Originally Posted By RoadTrip We saw Fred Claus this evening. I know it is getting poor reviews from the critics. But do yourself a favor and check it out for yourself. We LOVED it. It is one of our favorite Christmas movies ever. Maybe you need the imagination of a Disney fan to appreciate it. Maybe you just need the frozen brain of a Minnesotan. I can't claim to know for sure which. But check it out. I think you will be glad you did.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan I did not want to see it at first. To me it did not look good. But after my sister told me about it, i had to check it out. if she likes something, most likely im gonna like it. and I DID!!! This was a very good movie. I was very suprised. the previews do not do this movie justice. there is such heart felt moments and a great message in this movie. And kevin spacey was awesome!
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x I'm so glad everyone's enjoying it! I just wish I had taken the girls to the drive in tonight or last night. Hopefully, it'll still be there this next weekend.
Originally Posted By dshyates I'm not a Vnce Vaughn fan, and the Fred Clause character reminds me of my brother who I am living with now. So I have NO desire to see this film.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Also enjoyed it this weekend - of course I always like to see Chicago in the movies - Themovie starts a little slow- but it actually was very enjoyable. No one's winning academy awards here - but it's fun in the same vein at the Santa Clause and I would be glad to see Charlene in any movie she would like to be in --
Originally Posted By RoadTrip ^^^ Ummm... maybe you should actually SEE the movie before reviewing it?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo It's peaked some interest, but it's before my birthday, and before Thanksgiving, so I will wait!
Originally Posted By koobar <Ummm... maybe you should actually SEE the movie before reviewing it?> i did not review the movie. i said it *LOOK"ed terrible.
Originally Posted By jdub <<...Clause character...>> And there is the #1 reason I don't like the Disney/Tim Allen Santa movies... the spelling Santa's last name has unceremoniously been changed!
Originally Posted By jdub So...I'd say I liked "FC" better than the "Santa Clause" films--hey, at least the real Santa doesn't die, & Martin Short doesn't get involved--but that's not to say I enjoyed this new film. The best part? Baby Santa. From then in, it just seemed...LONG. When Spacey showed up, my first thought was that a lot of people had a lot to answer for in making this film. Mom C. was nasty, Mrs. C. was no sugar cookie...and the whole thing dragged on to the point that by toy delivery time, I had all but given up. Ho, ho, hum!
Originally Posted By MomofPrincess I didn't really want to see it, either, but took my kids because they wanted to. I was SO pleasantly surprised - I really enjoyed it! I even cried at the end. GREAT holiday movie!
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle I saw it and was disappointed. I'd been quite looking forward to it and am a big Vince Vaughn fan, but I thought the whole thing just dragged on. It was very different to what I'd expected and much more of a kids movie, so I suppose that didn't help. It wasn't terrible, but I didn't love it. The toy delivery scene was way too long - actually, the whole movie was probably half an hour too long. It's surprising for me, since normally I love a Christmas movie. It's probably the sort of thing that I'd like more on a second viewing, since as I said it was different to my expectations - probably if I went in knowing what it was like I'd enjoy it more.
