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Frozen Fever
Problems
Aesthetic
The 'doll like' designs were already uncanny enough on the adult female characters but it looks even worse on the child characters, especially the girls
The outfits are even more at odds with each other given how explicitly and strangely modern Elsa's outfits look in comparision to the rest of the kingdom, to say nothing of how ill-fitting the colour palette and spring aesthetic is for someone who's supposed to be the Snow Queen
Worldbuilding
Elsa's already poorly defined ice magic becomes even blurrier as she's somehow able to accessorise Anna's dress, headpiece and even her turn her own dress into a green, spring-oriented design despite none of those being even remotely close to ice and can create life by accident when she sneezes?
Again, Hans' already light punishment of just being sent back to his brothers feels even lighter when we see him alive and just doing what a servant would probably do and this is supposed to be someone paying for the crime of attempted regicide here
Characters
Hans was already one of the most ineffective villains in Disney and the short reduces him to even more of a joke as the victim of one of the short's silliest gags- him getting hit with a snowball while cleaning the stables in his default princely gear no less
Oaken was always a very throwaway side character in the movie and his appearance her feels even sillier and less neccesary
Elsa's characterisation during the cold feels off and a little derailed to say nothing of how the short yet again takes someone who is clearly competent and skilled- as seen by the way she's planned out Anna's day and laid out the gifts- but then pulls her down a peg instead of letting the audience fully see it
Music
The songs still suffer from the problem of just being "ok" instead of particularly excellent or memorable, especially the one song that features throughout the short
Other
The portrayal of Elsa's cold isn't just really inaccurate (it feels more like she's drunk than sick), it also feels like a problem that doesn't seem to pose stakes that high since it is possible to celebrate one's birthday while being a bit sick and the problem is too easily resolved at the end
Improvements
Characters
Anna actually starts showing selflessness and maturity here, willing to see what the problem is (Elsa not being able to admit she has a cold) even though she's being spoiled on a day meant for her
Kristoff starts showing some stripes as a guy who can manage chaotic situations despite Elsa's skepticism and seems to actually like Anna even if the romance is still unconvincing since it's Elsa doing all the work for her
Some of Elsa's mental struggles are still around in her perfectionist attitude towards Anna's Birthday
It all adds to the overall feeling of Frozen Fever being silly and incredibly tangential to the franchise, which is a shame because even though this is a seven minute short, it could have been used for so much more than that.
These changes do add up and make Anna and Kristoff much more tolerable compared to how they were in the original movie