Well made movie spoiled by lousy princess themes

Rating: 3/10 (21 February 2014)

I agree with others that Frozen is a gorgeous film. It looks and sounds great. What ruined the film for me is that the heroes/heroines, should not really be the heroes/heroines. Consider these points: 1) The girls' parents are actually the world's worst parents. "Our child has superpowers. We must lock her up for her own good!" In another film, they'd be vilified.
2) Queen Elsa is horrible leader and has no business being queen. She ices over the kingdom, and when approached about it, she won't even try to fix it and is like "Go away! Leave me alone!" She also halts business with the kingdom's largest trading partner (who was actually attempting to fix the eternal-winter problem) out of spite. Portraying young princesses acting that way is one thing. But showing adult queens acting like that is quite another thing.
3) Hans is actually the best leader, and would have made a good king. He steps up to action, takes care of the people, and demonstrates strong leadership. Sure, he's ambitious and plans a coup, but isn't that how kingdoms are made? These core problems with the story were enough to make me cringe throughout the movie, and I don't think sets a good example for the children in the target audience.