Frozen's One Fatal Flaw

By Kat


Frozen. The movie that inspired warbling singing from enthusiastic youngsters un-musically belting out the lyrics to "Do you want to build a Snowman?" while dancing around the house. The music that spawned countless covers and constant annoyances in arguments.
Person A: "But it's not okay!"
Person B: "Geez, just let it go!"
Person A: ..."Let it go...let it go..."
But amidst all of the hype surrounding how spectacular the movie is and how great the twist is, it, like all things, has a hamartia (see how annoying that is? Rant on The Fault in Our Stars later on.).
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the fact that the twist itself makes absolutely no sense.
If Hans even is a villain, he's a terrible one. At the start of the movie, when the two spontaneously fall in love, there are clear cheats in the narrative with moments of him smiling all good guy-like.
Furthermore, if he really was bad all along, wouldn't there be so many opportunities and circumstances in which he could have just ended it?
1. When Anna left him in charge of Arendelle, all he needed to do was bring on the dictatorship and rule the place. He never really needed to go after Anna...but instead he decides to leave. Why would you leave a kingdom you want to conquer to find a princess you don't even want to exist? She left you in charge, Hans! You had the whole kingdom in your grasp, and there was never really any point chasing after anyone. You could have sent your men away to find her and still look like a dutiful ruler to the people. Or you could screw dutiful ruler and take over. There is no point going after them, because they may as well have perished anyway, and there's no use trying to find Elsa either because if he's already in charge and she's not coming back, she poses no threat. And if she does come back, wouldn't he have the people of the city (and the weapons of the city) under his full control? Let bitter fates play their course, Hans! Don't you know anything about villain-ship?
2. The "I am evil because I need a sense of identity" excuse has gotten way old at this point.
3. Possibly the most tedious and facepalm-worthy line in the entire movie, I swear:
"You won't get away with this."
"...I already have."
I am unimpressed, Disney. U-n-i-m-p-r-e-s-s-e-d.
Yes, I admit that some elements of the movie were executed quite well. But I have to say, for a film that's so acclaimed, the entire basis the ending is founded upon is really fundamentally flawed. The villain turnaround is just out of the blue and completely out of place. The only acceptable explanation I will take is that Hans had multiple-personality disorder, or had a twin brother. Because frankly, that's the only way such inconsistent behaviour can be excused.