The Snow Queen by Elena Ringo, illustration for the story by H.C. Anderson
People are really nostalgic for the Middle Ages, which would suggest they are nostaligc for a pre-Industrial time (it helps if you have magic, though).
Is every movie a reflection on the climate crisis now?
The nice thing about tackling the climate/ environmental crisis in a movie is that it’s solved after about two hours. Phew, that was a close one.
So, Elsa and Anna are where humans and nature meet? Huh. I thought humans were where humans and nature meet.
Indigenous people are also good for reminding us of the importance of nature – ergo, the Northuldra, based on the Sámi people, with whom Disney signed an agreement before making Frozen II (turns out a wee bit of cultural appropriation in the first film). I know this is a step in the right direction, but I can’t help but feel queasy at the thought of indigenous people having to sign a “treaty” with Disney.
People and nature, people and nature…. I kept thinking how beautiful and stylized the natural world is in the film is and, thus, how unattainable. Like the world in a snow globe. Or a Disney movie.
I like the “next good thing” refrain. The film pays tribute to our sadness, our sense of erosion, of loss.
Am I the only one who thought that Arandel should have been swept away when the dam was broken? Wouldn’t the “quest” have meant more if it came at an actual cost?
