I knew at some point I was going to have to tackle one of the films from the pile of Christmas movies. Christmas has a way of being able to take anything and giving it a Christmas feel. Movies, TV, music, your house, cartoon characters, things will just turn into a Christmas related object if you leave them around for to long. Don't get me wrong I love Christmas and it's movies, it's just annoying having to decide what movie it should be. Arthur Christmas came out on November 23 2011. I state this as to tell whoever it was who assigned it to this date should be immediately fired from their job. Arthur Christmas opened against Hugo and The Muppets both of which were fantastic family film, Hugo being one of my favorite movies ever made. This movie had to compete with two other big family films and there was no way it was making it's money back or nearly as much as Muppets or Hugo. Anyway let's talk about Arthur Christmas.
The story is very cute. On Christmas night at the North Pole, Santa's youngest son, Arthur, looks to use his father's high-tech operation for an urgent mission, to deliver a Christmas present to a child that Santa missed. Arthur instead tags along with his grandpa, the old Santa, and a rouge elf to deliver the present, even if they have no idea where they are going. I really enjoyed the story and it actually was fairly original. I am surprised no one has done this story before.
There are many good things in this film. I really enjoined the animation. The film is just a blast to look at. I also really liked Grand Santa as a character. He honestly was fun to watch and seeing him run around trying to relive the glory days was cool to watch. The best thing though has to be the comedy. Arthur Christmas is one of the most enjoyable movies I have seen in a long time. The comedy has to be some of the best in animation since Megamind. Almost every joke hits very well and leaves you with a smile on your face. I have to think hard about the problems I had with this film. The only thing I can think of is that the film does tend to drag by the end. You know how the movie is going to wrap up and the story takes some unnecessary twists and has a unnecessary bike race that really has you just waiting for the movie to wrap up.
Besides that, I loved Arthur Christmas. The movie is hilarious, tells a great story, doesn't ever have a miss joke, and the film leaves you with a lot of Christmas spirit. Arthur Christmas is one of the most enjoyable films I have seen in quite a long time and I am happy to say the movie is now becoming a Christmas tradition for me.
The story is very cute. On Christmas night at the North Pole, Santa's youngest son, Arthur, looks to use his father's high-tech operation for an urgent mission, to deliver a Christmas present to a child that Santa missed. Arthur instead tags along with his grandpa, the old Santa, and a rouge elf to deliver the present, even if they have no idea where they are going. I really enjoyed the story and it actually was fairly original. I am surprised no one has done this story before.
There are many good things in this film. I really enjoined the animation. The film is just a blast to look at. I also really liked Grand Santa as a character. He honestly was fun to watch and seeing him run around trying to relive the glory days was cool to watch. The best thing though has to be the comedy. Arthur Christmas is one of the most enjoyable movies I have seen in a long time. The comedy has to be some of the best in animation since Megamind. Almost every joke hits very well and leaves you with a smile on your face. I have to think hard about the problems I had with this film. The only thing I can think of is that the film does tend to drag by the end. You know how the movie is going to wrap up and the story takes some unnecessary twists and has a unnecessary bike race that really has you just waiting for the movie to wrap up.
Besides that, I loved Arthur Christmas. The movie is hilarious, tells a great story, doesn't ever have a miss joke, and the film leaves you with a lot of Christmas spirit. Arthur Christmas is one of the most enjoyable films I have seen in quite a long time and I am happy to say the movie is now becoming a Christmas tradition for me.