My kids were more excited to see Olaf than Coco but man did it drag on and they were asking when is Coco starting about halfway through Olaf. I was pleasantly surprised by Coco. I didn't really pay attention to what it was about prior to seeing it but enjoyed it quite a bit. My kids were able to watch the entire movie without getting up or asking when it will be over. Amazing, considering how long the theater experience was with the previews/Olaf/Coco.

Lots of people (well, on the internet, I'm sure a lot of kids were happy) were mad/confused about the Frozen thing:
https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/11/...ure-hate-pixar

I thought it was dragging on but I didn't realize how long it really is, and how much longer it makes the theater going experience (which hey, you're paying big bucks to be there so more is good, though I understand especially adults without kids getting upset).

Something I forgot to mention:

At my screening they showed trailers, followed by the Frozen short, then they showed a short feature of about three minutes featuring three people who directed/wrote/consulted on Coco.

What the fuck was that shit?

In film school we had a “no speeches” rule. No getting up and introducing your film with some speech or explanation. If you started down that path while introducing your work you would get heckled. I’ve never seen this before a first run of a feature. It was like they were doing a Fathom Events type of thing.

It seems that they didn’t go to your school. I hated the whole thing because Josh Gag ruins everything.

So there's no Pixar short? It's been replaced by a Frozen short film?

Yes. And it’s 21 minutes. It was developed to be a tv special, but they decided to put it in theaters. On the one hand, you’re getting a double feature, something Disney frequently did from the 50’s through the 80’s. On the other hand you’re in your seat for a while.

My 6 year old had no problem.

FYI, Mickey’s Christmas Carol was released with The Rescuers in 1983. It is 26 minutes.

And the Rescuers itself is only 78 minutes, so 104 minutes total runtime, which is less than the runtime of Coco by itself. With Frozen in front if it, you're well over 2 hours (not counting trailers, which typically add another 15-20 minutes), which is a long time for a kids movie.

More bang for your buck. My 6 year old didn't mind.

They could definitely shorten it by three minutes by getting rid of the weird directors’ intro.

Goodbye Josh GAG! And take that weird snowman with you.

Disney will remove the awful 20-minute 'Frozen' short from 'Coco' this week - Mashable

http://mashable.com/2017/12/02/coco-.../#3z03ldxj7kqh

Thank God! If the Frozen sequel is anywhere like the short, they shouldn't even bother at this point.

Yeah hopefully that Frozen short will never see the light of day again. Hopefully there is no chance in hell it ends up on the BD of Coco. Would make no sense, even as a an extra.

First of all the short isn’t that bad.

Can someone explain the logistics of removing the short? Coco and the short are all on one DCP right? Will Disney ship new DCP’s? Can theaters skip over Frozen?

Yes it was, because Josh Gag ruins EVERYTHING.

I would rather have my toes nails pulled out or watch Wing Commander instead of sitting through that Frozen short again.

Frozen - Fucking Animated Masterpiece.
Frozen Short - Fucking Animated Piece of Shit that is worst than the Star Wars Holiday Special (at least that's entertaining).

Please please please can we have a ban on e unit typing Josh GAG? We get it, you hate Josh Gad.

Have no idea where you got that idea.

I'll probably see Coco next week after the short is removed. My mom and one of my sisters saw Coco yesterday -- the one in actual Spanish and loved it. I hope they put both versions on the BD like what was done with Book of Life.

Saw this today, really liked it. I just had one problem with the plot

Yes, the only real problem with the film is the idea that a multigenerational music ban would be held in effect for 3 or 4 generations. It’s like you have to accept this really forced contrivance, and everything after flows pretty well.

Well, there are a few other nitpicks.

Spoilers ahoy:

Why/how is Dante a spirit animal? Miguel wasn't dead, do we just have a ton of spirit animals roaming around (I realize the other one also turned into a cat, just seemed a little contrived)

Why did it take Manuel to get Hector and Ernesto to talk, or Hector and Imelda to talk? They kind of hint that Hector tried to talk to Imelda before in the land of the dead, but she knows that they disappear when they're forgotten and over the decades she never cleared the air with him, she was just going to let him disappear forever?

They were all up in arms that Ernesto's crypt was broken into, but they never locked it back up before morning or picked up the guitar?

And of course, the major coincidences like Miguel even finding Hector in the first place.

But again, minor nitpicks, the movie is great.

But interaction with the dead is fine.

In all honesty, yes. Ha, ha.

I can believe Superman ripping a door off a safe, but I have a hard time believing he opens it by guessing the combination. Audiences will accept the supernatural, they will not accept the improbable.

Depending on ones viewpoints, the existence of a being such as Superman would be impossible. So, we could have the impossible doing the improbable. Yikes, this could almost be it's own thread, if it hasn't been already.

I'm assuming some of the stuff depicted in the film went over a few people's heads considering it's rooted in Mexican culture.