I heard and read several reviews of this movie before watching it. I was fully prepared to watch a pop culture propaganda flick eroding traditional gender roles and pushing a homosexual agenda.
I don’t know what movie the critics watched to come up with the ideas above, but I saw none of that in Frozen.
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I heard that the male characters in the movie were morons and the only purpose they served was to show how inept men are compared to women. What I saw was a woman trying to rebuild a relationship with a sister. I saw a woman attempting to climb an ice covered mountain with great ambition and terrifically little skill. I saw this heroine embark upon a journey ill prepared and rescued time and time again by a man. How is this a slight to the masculine world?
I try to communicate to my daughters and model to them through my relationship with my wife that they will need a rescuer. That they will need a man in their lives to encourage them, protect them, and rescue them. I have watched more chick flicks and princess movies than I can count, waiting each time for there to be a healthy representation of a male female relationship. I am left disappointed every single time. Either the guy is a worthless, spineless, brainless clown, the woman a bimbo, weak, dumb, clutsy, or an ugly man hating she beast that consumes men until the right fella happens to get through to her. This movie depicted a woman being independent, brave, forward thinking (even if unprepared), proactive, and bold. It showed a man who was fully committed to his adventure, his calling, who was willing to stretch himself to love a woman. I would be very happy to have my daughters look up to Anna. I would be just as happy for my son to look up to Christoph.
And before I get any criticism about my thoughts regarding the way Anna demonstrated her independence, boldness, and proactive way of living, I would like to turn to a little phrase from the Bible…
“…She considers a field and buys it…”
I see that character in Anna.
I saw no homosexual agenda at all. I read several critics who said that Disney made a movie in which the two main characters save the day, without the aid of men, and set the kingdom free because of their love for each other and, because these characters were women, it is a homosexual propaganda film.
That really saddens me. The theme of this movie was a woman’s frozen, broken heart caused by a wound inflicted by family who meant well but acted in ignorance and was set free by the selfless love of her sister. This movie is actually quite deep. It does not appear to me as though there are 2 heroines, but 1. Anna saved Elsa, Elsa reconciled and redeemed the broken relationships in her life caused by her reaction to her brokenness. It just so happens that that redemption and reconciliation extended to the entire kingdom. There is nothing homosexual in the genuine, deep, intimate love of a sister for a sister. I have seen that between my wife and her sisters. I see it developing now between my daughters. This is a very good and healthy thing. Ironic as it may be, this kind of affirming love between women seems to give them the courage to take a stand on the things they want to stand for and to engage life fully in the areas they feel the desire to engage… And that is exactly what I saw Anna doing.
I rolled my eyes when, near the very beginning of the movie, after the character development was mostly complete and the plot was beginning to get underway, I heard the phrase, “the one.” Standard Disney romance language. I do not believe there is “the one” out there and that a single man and a single woman need to find that one in order to be truly happy. That should be a post I write later. I was so refreshed when “the one” turned out to be a slug of a fella. I was actually kind of pumped!! There is not “the one” in this movie. What there is is a man who meets a woman under less than ideal circumstances, is not romantically interested in her, chooses to do the right thing and serve her for her protection and guidance, and in the end he develops a love for her. I see a woman who meets a man in less than ideal circumstances, recognizes she needs him, pokes him in the ribs and challenges him to stand up like a man, and then submits to his guidance and develops a love for him. I see a man and woman struggling to figure out how to interact in this relationship which results in heartache, fear of loss, and being dragged behind a sled while being chased by wolves. An actually astute summation of what I would say is a healthy relationship.
Anna is in need of an act of true love. Go figure a bunch of rock trolls come up with the idea that this will be a kiss from “the one.” I don’t know if Disney thought this through or not, I doubt it, but it fits that a bunch of trolls came up with this idea. Not just a bunch of trolls, but a bunch of rock trolls, like trolls that are as dumb as a box of rocks!! I kept thinking throughout the movie that there were acts of love which could have solved her problem. The weather is cold, there is a raging storm and Christoph takes off his hat, puts it on Anna to keep her warm, and endures the rest of the ride bare headed. That silly little snowman (my oldest daughter LOVED him) risked his very life next to a fire to warm Anna.
But the act of true love? Not a kiss! So happy this movie did not cheese up the ending with a magic kiss. This was not a romance movie at all. The act of true love was a final act of resignation to the point of death in order to save a sister even though she was lost. The act of true love was a sister recognizing her brokeness and accepting the act of love from the one who made the sacrifice for her!
I have seen a picture of a Corpsman laying dead in a street in Falujah. The caption is actually a verse from the Bible… “Greater love has no one than this, that a man would lay down his life for his friends…”
Finally!!!
Finally a Disney princess chick flick that has a wounded, broken hearted princess living out of her insecurities instead of her idyllic innocence, a family that loves each other but still hurts each other, a wounded sister, innocent and devastated, a man who looks like, sounds like, and acts like a man, and Love being represented in a manner other than the tired, tried, and cliché, “Kiss… The One…” tradition.
Yup.
Maybe I’m going soft in my old age…
But I LOVED Frozen!!
Very nice, I recently saw it as well and was going to be doing my own review of it…
You’ve hit the nail on the head… I enjoyed how Disney seemed to be poking fun at there other films as when Anna was trying to explain to Christoph that here sister had merely overacted because she got engaged to someone she just met… lol it was so refreshing and good… And that ending did not see that coming!
I wish my daughter was old enough to understand but I suppose I’ll just have to do that part, and hold on to the movie as well until she’s old enough.
That is absolutely one to hold on to until she is old enough to see it. We will be watching it over and over again on our road trip coming up soon… or at least that is my prediction!
I did not mean to steal your thunder by reviewing a movie! After you write your review, I can link to it if you want me to.
I saw the movie with my wife and 2 boys. I saw the same things you did, but after the movie I asked the boys if they liked and they both stared at me for about 30 seconds and then said, “In The Lego Movie blah blah blah.” I was like, lego movie? What? Children. I couldn’t help but question why Disney decided to make a movie and not another cheeseball romance true loves kiss garbage. I looked at the beginning part where the one girl locks herself away because of the pain she causes her sister, when her sister doesnt even know. I looked at this from a standpoint of sisters, yes, but also from a standpoint of parents to children. How many teenage girls out there are contemplating suicide, cutting themselves, sexually addictive behaviors, drugs, etc… All from the position of a parent who thinks they’ve hurt their child but is now unwilling to confront them and work things through. The parent seals themselves off in a room and expects the child to figure life out. It actually broke my heart when I saw this and it reminded me very much of my childhood.
I loved the movie too. Little girl certainly is too young to sit through a movie, much less understand it yet, but in a few years, I hope to watch it with her.
I’m glad you see that with us sisters. That’s the kind of love I feel. 🙂 I didn’t even know any critics were trying to put that spin on it. Obviously never had siblings or at least any with a good relationship. 🙁
I think it is hard for some critics to give an objective review of a movie because they start the show with an expectation.
We bought the movie so that we can let the kids watch it over and over on the road trip and I can listen to the music. That is one that I don’t mind listening to.
Thanks for reading the blog.