‘Lilo & Stitch’ director icy about ‘Frozen’ praise: ‘We did that story first!’

"Lilo & Sew" co-director Chris Sanders stated the movie portrayed sisterhood years forward of "Frozen."
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Twenty years after the favored movie “Lilo & Sew” was launched, co-director and author Chris Sanders admitted he finds it “irritating” that folks think about Disney’s 2013 movie “Frozen” the primary film about sisterhood — a premise he stated “Lilo & Sew” did first.

“To be clear, I believe ‘Frozen’ is nice,” Chris Sanders, who additionally voiced Sew, instructed the New York Occasions in a dialog concerning the movie.

“However it was somewhat bit irritating for me as a result of individuals have been like, ‘Lastly, a non-romantic relationship with these two ladies,’ and I believed, ‘We did that! That has completely been achieved earlier than,'” he stated.

Each movies inform tales of sisters overcoming issues and studying they're higher collectively somewhat than aside, versus many different animated movies that centered round a romantic curiosity or savior.

“Lilo & Sew” was launched in 2002, telling the tales of sisters determining their new household roles following the demise of their dad and mom.

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The favored 2013 Disney movie “Frozen” additionally tells a story of sisterhood.

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“Lilo & Sew,” which was launched in 2002, tells the story of a younger woman named Lilo — who's being raised by her sister, Nani, after their dad and mom die — who finds an “alien canine” referred to as Sew and the sisters’ journey of them coming to phrases with their grief collectively.

“Frozen” facilities across the relationship between sisters Elsa and Anna, who drift aside after their dad and mom die however reconcile and uncover they’re stronger collectively.

“Frozen” producer Clark Spencer stated on the time of its launch the film was praised for its “real looking” portrayal of sibling relationships.

“These moments that have been based mostly in actuality in a method that folks may see themselves in, and it didn’t really feel like they have been cartoon characters,” Spencer instructed the Occasions.

Many additionally say that “Lilo & Sew,” which was set in Hawaii, paved the way in which for the 2016 movie “Moana,” whose fictional setting of Monunui was based mostly on the Polynesian islands.