I’ve been sick for 3 weeks and gave it to my sweet hubby. I have been off my game in so many ways. I want to thank all of you for commenting on my blog. I’ve been reading them but have replied and I do apologize. I’m talking about Reindeers this week and wanted to stay clear of animated films even though I love Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer. I’m going to stop and jump right into the films.
1. PRANCER-1989
This is an enchanting, sweet story about a little girl who beats to her own drummer and is full of Christmas cheer. What she truly wishes is for her dad to show some warmth to her but, since his wife died, he has a hard time to show love to his kids. When she finds a reindeer wounded by a gun, she hides him in the barn and nurses him back to health believing he is Prancer. Antics ensue as the reindeer gets better and begins to look for food outside and inside the home. When he is found out by the dad( played so well by Sam Elliott), the dad sells the reindeer to the local salesman selling Christmas trees. The daughter wants to free the reindeer but gets hurt instead and loses her love of Christmas but the people she touched have found their Christmas cheer. It’s such a sweet movie and just so nice to watch.
2. THE SANTA CLAUSE 2-2002
This is the sequel to the hit, “The Santa Clause,” which stars Tim Allen as Santa who finds out he must find Mrs. Claus or lose his position as Santa. He comes up with the brilliant idea of having a fake, mechanical Santa fill in at the North Pole while he goes in search of Mrs. Claus. He must also visit his son who is on the naughty list and find out that the F happened. When he meets his kid’s principal, he realizes he has found his Mrs. Claus. It is a funny flick and I got a kick out of the reindeer, I think it’s Prancer but you can correct me if I’m wrong, who is to watch of Santa but gets into the candy and sugar and becomes one fat reindeer. When the Mechanical Santa thinks he the next Tsar, it’s up the the Easter Bunny, Mother Nature and the Tooth Fairy to get the real Santa back to the North Pole since Prancer is too fat and sick to carry him. It’s not as good as the first film but it’s still fun and enjoyable.
3. PRANCER: A CHRISTMAS TALE-2022
I love James Cromwell so I had to watch this movie about a young girl and her grandfather who meet up with a reindeer and try to get him back to Santa before he is meat on a table. You also have James Cromwell trying to be free of the nasty old folks home. It’s a nice movie but nothing like the original film but I might see it again.
What reindeer movies have you seen?
None that i can think of! Sorry you are both now sick and hope you get better soon.
ReplyDeleteHope that sickness doesn't head my way. I've been hearing sickness reports coming from back East.
ReplyDeleteReindeer in films is something I can recall seeing but I'll be darned if I can think of any names of those films.
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I hope you feel better soon. Being sick sucks. Surprisingly, I have not seen these. They seem like movies I should have seen, but I guess I missed them.
ReplyDeleteSorry you guys are sick!
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen any of those but Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is my choice.
I saw the first "Santa Clause" movie, but none after that. I think we rented it at Blockbuster, to show you how long ago it was. I liked James Cromwell in "Babe."
ReplyDeleteBirgit, I hope you two are feeling much better very soon. This is a crummy time of year to feel under the (cold) weather.
ReplyDeleteI watch the stop-motion Rudolph TV special from the '60s every year in December, but that's the only reindeer game I play.
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Sorry you've been sick, as well as your hubby. Hope you both feel better soon! I haven't seen the Prancer movies, but all 3 Santa Clause films are part of our Christmas movie marathon. You probably know the first one was mostly filmed right here in Oakville. I was thinking of doing a Thursday Movie Picks post about that, if I can get my ass in gear to take some photos around town (and compare them to the movie scenes).
ReplyDeleteHi Birgit!
ReplyDeleteHope you are both on the mend!! Colds that hang on are one of the worst things. :-(
I've seen Prancer which was fine, but I've never had the least desire to go back to it again. I also love James Cromwell but not enough to watch the sequel! I did see the Santa Claus 2 because when you have young great nieces and nephews you do these things!! But it was lame.
My first thought-Reindeer Games-doesn't really qualify since as far as I remember there were none of the actual animals in the movie and even with a decent cast lead by Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron and Gary Sinise it was middling at best.
So I'm going to have to go with TV movies to come up with titles. 1984's "The Night They Saved Christmas" is pretty cliché and on the treacly side but on the positive side there is Art Carney as Santa and June Lockhart as Mrs. Claus.
"Snow" from 2004 where the new Santa "Nick Snowden" who is taking over the family business is the young and good looking Tom Cavanaugh with one of his reindeer being captured and put in a zoo three days before Christmas!!
Blizzard (2003) has the advantage of Christopher Plummer as Santa and Brenda Blethyn somewhere in the mix but the story is a mess though I recall an enchanted reindeer in there.
Feel better.
Hope you’re both starting to feel better soon, Birgit! I’ve been catching up on blogs while waiting for my carpet cleaning in knightdale nc, and stumbled across your post. It’s been ages since I watched the stop-motion Rudolph special—might need to add it to my list this year! Take care!
ReplyDeleteAww I have such a soft spot for the 1989 Prancer. We watched that in school all the time. I never bothered with the Santa Claus sequels, but I adored the first one.
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