Close, it was planned to be named "The Snow Queen", the exact title of Andersen's book. Elsa was also supposed to be evil, she wasn't supposed to be Anna's sister and Elsa was supposed to wear a cape made of white rats that would crawl up on her back whenever she spread her arms and grossly move all the time. Obviously they didn't take that route.
You don't even realize how silly you are with your statements. Of course they are similar. They contain all parts of "The Heroes Journey". But you wouldn't know anything about that now, would you? Here's a
link. Read the whole thing, then think about how many movies/games/stories this story pattern can be applied to. Did you get your answer? Yes? Good, now you know how silly you and your "here are 10 reasons why Frozen and Lion King are the same movie #OMG #post-that-on-all-social-media #much-good-article #written-by-a-professional-wow" article are. Please do your research before making such statements.
So we established there are tons of movies with the same story pattern, but does that make them the same movies? Of course not.
And Frozen is better for many reasons when comparing it to Lion King.
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