Frozen is a very successful animated movie because of its well balance between fantasy and realistic components, and its unique way of portraying the idea of "true love"

Rating: 8/10 (19 June 2014)

Frozen, from my opinion, is by far the most realistic Disney movies that Disney has ever created. It is very important to keep in mind that a good animated movie does not lie only or simply on fantasy, it must also include some sort of realistic components, because your audience are all different in terms of age. More importantly, your audience will grow up and get old. Hence, if you want your audience to have the motivation to re- watch the animated movie when they get old, your animated movie must have some realistic components in which the audience can still learn and relate to even though they get older. That's the reason why adults or teenagers are no longer a fan of Pokemon, yet they can be a great fan for Frozen. OK, so let's get to the point, why Frozen is so successful?
There are 2 reasons. The first reason is because it brings out the message that Disney fails to bring out for a very long time - that true love does not simply refers to the love between man and woman. If you look back at the movies that Disney has filmed the past decades, you will see almost all directors focus on the power of love between guys and girls. I mean, of course, there are other films that focus on other types of love, but Frozen really nailed it. It demonstrates that true love does not only exists between boys and girls, but also between sisters/siblings. In fact, I think this is a better theme to educate children because I never think its appropriate to teach girls (especially girls that are still in elementary school) that they should have those "prince's fantasies". I mean, its fine if they have them, but these fantasies should not be encouraged. Therefore, this unique message that true love also can be referred to love between siblings is very powerful and outstanding.
Another reason I think Frozen is an amazing movie is because it brings out a very realistic message: "You cannot just marry a man you just met". To be honest, this is very ironic, because most of the films that Disney has created in the past really emphasizes on this topic. Look at the little mermaid, Ariel didn't even talk to the prince and she's willing to sacrifice herself for him. I mean, sure they lived happily ever after, but is this true in real life? I think Frozen does a really good job on waking up these "innocent girls".
I always like to suggest improvements for movies, and yes, even though Frozen is awesome, yet it for sure has room to improve. I cannot comment on the animation stuff because I am no expert in that field, however, I do like to comment about the plot/message behind the movie. As I said before, the messages behind the movies are excellent: "Love can allow us to overcome fear, it can give warmth to others emotionally" "True love also means love between siblings" etc. There are many themes going on in this movie, however, I think there are two themes should be further emphasized. The first theme is the principle that "More power comes with more responsibility". This theme is kind of subtle, or probably not even highlighted in the movie, but I personally think this is a great theme to add on to, I will probably mention this in the beginning of the movie and just do a little repetition at the end to connect this theme to the audience explicitly. I think this theme is important because its realistic, allowing the audience to be aware that Queen Elsa although can control her powers and live happily ever after with her sister etc, she now has more responsibility that she did in the past as she can control her powers. So I think this point should be further emphasized.
Another theme that should be highlighted is the idea that "Sacrifices are sometimes required to hold a friendship together". This is a very important theme, yet very hard to bring out because few Disney movies dare to put the protagonists to death. The image or concept of death is always discouraged for children, especially for protagonists. Lion King is probably an exception, so yes, if I were to bring out this theme, I will probably edit the plot and Olaf must die at the end to sacrifice for the sisters. It was briefly mentioned in the plot that Olaf attempted to save the sisters by sacrificing himself, but the focus of that part is quickly shifted, which I found to be reasonable, but its a slight disappointment from an older audience's point of view. Apart from this theme, I mean, its true the children will be sad if they knew Olaf is melted at the end, but its also important to understand another theme. All snowman will melt when spring comes, it is sad that snowman melts and can't be kept forever, but it is also more important to keep in mind that if they don't melt and stay all year round, then building a snowman will not be as fun because you can build them whenever you want then. Its really rare to have a nice weather/right type/amount of snow to build a snowman, and its the rare chance of building a snowman that makes building a snowman fun.