Coco (2017)

Saw it last night. An excellent movie, I loved every second of it.

Movie was fantastic.

The 30 minute Frozen "short" before it, on the other hand...the fuck were they thinking.

It was made to be shown on ABC as a half-hour special for the holidays but they started to have doubts about audiences being interested in Coco so they threw it in front of it as a "short" to use the popularity of Frozen to help it along.

Why would north american audiences have doubts about Coco?

Muligan said:

Absolutely fantastic movie. One of the best Disney / Pixar stories to date. Judging by the reviews, I was expecting a solid show but it may be my favorite Pixar film. Great family film and perfect for the Thanksgiving season where people are already focusing on family.

This is a must see.

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shit, really? i wasnt too impressed from what i saw about it. i guess i shouldnt have doubted Pixar, but Cars 3 was really disappointing this year so i figured they were going downhill. gonna have to go see this now.

khorum said:

Why would north american audiences have doubts about Coco?

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I think Disney was unsure of how to market a movie centered around a Mexican holiday to US audiences, especially after they got blow back from Mexican American groups when they tried to trademark "Día de los Muertos" for the movie. The marketing for it has been unusually subdued for a Disney/Pixar movie up until now. It looks like they've opted to rely more on positive word of mouth.

I also thought it was an enjoyable movie. I couldn't stand the Frozen bit they sneaked in tho. After trailers and that long short it was a good 40 minutes later by the time Coco actually got going. Everyone was getting antsy, kids were asking when Coco would start, I was even wondering at one point if I was in the wrong theater. I read that the two big Mexico movie chains removed the whole Frozen thing due to complaints.

So basically just go to the theaters 40 mins late if you have reserved seating

Movie was awesome, probably one of my top 3 Pixar.

That Frozen short (it wasn't) was so painful. It just wouldn't stop.

Coco was quite good. Will be getting a hard copy for kids. I wish I had the 30 min of my life back from the Frozen short prior, though.

Saw this today and really enjoyed it, which is a bit surprising as I usually hate sentimental movies but this felt like the Pixar of old that had adult themes interwoven in so adults could enjoy it as well as kids. The animation was just drop dead gorgeous, simply unbelievable and its 100% a UHD I am gonna buy to see again at home. I had no idea the backstory of Dia de Las Muertes so it was pretty cool learning all about it, got me wondering how the catholic church views it since its gotta be rooted in ancient Incan/Mayan/etc history. Gotta find a book or podcast to learn more about it.

A few relatives and their kids were still in town so took everyone but after seating them I went out and re-watched 30 mins of Justice League so I could skip the Frozen short, really happy about that as everyone was telling me it really sucked afterwards although the kids loved it I guess.

Did we find the one thing the entire board agrees on?

Have kids been enjoying this? Laura and I were crazy about it, but it seems so deep and sentimental for kids that they wouldn't get it IMO. I can't imagine someone without family that's died really feeling the full impact of it.

And spronk, it's actually somewhat rooted in Catholic tradition - I'm not sure how Day of the Dead came about since I'm not THAT familiar with it - but the Catholic Church used to have days for all the Saints, but got to be a clusterfuck - after that they made All Saint's Day on Nov 1st, as well as All Soul's on Nov 2nd. Day of the Dead ties onto Halloween/All Saint's/All Soul's - it begins at sundown on Halloween and ends at sunrise on All Soul's.

Now it's been largely abandoned by Catholics but All Soul's was intended to be a day spent remembering family (and friends) that have passed - just like Day of the Dead.

However it does seem some of it, guardian spirits/etc are clearly rooted in tradition that predates the Catholic missionaries though. So there's some mixing in place, but the core tenets seem to line up with Catholicism.

(I was raised Catholic and spent way too much time educating in the faith up til my teens - and All Soul's was of particular interest to me, being that's my B-day)