Antagonist handoff
In two movies I saw recently I identified antagonist function hand-offs. Frozen Logline: A princess goes after her magical sister who froze the land. Elsa plays the role of antagonist (avoid/reconsider) until about 3/4 of the way through the movie. At that point, Hanz captures her. So the antagonist, Elsa, and her functions, get neutralized. The story can't function (well) without an antagonist. So very soon after the screen writers hand the role off to Hanz. They reveal to the audience that Hanz has an evil ulterior motive. Later Hanz, as a threat, gets neutralized. At almost the exact same time, Elsa solves her personal and the overall story problem: " Love will thaw". I think three scenes after that the movie ends (Cristoff's new sled, Olaf with Sven, ice skating, zoom out). I see more than one antagonist hand-off in Toy Story. Toy Story What's the story about? A Cowboy toy feels threatened by the new cool toy and
