Yes yes yes. Yes. Frozen had sooooo much potential. It really did have the potential to be the best Disney movie since Lion King. But Disney fumbled the ball.

There were two huge, huge problems with the movie:

1. Too much stuff and not enough space 
- Romance, sisterly love, we did not need 3 sidekicks but there they were, and then we had 3 antagonists--two of which were utterly unnecessary, the trolls did nothing for the story, really only about 2 of the songs were relevant to the plot, and there was a lot of back-and-forth in travelling that could have been avoided

2. The misdirection with Hans. Instead of focusing on [i]sisters[/i] they made the plot [i]sisters, not boyfriends[/i]. It was a nice sentiment but the movie would have been so much stronger if they dropped Hans and Kristoff / Sven and instead focused on building, then tearing apart, and then rebuilding Anna's and Elsa's relationship. Instead the sisters only speak, what? Three times throughout the whole movie as adults???? There was a huge problem here with TELLING us "Hey they're sisters" instead of SHOWING us so we could feel a connection. 

This led to the utterly...lacking ending. At the end of the movie, during a major reunion, I should really feel it. I'm a person who cries when I really feel it. I'm a wussy like that. But with Frozen? When Anna sacrificed herself for Elsa? I felt nothing. The fact that they can't get to someone as empathetic as me shows a lot was lacking in the film. If only they cut a lot of that unneeded stuff, they could have developed the sisters' relationship further. It would've made for a much stronger movie.

And I swear to God. If someone feeds me this again 

[quote]You guys aren't the target audience.[/quote]

I will be so angry. Children need and deserve to be exposed to quality movies. If we feed them garbage because we think it's "good enough for children," they're going to absorb that garbage. Children's media is where quality seriously needs to be top notch, but it so very often fails to be. [i]Especially[/i] when targeted at little [i]girls[/i]. Pisses me off when people tell ya to stop over-thinking a children's movie. No, no, no--these need to be analyzed and criticized more than any other genre. 

I think you'll agree a lot with what these guys are saying. 

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Edit: I just want to add that, despite all this, I did enjoy the movie. uwu I very often enjoy movies that lack in quality, but it's important to be aware of what you watch and especially of what you like.

And here's an example of a scene that they SHOULD have been able to use, but they went with the whole misdirection and Weasel Town BS instead: 

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