Thoughts On A Movie

Sven And Kristoff From Disney's "Frozen"

Sven And Kristoff From Disney’s “Frozen” (Photo credit: DonaldOgg)

If you are taking your children to see the movie “Frozen” and you do not want to know how the movie ends, please do not read this. I will give away the ending.

I went to see “Frozen” yesterday with some of my grandchildren. It is a Disney movie. One of the things that I noticed about the movie was how much Disney movies have changed. I enjoyed “Tangled” (Disney’s take on Rapunzel), but noticed that the future prince charming in that movie had a rather checkered past. He was not like the Disney princes of old. That was a change. “Frozen” included a character who seemed to be a prince charming, but turned out to be a cad interested only in himself. I am not sure that belonged in a fairy tale (which was essentially what “Frozen” is). Visually the movie was rather dark for the majority of the movie.

I remember that in the sixties that the feminist movement was objecting to Disney movies—they didn’t like the idea of the heroine riding off into the sunset with the handsome prince and “living happily ever after.” They felt that was an idea that was damaging to young girls. Well, in “Frozen,” they got their wish—Prince Charming is a cad. The man who wins the princess is a common laborer—he is a prince of a man, but he is not of royal lineage.

I am not sure if “Frozen” was trying to send a message. However, if the feminists were opposed to Snow White and Cinderella because of the messages in those movies, is it a stretch to think that if given a chance, they would try to put their message in a movie?

Anyway, “Frozen” is good entertainment, and I suppose it’s not a bad idea to tell little girls that the person who appears to be prince charming may not be.

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