For Will Ferrell fans and Stop-Motion fans.

Rating: Null/10 (1 December 2003)

The last time I saw stop-motion on the big screen was 2000's CHICKEN RUN. Will Ferrel (SNL and THE OBLONGS) plays a human raised by elves. He is like a little kid in the real world. The humor is good. "The Clausometer is going down!" "Hey Buddy. Wanna play?" "Not now Arctic Puffin." There were some gross scenes apart from his loud belch. The scene where he eats spaghetti with chocolate syrup, and chocolate pop tarts, and m&ms. YECH! Try drinking coffee with ketchup, or hamburger with sugar. What would the Society of Orthodontists and anyone who is allergiced to candy will say about this? This is totally homaging/spoofing Rankin Bass. The Chiodo Brothers (KING COBRA and the 90's version of LAND OF THE LOST) are responsible for the stop-motion scenes. Speaking of stop-motion, Ray Harryhausen, legendary stop-motion animator who had his name on the walk of fame on June 2003 supplies the voice of a young polar bear cub. Read this stop-motion lovers. And now here what I got to say about stop-motion in the 21st Century. Alas we are in the 21st century. We saw this special effect since 1908 in HUMPTY DUMPTY'S CIRCUS. And we thrilled by seeing it used in special effects like CLASH OF THE TITANS. But now thanks to CGI it is no longer used in special effects. It is used in cartoons, commercials, and in home movies. We are witnessing it fade away. But we can keep it alive by using it in our home movies. Happy 95th Anniversary Stop-Motion. Besides this film is better than those SANTA CLAUSE movies with Tim Allen. Don't you think.