Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of sheer crappiness in Santa Clause 3, but there is still enough imagination and twists to balance it out and keep it alive for one more (and hopefully last) movie. I say hopefully last because I don't really think that Tim Allen really has any talent. He seems to have coasted his way into stardom. He also has a thing for doing Xmas-themed movies when he's not making utter crud like The Shaggy Dog or Zoom. But less about him and more about Santa Clause 3.
As Santa/Scott prepares for his massive annual delivery he must disguise the North Pole as Canada so the visiting in-laws don't find out his secret. Also Jack Frost (Martin Short) wants to take over Xmas so he plots to have Santa wiped out of Scott Calvin's history. Cue time travelling and alternate universes.
I really didn't feel a pressing desire to see this film. I did see the first two in the cinema but felt that a third was really pushing it. But when Peter Boyle died and I learned that this would be his last movie I felt like I owed it to him. It's not as bad as it's low score would suggest but is still nowhere near as good as Polar Express or any other recent Xmas film. There's just no magic in it. Santa Clause 3 all looks rather false and phony.
Actors like Alan Arkin, Judge Reinhold and Wendy Crewson are wasted with this kind of material and really should have been allowed to have more freedom with their limited roles.
At the very least it rounds-off a neat little family Xmas trilogy. Please no more.
Oh, and by-the-way, 'Jingle Bells' is not a Xmas song. It's a Thanksgiving Song! And the image of Santa as being the big white-bearded guy in a red suit with fluffy white bits was invented by Coca-Cola to match their bottle coloring.
As Santa/Scott prepares for his massive annual delivery he must disguise the North Pole as Canada so the visiting in-laws don't find out his secret. Also Jack Frost (Martin Short) wants to take over Xmas so he plots to have Santa wiped out of Scott Calvin's history. Cue time travelling and alternate universes.
I really didn't feel a pressing desire to see this film. I did see the first two in the cinema but felt that a third was really pushing it. But when Peter Boyle died and I learned that this would be his last movie I felt like I owed it to him. It's not as bad as it's low score would suggest but is still nowhere near as good as Polar Express or any other recent Xmas film. There's just no magic in it. Santa Clause 3 all looks rather false and phony.
Actors like Alan Arkin, Judge Reinhold and Wendy Crewson are wasted with this kind of material and really should have been allowed to have more freedom with their limited roles.
At the very least it rounds-off a neat little family Xmas trilogy. Please no more.
Oh, and by-the-way, 'Jingle Bells' is not a Xmas song. It's a Thanksgiving Song! And the image of Santa as being the big white-bearded guy in a red suit with fluffy white bits was invented by Coca-Cola to match their bottle coloring.