Frozen Feminism?

[shamanicshaymin]

Why the Feminist Controversy Over Frozen Misses the Point

I wasn't worried about Disney taking enormous liberties with the storyline; that's pretty much expected. I knew that Frozen wasn't going to have much in common with The Snow Queen anyway. But what really grinded my gears with the unfortunate implications of DiSalvo's quote about animating Anna and Elsa.

If this article is true, it puts my fears about the movie to rest. Trying to keep two siblings look related while still having individual characteristics is a HUGE world of difference from "WAAAAH ANIMATING FEMALE CHARACTERS IS TOO HAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD!"

In other news, the family and I just got back from watching Catching Fire. Nomnomnom.

Comments

[tropicsbear]

Kudos to the author for giving it a shot before passing judgment. Personally, it doesn't really pique my interest (if it were a faithful adaptation, I'd probably watch it, though) and I'm kinda neutral about the whole thing.

[redwoodalchan]

That was a very interesting and thoughtful article. I can't say I'm super interested in watching this movie (mostly because I rarely watch movies these days to begin with), but it seems like the author's knowledgeable, and has the right perspective.

By the way, how was Catching Fire? I ask because I've come across a few sources now claiming that Katniss essentially "went soft" after the first book.

[shamanicshaymin]

I liked it much better than the first movie! It fixed a few things that bugged me about the first movie, like getting rid of the shaky cam. Didn't see the twists coming either. And I really like Finnick and Johanna as characters. I've only read the first book, but I'm one of those people who liked the movies better because I felt underwhelmed by the books being told in 1st person from Katniss's POV.

Regarding Katniss "going soft," that's not true at all. What's happening is that she's experiencing PTSD. And who wouldn't after participating in the Hunger Games? :/

my comment is probably spoilery for those who haven't watched it yet?

[zerenitia]

I like the article you've shared, though the only thing that makes me raise an eyebrow about it is trying to boat Anna as a real 'role-model' of a character. However, that may also be because at the beginning she's willing to marry some dude she just met, and during the movie even the movie gets realllly creepy with its message by having characters say "hey, don't marry a guy you just met" and then suddenly having an entire cast of characters all of five minutes later give her a musical number of "HEY, MARRY THIS GUY YOU -JUST- MET."
And I guess since then I saw very little character development on her end, especially considering even in the last fifteen minutes she's still willing to kiss the guy she just met just to break her spell =/ People have brought up to me the whole "no dude, she totally developed, she ditched the guy to save her sister" but honestly? I'm convinced that because the whole story was her trying to desperately make a connection and do anything for her sister, you could have had her sacrifice at the beginning of the story and it still would have happened, she'd save her sister out of love regardless of where you put it in the movie.

But that's me. Hilariously on another note, my husband and I made more connection out of seeing a story of a homosexual girl who has to hide who she is (see even: the christian symbols and church where she's terrified of "letting it show") and when it's revealed she's outcast by her whole community because she's different and an "evil" to them, then she comes out of the closet and accepts who she is but won't go back because she knows of the consequences that should await her, but her sister shows tolerance and magically helps everyone see that her differences still make her human and they, too, accept her in the end. xD