Frozen

Originally Posted By kennect

youtube I meant..

 

Originally Posted By darcy-becker

Here's another one.

<a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://youtu.be/6Dakd7EIgBE">http://youtu.be/6Dakd7EIgBE</a>

 

Originally Posted By DDMAN26

Just looked at Box Office Mojo, 379 domestic, 579 international for a total of 958. It may reach 400 million here, but with film still needing to be released in Japan I would say a billion is a safe bey.

 

Originally Posted By DDMAN26

Bet,

 

Originally Posted By DDMAN26

And it has crossed 1 billion, impressive.

<a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=frozen2013.htm">http://boxofficemojo.com/movie...2013.htm</a>

 

Originally Posted By FerretAfros

Very impressive indeed! It will be interesting to see if it can break $400M domestically (right now it's at 388)

And when you consider how popular the merchandise has been (it's been sold out of all Disney Stores nationwide since mid-December), you know they're just rolling in the money at this point

 

Originally Posted By CuriousConstance

Still think it's crazy that the movie is coming out on DVD is 16 days. It's still in the main theater here!

 

Originally Posted By Bobwelbaum

I have to tell you about my day. Some know I'm semi-retired, working mostly as a substitute teacher. Today, in a moment of enthusiasm, I took an elementary job. The description was "Testing", which meant I filled in for teachers while they were doing whatever they had to do.

In the morning I was in 2nd Grade. Their computer lab was cancelled and they had extra time, so their teacher said we could watch a video. She had "The Bee Movie" in the player, but when the kids saw "Frozen" on her desk....

We watched about an hour and it was amazing. Some of the boys got bored (I let them play on computers) but the girls were singing all the songs and some had memorized dialogue passages, reciting them along with the characters. I asked them what they liked about the movie (no definitive answer) and we discusses "Olaf is a symbol for ____ " (don't think that bought that one).

I just got to see "Frozen" on DVD two weeks ago myself, and although it was very good with nice music, it didn't strike me as "best in class" as the box-office results would suggest. But after reading the comments here and see their reactions, I'm developing a deeper respect for it.

 

Originally Posted By CuriousConstance

My daughter and son say that at their school kids sing Frozen songs all day long, on the bus, on the playground, at lunch. Even now, all these months later. It really is a national phenomenon.

 

Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA

<although it was very good with nice music, it didn't strike me as "best in class" as the box-office results would suggest.>

Me too! Not saying I hate it, bit am surprised that it is the juggernaut that it is.

 

Originally Posted By Bobwelbaum

And in situations like this, I always try to make it a "teachable moment", which isn't very hard with 2nd graders. Like "Why did they harvest ice?" and "Where is Scandinavia?"

 

Originally Posted By FerretAfros

>>Me too! Not saying I hate it, bit am surprised that it is the juggernaut that it is.<<

I agree. It's not a bad movie, but it's nowhere near my top 10 favorite Disney movies. In recent memory, I thought Tangled was a lot better. Then again, I'm not a girl and I don't have a sister, so I feel like something gets lost in translation

>>"Why did they harvest ice?"<<

Because it was their primary form of sustenance : )

In all seriousness, I thought that the ice harvesting thing was really strange. They had the big dramatic opening with it, and then never really mentioned it again. I feel like a lot of Kristoff's backstory must have gotten cut out in a last minute revision, since there's a lot more to him than is actually explained

 

Originally Posted By u k fan

The fact that Kristoff's story is untold doesn't bother me, in fact it makes me like the movie more. It's not his movie so we focus on someone else, but the world of the movie is so rich that they could make a film just about him and it would still be entertaining so that's a plus for me!!!

 

Originally Posted By andyll

Congratulations to Frozen for passing Iron Man 3 to become the biggest world wide grosser for 2013.

It is now #5 on the world wide list. Next up is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows P2. That one will be tough to catch.

 

Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA

The ice scene is there so they could do a semi-rip off of the opening of 'Les Mis'

'Look down, look down
We're chopping up the ice
Look down, look down
It's really very nice'

 

Originally Posted By u k fan

It always felt like "Fathoms Below" from The Little Mermaid to me!!!

 

Originally Posted By schnebs

The director of the choris I sing in argues that each generation of kids with exposure to media has musical moments that unite them. In the 60s, everyone coalesced around "Mary Poppins". In the 80s, it was "Little Mermaid". I have a feeling that "Frozen" is that moment for this generation of kids.

 

Originally Posted By schnebs

Chorus, sorry. (Stupid fingers...)

 

Originally Posted By Yookeroo

Tell me this isn't adorable:
<a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://themetapicture.com/little-girl-starts-to-sing-song-from-frozen-her-dads-reaction-is-priceless/">http://themetapicture.com/litt...iceless/</a>