Wow- this is really beautiful. Awesome work.



I think the whole "remove memory of all magic" thing (which was the TROLL's idea, not the parents') was to keep people from being afraid of Elsa (since a kid like Anna would probably have spilled the beans... also her desire to see Elsa's powers is what got her hurt in the first place). Their fear is what made her power so volatile, which also led to them keeping Elsa hidden away. I found the parents to be fascinating characters for this, because they basically did the WRONG thing for the RIGHT reasons- their failure makes the hell the girls' lives became all the more poignant.





I too wish we could have seen more of Awesome Elsa, but I think the sheer pathos she exhibits in her fear and anger is a lot more poignant, and why so many people saw the greatness in her character- if the movie was just her showing off and be awesome, we probably wouldn't care for her as much. Also it's tough to make a movie out of a loner showing off how awesome she is- even tougher than one who showed a variety of emotions like she did (and keep in mind that Elsa didn't even get that much screen-time in the FIRST place- I've heard from a Disney Store employee that they all figured Anna would have been the big star and sold the most stuff, but were surprised when Elsa came roaring in to #1).





When she has her "I am WOMAN" scene in "Let It Go", it really stands out... but then they kind of do a neat thing and remind you (and her) that since the song was about being alone and saying "F it, I'm never going back", she basically abandoned everyone to become a hermit, and that's actually both bad AND showing a lack of responsibility.



So I think there's a lot of neat stuff to think about with the movie. Even some of the weird unexplained things (like why a certain someone saved a certain someone else given their planning) can actually be thought through when you really pick the motivations apart (or spot where their eyes go a second before the chandelier falls). Granted, they still could have EXPLAINED a bit more stuff (the whole scene with the Troll comes across like they were trying to blast some of the exposition out of the way and get to the main plotline), but at least you can think about it.