so much weird ass shit in this that never really comes together. there's about twenty minutes of absolute gold and the rest is way too drawn out. i really enjoyed certain aspects like the claymation generally, some of the songs, and the few really incredible casting choices (i.e. boris karloff). i do think that rankin and bass are probably at their best when they're constrained to 50 minutes instead of a full 90. i also find chris to be deeply unlikable. he's almost like a gawain figure in that every choice he made this entire movie pissed me the fuck off. and then at the end he doesn't even really learn a lesson! like he's gives a half hearted apology about abandoning his friends, still goes to the garden of paradise, is tricked into eating the fruit only to wake up and not really be eternally damned, and then to top it all off his father ends up selling his wedding ring! chris sacrificed nothing! and then he just grows up to be hans christian anderson?? i fucking guess????
so much weird ass shit in this that never really comes together. there's about twenty minutes of absolute gold and the rest is way too drawn out. i really enjoyed certain aspects like the claymation generally, some of the songs, and the few really incredible casting choices (i.e. boris karloff). i do think that rankin and bass are probably at their best when they're constrained to 50 minutes instead of a full 90. i also find chris to be deeply unlikable. he's almost like a gawain figure in that every choice he made this entire movie pissed me the fuck off. and then at the end he doesn't even really learn a lesson! like he's gives a half hearted apology about abandoning his friends, still goes to the garden of paradise, is tricked into eating the fruit only to wake up and not really be eternally damned, and then to top it all off his father ends up selling his wedding ring! chris sacrificed nothing! and then he just grows up to be hans christian anderson?? i fucking guess????
