Frozen: Part V

[disneyprincess11]

Are there opening credits in the film? Like produced by etc. directed by etc. starring etc.

No.

When is the digital/iTunes version coming out?

The movie is up on iTunes, but they don't say when it comes out.

[taei]

So I got a free ticket to go see Frozen today.

And it was the weirdest showing i've been to so far. Usually when I go, the theater is packed and people are laughing out loud, to the point where you can't hear some of the dialogue. Even that one showing where there were NO kids, just college students and adults.

But today's showing.. no one laughed. The theater was packed with both adult and children. There was just one person who laughed out loud. No one else did. They all seemed rather unimpressed. Especially how in every other showing people stayed behind to look at the art in the credits, in this one everybody just got up and left. And NO BODY laughed at the impaled line. no body but that guy.

But it does look like the movie is filling up really well. I'm glad.

[TheBlibaBlob]

So I got a free ticket to go see Frozen today.

And it was the weirdest showing i've been to so far. Usually when I go, the theater is packed and people are laughing out loud, to the point where you can't hear some of the dialogue. Even that one showing where there were NO kids, just college students and adults.

But today's showing.. no one laughed. The theater was packed with both adult and children. There was just one person who laughed out loud. No one else did. They all seemed rather unimpressed. Especially how in every other showing people stayed behind to look at the art in the credits, in this one everybody just got up and left. And NO BODY laughed at the impaled line. no body but that guy.

But it does look like the movie is filling up really well. I'm glad.

Parents just take their kids to movies to make them shut up and sit down. I think Despicable Me 2 is a good example of that, it's a terrible movie in my opinion but a good movie for kids as it has juvenile humour in it. Hense why is made a heck of a lot of money.

[taei]

Collider just posted their 'Best Movie Moments of 2013' and Let it go is on there!

Spoiler, i guess...

Let It Go – Frozen

I don’t know if this song is destined to become a Disney classic. I thought the music from The Princess and the Frog was terrific, but today I can’t remember any of the songs. What I do know is that this scene felt absolutely triumphant and it makes you cheer for someone whose behavior is still very sad. Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel) is celebrating solitude and exile because seclusion and secrecy have become unbearable. But I forgot all of that during the song because of Menzel’s astounding vocal performance and the gorgeous animation. Most importantly, it’s a turning point not only in the story, but also a rejection of what the story could have been. The song could have been predictably resentful and villainous, but “Let It Go” ended up completely redefining the entire movie, and Frozen is all the better for it. — MG

Read more at http://collider.com/best-movie-moments- ... ucK5ur4.99

[taei]

Even since I saw the movie today, I can't get this scene out of my head... :

http://waltdisneystudiosawards.com/img/ ... ll7@2x.jpg

the music, the angle, the characters, the animation.. I wanna see this scene again so bad..
and just like that, I'm pretty sure that it's gonna be my favorite in the movie. Much like the Rescue scene from Brave, or the "Where's your guard" scene from tangled.
I just wish that that scene would have been extended a bit just so that I can absorb it more.. *droll*


On the other hand.. I did get to focus on the score this time, and it is growing on me...

[Old Fish Tale]

Funny. I thought the final 15 minutes of the film were really messy.

[taei]

Funny. I thought the final 15 minutes of the film were really messy.

I thought the climax in the fjord was perfect, but everything that followed was a quick mess.
I mean, do we really need to see all the other royals clap for Anna or mourn for her? They are Far away!!
It made sense with BRAVE, cause they were RIGHT OVER THERE! It just took away more time that could have been allotted to a better ending.

[Disney's Divinity]

Am I the only one that hates olaf as much as I thought I would early on? Every time I see him I just want to punch his face in and use a flame thrower to finish him off for good.

I thought that would be the case, but I actually like him. I think the reason he works is that he's not intrusive and that he's more whimsical/charming than loud/obnoxious/mood-disrupting. I believe the only time he comes close to annoying me is the "Some people are worth melting for" moment, which is a bit much.

So far, I believe Disney has really improved their with their comic relief from TP&TF onwards. The only exception I can think of is Louis, and even he would have been okay if they had left in his storyline, imo. Ray, Maximus, Olaf definitely remind me of the time before Timon/Pumbaa (although I guess Genie started it, but I see him more as a main character than a sidekick so he doesn't bother me at all). Didn't care about Pascal, but at least he's silent.

[Old Fish Tale]

It wasn't just that, Taei. They were rooting for Hans one moment and for Anna (up until then they believe she was dead, right?) and Elsa the next. But this wasn't even the worse.

[TheBlibaBlob]

Finally saw Frozen. It is really good!!! I don't think I've ever seen an animated film in the theatre where people laughed so much, most of which came from Olaf, and also the scene towards the end where Sven is posing infront on the sled. I didn't laugh lots like everyone else did, I find Tangled funnier, mainly because Flynn is just so damn awesome. But I loved all the characters. To me the pacing was really different to what I have seen before. I think this becuase the story focuses on many different characters at the same time, rather than following one character, which I found interesting. One of my fave aspects of the film was the songs, oh my they were so awesome. I have heard them all before, but they were so good. Let it Go was the best of course. The thing I really liked the most about the film was the opening, it just really suprised me how they used the Vuelie song over the Disney logos, and then it cut to the ice harvesters and that was just amazing.
It was suprising to see no Walt Disney Pictures Presents logo but instead cut to the title.

Olaf was easily everyone's fave character. Everyone scene he was in he stole straight away making everyone laugh, the part I enjoyed was when he was talking to 'Sven's family,' classic. I went with my mother, don't judge, she loved the snowman the most, and lost it at the end when he was like 'glide, and pivot' etc. And a few people were suprised at the plot twist. I feel really different to everyone at the ending, I didn't feel it was rushed or anything. It would've been a little better though if Kristoff's scene of realisation went a little longer, but hey everything can't be perfect.

There are a few things I found a little disruptive. I like how each scene changes into another, like fades and stuff, but maybe if each scene was a teeny bit more constructed a little better it would've been better, and the film didn't feel rushed, a rushed film is more like ROTG. Also this is a really weird one but seeing Oaken stand up and walk freaked the hell out of me. He is like a cake with stick legs Also the film was kind of ruined by a little kid poking me constantly in the back

Overall this film is awesome. It is way better than Wreck-it Ralph, luckily no where near as formulaic. Between Tangled and Frozen, well I've seen Tangled that many times, and Frozen once, I may have to leave that to when the DVD comes out.
I really hope this film gets some big awards as it really deserves it.

[D82]

More concept art on Disney artists blogs:

Jin Kim
http://cosmoanimato.blogspot.com.es/201 ... rozen.html

Scott Watanabe
http://pavementmouse.blogspot.com.es/20 ... rozen.html

Cory Loftis
http://coryloftis.tumblr.com/

Victoria Ying
http://victoriaying.tumblr.com/post/697 ... eaters-for
http://victoriaying.tumblr.com/post/703 ... for-frozen

Barry Johnson
http://barryjohnson77.tumblr.com/post/6 ... gs-of-mine

Shiyoon Kim
http://shiyoonkim.tumblr.com/post/68288 ... -cut#notes
http://shiyoonkim.tumblr.com/post/68285 ... at-i#notes

Fawn Veerasunthorn
http://fawnv.tumblr.com/post/7040510448 ... production

Claire Keane
http://claireonacloud.com/post/69914722 ... -years-ago

[DisneyEra]

Frozen has grossed over $191.5mil domestic in 26 days of release, surpassing the entire domestic boxoffice run of Wreck-It Ralph. It will surpass Tangled's domestic hall of $200mil in less than a week. Who would have thought that Frozen would outgross both WiR & Tangled in only 30 days This is Pixar/Dreamworks sequeal territory!

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=frozen2013.htm

[Atlantica]

That's wonderful that it is doing so well !!

It's funny though, every time I ask people if they've seen it, they all say they love it but prefer Tangled. . . . been almost unanimous amongst my friends.

[frankf3]

I really liked Frozen, but I prefer Tangled as far as the two movies goes.

Hear me out, while I prefer the sidekick character and songs for Frozen over Tangled, I think Frozen does suffer from some pacing/plot issues (mainly in the first act). I think Tangled is a better paced movie with a tighter narrative.

[Kyle]

Yup, I think Tangled (man, I still almost type Rapunzel to this day ) just has a more rewatchable quality to it. Frozen, while good still feels a bit derivative where as Tangled was more fresh. At least as far as the overall look and feel, not the plot which was mostly fine and different enough.

[Disney's Divinity]

Personally, I don't consider anything about Tangled or Frozen to be new, fresh or groundbreaking, which is why I always disagree with the term "new Renaissance" being used to describe their new films. But if we were comparing the two, I would say the character of Elsa, "Let It Go," and the sisters' relationship are all more fresh than anything in Tangled, which is a mishmash of the '90s set against TP&TF's template. Except for the animation of Rapunzel's hair, Tangled is the least groundbreaking of all their new films to me.

[Kyle]

The fresh thing about Tangled was mainly A, it was the first time they've adapted, (to my knowledge) a classic tale in CG. And B, the CG itself was noticeably better than anything they've done before. I hadn't seen characters squashed, stretched and posed this organically since hand drawn animation. Not even by Pixar. It might be too earlier to say, having only seen it once so far, but the animation felt more polished there in my opinion. Maybe it has something to do with not having Glen Keane back this time, but it seemed like tangled had more polish to me. Even if we say its on par though, Tangled still did it first. It's clear the same techniques have been carried over though which is good.

[DancingCrab]

I've seen Frozen four times now, and I have to say after repeat viewings, it's still great, but it's not holding up as well as Tangled for me. Tangled's character animation is still unmatched. Nothing in Frozen compares to the fluidity and hand drawn feel in the expressions and motions in Tangled. It feels weighed down in the physical, as to where Tangled felt more light and limitless in it's art direction and characters.

That said, Frozen does dwarf Tangled still in the song department. I only wish they had gone the extra mile and applied more fluid character animation as well. I personally wish there was more artistic expression in Let it Go, visually. That song deserved the Colors of the Wind outside-the-box treatment. Can you imagine what Glen Keane would have done with that scene?

[Musical Master]

Personally, I don't consider anything about Tangled or Frozen to be new, fresh or groundbreaking, which is why I always disagree with the term "new Renaissance" being used to describe their new films. But if we were comparing the two, I would say the character of Elsa, "Let It Go," and the sisters' relationship are all more fresh than anything in Tangled, which is a mishmash of the '90s set against TP&TF's template. Except for the animation of Rapunzel's hair, Tangled is the least groundbreaking of all their new films to me.

Exactly, I would call this a "Revitalization" era more than anything else, the new films are really good in they're own way, but not "revolutionary".

The fresh thing about Tangled was mainly A, it was the first time they've adapted, (to my knowledge) a classic tale in CG. And B, the CG itself was noticeably better than anything they've done before. I hadn't seen characters squashed, stretched and posed this organically since hand drawn animation. Not even by Pixar. It might be too earlier to say, having only seen it once so far, but the animation felt more polished there in my opinion. Maybe it has something to do with not having Glen Keane back this time, but it seemed like tangled had more polish to me. Even if we say its on par though, Tangled still did it first. It's clear the same techniques have been carried over though which is good.

Sure the animation was great because of Keane but the art direction took a back seat compared to Frozen which is a GORGEOUS film for all of it and I agree with Divinity that Tangled had nothing fresh in it (story, character and song wise). Oh and Tangled DOES have little moments where the animation gets a little off.

[Musical Master]

I've seen Frozen four times now, and I have to say after repeat viewings, it's still great, but it's not holding up as well as Tangled for me. Tangled's character animation is still unmatched. Nothing in Frozen compares to the fluidity and hand drawn feel in the expressions and motions in Tangled. It feels weighed down in the physical, as to where Tangled felt more light and limitless in it's art direction and characters.

That said, Frozen does dwarf Tangled still in the song department. I only wish they had gone the extra mile and applied more fluid character animation as well. I personally wish there was more artistic expression in Let it Go, visually. That song deserved the Colors of the Wind outside-the-box treatment. Can you imagine what Glen Keane would have done with that scene?

I feel at moments that Tangled's character movements feel very hooky (especially in the songs). I kind of disagree about there being less artistic expression in Let it Go because the song feels like Elsa is expressing herself because of her powers and it is one of the best Disney scenes visually that beats Tangled in many a good deparment. Tangled is still a very good movie but to me, Frozen defeats Tangled because of better animation, songs, art direction, characters, and story.

But hey, that's how I feel.