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Because Disney couldn't let it go

Edited by mdmost

I'm very intrigued by Cassian Andor leading a plot to overthrow Elsa of Arendelle. 

Sounds awesome.  Star Wars musical! 

Darn, I liked my idea better. 

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Chrome does some weird stuff where it will keep a copy of a post you were going to make but didn't finish. Only happens on this site. 

1 hour ago, Gene Parmesan said:

This will make all the money.

This is a factually accurate statement.

I'm glad my kids are older now and I won't have to see and hear this 472 times.

I remember vividly watching the first one with my daughter.  She was 3.  I remember how much magic this move brought to the kid.  How entranced and enthralled she was with every single aspect of this movie.  That it did that much for my daughter made the movie magic to me.  It even culminated 2 years later when we took her to Disneyworld for Christmas, and they did a light show at night where Elsa "froze" the Disney Castle and turned it entirely blue and white (lights draped all over the castle exterior).  Her jaw dropped so hard I'm convinced it would have taken C4 to remove it from the ground.

She's 8 now.  Between the age difference and the things the kid has gone through in the last 4 years, this sequel probably won't bring the same level of enchantment to her.

But I'm still in.  So in.

Edited by Buffsoldier

Couldn't they just....let it go?

If you'd bet me money, I would have told you the sequel had been released years ago.

18 minutes ago, gecko said:

Couldn't they just....let it go?

This shade never bothered them anyway.

Edited by Js1

I don't have children. Occasionally I'll check out one of the highly recommended animated features. They're always a disappointment to me. Frozen was maybe the biggest failure of them all. I can't remember a thing about beyond the ability of one girl to freeze things.

It's interesting to me how taste changes. Body builders used to look grotesque to most people but not now.  I guess we can thank The Hulk and Ahnult for taking that look mainstream.

Now it's adults becoming connoisseurs of animated features directed mostly at children. Parents take their children to the movies and then replay them countless times at home. How could they not develop an appreciation for films that are the best of the genre?

For me, not forced to watch on a regular basis, this stuff is all unwatchable. I'm glad that I haven't had my eyes and ears pulverized over the years by cute animal pratfalls, sassy young women, and shy but decent young suitors. Such a bore.

I admire what parents will do for their children. I don't think I have nearly the patience required.

 

The number of hit songs are what made the first one so successful IMO. The story and animation and everything were good too, but the music gave it staying power. Frozen 2 will clearly be successful simply based on being the sequel but to equal or surpass the original they'll have to have memorable songs.

 

The song writers Bobby Lopez (EGOT winner who also co-created The Book of Mormon) and his wife are Broadway vets, and given the longer than usual time between the original and the sequel, I would hope that they have some good stuff written for this.  

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5 minutes ago, LonghornSean said:

The number of hit songs are what made the first one so successful IMO. The story and animation and everything were good too, but the music gave it staying power. Frozen 2 will clearly be successful simply based on being the sequel but to equal or surpass the original they'll have to have memorable songs.

 

The song writers Bobby Lopez (EGOT winner who also co-created The Book of Mormon) and his wife are Broadway vets, and given the longer than usual time between the original and the sequel, I would hope that they have some good stuff written for this.  

They also did Avenue Q and Coco.  The songs should be strong.

52 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

For me, not forced to watch on a regular basis, this stuff is all unwatchable.

I hear you, and a lot of it can be pretty terrible. Frozen sucked ass. But like Buffsoldier said above - you have a kid and you watch how excited they get and how magical this stuff is for them. The patience thing goes out the window when from in my kitchen I can hear my shy, reserved daughter singing "Let it Go" from the playroom upstairs when she thinks nobody is listening. It makes her happy and that makes me happy.

And for every Frozen there is a Jungle Book, for every Trolls there is a Muppet Movie, for every My Little Pony there is a Dumbo, etc...

 

 

2 hours ago, RomaVicta said:

I don't have children. Occasionally I'll check out one of the highly recommended animated features. They're always a disappointment to me. Frozen was maybe the biggest failure of them all. I can't remember a thing about beyond the ability of one girl to freeze things.

It's interesting to me how taste changes. Body builders used to look grotesque to most people but not now.  I guess we can thank The Hulk and Ahnult for taking that look mainstream.

Now it's adults becoming connoisseurs of animated features directed mostly at children. Parents take their children to the movies and then replay them countless times at home. How could they not develop an appreciation for films that are the best of the genre?

For me, not forced to watch on a regular basis, this stuff is all unwatchable. I'm glad that I haven't had my eyes and ears pulverized over the years by cute animal pratfalls, sassy young women, and shy but decent young suitors. Such a bore.

I admire what parents will do for their children. I don't think I have nearly the patience required.

 

Frozen as a film sucks.  It was just right place right time and became a phenomenon.  Within the genre there a much better films.

Nah it didn't suck at all.  I actually like that they twisted the "love story" on it's head a bit in it.

This is a good trailer.  Doesn't give shit away.  Interested to see where they go.

My poor, POOR brother in law is gonna get run insane by his 3 girls singing those songs over and over and over and over.

18 hours ago, ztejas said:

Who left the fridge open?

Don't forget to grab me a beer on your way back.

16 hours ago, Drew said:

Nah it didn't suck at all.  I actually like that they twisted the "love story" on it's head a bit in it.

This is a good trailer.  Doesn't give shit away.  Interested to see where they go.

It sucks.  There are no explanation for her powers, the trolls, olaf, or any of it.  Just because it didn't follow the handsome prince true love cliché doesn't make it a good movie.

18 minutes ago, Gene Parmesan said:

It sucks.  There are no explanation for her powers, the trolls, olaf, or any of it.  Just because it didn't follow the handsome prince true love cliché doesn't make it a good movie.

Um, they definitely explained Olaf, but okay.

On 2/13/2019 at 8:41 AM, Js1 said:

I'm very intrigued by Cassian Andor leading a plot to overthrow Elsa of Arendelle. 

Sounds awesome.  Star Wars musical! 

I'm the only white father that has not seen frozen ... they need to add Daenerys and Viserion and spice it up a bit.

I remember my young daughter singing "Let it Go" in the bathtub. I think the original had a good message. A message that young girls need to hear.

 

But I would rather listen to "country rap" for an hour than "Let It Go" one more time.

wow. even i am surprised that frozen has a surly hate brigade

On 2/13/2019 at 11:39 AM, smwhorn said:

They also did Avenue Q and Coco.  The songs should be strong.

The most disappointing part of Coco was the music. Not that the music was bad. It was excellent. But the songs are all only like 30 seconds long.

4 hours ago, Gene Parmesan said:

It sucks.  There are no explanation for her powers, the trolls, olaf, or any of it.  Just because it didn't follow the handsome prince true love cliché doesn't make it a good movie.

Mutants, like the X men.

Aliens, like the Asgardians.

Duh

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4 hours ago, Gene Parmesan said:

It sucks.  There are no explanation for her powers, the trolls, olaf, or any of it.  Just because it didn't follow the handsome prince true love cliché doesn't make it a good movie.

It's a kids movie. Why do they need to explain anything? Kids will pretty much accept what's shown on screen. And as a father of 2 girls, it's a great message. 

Just now, mdmost said:

It's a kids movie. Why do they need to explain anything? Kids will pretty much accept what's shown on screen. And as a father of 2 girls, it's a great message. 

Obviously they don't.  The context of my post was in reply to a poster who didn't like the movie.  My point was from an adults eyes there are good and bad children's movies.  This is a bad one.  If Disney wants me to claim it as a good movie they shouldn't slap together a stupid storyline.  If they want to continue rolling in money the status quo is probably fine.

It's cuz the bitch shoots ice out of her fingers. Even boys can dig that. 

I'm not defending it as a great movie but I thought the "no explanation" line by Gene was pretty funny. 

Tangled is a good movie, no question about it. I got sucked into that one. Some of them are. 

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1 hour ago, OatmealRaisinCookie said:

Of course Mdmost, the weird Disney dad who likes these things more than his kids, is in (and thinks the new Aladdin doesn’t look horrible). 

I was run through the ringer like most dads with little girls when this came out (even had a Frozen in July birthday swim party believe it or not) but luckily the kids are going to be too old to care too much about binge watching and wanting the merch and all that crap again. I’ll leave the beating that will be Frozen 2 to the new crop of dads

Your obsession with me, let it go. 

6 hours ago, Gene Parmesan said:

It sucks.  There are no explanation for her powers, the trolls, olaf, or any of it.  Just because it didn't follow the handsome prince true love cliché doesn't make it a good movie.

Well, that's like...your opinion man.  I Disagree. 

I think the main reason people hate Frozen so much is the massive hit it became and being forced to watch it, or listen to it, and those damned songs all the time for like a year.

But yeah, I liked Tangled a lot.

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On 2/13/2019 at 12:55 PM, ztejas said:

Who left the fridge open?

Idk. I just wanna know who let the goddamn dogs out?!

  • 5 months later...

What? 13 year old girls wielding machetes?

At a screening of Frozen?

 

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Birmingham Star City: 13-year-old girl among arrests after ‘machete’ brawl during Frozen 2 viewing

A 13-year-old girl is among five teenagers arrested over a mass brawl involving youths armed with machetes at a Birmingham cinema.

Families were watching Frozen 2 at Star City when the disorder broke out late on Saturday afternoon, sparking a mass evacuation of the complex.

Police said up to 100 teenagers were involved in the “major disorder”, where people were armed with machetes.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/birmingham-star-city-attack-machete-arrest-cinema-police-evacuation-a9215511.html

 

Wife and kids saw it Saturday. I stayed home to watch my school's 4-6 football team play a 2-8 football team. Apparently it was really good. Lots of action. 

24 minutes ago, Baboontyme said:

Wife and kids saw it Saturday. I stayed home to watch my school's 4-6 football team play a 2-8 football team. Apparently it was really good. Lots of action. 

Machete action?

I like how they put a nice bow on it to say we are not making another Frozen movie.

The songs are are bad. I thought Elsa was singing “into the yellow” and was wondering what the fuck that meant.

Saw it with the family. My two daughters loved it. I thought it was pretty good.

Olaf's recap of the first movie was fantastic. Giving Kristoff his own full song and then making it a 1980s Journey power ballad style music video was weird but it kind of worked. 

You never really got a chance to care about the people who were trapped in the forest due to time constraints. Same with the mother. 

But each sequence of them overcoming the four element spirits or whatever I thought were well done. 

Sat through it with my 3yo daughter this weekend. Olaf giving the recap was possibly the second hardest I've laughed in a theater. Over all Olaf was good. The rest of it was meh. And, like said above, the songs suck (except Olaf's song).

On 11/25/2019 at 6:38 PM, CooterBrown said:


The songs are are bad. I thought Elsa was singing “into the yellow” and was wondering what the fuck that meant.

You know what it means, Elsa is a German name after all.

The more I think about it, the more it’s sucked.

What was with the odd “it’s a photograph” moment that did nothing but be extremely out of place in the world of the movie?

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Saw it Christmas Day with the family.  Liked it.  I actully thought it was a pretty creative storyline.

Don't hate on me man.

 

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