Showing posts with label Jennifer Lee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jennifer Lee. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Frozen by Jennifer Lee


Rating: WORTHY!

From a story by Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and Shane Morris, and a screenplay by Lee, who also directed this as a movie - the most successful animated film of all time - this book for young children distills the epic movie which I, who am not a big Disney fan, really loved, and brings it to a level where young children can enjoy it at their own level and their own pace. It was read appropriately by Andi Arndt.

When I say read appropriately, I mean that Andi Arndt gets that the voice needs to be a little slower and well-pronounced, and she does a fine job. It felt odd to me at first because the voice sounded rather pedantic, so I had to keep reminding myself that this was for very young children, and it's been a while since I've had those around the house!

I'm not going to go into the story at all because it's the same as in the film, with the same dialog, but without the songs, and it's much shorter, of course. Pretty much everyone knows this film now, whether you have kids or not(!), and if you don't, this is a great way to learn what it's about with your young child and decide if you want to outlay the cash for the actual film. I recommend this as a worthy read (or in this case, listen!).


Thursday, October 29, 2015

Frozen by Jennifer Lee


Rating: WORTHY!

This is a very short (two disk CD) version of the Disney animated movie Frozen, and I recommend it. It's really well done. it's credited to "Disney Press" but I'm crediting Jennifer Lee since she wrote the screenplay and finally dug Disney out from under the sugary morass of movie-making in which they've been embroiled for a half century. I was lucky enough to get a sneak preview of this movie, and I reviewed it favorably back in 2013.

The novelization is awesome, and carries the joy of the movie ( minus the songs) perfectly. I enjoyed listening to it and was sorry it was so short. I recommend this. The narrator has the rather contradictory name of Andi Arndt, but reads beautifully. You can't go wrong with this.