[ComicGuy89]

Okay, SPOILER WARNING FOR FROZEN everyone!

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Originally Posted by Locke

My biggest problem with the movie was the character of Kristoff. Frozen was basically a critique of its own genre, pointing out its inherent flaws and where it may feel outdated in modern times, I dug that. But Kristoff's role in the archetypal princess tale was basically what Disney appeared to be saying was everything wrong with the genre, so Kristoff basically existed to be the films punching bag as the movie exploded into unnecessary action set pieces where the movie seemed to be missing the irony. Then the fact that Kristoff and Anna get together anyway right at the end also undermines perhaps the most poignant moment of the entire flick.

I get that that is just my reading of the film, and you can think I'm over thinking it or whatever, but my personal reading clouded my personal enjoyment of an otherwise stellar flick.

I can see how one can have that view, but I don't think Kristoff was unnecessary. His character was muted compared to the usual male leads, but his part is simply to show the common theme of romantic love in these sorts of fairy tales.

The difference of course, is that the main theme is familial love instead of romantic love, but there is no reason to completely discard one in favour of the other. It's just that one has to be downplayed to give way to the other.

A tumblr user said that this movie explores love in its many forms, chiefly familial, but also romantic, platonic and friendship. So while one is emphasized over the others, it is just as important to round up the theme of love with other forms of love too.

And besides, it's not the main emphasis of the ending. The movie ends with Anna and Elsa, not with Anna and Kristoff. There isn't anything about getting married, for example. The emphasis is still clearly on Anna and Elsa, but it takes some time to acknowledge Anna and Kristoff too. In this way, it ties up loose ends that people would have complained without.

Also, without Kristoff and Anna's relationship, there would be no foil or comparison to the bit of "true love" emphasized by the movie: Anna's and Elsa's. The movie would be unable to deconstruct the traditional romantic tale without it.

So yeah, I felt Kristoff's story was a welcome addition that the movie would have suffered a bit without.