I have long been a fan of Disney animated movies but refused to see
Frozen in a reaction to everyone's omgitssoawesomeandwonderfulandthebestanimatedmovieelsaissogreat and just generally losing their minds. Last night I finally decided to see what all the fuss was about and was just a bit underwhelmed, to be honest. The songs were all forgettable - except for THAT ONE SONG which I admit that I like (although I don't have a little daughter playing it ad nauseum) - and the story was a bit light. I liked Sven the reindeer the best but was surprised that I enjoyed Olaf the snowman too. I had assumed that he would be totally annoying, like the Jar-Jar Binks of
Frozen, but he wasn't and I actually laughed at a number of his lines.
Elsa, who every little girl dresses up like for Halloween, is an odd character. Her parents were horrible to her, encouraging her to lock herself up after what was clearly an accident. And then she finally breaks free and runs away and ... locks herself up again. She doesn't really
do anything (other than making that gorgeous ice palace). It's Anna who is the hero: she searches for Elsa, battles adverse conditions and makes the ultimate sacrifice to save her sister - but it's Elsa who all the little girls emulate and love. Anna (yes, annoying at times but she had a crappy, limited childhood) gets shafted, in my opinion.
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