weren't not for debbie reynolds voicing mrs claus i may not have ever got around to watching
rudolph the red-nosed ranger i'm glad i had a reason to watch it because it's quite sweet
this was released in 1998 i was six this is the kind of film i would have loved but i don't
remember having ever seen it so i'm kind of just assuming that this is the first time i've seen it
and the opinion i have of my first overview of this film is that it's a lot more detailed than
i would have expected and i think that's partly because of the character of stormella the evil ice
queen voiced by whoopi goldberg that character certainly has an interesting dimension to this
but the portrayal of rudolph is what i love most this is directed by william r kowalczyk jr
and stars really brilliant voice cast including debbie reynolds
goldberg we also have john goodman who voices santos and i think he's brilliant with santa claus
young rudolph the voice of young rudolph is adorable it's voiced his voice by eric
i have almost definitely pronounced that incorrectly and for that i
apologize i am the worst at pronouncing names thankfully i can at least pronounce rudolph
and it's adorable the description from imdb sums this up really easily without giving any spoilers
and this says it's up to santa's most famous reindeer to save the day when an evil queen
conjures up a storm on christmas so the narrative is basically the same as rudolph's whole story you
know rudolph is needed to help pull santa's sleigh and guide it in the right direction
even though he's made fun of and it's exactly the same rudolph is obviously made fun of for
being different he is going to stand out when they do the junior the junior reindeer games
he is obviously a bit of an outcast but only rudolph can save the day from the evil queen
and i think that's beautiful i hadn't expected it i had genuinely expected a very basic here
are some reindeer here are the ones pulling the sleigh rudolph's not allowed but actually he can
light the way and it's so much more than that i don't know if this story comes from anywhere else
this is the first time i've heard of stormella on you know the this evil ice queen in this context
but i thought it was really refreshing and really interesting the animation style adds
to that by being absolutely adorable i love the animation style for this i think rudolph is
so ridiculously beautiful he's absolutely adorable i love the way it captures the way that his nose
glows it looks so beautiful and shiny and that's obviously not always going to be the easiest thing
to do in animation particularly in the 90s i'm talking as if the 90s was the 30s you know it's
still advanced but it's it's impressive the narrative develops really well it didn't
give away too much too soon i didn't know how rudolph would save the day or indeed what the
final outcome would be for him as a character i loved the treatment of dasher and downtown
bronzer and vixen common cube from donna blitzen a lot of those were the older reindeer and then
obviously rudolph is kind of next generation and he's adorable i'm genuinely impressed i'll be
honest i wasn't expecting much i wasn't expecting anything too intricate i wasn't expecting the most
beautiful animation i'd ever seen but it was it was stunning and i really truly adored it
if you like christmas animations and you haven't seen this one i'd say give it a
go although i feel like it's aimed more at children than it is as a full family film
if you do like kind of juvenile cartoons rudolph the red nosed reindeer is one that will make you
smile and put a warmth in your heart i love debbie reynolds i really like whoopi goldberg
but the film itself is even better than expected i i genuinely enjoyed it