I feel much the same, and since I've been writing a long fic for Frozen, his characterization problem just becomes more unbelievable. I think what happened was that the finished story came together late in the production. Earlier versions had Elsa as the villain (and not Anna's sister at all) that Anna would somehow redeem. I don't know if Hans was a prince-in-distress or always a schemer.
I do know that when I first saw the film, at the reveal I lost suspension of disbelief. It came out of nowhere, and rewatches of the movie don't reveal effective foreshadowing. We have been told that he's a sociopath, but... to me it is very much a problem in the narrative.
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Date: 2015-09-01 05:18 am (UTC)I do know that when I first saw the film, at the reveal I lost suspension of disbelief. It came out of nowhere, and rewatches of the movie don't reveal effective foreshadowing. We have been told that he's a sociopath, but... to me it is very much a problem in the narrative.