Showing posts with label Frozen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Frozen. Show all posts

Sunday, May 11, 2014

20 Awesome Things You Didn't Know About Disney's 'Frozen'!

Because love is an open door.

Yes, Frozen came out back in November and we are still talking about it, because it's become one of our favorite movies ever! Breaking the box office record of the sixth highest-grossing movie of all time is just one of this Disney giant's many accolades.


"Let It Go" remains on repeat during our morning commute and we're still pretty upset that talking snowmen don't actually exist. After breaking all kinds of movie and song records, Frozen the musical is up next!

Before Anna and Elsa hit Broadway, here are 20 things you don't know about this Academy Award-winning movie:

1. They modeled the reindeer, Sven, after Executive Producer John Lasseter's dog, Frankie! They actually brought in a real reindeer, but he just stood there and didn't move.



2. The crew got to tour Norway as "research" when they were designing the kingdom of Arrendelle. Coolest job ever.



3. Rapunzel and Flynn Rider from Tangled make a surprise appearance in Frozen! When they open the city gates for Elsa's coronation, you can see the couple's backs toward the camera.



4. However, there are more Disney theories within the movie. Fans believe that when Elsa and Anna's parents left the kingdom, they were en route to Germany for Rapunzel's homecoming when their ship sank near Denmark. The second part of the theory is that the boat the parents were on is actually the sunken ship in The Little Mermaid. Where does The Little Mermaid take place? Denmark, of course. Disney can be so clever with their inter-weaving storylines.



5. Queen Elsa was originally supposed to be a villain. Thankfully they changed the story to make her misunderstood. The movie just wouldn't have been the same.



6. They approached Idina Menzel to play Elsa after hearing her audition tape for Rapunzel in Tangled.


7. Director Chris Buck has worked on animation for other Disney classics including The Little Mermaid, Pocahontas, Oliver & Company, and The Rescuers Down Under.



8. The animators of the film will watch the voice actors perform their lines in the booth and study the faces they make while they act it out.



9. The co-director and writer of Frozen, Jennifer Lee, also wrote the screenplay for Wreck-It Ralph.



10. Did you notice there is a Mickey Mouse stuffed animal on one of the shelves at Wandering Oaken's Trading Post?





11. Elsa is the only Disney princess who isn't a teenager. Jennifer Lee said that she's 21. Anna is 18.



12. Josh Gad improvised most of Olaf's lines to make the producers laugh.



13.During the end credits there is a disclaimer about boogers! "The views and opinions expressed by Kristoff in he film that all men eat their own boogers are solely his own and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the Walt Disney Company or the filmmakers. Neither The Walt Disney Company nor the filmmakers make any representation of the accuracy any such views and opinions."



14. Frozen was the first full-length Disney (non-Pixar) movie to win the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature.



15. Frozen is the highest-grossing animated film in history beating out Toy Story 3. It has made over $1.07 billion and is still raking in the cash!



16. Jennifer Lee is the first female to direct a full-length Disney animated feature film. She is also the second woman ever to solely write the screenplay for a Disney film since Linda Woolverton wrote Beauty and The Beast in 1991.



17. The movie is based off of a Hans Christian Anderson story titled The Snow Queen, which was also the original title of the hit film before they changed it to Frozen.



18. Kristen Bell admitted that it had been a dream of hers to voice a Disney princess. She grew up watching The Little Mermaid and used to record herself singing all the songs. Like Menzel, Bell also auditioned to play Rapunzel in Tangled.



19. Anna is the only Disney princess to share a duet with the villain character.



20. The composer of the film, Christophe Beck, composed a bunch of movies you love including Bring it On, Just Married, Hot Tub Time Machine, Date Night, The Hangover Part 2, Crazy, Stupid, Love and lots more.



Read more: http://www.imgbookmarks.com/view/20-awesome-things-you-didn039t-know-about-039frozen039/

Thursday, April 24, 2014

‘Frozen’ Reclaims Top Spot in Home Video Charts

A surge of Easter shopping elevated several family titles in the home video sales arena for the week ending April 20, with Disney’s megahit “Frozen” returning to the top spot for the fourth time in five weeks. The animated film topped Nielsen VideoScan’s First Alert sales chart, which tracks overall DVD and Blu-ray Disc combined sales, and Nielsen’s dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart for three consecutive weeks upon its debut a month ago before being displaced by Warner’s “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” for a week.


The top new release, Universal’s “Ride Along,” debuted at No. 2 on First Alert and No. 3 on the Blu-ray chart, where “Smaug” dropped a slot to No. 2.

Another new release from Universal, the animated “The Nut Job,” bowed at No. 4 on both charts, while 20th Century Fox’s Ben Stiller comedy “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” came in at No. 6 on both charts.

Disney’s animated “The Pirate Fairy” took the No. 5 slot on both charts in its third week in stores.

Home Media Magazine’s rental chart for the week was topped by Warner’s “Grudge Match,” which was available early at Redbox kiosks rather than the usual 28-day delay for Warner titles. “Ride Along,” “Nut Job” and “Mitty” did not appear on the rental chart as they also are from studios that delay titles to kiosks for a month.
The only other new release on the rental chart was Anchor Bay’s “Philomena,” at No. 14. “Philomena” was No. 12 on the First Alert sales chart.

John Latchem is managing editor of Home Media Magazine.

Top 20 Nielsen VideoScan First Alert chart for week of 4/20/2014:

1. Frozen
2. Ride Along (New)
3. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
4. The Nut Job (New)
5. The Pirate Fairy
6. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (New)
7. Despicable Me 2
8. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
9. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
10. The Wolf of Wall Street
11. Walking With Dinosaurs: The Movie
12. Philomena (New)
13. Saving Mr. Banks
14. Gravity
15. August: Osage County
16. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
17. The Jungle Book: Diamond Edition
18. Rio
19. Hop
20. Despicable Me

Top 10 Home Media Magazine rental chart for week of 4/20/2014:

1. Grudge Match (New to Rental)
2. Homefront
3. The Wolf of Wall Street
4. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
5. Frozen
6. 12 Years a Slave
7. Gravity
8. August: Osage County
9. Out of the Furnace
10. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones

From: http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/frozen-reclaims-top-spot-in-home-video-charts-1201163489/

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Singing the Song "Let It Go" - It'll Make Your Day!


We might have just heard the most amazing thing in the world! Everyone has been taking their turn covering 'Frozen's' "Let It Go", and we think we just found the winner. A man named Brian Hull covers the hit song, but he does so in the voices of multipleDisney characters. Our mind is blown!

Brian portrays Captain Jack Sparrow, Mike Wazowski,Sebastian, Timon and Pumbaa, Winnie The Pooh, Mickey Mouse and many more. All of our favorite Disney stars are jam packed into our favorite Disney song; you have to listen! Check out the video below, and be prepared to click the "refresh" button the rest of the day!


And here is super Cute Kids Singing Frozen's Let It Go; It'll Make Your Day!

 

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Oscars 2014: '12 Years a Slave' wins Best Picture, 'Gravity' notches seven Academy Awards

McConaughey wins Best Actor; Blanchett notches Best Actress; Leto named Best Supporting Actor; '12 Years a Slave' star Nyong'o wins Best Supporting Actress; Slavery drama and 'Her' win Screenplay Oscars; 'Frozen' wins Best Animated Feature.

 
Director Steve McQueen (l) and actor/producer Brad Pitt embrace after '12 Years a Slave' wins Best Picture.
The epic “12 years a Slave” won a hotly contested race for Best Picture, while one of its stars, newcomer Lupita Nyong’o, won Best Supporting Actress at Sunday’s 86th annual Academy Awards.
Nyong’o — born in Mexico, raised partly in Kenya and now a resident of Brooklyn — won a day after her 31st birthday.

“Every time I look down at this golden statue, may it remind me and every little child that no matter where you’re from, your dreams are valid,” Nyong’O said between tears.
Matthew McConaughey, in his first nomination ever, won Best Actor for playing an AIDS-afflicted rodeo cowboy in “Dallas Buyers Club.”


 

'All right, all right!': Matthew McConaughey wins his first career Oscar, topping the deepest Best Actor field in years.
It capped off a recent comeback from the Hollywood doldrums for the Texas-born actor. Before he let out a joyous “All right, all right, all right!,” McConaughey thanked his father, who he imagined was doing a celebratory dance in Heaven “with a big plate of gumbo.”

Cate Blanchett won Best Actress for “Blue Jasmine.”

“Films with women as the main characters are not niche, and in fact, they make money!” the Australian actress declared.
 

Cate Blanchett proved prognosticators correct, winning Best Actress at Sunday night's Oscars.
Jared Leto — known primarily for his role on TV’s “My So-Called Life” in the ’90s — won Best Supporting Actor for playing a transgendered AIDS sufferer in “Dallas Buyers Club.”
“To all the dreamers out there watching this tonight in places like the Ukraine, as you struggle to make your dreams happen and live the impossible, we’re thinking of you tonight,” said Leto.
He then dedicated his award to “The millions of people who have lost the battle to AIDS, and people who have lost a battle due to injustice due to who they are and who they love.”


 

Gravity's' Alfonso Cuarón accepts his award for Best Director - one of seven Oscars the movie received on the night.
Best Director, another one of the night’s tight races, went to Mexican-born Alfonso Cuarón for “Gravity,” the first Latino to win the award. He bested “12 Years a Slave” filmmaker Steve McQueen.

John Ridley won Best Adapted Screenplay for “12 years a Slave.”

“All the praise goes to Solomon Northrup,” Ridley said, acknowledging the man whose 1853 memoir was turned into the film. “Those were his words, that was his life.”

Lupita Nyong'o gives an emotional acceptance speech after winning Best Supporting Actress.
Spike Jonze won Best Original Screenplay for the man-meets-computer system love story “Her.”
Along with Best Director, “Gravity” garnered another six awards — Best Visual Effects, Cinematography, Editing, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing and Musical Score.
“Frozen,” as expected, was anointed the Best Animated Feature Film; “Mr. Hublot” busted some Oscar pool ballots as the Best Animated Short Film.

 
Jared Leto wins the first award of the evening, the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his turn in 'Dallas Buyers Club.'
The popular anthem “Let It Go,” from “Frozen,” won Best Song for the husband-and-wife team of Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, who also did Broadway’s “Avenue Q.”

“The Great Beauty,” from Italy, won Best Foreign Language Film, and “20 Feet From Stardom,” about backup singers, nabbed Best Documentary.

Best Costume Design went to “The Great Gatsby.” “Dallas Buyers Club” won Best Makeup and Hairstyling, making the best of a reported $250 budget.


 

Ellen DeGeneres kicks off the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre with a monologue for the ages.
Though Nyong’o was a favorite to win Best Supporting Actress, she was still in shock as she cradled her “golden man” backstage.

“I’m a little dazed, I can’t believe this is in my hands. I can’t believe this is real life,” she said.

“It hasn’t sunk in that I’m holding this thing, and it’s in my hands .... But I’m so happy to be holding this golden man.”

 
Lupita Nyong'o, left, and Meryl Streep dance with Pharrell Williams during his performance of 'Happy' at the Oscars.
She said her Oscar journey has been one of self-discovery.

“What I have learned from myself is that I don’t have to be anybody else, and that myself is good enough,” she said. “And that when I’m being true to that self, then I can avail myself to extraordinary things such as this.”

Jared Leto is already an international rock star, but almost lost it Sunday when he locked eyes with a tough guy while accepting his Oscar. 


The 86th Annual Academy Awards were supposed to be a three-horse race Sunday, but 'American Hustle' got shut out.
“At one point in my speech, I found myself talking right to (Robert) De Niro, as if the room wasn’t intimidating enough,” he said with a laugh. “I was like, ‘Bad choice! Let me go back over to my mom.’” ——With Nancy Dillon
 

Monday, March 17, 2014

How to Backup Disney Copy-Protected DVD Discs for watching

This is a thorough hands-on review on the easy way to backup Disney Copy-Protected DVD Discs to external hard drive, so that you can watch them anytime as you like.

I like watching Disney movies so much, as the animated characters are cute in these films. Among all the Disney movies, I like Frozen (2014) best. And it is good news that this movie has been released in DVD. The best thing is, the sound track isn't half bad either, there is a reason why it has been number 1 for the last 4 weeks in the U.S. Here is my favourite song from the movie: Here

The story is very original, albeit loosely based on the 'Snow Queen' but tells a journey of two sisters who's differences pulls them apart but together again. I rarely see such good movies to which I will never get bored watching time and time again. This certainly will be added to collection of classics.The best thing is it's fantastic for all the family, whatever the age.


Above is a Disney movie lover who share her opinion about watching movies. For a good movie, you must wanna watching them again and again. However, we are sure most of you have suffered collateral damage when DVDs are mishandled. It’s recommended to make a backup copy for use, and store the original away for safekeeping.  As we know, because of Disney-copy protection, you can't do copying as easy as you think. Let's lean the details.

What is Disney X-project DRM?

DRM (Digital Rights Management) is a series of access control or copy protection technologies to inhibit uses of digital content that are not desired or intended by the content provider.

Disney (The Walt Disney Company), as a well-known DVD releaser and publisher, applies DRM for copy right protection. It uses AACS to prevent HD DVD and Blu-ray discs. Accordingly, the latest released DVD disc by Disney (as well as by Paramount and Warner) usually has 99 titles and the DVD movie size is larger than 40 GB, which makes it almost impossible to make DVD copy and backup. Disney copy protection is widely used by famous film publishers such as Disney, Paramount and Warner.

How to Backup Disney Copy Protected DVDs?

Most DVD backup programs do not support decrypting Disney copy-protected DVDs, you might have met problem when dealing with the recently released DVDs - your DVD backup software crashed or worked out of order. It can be assumed your DVDs are applied with Disney copy protection system Disney's x-project DRM.

Here recommend you to choose a powerful tool for ripping DVD movies. Pavtube DVDAid is a professional program in making digital copy of DVD. It can also rip the latest DVD (Disc/Floder/ISO/IFO) and convert to various video formats for some popular smartphones and tablets as well as editing software. Simple interface and CUDA acceleration will bring you an easy but effective conversion. The following guide will show you detailed steps.

You can have the trial version to try all the functions firstly, and then download the retail version to install it. (Mac users go to get DVDAid for Mac).

Note: Please respect the copyright law in your country. It is illegal to rip or copy DVDs for commercial use. It is allowed to clone a copy of copyrighted material for your own use under the concept of Fair Use in most countries. 

Convert/Copy Disney Copy-Protected DVD movies for a safe storage:

Step 1. Install Pavtube DVDAid on your Windows/Mac.

Step 2. Launch Pavtube DVDAid, and load your DVD movie from Disney DVD disc drive to the app.




Step 3. Click the “Browse” button to set output folder where you want to save the copied DVD movies.

Step 4. Hit the Copy the entire disc icon on the main interface and start DVD backing up process. It enables you to makes 1:1 copy of original DVD Disc without quality loss with all audio streams, subtitle tracks, extras, etc.

Note: You can find the "Directly Copy" option to backup DVD main movie without extras. It will support to backup 100% intact the DVD main movie with all multiple tracks preserved. And you will get one M2TS file for output.





Alternatively, you are suggested to choose "Common Video -> H.264 Video(*.mp4)" for putting DVD to an external drive for playback.



Click big Convert button on the interface and then you will get a conversion dialogue box to show the exact progress, like time left, estimated size, state and so on.

Now coping Disney Copy-Protected DVD to an external hard drive, hard disk drive (HDD) or thumb drive is extremely easy. Have a try now! You can enjoy your favorite Disney Copy-Protected DVD Discs with your family again and again now with no worry about any disc damage problems.

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