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I just saw Frozen yesterday after my quals (which incidentally I think went really well and I'm pretty sure I passed, I'll find out for sure Weds-ish) and I really liked it.

It's loosely based on Hans Christen Anderson's "The Snow Queen," which is already far from the original Disney princess ideal (first wave or something?) in that it isn't about some helpless girl being saved by a deus ex machina handsome prince, but instead is about a girl saving a boy. So it starts off as a quite feminist story, and then Disney makes changes (as they always do), nearly all of which make it even more feminist.

If you've seen the US trailers for it with the snowman and the moose, they don't tell anything about the film other than its humor. I just came cross the UK trailer though, and it's better.



( spoilers )

( I said spoilers right? seriously, SPOILERS )

In sum: this movie is ALL about girls and girl power, and these are now my favorite Disney princesses (though I guess technically Elsa's a queen). If you liked Brave, I'm sure you'll like this one.

( Animation thoughts )

And now it's time to start looking up that Frozen/RotG (Elsa/Jack) fanfic. I'm sure it exists.

My list of 2014 films (only this one so far) is here.

Originally posted on Dreamwidth. comments there. Comment here or there.