Film
1071: Frozen
Trivia: Originally,
Queen Elsa was intended to be the villain of the story. However, when the
character's major song, "Let it Go," was played for the producers,
they concluded that the song was not only very appealing, but its themes of
personal empowerment and self-acceptance were too positive for a villain to
express. Thus, the story was rewritten to have Elsa as an isolated innocent who
is alarmed upon learning that her powers are inadvertently causing harm and
struggles to control her powers with Anna's help.
During
Olaf's song, his dance with four seagulls is a nod to Bert's dance with four
penguins from another Disney movie: Mary Poppins (1964).
Idina Menzel said Frozen (2013) is "a
bit of a feminist movie for Disney." "I'm really proud of that,"
Menzel tells Zap2it. "It has everything, but it's essentially about
sisterhood. I think that these two women are competitive with one another, but
always trying to protect each other - sisters are just so complicated. It's
such a great relationship to have in movies, especially for young kids." Kristen Bell said on a
similar matter: "I'm really excited to show it to people. I became a part
of the kind of movie I wanted to see as a kid," she said. "I always
loved Disney animation, but there was something about the females that was
unattainable to me. Their posture was too good and they were too well-spoken,
and I feel like I really made this girl [Princess Anna] much more relatable and
weirder and scrappier and more excitable and awkward. I'm really proud of
that."
The
characters of Anna, Hans, and Kristof are all named after Hans Christian Andersen:
Prince Hans as in Hans, (Krist)of as in (Christ)ian, and (An)na as in
(An)dersen.
After
Oaken throws out Kristoff during the "Big Summer Blow-out" scene,
Oaken offers Anna "Lutefisk" which appears to be fish in a jar.
Lutefisk is a traditional dish of Nordic countries e.g. Sweden, Norway, Denmark
and Finland. It is whitefish soaked in lye and is served in northern states
(e.g Minnesota, Wisconsin etc.) during the holidays and enjoyed by the people of
Nordic descent in the United States.
