Tedfoldol
everything you have heard about this movie is true.
Roy Hart
If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.
Cissy Évelyne
It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
Eric Stevenson
It's interesting to find out that this movie was made by the Soviet Union right after the Cold War started. I guess as communism was taking over, the movie quality was going down. Anyway, I admit that it's hard for me to really judge this. It's apparently based on Finnish folklore which I'm not familiar with. The dubbing is really bad, but that can't be blamed on the actual people who made it. I still find it to be bad because it makes little sense. It features a witch who kidnaps a girl. When she's saved, she steals the Sun instead.Yeah, maybe it made more sense in the original fairy tale. It's pretty anti-climatic, especially with how the witch's army is just sung to sleep! The costumes are really gaudy and look too ridiculous. It's a very slow moving film now that I think about it. The story made little sense and even for a film barely over an hour long, it seemed padded. I guess if you're more familiar with the mythology, you might enjoy it, but otherwise, it's bad. *1/2
dbborroughs
the Day the Earth Froze is one of the worst pieces of cinematic garbage I've ever seen.Don't get me wrong I like the fantasies of director Aleksandr Ptushko. I Love The Sword and the Dragon, I like the Magic Voyage of Sinbad and some of his Ruslan and Ludmila is gorgeous. His films are cinematic storybooks and the ethereal storybook quality that Ptushko puts into his work is here in spades. The plot is basically the tale of a witch causing the world to freeze but it is so stoically told and acted in the stick up the back manner that I wanted to slit my wrists rather than finish it. I'm certain that part of the problem is that the American version is missing a third of the film, but allowing for that its a horrible piece with all of Ptushko's worst mannerisms in full view.
JGKsPSX
I think this movie has been unfairly maligned, having been spoofed on MST3K. Despite the low production values and the bad dubbing (as well as the difference in cultures), the movie is quite watchable, and even decently entertaining. The worst part of the film, I felt, was the "witch" Loki. "She" came off as being more irritable than sinister.
Apearlo
Beautifully photographed Russo-Finnish goofiness about a witch who freezes the Earth after townsfolk steal her beloved Sampo. The question on most viewers' minds is, what the hell is Sampo? Oh, well. Make sure you see the MSTied version for the full goofy effect.
