Botched Potential.

Rating: 4/10 (13 December 2017)

In all honesty, Frozen could've been something. But when ideology instead of real world experience, infect what should be a potentially powerful tale, you get what is simply a poor story, poor characters, no real message, inane songs and a real feeling of cringe. It would be forgivable if Frozen's potential was unrealised, but here they deliberately destroyed it.
The potential here is Elsa. Elsa has such a good backstory and it could've been a remarkable coming of age journey, one that should see her confronting her fears, overcoming them, made mistakes, learning from and mature to be a queen.
Instead, she didn't learn anything. She never overcame any of her obstacles and instead, ran from all of them and in the end, she is rewarded for it.
Really? Is this what you want your daughters to learn? That when she faces an overwhelming challenge, she is to run away and wait for her life's problems to fix itself? How is this teaching your daughters responsibility and independence? Do you really want your daughters to grow becoming a sugarbaby or an escort?
Anna on the other hand, isn't a bad character but also not a good one. I want to say that she is a Mary Sue, but she depends on Kristoff most of the time. And here is where I go off on a bit of a rant
Rant:
Feminists always claim to be a "strong, independent woman that don't need no man," but here is a movie that written by Feminists and it is obvious that they don't know what a strong independent PERSON is. A strong and independent person aren't born; they are MADE. Stories tell of heroes that overcome their weaknesses and flaws, learning from their mistakes to be competent and able, making difficult decisions and paying a heavy price for the choices that they make.
Frozen has none of these, but it could've been if the writers, directors and everyone that was involved, actually had an understanding of what Strength and Independence means. But I suspect these people were too sheltered in their middle class lifestyle and the closest encounter to real life tribulations is Buzzfeed and Huffington Post. They are posers and frauds; pretentious and fake. /Rant
And it's not just the story. Half the songs are pointless and inane, such as Olaf's song about summer, Anna's duet about true love, the trolls song about love, Elsa's song on North Mountain; doesn't further the story, nor does it give insight to the characters themselves.
The few good things that I can say about Frozen, is Kristin Bell, who is perfect as Anna and has a marvellous singing voice. Idina Mendel is the worst cast here. Her Elsa is 2 dimensional, her singing lacks enthusiasm, and her voice is just wrong for Elsa. And I don't know why or how Olaf is in this story as he serves absolutely no purpose.
It almost turns my heart frozen cold to see such a waste of potential.