Frozen

[UnSub]

It's a sweet film with two lead female characters who both have reasonable motivations, the snowman comedy sidekick isn't on-screen enough to get annoying and some of the snow / ice animations are spectactular. The songs are pretty unmemorable, except for Olaf's (the Snowman) and his love of seeing a summer and Elsa's breaking free song.

There's a little bit of darkness it in, but not enough that most young children should be fine to see it.

[Soulflame]

Let It Go is my favorite Disney song in years and years.

As for the movie... I didn't like parts of it, other parts were decent to good.  The rest of my family thought it was good, so YMMV.

[SurfD]

I had "Do You want to build a Snowman" stuck in my head for about 2 weeks after this thing opened.  Kept having to go into the theatre around when that song was playing.

I enjoyed it a lot, but I still think Wreck It Ralph and Tangled were both superior movies.

[Lakov_Sanite]

It seems a bit tacked on because we are people who have felt that emotion before.  When you consider someone who has been isolated from everyone their entire life it's not too much a stretch.  They established her powers are mentally controlled, you could just substitute love for inner peace and it's the same result.  The movie is actually one big comic book if you think of it as being in the xmen universe.

[murdoc]

I'm taking the boys to see this tomorrow, it'll be the first movie theater movie for them so am looking forward to it.

[Rasix]

Brave man.

[sickrubik]

Frozen was okay. Much better than I expected, given that the marketing push was rather muted for the quality that it was. I assumed it was a toss away movie.

[WayAbvPar]

It far too treacly sweet and princess-y for my tastes, but my kids loved it.

[Shannow]

I'm taking the boys to see this tomorrow, it'll be the first movie theater movie for them so am looking forward to it.

noobie.

[Lakov_Sanite]

It teaches kids to be pragmatic in their choices and that love isn't just romantic.  I dunno, for a disney princess movie those are awfully good lessons for kids.

[Merusk]

I'm always amazed to hear statements like that.  We were taking our kids to the theater from about 2-3 months old onward.  We'd just take turns leaving the theater if they started fussing or crying.

I tend to cite this as the reason they're able to sit still for 2-3 hours unlike most other kids we encounter.

[murdoc]

The boys already sit for full movies at least once a week, so I'm not overly worried about it. I just haven't taken them to a theater for one yet.

[Rasix]

I'm jealous.  The kid hasn't ever gotten past the 40 minute mark in a movie at home.  Doesn't help that anything remotely scary calls for immediate cessation.

Last birthday he really wanted Monster's Inc for some reason.  His aunt got it for him.  He watched 5 minutes of it and realized that there's monsters in it. 

[sickrubik]

Kids are so dumb, amirite?

[Shannow]

The boys already sit for full movies at least once a week, so I'm not overly worried about it. I just haven't taken them to a theater for one yet.

How old are they?  My 4 year old does the same at home so I figured I would give it a shot. There's about 30 minutes of Monsters Inc 2 I still haven't seen in 5 random spots.

[Ingmar]

I liked it, but the songs were extremely forgettable by Disney standards and the snowman would have been much better without the buck teeth.

[Sjofn]

I had "Do You want to build a Snowman" stuck in my head for about 2 weeks after this thing opened.  Kept having to go into the theatre around when that song was playing.

I enjoyed it a lot, but I still think Wreck It Ralph and Tangled were both superior movies.

There is a tiny bit of foreshadowing that's the solution earlier in the film. But it's tiny and really easy to miss.


The only song I liked was the FUCK EVERYTHING Elsa song, but overall, I really, really enjoyed this movie. If I had daughters, I would hope these were the Disney princesses they wanted to be like. :P


edit: I hear a lot of comparisons to Tangled when this movie comes up, I suppose I should actually see it!

[Lakov_Sanite]

Sadly I had a discussion about this but Elsa isn't a disney princess, she had a coronation so she's technically a queen.

[Sjofn]

Even better! 

[Shannow]

I must admit Tangled is awesome, always end up watching it when my daughter is.

[Ironwood]

I'm jealous.  The kid hasn't ever gotten past the 40 minute mark in a movie at home.  Doesn't help that anything remotely scary calls for immediate cessation.

Last birthday he really wanted Monster's Inc for some reason.  His aunt got it for him.  He watched 5 minutes of it and realized that there's monsters in it. 

 

[Merusk]

edit: I hear a lot of comparisons to Tangled when this movie comes up, I suppose I should actually see it!

You should.  Disney appears to have heard the bitching and is revamping the princess image in a big way.  Some would say Mulan was the start but it really came out in Frog Princess and in Tangled.

[Lakov_Sanite]

edit: I hear a lot of comparisons to Tangled when this movie comes up, I suppose I should actually see it!

You should.  Disney appears to have heard the bitching and is revamping the princess image in a big way.  Some would say Mulan was the start but it really came out in Frog Princess and in Tangled.

It's funny because there haven't been "traditional" disney princess movies for decades but they keep trotting out the merchandise people forget the little mermaid was 20+ years ago.

[SurfD]

Sadly I had a discussion about this but Elsa isn't a disney princess, she had a coronation so she's technically a queen.

I was actually wondering that myself.  Would this be the first Disney movie that actually added TWO Disney Princesses to the roster?

[Merusk]

edit: I hear a lot of comparisons to Tangled when this movie comes up, I suppose I should actually see it!

You should.  Disney appears to have heard the bitching and is revamping the princess image in a big way.  Some would say Mulan was the start but it really came out in Frog Princess and in Tangled.

It's funny because there haven't been "traditional" disney princess movies for decades but they keep trotting out the merchandise people forget the little mermaid was 20+ years ago.

Yep.  I also feel bad for the little girls who want to *be* those types of princesses but are told it's bad to want that now.  It's almost as if you can't win no matter what you do because people are different!

[murdoc]

Boys were awesome at this, no issues with them wearing the 3D glasses all movie either.

I asked them what their favorite part was afterwards and it was unanimous that the Snow Monster was the best.

[SurfD]

Boys were awesome at this, no issues with them wearing the 3D glasses all movie either.

I asked them what their favorite part was afterwards and it was unanimous that the Snow Monster was the best.

Did you stick around till the very end of the credits?

[Lakov_Sanite]

Boys were awesome at this, no issues with them wearing the 3D glasses all movie either.

I asked them what their favorite part was afterwards and it was unanimous that the Snow Monster was the best.

Did you stick around till the very end of the credits?

Disney gives unrealistic expectations for girls hoping to grow up to be a snow monster princess.

[Shannow]

Not bad, not as good as Tangled.

Mind you my daughter is now watching songs from the movie on endless loop on the Ipad right now.

[Simond]

$1 billion in take (and still rising) plus two Oscars. Persistence does pay off in the end.
(Disney started planning a version of "The Snow Queen" in the 50s. The person, not the company).

[eldaec]

Boys were awesome at this, no issues with them wearing the 3D glasses all movie either.

I asked them what their favorite part was afterwards and it was unanimous that the Snow Monster was the best.

Your kids are better behaved in movies than I am. 60 minutes of those godawful glasses is as much as I can stand.

[Venkman]

$1 billion in take (and still rising) plus two Oscars. Persistence does pay off in the end.
(Disney started planning a version of "The Snow Queen" in the 50s. The person, not the company).

Well deserved.

This was a great movie. It had the schlock for sure, but not Beauty and the Beast like (which we loved, including the Broadway rendition). It had a good female empowerment angle what with the whole first love/married-right-away thing and that basically it was the women that started and solved all the issues.

Good for a father of two daughters 

I welled up at Do You Want to Build a Snowman (love and sadness and loss to maturity) and Let it Go (growing, unshackling society's expectations). But only the movie versions. All the re-recorded shit can bite me. But then it's been like that for me since Beauty and the Beast. I don't want whatever forgetable star decides to put their shit on the radio. I want the one from the movie, and will rip it from the video if I gotta.

Because I'm all rebel like that 

[TheWalrus]

60 minutes of those godawful glasses is as much as I can stand.

Glad I'm not alone. I made it bout an hour into LEGO and had to start taking them off every couple minutes. I wasn't getting a headache, but my eyes felt...itchy? Dunno. Maybe I had just stopped blinking. More studies will have to be done.

[Venkman]

Yea I really don't do 3D movies. The best ones are the ones that are the least obvious about it, so therefore, what's the point? 

[Furiously]

And it's out on video. I have a feeling it's gonna be watched a lot at our house.