My main problem with the movie used to be the hype, but now it has calmed down a little, so it won't affect my judgement anymore. It has spot on tone and good pacing (except for the songs, but I won't talk about these), but the script is heavily problematic! Why would Anna be locked in the castle if having her stay outside as much as they could would benefit her parents in their task of "helping" Elsa more? Why didn't they tell the truth when she became older?

What is Kristoff's backstory? Where are his parents, how come he have a reindeer and why is he following the ice harvesters? If they hadn't bothered to include him in the beginning, we wouldn't have all this trouble. Why can't Elsa see Arendelle is frozen over if her ice palace overviews the entire kingdom? How did Anna, in her state of near death, reach Elsa before Hans swung the sword or before Kristoff reached her in that blizzard? And that's just listing the most obvious ones.
Also, I have trouble believing that Elsa is completely "cured" from her anxiety, depression and self-hatred; I want to slap Disney for mocking themselves, the romance is forced and the plot twist is goddamn awful.

if i don't think about it too much it doesn't matter but when someone asks me what i thought about frozen i just get really irritated at how forgettable the soundtrack was, how unsympathetic i am to the characters, or towards the "romance" how much i was letdown by the "bad guy" and the bad guy, not really hatred towards the movie but a real irritation at the wasted potential that never leaves me and always comes up when the movie is mentioned.

I'm STILL disappointed by how this film went from being a faithful, hand-drawn adaptation an "The Snow Queen" to an "in name only" computer-animated adaptation called Frozen. In fact, this film is basically Tangled set in a vaguely Scandinavian country instead of a vaguely Germanic country. No creativity, no originality, just the money-making formula based on what's popular right now.

This film had a chance to be beautiful and profound, but instead just rehashed the standard Disney Princess and Tangled formula. In fact, it just takes what the masses loved best about Tangled - the quirky, sheltered, bubbly princess; the cynical, sardonic, jaded, wordly guy; the horse/reindeer with a dog's personality; the island city-kingdom; the wacky slap-stick roadtrip plot; the awkward modern talk and casual song lyrics; the one-word gender-neutral title; and the CGI animation - just amplified it by 1000x, then re-titled it Frozen.

I think "The Snow Queen" is a very beautiful, unique, heart-felt story about how love melts a frozen heart, and how we shouldn't get so caught up with logic and reason that we forget love and kindness, or freeze our hearts to avoid feeling the sorrows of life to such an extent that we miss out on the joys of life too. I love how the story celebrates platonic love, bravery in face of the elements, etc. Frozen is just the standard, over-used, tried and true formula we've all seen a million times, and in fact just saw three years ago.

P.S. Oh, and I think the songs are mediocre.

P.P.S. If my first response was already too long, you can discard this one, but I had to put it down for posterity's sake.

I also don't like how the film talks both sides of its mouth regarding it's "message" about love at firs sight. The first 2/3rds of the film hammers into the audience's heads how stupid it is to think you share True Love with someone you just met because there's no way you can really know them in that time (like how Anna thinks she loves Hans, only for him to reveal he was just playing her the whole time). Then the film turns around and has Anna and Kristoff realize they really DO share True Love! ... Even though they just met each other too. Apparently it's not True Love if you've only known each other for a day, but it IS True Love if you've known each other for a day and a half. (That extra half a day makes all the difference.)

Disney started this trend early with Enchanted, but hasn't dropped it since. The first half of Enchanted parodies and deconstructs Classic and Renaissance Disney's "love at first sight" concept by spoofing Giselle and Edward deciding to get married after they learn each other's name, but then breaks its own message by having Giselle and Robert fall in love after just a few days, and Idina Menzel's character and Prince Edward to run off, get married, and live happily ever after after also just meeting. The Princess and the Frog and Tangled both also subvert and deconstruct the "love at first sight" expectation, only to have them fall in love a day and a half later. I'm annoyed, but can live with it since the film doesn't preach to the audience per se. Frozen, much like Enchanted, I find hypocritical because it goes out of its way to show how dumb it is to think you love a stranger, only for them to do it anyway.

Same with Frozen's pseudo-feminist message about girl power, yet shows that Anna is unable to go two feet without the assistance of some guy. Kristoff, Sven, and Olaf all have to get her from point A to point B or save from freezing to death at some point.

Same with Frozen's supposed message about sisterly love, yet the sisters spend the entire film apart, and most of Anna's screen time, character development, and interpersonal interactions are all with and about a guy. If sisterly love is more important than romantic love, then how come most of the film covers Anna's two budding romantic relationships?

It's a film that I think goes against its own messages, which I personally find annoying.

Okay, now I'm really done.

I have a negative feeling toward Frozen. It doesn't have a moral, or meaning, and it's message is not pleasant. The older sister is the cowardly heir to the throne, she is forever afraid of hurting somebody, and never even comes out to have dinner, or go to the bathroom, or attend family events! Does this mean little girls will try locking themselves away forever if they feel unsure of themselves? Never accept help from those concerned for their well being? Or how about Anna, ditzy, clumsy, awkward and hopeless romantic. Let's hope girls don't start meeting random boys and saying "We're going to get married!" Just like that. The whole thing sends a negative vibe, but perhaps that is just me. Any who, you did ask for my opinion, there it is.

@eilonwygeek1 I don't know what kids you interact with, but you sound like one of those anti-Disney feminists that try nit-picking every aspect of kids movies because they might rot the brains of kids because apparently kids are just that stupid in your people's opinions. Really, WHAT makes you think that in the whole story of Frozen being about accepting who you are and that, "love with thaw" that little kids will pick up that they should lock themselves in their room? Also, the movie states that it's the parents of Elsa that lock her into her room? Really, re-watch Frozen. And why is it that in your opinion, being ditsy, clumsy awkward, and/or a hopeless romantic is a bad thing? Yes, Anna is all of those things. Yes, Elsa is an introvert. What's your point? Oh, and Anna didn't go up towards Hans and say they should get married, Hans proposed. None of your reasons are well-thought out or explained and I think you really are just a troll. No offense, but please go back to tumblr...nothing you say makes sense. :3