Even though I can point out a few nagging plot issues, this film nevertheless was extremely well made and was immensely enjoyable to watch. It's the kind of movie that grows on you. I've seen it three times now and I'm still not sick of it. The songs are all so good, and so is the character animation and rendering. And it's very emotionally striking. The Do you want to build a snowman? sequence was put together so well; it was very sad.
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The issue with the story is that, well... Anna saves herself. Not that that's inherently bad storytelling, but the way it happens doesn't actually make any sense. She performed the act of true love before she froze, and then after a few arbitrary seconds of being frozen, she thaws because she was saved by her own act of true love. ...? And why exactly is Anna's heart frozen when Elsa seems to be the one with the figurative "frozen heart". I think it would have made more sense to have Elsa's heart become frozen and Anna would have to perform an act of self-sacrifice to save Elsa. Because let's be honest, Anna as a person does not have a frozen heart of any kind. It's Elsa.
Another issue is: Why was Anna never told about Elsa's powers? This one I understand, because the story would be boring otherwise, but still... We aren't given any good reason why Elsa's secret is kept from Anna. She could have been informed but still kept away. Now what the writer(s) could have done is told us that reminding Anna of the incident when they were young would bring back the head-injury from her childhood. But this is evidently not the case in the actual movie, because when Anna eventually does find out about Elsa's powers, she isn't affected whatsoever.
But all this together can only take off one star, so this gets a 9 from me. If these story issues were addressed, this would make it into the 10/10 club. I hope to see more like this from Disney.
Shout by James HooverBlockedParentSpoilers2014-05-03T14:21:29Z
Even though I can point out a few nagging plot issues, this film nevertheless was extremely well made and was immensely enjoyable to watch. It's the kind of movie that grows on you. I've seen it three times now and I'm still not sick of it. The songs are all so good, and so is the character animation and rendering. And it's very emotionally striking. The Do you want to build a snowman? sequence was put together so well; it was very sad.
MAJOR SPOILERS BELOW
The issue with the story is that, well... Anna saves herself. Not that that's inherently bad storytelling, but the way it happens doesn't actually make any sense. She performed the act of true love before she froze, and then after a few arbitrary seconds of being frozen, she thaws because she was saved by her own act of true love. ...? And why exactly is Anna's heart frozen when Elsa seems to be the one with the figurative "frozen heart". I think it would have made more sense to have Elsa's heart become frozen and Anna would have to perform an act of self-sacrifice to save Elsa. Because let's be honest, Anna as a person does not have a frozen heart of any kind. It's Elsa.
Another issue is: Why was Anna never told about Elsa's powers? This one I understand, because the story would be boring otherwise, but still... We aren't given any good reason why Elsa's secret is kept from Anna. She could have been informed but still kept away. Now what the writer(s) could have done is told us that reminding Anna of the incident when they were young would bring back the head-injury from her childhood. But this is evidently not the case in the actual movie, because when Anna eventually does find out about Elsa's powers, she isn't affected whatsoever.
But all this together can only take off one star, so this gets a 9 from me. If these story issues were addressed, this would make it into the 10/10 club. I hope to see more like this from Disney.