Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)

Just perfect...

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

This is one of the few Christmas movies you can never get tired of, no matter how well you know the lines from how many times you watch it. It doesn't get old and stays as dear as ever. You'll keep laughing, keep smiling, keep singing. The songs are fantastic, sung by all sorts of different people and in different styles. The movie has such a warm, classic feeling to it--and that's just it; it's a classic.However, it's not completely perfect (nothing ever is). Take, for example, the Abominable Snowman's height. Compared to Rudolph and his friends, he's about 20 feet tall--so are the mountains, which he stands in behind and are shorter than him, 18 feet tall? Rudolph leaves his friends behind, not wanting to put them in danger, yet leaves the door to the house they're in open as well--so they're in danger, alright; they could get snowed in or frozen to death. If you watch carefully, Santa is a bit of a jerk. He criticizes a WONDERFUL song the elves are singing and agrees that because of Rudolph's shiny nose, he stinks. But, in the end, you can't stop liking the classic. It's darling, with this wonderful, warm, and welcoming feeling to it, and the good overcomes the bad.

It's an easy story to understand , even the song is easy to understand. It's simply about being an outcast, something different about you and others will pick on you about it - but don't let that stop you because one day your nose, err, star will shine and you'll show them what you are capable of doing - including outshining those that made fun of you. Rudolph represent who or what many of us have experienced in our own personal lives and that is one of the attractions to this film: being a misfit in our society but overcoming it.As far as the stop motion claymation - I'm still a fan of it. It was super for it's time era and it still is. There are a lot of long hours of work in creating a timeless masterpiece like this one. It's so much better than the CGI of today, which is good if used properly but really can't beat the old way of animations.10/10

Merry Christmas Everybody Today I'm going to review the 1964 Christmas Special Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Anyway I watch this Special every year with My Family. The Special stars the great Burl Ives as Sam The Snowmen and he tells the story of how Rudolph become the most famous Reindeer of all and met Hermey and Yukon Cornelius and go to the island of misfit toys and find the Abominable Snowmen. I also like the part were the head elf says Hermey Doesn't like to make toys and also a dentist GOOD GRIEF. Anyway I love Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer it is Christmas Classic that I love watching every year with My Family. I'm giving Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer a 10/10 stars. Anyway MERRY Christmas Updated on May 27th, 2017

After reading some of the reviews, I think most of the people who see this wonderful Christmas classic in a negative light, are not grasping the true meaning of the story. Many of them mention that it makes Santa and the other characters who work at the north pole seem cruel and mean because of how they treat Rudolph until they need him. That is not what happens in the movie because 1. Rudolph's dad is sorry for how he treated him when Rudolph goes missing, and 2. Santa tells Rudolph, he is sorry when he and his friends get back from their adventure, not when he suddenly he needs Rudolph after learning about the storm. The meaning of the story is the importance of accepting who you are and working through life's adversities instead of trying to fit in to accepted norms. It also shows that even though those we hold in highest esteem can sometimes be wrong, it is just as important to be able to forgive them as it is to do so for those we see as our equals. Other complaints focus on the misfit toys saying they are mistreated by being dumped out of Santa's sleigh and by being brought to a snowy island in the first place. Maybe they are being dropped, with the help of umbrellas I might add, to homeless children somewhere in the world where there are no homes with chimneys. Children who will love them no matter what their shortcomings are, unlike spoiled well off kids. And the bird suddenly being able to fly, well it is the season for miracles and Santa is suppose to be magical. Finally people point to the dolly not having any obvious problems. My answer to them is that there are plenty of perfectly normal or even beautiful beings out there who have to go through life being unloved because of their beliefs or actions. King Moonracer doesn't go out each night looking for toys that are odd or ugly, he looks for toys who are unloved and feel unwanted. He rescues them and gives them a home, the only home he has to offer and it may not be the best but it shows that at least he cares.