That’s the thing with the key characters from Frozen, their “idiot ball” flaws are actually relatable to some people. Elsa is so introverted that she prevents herself from gaining the help and support she needs to be able to control and maintain herself. Anna on the other hand is so extroverted that anybody can take advantage or scrutinise their trustworthiness. I should know, I can personally relate with Anna for being too trustworthy. Thing is though, it makes sense for Elsa to be who she is because her parents conditioned her to seal her powers away essentially sealing away her personality. It also makes sense for Anna to be who she is because Elsa and her parents inadvertently did not provide Anna affection and love during the younger years due to Elsa’s powers. The true culprits in the movie were the parents themselves. They could be argued that they were not well written.
Just because it's relatable doesn't automatically make it any less frustrating. If it was better written, I wouldn't have a problem with it. I do agree that the parents were the worst, though, one of the very few times where I didn't care that the parents were killed off. They were morons anyway, albeit rather effective morons as their stupid parenting pretty much made the sisters who they were as you said. But you would still think there would be better people looking out for them after their parents died (Elsa I kind of get, but why did Anna stay at home again and not go socialize? Did that decree
really still stand after the king and queen died?), I sincerely doubt they were left to fend for themselves and that Elsa remained locked in her room until her coronation.
I loved Hans reveal, it was an ironic reality check that reinforces the consequences of being too trustworthy to strangers and it was also a change in values from “love at first sight”. Hans in himself is a great villain because he is the personification of The Mirror from the original Snow Queen tale. He mirrors the personality traits of Anna, Elsa and even the Duke Of Weaselton when he is talking to them in order to be deceptive to all three of those characters.
Even so, still doesn't make him any more memorable for me, even if his motivation for why he did the things he did made some sense. I honestly think Elsa should've been the villain, even if she ended up reformed at the end.
And to be brutally honest, Lion King is not the golden pillar of Disney movies that people claim it to be. I loved the characters and the premise, however, there’s two crucial flaws that people overlook for the movie because “It’s so nostalgic”. Firstly, Hakuna Matata has a terrible message. I’m optimistic myself but “No worrys for the rest of your days” is a far worst message than “The past is in the past” and it is nonsensical. Alongside that, Simba was going to confront Scar and he only striked Scar once he admitted that he killed Mufasa. Had Scar not done that then Simba would have let his fears overpower him and be theoretically killed!
I don't see
The Lion King as the golden pillar either, but I do believe that it really is the pinnacle of the Disney Renaissance (although I feel
Hunchback of Notre Dame and
Mulan were the best of the Renaissance movies), and thus it's a high standard for the company itself at least in terms of animation and music. Does it have the best story? Ignoring the whole “it's
Hamlet with lions”, it's not a bad premise, albeit one that has been done to death over the ages. There's nothing “new” about the story itself, but it was the way it was presented that made it “different”, and it stands out to a lot of people, and thus it's considered a “masterpiece” at story-telling. Kind of like how the
Star Wars trilogy is considered to be one of the best epics of a hero's journey for forming a three-act structure with traceable key turning points with each movie having their own three-act structure and key turning points.
I would also dare-say that it took chances that Disney hasn't really done since. While I believe the best Disney villain is a tie between Frollo and Maleficent, Scar is pretty much one of the
very few Disney villains who actually succeeded in murdering a character, and has an awesome villain song to boot. He's also probably the most intelligent who happened to have a flaw to him that became his downfall.
“Hakuna Matata” has a bad message (damn that catchy beat, though), but in the context of the movie, it fits the scenario because of the two characters who are singing to a lost Simba (who don't know who he is, mind you), and as a bonus serves as a transition for us to get to an adult Simba. (It's also one of the most well-known scenes of the movie next to Mufasa's death, so what can you do.)
Scar traumatized Simba and fed him lies that he believed because he was a naïve kid, and it was made worse when Mufasa died as that was who he looked up to for guidance. Scar had pretty much gone insane from the power as king that he let his pride (eh?
Eh?) get to him. Now I think he was a better villain before he took over, but he reaped what he sowed, so I suppose it does fit the character, and his death's one of the most brutal and karmic to date.
That is a very pessimistic mind frame. Think like that once the movie comes out and you will not enjoy the experience at all whatsoever. And what exactly is the problem if this movie’s claimed as “A Masterpiece”? It’s opinions not fact. You do not have to succumb to those opinions. Just be ambivalent to the movie entirely until you watch it for yourself. Being pessimistic for the movie is only going to be ruining your experience watching it.
Ha, well, I was rather skeptical of
Inside Out (I have a friend who was much more harsh about it) until that beautiful first scene opened up. That was when all of my pessimism went away, and I fell in love with the movie. It's true that some movies are harder to market than others, so trailers are going to be
shit majority of the time. First reactions aren't a bad thing, sometimes the first reaction is correct, but depending on the expectation one has, it usually is an over-reaction, or a “judged a book by its cover too soon” scenario.
I will be colored surprised if
Zootopia turns out to be a very good movie rather than just “good”, but as of now, I'm going to assume it'll be somewhere in the middle and hope it at least stays that way even if I end up a little disappointed in the end. I'm like that with all movies anyway, knowing I can't properly judge them until I see the movie for myself. (Also, a bad theater experience can ruin the enjoyment of the movie. Having kids scream in the middle of an emotionally-clad scene is very hard to ignore.)
DreamWorks is bringing out mediocre movies like Mr. Peabody and Sherman and Home.
Home I can understand even though it was a
kids' movie, but how was
Mr. Peabody & Sherman mediocre? That movie was the most underrated animated film of 2014 (I didn't see
The Boxtrolls), it saddened me to see it do so badly at the box office.
