I didnt think Frozen was a terribly good movie. I thought it suffered from plot holes caused by poorly defined character motivations. I constantly found myself thinking, I dont understand, that makes no damn sense, why didnt they just (insert x) . For example, why didnt the King and Queen just take the trolls advice at the very beginning and teach her to use her powers instead of fearing them? Another example, why did they have to wipe the younger sisters memory if they were never going to let her leave the castle or be in the same room with her sister anyhow? If gloves can stop the older sisters ice powers, how is it that she is able to freeze water in real time as she runs across the fjord... even though she has shoes on? 25.media.tumblr/8acb207457b477221db00075ef918735/tumblr_mqq5l1DkLJ1sx3dvjo1_500.gif I could go on. Just because it was a kids movie doesnt mean it had to lack a cogent plot. As far as its bid at feminism I agree with Margaret Perrys analysis, Like BRAVE (2012), a mother-daughter love story, and THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (2009), which was a love story between a young woman and her career dreams, FROZEN (2013) breaks the traditional prince/princess happily-ever-after fairy tale plot line. But while Disney expands the range of possibility for its female protagonists, these stories unfortunately send the message to boys that they are no longer necessary. While the second wave feminism was distinctly anti-male, the current third wave of feminism is in danger of ignoring the male gender altogether. Though we are a far cry from switching the roles so that men become “the other,” we could make more of an effort to include men in the social transformation we wish to see in the gender order. Of the three male characters in FROZEN, two are exiled from the kingdom while the third, Christoph, is just sort of allowed to hang out a bit on the sidelines. margaretperry.org/reading-frozen-2013-as-a-feminist/ I was also bothered by the song Anna sings when theyre going to finally open the gates, when she dances past the help and comments on the plates, ignoring the help completely. Oh you poor, rich, white people and your plates. But then I suppose this is to be expected- anyone who expects Disney to give any time to the plight of the proletariat is always going to be very disappointed. At first I was wondering how much it cost Disney to get an 89% on Rotten Tomatoes, but it looks like the score was genuine based on all the reviews; now Im left wondering why so many people liked this movie.
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 01:32:49 +0000
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