If other people you know changed their mind about the film for a different reason, please point it out to me.

I thought the story, the characters, and their motivations were written almost perfectly, but if you really didn't feel that way, fine.

They wipe out Anna's memories of Elsa because they're tied to the damage her mind has suffered. It's magic, if they build it in a world, they can make any rule they want, as long as they stick with it. Also, they locked her away and tried to teach her how to conceal her powers to keep everyone else safe. Please note, the first 10 minutes are a little too rushed, but what they lead to is worth it. They're enjoyable in themselves, too.

Elsa could always do that (she does it at the beginning), but was too afraid to do it when she was isolated for fear of hurting others. Almost killing your sister would be a pretty traumatic experience.

Umm, because people (believe it or not) change when they grow up.

It's implied that he was always seeking power. He wanted to marry Anna or Elsa during the Coronation day because he suspected they'd be eager for human contact. Notice how neither of his brothers (who should've been invited) seemed to have had showed up. Also, people don't just fall in love with the person that seems most fit for them.

Ahem, they kinda suspected he was bad when he left Anna to die and tried to slice Elsa in two with a big ass sword.

It's a magic prophecy, but if you want to look into it from a symbolic point of view, now that she's finally accepted and loved as the person she is, Elsa can use her powers at will without fear. When she knows she's hurting other people (e.g: when she realises she's frozen up the kingdom), she panics and remembers the hate they all feel towards her.

They're almost completely unnoticeable. I never noticed any without having seen a list of them on the internet. If you use them to judge the film, you're just nitpicking.


You see, Frozen is a fairytale. It's the closest Disney has come to their original films in years. Nowadays, there's a general opinion that films need to make a lot of sense. But in many flicks made before the 2000s, when there was no internet to count a film's sins, the plot moved as it wanted to. A few examples of these are Pinnochio, the Wizard of Oz, and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Many things in these films are left unexplained or seem to follow a strange logic, but those aren't necessarily bad elements, they form a style of film-making in itself. A film really draws my attention when it goes at the pace it wants to go. It make everything seem less forced and more natural.

Also, there are countless iterations of that fairytale, each with their own plot points. This is the kind of film that should be judged by its own accomplishments.

In my opinion, it works perfectly at what it's trying to do: being a fairytale. In a clever move in writing, Instead of subverting staples of the genre for comedy, it both embraces them and understands them. The princess wants to marry someone she just met, but it's actually made very relatable because she is that desperate for someone to love. The trolls need to erase her memories to cure her, but we can accept it because that's how the fairytale decided to go. It appeals both to what we want to see happen and what we think should happen.

As a final thought, I'd like to bring attention to all the elements that are outstanding. The film is designed beautifully; the subtle morals are actually quite relevant in the world today; the songs... oh my the songs, they're incredible no matter how you look at them, and they aren't gratuituous, they either move the plot or tell how the characters are feeling; the comedy is really good, and I like how they manage to get so much from a protagonist; the plot always progresses naturally... there's just so much to say about it!

TL;DR: I wrote waaaaaaaaaaay too much, Frozen is excellent at what it wants to be: a fairytale.

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