Great post.

I've been fighting my own weird, stupid battles about the tunes in this flick. Haven't even managed to critique the story yet, and now you've done it for me.

Hooray!

I disagree with Fix Three. Given more to work with Idina Menzel can do great stuff, as we know from Wicked. Your Fix Two basically turns Elsa into Elphaba anyway, and Let It Go is essentially the same character beat as Defying Gravity. In fact I'm guessing that's at least part of the reason they cast her.

Otherwise, love it. I think you get to the heart of the problem -- overall the whole thing is really underdeveloped. Lots of great stuff here, but it all feels really vomit-drafty. Especially agree with discarding the trolls, because really wtf.

Olaf has to stay though.

Although I will say when the trolls did their marriage song, I got a flash of an idea that I'd like to see the movie where these well meaning, sweet, but completely insane trolls decide they have to assassinate the prince because their boy has fallen in love with the princess.

I'd even say Let It Go was Broadway style. Could totally see that whole sequence killing it as a stage show. Though part of that, again, was Menzel tearing it up more than the song itself being particularly great.

Every time I see a new username post I'm like "IS THIS THE ONE ARE WE GONNA HAVE A FIGHT" but then they're always cool and thoughtful.