Frozen is a self-homage to Disney

Rating: 8/10 (26 January 2014)

(Elsa = Disney.)
Hi, this is another Disney big fan and a Frozen spectator. Mega-charmed by this movie, soaked up in the soundtracks of it. Sorry for coming up with such a sudden conclusion of my own at the top of the review, but that was the way I felt or thought along and after seeing the movie. Elsa stands for Disney and the whole movie is an homage to/resolution of Disney. Let me explain.
1) Elsa is only deuteragonist. Elsa sung the most popular number of the soundtrack and she is super fascinating; however still, Anna is the heroine. Anna is more risk-taking and courageous than snow queen Elsa. Not only does she take the responsibilities of caring after the people of Arendelle in the place of her sister; but moreover, she is the one who keeps trying to fix the relationship and who makes friends and goes on a journey with them: The rules of past Disney princesses. She knew how to receive the helps she was given gratefully, while Elsa locked herself up in the fear till the end of the story. Not that Disney's schizoid or a sorcerer-but just to note that Elsa such a fascinating character must be something other than a protagonist then.
2) Frozen is like a total exhibition of pieces of Disney. Um, plus, other works of masterpieces, too. This is seemingly insensible, but could make sense if we try. The scenes in Frozen are recalling of their matching scenes in other Disney films: Anna caressing chicks in her hands and Anna and Hans sitting on the roof are Jasmine petting larks and Aladdin and Jasmine sitting on the roof of a Chinese palace. Wolves chasing the sleigh of Kristoff reminds of The Beauty and the Beast. Olaf doing the tap dance in hat with an umbrella in his hand is Bert dancing with penguins on the date out with Mary Poppins. And seriously, that uncanny scream of village people when Olaf slides away down in town and his floundering on the snow cannot be anything else but a replica of The Nightmare before the Christmas! (Yes, Disney was interested in skeletal images and Tim Burton made the animation before he LEFT the Disney-that means he once belonged there.) To broaden to O.S.T., the primitive religious song at the entry and ending of the movie? The Lion King's. To sum up, Frozen is an all-comprising piece of Disney.
3) Elsa has a reserved personality, and was born to be a queen and born icy-powered. Well I wrote that Elsa could be something more than a mere deuteragonist: she does not show as often as Anna, but she is actually everywhere in the form of snowy background and weathers. Elsa does not express her feeling emotionally but rather express them in solid forms; like ice. Cause she can make ice. Differentiated from other princesses, for the first time in forever, Elsa shows endeavor to behave as to be becoming of a queen and does not complain about putting aside fun parts of life (say, loving). I don't know if Disney suddenly changed their message from Be brave and be princessy to Girls be ambitious and pursue your career, or if it's the result of sudden change of her character from evil to good, supposedly. Any way it may be, she looks satisfied with her dictatorship. And females are fanatic about it. I'll go on and try to sum up those in my conclusion.
While Anna show her human virtue as a heroine of the movie Frozen, Elsa seems to function as a fantasizing, yet unreachable existence. Unconscious reflection of self of Disney by the creators; that was my instinctive impression. Disney is a one top production of animated movies; moreover, they're very fond of their own creatures. Also very proud. (Look up on Youtube and you can find in many videos that Disney uses their own accumulated works and only their works as sources of later movies' moves and expressions. Also there are many characters or hidden logos of themselves in their films; like Goofy in The Little Mermaid.) Here's the point. I like Disney, as a creator of original and childlike pictures, all together with his old and odd works (e.x. Skeleton Dance, Silly Symphony) and actually started missing those less didactic styles. As this new movie of Disney is great in graphics but a bit short on story, I thought the whole movie and the way it depicted Elsa was its resolution to well finish up its 90s renaissance style and test their limit and break through once again!
--- Please understand I may have different point of view as I have different cultural and personal background, and that I am not strong in English and organized writing either. Honestly I was afraid my writing gets even messier if I contain more materials in it. I'm just hugely interested in Disney films and Walt Disney. –Personally I was a bit upset people are beaming more light on Elsa when we finally have the most sympathetic and human princess ever. But women are being attracted by this most un-Disney-like lady ever. (They never depicted women as real independent protagonist before. Think it was possible because there left some traces of her character's transformation. one very interesting happening for me.) –In general, I think Disney being accused of using its fandom to hit with this movie is fair. The plot is weakly built. I think Disney intended this movie to be one of their cornerstones or a masterpiece. But, I'll stay frozen for a while. -I've got so much more to write about on other aspects, among them the modernity or the musical numbers, but I only wrote about Elsa and how it reminded me of Disney. I think Disney is really going to be rendered a new kind of canon, and still always stay modern. -I don't even have a room for Elsa's sexuality.