Here are comments posted by Tripledot!
I saw it. Twice. Definitely not because of any feminist message, which I'm relieved it didn't have. You know what? I actually related to the female characters on a ihuman/i level, which I think is the best thing a work trying to portray women well should do. Because my brother locked himself in his room for his high school years, it really hit home. I was undeniably angry when he didn't seem to understand how this movie paralleled our lives. The way the film was marketed made me wonder what the people in marketing were thinking. A story about the deep suffering caused by isolation and the need for compassion sold as a straight up comedy with a feminist twist? To call it feminist or sexist completely misses the point in that it shouldn't matter whether or not they are female, as the movie does not discuss gender politics at all. It's pretty shocking that a movie like Frozen could be so popular, given its themes, but then again, most people ignore them in favor of shipping fanart and hypothesizing whether Anna is gay for not getting married at the end. For example, people think that "Let it Go" is about empowerment! Unfortunately a crapton of people covered it, so instead of being a song of thinly veiled despair it's interpreted as a song about expressing who you really are (I mean come on, it's not like she runs away to a mountain away from society because she's secure in who she is). It's really society's fault for reacting to this film the way it has (in fact, they seem to act exactly like the trolls in the movie, who I'm sure many people disliked), and I'm afraid it cheapens its message.But yes I do concede that Disney princess movies are just a series of films to get girls to buy dolls. But just because something is made to sell toys doesn't mean it can't be deep or well-liked, or even endorse the thing it's promoting. Kind of hypocritical, but then again I'd rather look at the film as an artwork in itself with its own message rather than a cynical plug of yet another bland-name product.