catholicamputee:Can we just talk about this scene? Because no, this isn’t the first Disney film abou
catholicamputee:Can we just talk about this scene? Because no, this isn’t the first Disney film about family, that’s true. But this movie, it deals explicitly with the notion of true love’s kiss. “An act of true love can thaw a frozen heart” and they just assume “true love’s kiss.” And the entire audience, we just went along with it. I mean, sure, we probably guessed that it was Kristoff and not Hans, but true love’s kiss, sounds legit.But you know what, a stupid kiss isn’t an act of true love by itself. An act of true love is an act of self-sacrifice, and although a kiss can be loving, it’s not really on the self-sacrificial level. If an act of true love being performed towards her was going to save her, she would have been saved the second Kristoff dropped her at the castle. Getting her to the castle and letting her go was an act of true love. But that didn’t save her. Why? Because other people can’t change you. Other people can’t fix you. They can help you see what needs to be done, but they can’t do it for you. It’s not really so much about not needing a man to save you, whatever. Anna’s gender doesn’t even matter to this scene. What matters is that if your heart is frozen, and it was long before Elsa shot ice into it - her requests of her sister were to play and for company, never questions of whether her sister needed anything. If your heart is frozen, only you can thaw it. You have to fix yourself. And the only way you can save yourself is by sacrificing yourself, putting yourself last, truly loving someone. This movie tackles the idea that a true love’s kiss can save you head-on and says, “No. You save you. Kisses will follow. But the kiss isn’t the true love. There’s so much more to love than a kiss.” I love this movie. -- source link