12 days of blogging: Day 11- The Santa Clause (1994)

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Yes it may be a Tim Allen Christmas film that spawned two mediocre sequels, but....well I really have no excuse for this one after all there are only so many Christmas films in the world. My sister just loves festive, trashy films so they are always on, always and forever. Though I really don't mind the first one (it sometimes even warms my heart) the others are just unnecessary and create a laughable franchise. The good thing is this posts isn't about the lesser two films so lets not dwell on them to much and lets get straight to the original. It's full of cheese but that's why we love it so just go ahead and watch it, it is Christmas after all.

Synopsis
Scott Calvin is a divorced dad looking after his son on Christmas, then he accidentally kills Santa. Scott finds out that there is a clause saying if you kill Santa you then become recruited as the new Santa and so on. Scott tries to ignore the signs but undoubtedly he is turning into Santa, beard and all. He is incredibly reluctant as people don't believe him and he seems crazy but he soon embraces the fact that he is now the knew Santa on the block and takes his place in lap land, but he still has a lot to learn.

Some Little Facts

• Tim Allen is an ex-convict and Disney usually doesn't employ convicts but in this case an exception was made.
• When Scott and Charlie are leaving the North pole on the sleigh and pass by the moon,it has a mickey mouse logo on it.
• The role of Scott Calvin was made with Bill Murray in mind.
• The movie shows us that Santa's favorite snacks are cookies and hot chocolate.

12 days of blogging: Day 6- The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

One of the best and probably only holiday crossover films. The first time I watched this was on a really awful vhs tape and I found it terrifying, the whole play-dough puppet thing just scared the heck out of me. I find it so weird that they actually managed to make a christmas film as creepy and scary as this, it is truly unbelievable. The film was envisioned by the weird and wonderful Tim Burton and directed by Henry Selick it also features the voices of Danny Elfman, Paul Reubens and Chris Sarandon to name a few. 

Synopsis

Jack Skeleton is pumpkin king of halloween town though he is bored with the same routine every year and everyone not showing the holiday the affection they think it deserves. When Jack finds a door to Christmas town he is so taken by the concept and the love that the children have for the holiday so he tries to take it over but instead of using the normal Christmas themes they add a little bit of their holiday and it doesn't exactly go right.

I have always liked this film but it has never overjoyed me as it has for overs, I think Tim Burtons work can be quite a hit or miss on some things. Don't get me wrong it's a good film and I'm sure you'll enjoy it, I think the concept is great and it's beautifully presented it's just some aspects aren't for me. Also guys we're halfway through 12 days of blogging YEAH!!!