firehawk12
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What's the other big twist? Hans' heel turn?Alright, how many people got spoiled on the end of Frozen there? Haha.
I suppose for me I was kind of 50/50 or 60/40. I wondered if they would have gone the route they ultimately didn't because of some societal or narrative norms. On the other hand I was thinking they would go the route they did because of all the themes in the movie. That or some might argue even the whole point of the movie.
I guess it could of been because of the very themes of the movie which allowed them to maybe subvert some audience members expectations. It's kind of funny though how the movie handles this "twist" compared to the other big "twist". This first one, to some maybe as we say, perhaps subverts expectations but the other almost goes out of its way to conform to narrative norms. Ultimately it hurts the film a little in my opinion and that opinion seems to be shared by many others.
It's funny, the Mulvey stuff took so long to get through that I didn't even touch on representation at all. But representation in a broader sense is much easier to figure out on your own at least. lol
Oh yes, having some kind of artificial conflict at the end for the sake of a final act problem to be solved. It just seemed very cartooney... like, well, what the witch from Snow White was before Malificent came out.It reminded me of your post the one time about Ghibli's The Borrower Arietty. There's the Aunt I think it was and the film kind of made it that she was a villian or antagonist more just for the sake of having an antagonist. Like it felt it had to fulfill some narrative checklist somewhat to the detriment of the story or film.