Alphapanchito wrote:Anna didn't have much time or energy to put into a possibly romantic relationship the way Rapunzel did with Flynn. The whole time she was worrying about her sister and tryning to make sense of the situation and possible solutions. I like that the relationship isn't developed, because, well, it isn't. I also think that kiss at the end is more open ended than most Disney Princess kisses, and it doesn't necessary mean that they will always be together. Kristoff helped Anna save her sister, and she is very thankful for that. She may start to like him now after the events of the movie, since she has time to spend with him without worrying about her sister. But hey, maybe they will grow apart and Kristoff will keep chillin' with sven. Its open ended.
I completely agree.
Disney's Divinity wrote: I believe the only thing I don't like about the animation is that some of the background characters are horrendous, especially in the ball scene just before Elsa reveals her powers to the crowd.
Thank you! I saw that in the theater and thought, I must discuss this on UD! I didn't like the design of Penny's mom in
Bolt, but these were multiple off-looking people! When the main humans are so good-looking! I don't know exactly what was off about them, their body shape? The fact that they looked similar to each other? They just stood out like a sore thumb in an otherwise absolutely gorgeous film.
Mooky wrote:Marshmallow plot-point was stupid
Super Aurora wrote:He had a plot point? All I saw him as was a monster created to keep visitors out. Nothing more or less. I wasn't expecting him to become any sort of character per se.
Mooky wrote:Elsa could have just blizzarded them away.
I think that
Marshmallow was kind of necessary...Anna (& Kristoff & Sven & Olaf) really had to be forced out, and Elsa wouldn't be strong enough to do it. (Reading Mooky's last quote) Yes, yes she could have.
Mooky wrote:how would/did Elsa survive/stay warm for so long

One of my first comments coming out of the theater was, "If I had an Elsa doll, I'd make Barbie share her sweater."
Disney's Divinity wrote:and the way they died at the beginning for some reason reminded me of Tarzan, randomly.
It totally reminded of that, too!
Disney's Divinity wrote:The scene that follows probably got the most tears from me in the film, when it flips from Anna's side of the door to Elsa's, and the room is so frozen that even the snow doesn't fall-
YES! That animation of Elsa was the most incredibly moving for me in all of the movie. I just FELT for her.
Disney's Divnity wrote:Well, as far as powerful (male) villains, he's probably better than Scar at actually doing everything for himself and more threatening, but I feel Scar just comes to life thanks to Jeremy Irons which is why I rank him higher.
Scar has such a fun personality, his dead-pan humor...definitely more fun than the villain in
Frozen.
I knew the story going into the theater, but I ended up really liking Hans. I could see why Anna fell for him (part of it for me was just how happy he made Anna. He made her so gosh-darned happy after a lonely life growing up. To finally have someone who wanted to be around her! And I thought that he was a lot more handsome on the big screen...of course I had seen pictures and the trailer, but on the big screen, he was just so handsome! His eyes! Swoon!
Musical Master wrote:Hans was offering cloaks to the freezing people of Arendelle and the fact that he was also offering people to stay in the castle for hot soup (much to the displeasure of the Duke of course)? I was thinking that in the moment he was actually doing really good deeds for these people that he doesn't know. But you could argue that he was doing that so that he could win the favor of the people if Elsa and Anna were gone forever.
I think that Hans legitimately cared about people. I think he maybe wasn't completely just power-hungry. I think a huge part of it was just the idea that he never would be a ruler in his own kingdom...
...
Did Hans know Anna was Anna before meeting her? Or was it the instant that she mentioned that she was a Princess that he was like, hey now! It's been almost a week since I've seen the film, but I think there was a look on his face at that moment, where you can tell that seeds had been planted. It's interesting, though, because when all the Elsa stuff went down...ugh, so many thoughts in my head at the same time! Did Hans care for Anna, regardless of her being a Princess? It's kind of like the Gothel-Rapunzel relationship: Did Gothel care for Rapunzel despite having to use her for her hair? Did Hans really care for Anna despite knowing he was going to use her royalness to become a ruler? I think that yeah, Hans was a deep-down caring guy. I think maybe the Elsa stuff shifted his opinions...if he initially was interested in Anna despite knowing he was going to use her, when the Elsa stuff happened, he was like, well, that's way too much to take in, crazy family, but I still want to be ruler? Did Hans ever really care for Anna? Did he care about those that he ordered soup for? I like to think so! Who knew Hans was such a mind-f@%*, right? Not as bad of a villain as we thought!
And, of course I have to see the film more, I think it makes my favorite DAC list a Top 6 now. Absolutely loved it so much. Loved the Anna/Elsa relationship. Loved both of those characters. And Kristoff. And Hans. And Olaf. And Sven. Just loved these characters to pieces. And the film is so beautiful, I was wondering in the theater, could I love a CG film as much as I'm loving
Frozen?!
I'm going to have to finish reading this thread after work, but this is 2-days of reading and writing for me...!!