Accepting my new "Frozen"-based reality

[jinasphinx]

I was rewatching "Frozen" again last night, like you do when you have small kids, and I started thinking about Kristoff. On the one hand, it's a bit of a bummer that Anna needs the help of a guy, unlike Merida, who doesn't even think about asking her three suitors for help -- she ends up being helped by her little brothers, but only towards the end

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[marzipan_pig]

Ok so a friend of mine (w a little daughter) told me the story would be as good if not better (and make just as much sense) if all of the male characters had been totally left out. Do you agree? I have not seen the movie and my main source of info was a website that stressed the ways the movie is NOT that faithful to the experiences of the Saami ppl who it is nominally based on.

Also I know there is a song reflecting the glory of the majestic reindeer but so far my friend (and his daughter) have neglected to sing it to me.

[jinasphinx]

Without the menfolks, it would be a different movie, and probably just as satisfying a narrative (depending on what else they used to fill the time). But part of what "Frozen" does is to respond to the preceding decades of Disney fairytales.

Apologies for large image:

[marzipan_pig]

I have actually heard NOTHING about the guys and as far as I know, the movie is about her and her sister! I can see if I can find the Saami article. It was prolly on tumblr, which I find hard to search.

REINDEER ARE BETTER THAN PEOPLE isn't an Ungulate Power anthem? ;)

[jinasphinx]

Well, it's definitely the case that the two sisters are the main characters. It's funny, the movie spends most of its time with Anna, but as far as my kids are concerned, Elsa is the coolest character ever and they both pretend to be her. Nobody wants to be Anna. They also pretend to be the snowmen.

[houseboatonstyx]

Isn't John Smith's country mostly rich and powerful in our hindsight? That's not how Pocahontas and her people regard the ship's crew. I liked the presentation of Smith and the others as scruffy wanderers, and Pocahontas's family as neat, civilized nobility.

[jinasphinx]

I didn't remember that about "Pocahontas," but I haven't seen all of it in a long time; I should probably rewatch it. Thanks for pointing that out!