The animated feature film Frozen came out in 2013 and created a wave in the pool of previous animated movies. Ecstatic fans were proclaiming that it was the first time a girl stood up for herself in a film instead of being saved by the male character. But was Frozen really a turn in the tide? Though companies like DreamWorks and Blue Skies Animation studios sculpt characters that depict what human bodies should look like Disney is still the reigning animator. Is it because Disney has an easier fallback when they make a flop, unlike these independent studios who need every cent they make? Maybe because Disney is an enormous corporation therefore making publicizing of the films a piece of cake, where on the other hand advertising for other companies can become a nightmare and be a waste of money. Or is it simply because we dream of the idealized Disney princess body instead of the one we already have? Unlike Disney's unrealistic body types DreamWorks animation started a new surge of artwork when they first released The …show more content…
Through Disney movies we begin to question our own standard in men. Does a man really have to do the saving? Why can't Rapunzel leave her tower until Flynn Rider comes to lead her out of it? In a Disney movie men have a huge influence over the women of the story, take Snow White as an example. The story of Snow White is about a girl who is tormented by her stepmother who is jealous of her looks. Snow White dreams of the day that the one she loves will come and take her away. Though she wishes for this she does very little to obtain this, instead her story is driven by the characters surronded her and her reactions to them. Snow White is just the doll. Through this feature the crowd is taught that beauty takes precedence over personal ambition and that all of life's problems can be fixed by finding a