Deep Thoughts About Frozen 1

Here’s some deep thoughts and regular thoughts about Frozen 1, but mostly regular:

• I know the favorite song in Frozen 1 is supposed to be "Let It Go." It's a good song, and obviously made better because of Idina, but I think the most moving (and also underrated) song in the movie is the reprise of "For the First Time in Forever." (Here are the lyrics- it's a duet between Anna & Elsa). The reason I think this song is so powerful is because it reveals Anna's loneliness is mostly about her sister's rejection and she is begging to not go back to that, but even more so because Elsa is discovering that she can't actually be free of the consequences of her powers, even if she runs as far away as possible. 
• The movie addresses generational trauma and the things you wish you wouldn’t pass on to your kids. Anna and Elsa have suffered because of their parents' understandable fear of Elsa's powers. And even though their fear is understandable and even though they had good intentions and wanted to protect their kids (and themselves from the number of scenarios that could be heartbreaking for them), most of us would call shutting out the outside world (and literally shutting all the windows and doors) and ensuring that your eldest daughter stay in her room a form of child abuse in any current context. So, Elsa inherits her parents' fear that she could hurt people, especially Anna, which would be the most painful thing she could do (to herself and the people she loves). And Anna lives with the rejection and loneliness of that isolation that she never understood.
• Anna obvi has some attachment issues.
• Hans takes advantage of Anna’s desperation for human contact and love and commitment and avoidance of loneliness, which is what lots of mean people do to vulnerable people.
• While this movie seems like the main theme would be from the main song- to “let it go,” it’s really about finding how to redeem/heal/come back from/etc. etc. when your worst fears are realized. After Elsa is finally found out, it's like a relief to not hide herself or restrain herself/ her powers, but it also means trading in hiding for running away. The real tagline of the movie is "love thaws." Love is the thing that heals fear and loss and hurt, and frozen siblings.
• Also, fear hardens hearts like ice, love does the opposite.
• Do we ever get to figure out who Kristoff’s parents are? Are one of those cutting guys in the beginning his dad? Or are they some negligent caretakers who abandon him? 
• The “cutting song” (aka Frozen Heart) has some nice foreshadowing for the rest of the movie.
•  My 3-year-old likes to play Anna & Elsa a lot, but he also likes to pretend he’s Hans when he’s watching the movie. I always remind him that Hans is kind of the bad guy in the movie and he responds with, “not yet, he’s still nice in this part.” So, that’s an interesting thought.
• They don’t really do much with the death of Anna and Elsa’s parents. Do they grieve? For more than a minute during a song?
• Does Elsa unfreeze Anna or does Anna unfreeze herself? Is it Elsa's love and grief that warms Anna, or is it Anna's act of love/ sacrifice that does it? Both? 
• Kristoff never seems impressed that Anna is a princess/ grew up in a castle and Anna is never put off that Kristoff is abandoned and raised by Trolls. I appreciate that.
• All of the characters fare pretty well considering their childhoods. There would be a lot more therapy if this were real life. And also less magical ice.
• Yes, we do watch this movie a lot. 
• Do you think I could write a sermon or two out of this? I feel like there are some themes I could work with.