from story tellers. This kind of story is very harmful for the minds of girls who could have greater ambitions. At the end of the movie I felt sorry for the hero because she had a brilliant path in front of her that she just gave away.2. Science geeks can't have any passionThe movie opposes glamor and ice skating to doing science, like you can't have a passion when you are a scientist. This is just not true. The story tellers obviously don't know any scientists or haven't done any research prior to writing the story. They just worked from the old cliché "a scientist is an old and dull person who talks in formulas". Scientists have passions. Their lives are not all about science. The science is their technique but applied to what they love, they create wonders and inventions (see the inventions of photography, planes or computers !). This girl could have invented a new kind of ice skates, or she could have become an engineer in aerodynamics, textile engineer, software engineer, researcher, she would have been inspired by her ice skating to innovate in those fields. Instead, no, she just blew off Harvard to go ice skating. It is really not realistic because ice skaters train since they are 5, and honestly when you realize you are gifted in science, this is not something that you let go like that. The message of the movie is really bad for girls, yet it's those movies that inspire them the ideals to pursue. They could have just tweaked the story to show that she still loves physics or that Harvard actually cares about her ice skating.3. Missed opportunity to inspire science girlsHow many movies have there been about actresses or ice skaters? Plenty ! In fact, whenever there is a female hero with status, she is always an actress. Ughh. This type of movie is exactly the type of movies that girls watch. It was a wonderful opportunity to show them what cool stuff you can do with science! Instead of that, it seemed that the girl was not that passionate about physics, she was just excellent at it. Shame! Excellent at science? It is a super power! Yet, the movie showed that it had no value at all. I get it, the movie was about pursuing your passion instead of someone else's dream, if your passion is ice skating, go for it. But honestly, do girls who want to be ice skaters need this movie to encourage them? Everything encourages girls to be actresses or show girls, why do movies keep repeating themselves and fail to inspire girls to do greater things in science too?
dlgill3
I just cant tell you how good this movie is! This movie was so inspirational and awesome! She goes out there and skates like she REALLY MEANS IT! Not only to prove to herself, but to her entire community on how bad she really wants it! I don't think I've cried this hard since the last time my Woodchuck ran out! Yeah I'm a guy, but who cares! I am proud to say I love this movie and will defend it to the day I die! Definitely my favorite movie of all time! This is a must for the ladies, and a must for the guys that swing the same way as me as well! ;) ENJOY!!! ANYONE ELSE THAT LOVES THIS MOVIE AS MUCH AS ME PLEASE EMAIL ME WITH ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE! My name is John Witt and you can email me at johnwitt23@gmail.com Thanks and God bless!
Leena Franklin
So Casey Carlyle thinks she knows a lot of physics, eh? Well baby... wake up and smell the hydrogen sulphide of newton's ass...because his belly just jerked when she made a statement that grossly violated the fundamental law of rotational physics. Recollect the time she video documented herself in the skating rink for the first time, hmmmmm... She said "When I tuck my arms in, the Moment of Inertia increases and I am able to spin faster". Hello!!! any physics student in the house? Tucking the arms in actually decreases the moment of inertia by virtue of which the angular speed increases thereby maintaining the angular momentum. What a poser, a disgrace to all physics lovers.Who knows how many such blunders she would have made. She is just lucky that all are not geeks.
Terryfan
It's hard to find a movie that ain't got all that is in movies today.And might I add that Ice Princess is a wonderful movie from Disney.The movie was made with nothing but heart.I have nothing bad to say about Ice Princess because it's just a fun and enjoyable movie to watch.It's not violent nor a lot of words that would be wrong to say in a film.The music is very beautiful too. A nice collection of music if I might say.You have a nice cast with some new stars.Ice Princess is just one of the best movies to ever come out.I kind of wish I saw it at the movies.Overall if you want a movie that good and fresh, then Ice Princess is the movie for you.I give Ice Princess 8 out of 10 A wonderful movie is Ice Princess
