mshanson3121
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I guess it's for the best. I mean, it was meant to be a tv special anyway.
What happened to that?
I guess it's for the best. I mean, it was meant to be a tv special anyway.
What happened to that?
Glad we caught both in the theater yesterday before they pull Olaf. Enjoyed them both, as did my son. Is it the change required in attention span that is annoying people? What if there was no short but Coco had been 20 minutes longer than the final edited version? I thought it was strange we only saw 6 previews before the Olaf short commenced, I've been to movies the first opening 2 weeks where 8-9 previews are shown...
Coco and the frozen short were developed completely separately so the fact the Olaf short was long had no baring on the length of Coco
I do agree that the Olaf short felt dragged out.
If it hadn't have been for the frozen short I would have waited for coco on DVD or Disney channel. I went to see the short and then the movie. I enjoyed the short more and would watch it again. The movie was good but I doubt I'll watch it again. So it goes both ways and if they put the short to get people in it worked at least once.
Coca is absolutely worth seeing without the Frozen short - the visuals are really beautiful and I'm glad I saw it on the big screen.IF that is true then we won't be going to see coco. Was looking forward to both the short and movie. Oh well money saved
Couldn't agree more! Coco was so sweet and meaningful, such a sharp contrast to the Frozen "short."I did not know about the Olaf Christmas Special (it was not a "short") when I went to Coco this weekend. If this had been a 30 minute special on ABC, I think I would have liked it.
But mentally, after years of training by Pixar, I was ready for five minutes of silliness or cuteness and then the feature presentation. It was rather ominous that the opening full length song wasn't even about Olaf. Once I figured out that it was not going to be a classic "short", I found myself squirming for the remainder of the special.
Now, once Coco got started, I was immediately captivated. So all was good. I just wish I had known to expect 20 minutes of Frozen.
The best thing I got out of the Frozen thing was that I had my husband on one side of me who absolutely HATED it and a woman on my other side who also absolutely HATED it - so listening to their annoyed (whispered) comments was pretty hilarious, way more entertaining than the short itself.I'm the opposite. I'm waiting for Coco to come out on disc because of Disney forcing the short on theaters/patrons.
If it hadn't have been for the frozen short I would have waited for coco on DVD or Disney channel. I went to see the short and then the movie. I enjoyed the short more and would watch it again. The movie was good but I doubt I'll watch it again. So it goes both ways and if they put the short to get people in it worked at least once.
I'm the opposite. I'm waiting for Coco to come out on disc because of Disney forcing the short on theaters/patrons.
I suspect the Olaf Christmas Special was made specifically to be broadcast on ABC in future years as a 30 minute special. 20 minutes of content and 10 minutes of commercials....
I did not know about the Olaf Christmas Special (it was not a "short") when I went to Coco this weekend. If this had been a 30 minute special on ABC, I think I would have liked it.
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I suspect the Olaf Christmas Special was made specifically to be broadcast on ABC in future years as a 30 minute special. 20 minutes of content and 10 minutes of commercials.
There were 2 places I noticed during the special that would work for commercial breaks.
We don't know if it will even go to TV yet. It was originally supposed to be a TV special.so have they announced when it will be on tv yet?
I haven't seen it yet. On one hand I did want to see the Frozen short, on the other hand I was worried about my 4 year old daughter being able to sit through almost 2 1/2 hours. I wish they would have just broadcast the Frozen short on TV.
My other thoughts on it are that there was some cultural insensitivity to put Frozen before Coco. It gives some the impression that they felt Coco would not get enough interest on it's own, so they put Frozen in front of it to get a bigger audience. I am not saying that was the intention, but to some it appeared that way.
Can’t confirm they marketed coco terriblynot sure if we ever got/ever will get the official story but the understanding is that it was originally developed to be a TV special (which is why it was ~22mins long as that is how long the content for a 1/2 hour TV show is) but then they decided to use it before Coco - with the assumption being that it would draw in audiences as they were unsure as to how popular Coco would be / didn't have the best ad campaign for it
I'd assume next Christmasso have they announced when it will be on tv yet?