Thread:ChloeElsaKendall/@comment-5483334-20140311105101/@comment-5483334-20140316062504

Sorry for the long article! :P

To be honest, I found myself able to agree to some of the points because they were just a matter of perspective...the writer can see it however she wants and I have no qualms. The article falls short though, on the "other Disney films that didn't end in marriage" and "other Disney films focused on family as well" because they are mere nitpicks on terminology and phrasing.

No matter whether or not there was a marriage at the end of certain cited Disney films, it is not easily denied that they were not PREDOMINANTLY about BGR and romance. Family forms the MINOR THEME in many Disney films. As it is, which Disney princess prior to Anna and Elsa GAVE UP 13 YEARS OF LAUGHTER / RISKED HER LIFE TO SAVE HER SISTER / SACRIFICED SO MUCH for a SIBLING and not a LOVER? The article fails to note that SACRIFICE and not just FAMILY is the theme of this movie. No, sorry. Sacrifice FOR family. That word is indispensible. Did Ariel (cited) sacrifice anything for her father? Did ANY princess sacrifice anything for anyone save time and courting effort? Apart from Mulan who joined the army to protect her father (and perhaps select other princesses whom I have never met) I can't name any! Everything there about family is pure nitpicking! And yes, sure Elsa's escape was irresponsible, but what could she do? How do you not hurt more people with magic? Her only known answer (thanks to some people's parenting) is to HIDE, RUN, ESCAPE. When Anna tells her that there's Winter everywhere, she SAYS she doesn't know how to solve it, and DOESN'T want her emotions to hurt Anna (sadly she had already frozen her heart), so GTFO IT'S FOR YOUR OWN GOOD (cos I don't happen to have a room to run into / I'm already in my room).

And Elsa's slippers being impractical? Yeah. BIG DEAL. I REMEMBER how many...ZERO CLOSE-UPS OF HER FEET IN THE MOVIE. THIS ARGUMENT IS INVALID.

Lastly, Frozen is in no way a feminist film. None of the Disney movies appear to be. It's not "girl power!" that Frozen promotes. It's "family power!", or, in my own words prior to this, "power of sacrifice for family!"

What bothers me the most is that she missed the POINT of the movie and rushed into the nitty-gritty. I have lots to say about Frozen's logic but hey, in a story, it's the ideas that count.

Bonus question: How did Elsa survive on the mountain for an extended period of time without food? (This is my nitpick)