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These things about Frozen II are subjective - not everyone will agree with all of them.

• Award Snub: The closest the film got to an accolade at the Academy Awards was a nomination for Best Original Song with "Into The Unknown".
• Contested Sequel: While the fandom did like the film overall, they're divided as to whether Frozen II was worth the hype or not. Some felt that the darker tone and character development was well-crafted, while others did not take kindly to Elsa leaving the throne and separating herself from Anna in favour of her newfound role as the protector of the Enchanted Forest.
• Ensemble Darkhorse:
  • Destin Mattias, for his role in the film's backstory as well as his endearing performance. It helps that he's the only black character to get a prominent role too.
  • Honeymaren and Ryder do get their share of fans as well, even despite the fact that they only appeared for a few minutes. It got to the point that dolls of them were made and they appeared in the Gameloft mobile game Disney Magic Kingdoms.
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: As with the previous film, it proved to be a major success in East Asia, where it grossed over $100 million each in China, Japan and South Korea.
• Queer Romance: Averted, ultimately. The film's initial announcement came with renewed calls to make Elsa a lesbian, something which series co-creator Jennifer Lee shrugged off in an interview, saying the movie "belongs to the world, so I don't like to say anything, and let the fans talk. I think it's up to them". Some have speculated that the decision to leave Elsa's sexuality or lack of romantic interest ambiguous was for Disney to avoid dealing with their flagship franchise getting banned or restricted in countries where LGBT subject matter is deemed taboo or is viewed as decadent "gay propaganda", likely in response to the 2017 Beauty and the Beast remake being banned in Kuwait and rated 16+ in Russia due to a rather subtle instance of LeFou's homosexual relationship. After all, they're running a business, and losing hundreds of millions of dollars to a banned film is no small matter to them.
  • Indeed, the scene where Elsa was seen holding hands with Honeymaren was cut from certain localised releases to prevent the film from being banned due to the aforementioned "gay propaganda" laws - even though the gesture had nothing to do with any homosexual relationship at all. This would unfortunately prove to be indicative of practices used for later Disney films.

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