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Raymond Briggs The Snowman and Father Christmas DVD…..
Last year in Woolworth's I saw this DVD was priced at a ridiculously cheap price of £5 so me being me I didn't hesitate to pop it into my, as usual, overflowing basket.
Both The Snowman and Father Christmas are absolute classics as far as I am concerned. I do believe that Father Christmas is shown pretty much every Christmas morning at an exceptionally early time. I do remember watching it for many years as a child and now with this DVD I can watch both classics at this time of year at a more convenient time of day.
The Snowman film is basically a short cartoon which has no script and really does not need to have words as the story is told well enough by the use of music and the drawings. This is a film that came about in the early 80's and has a very popular sound track. The story is of a young boy who makes a snowman in his back garden only for the snowman to come alive that evening and take the boy on a magical journey. They visit the North Pole where they meet tons of other Snowmen who are having a party. At the end of the party Father Christmas shows up and a jolly good time is had by all. As the night comes to an end the snowman takes the young boy back home and it gets a bit sad when the boy awakes to find his snowman melted away.
I don't think I realised when I was younger that the whole film didn't have any words but I was able to enjoy the film and understand everything clearly without. In fact I would think having no words makes the whole film rather more magical than it would have been had the snowman and the young boy talked.
The second film on the DVD is another Raymond Briggs short film and this tells a story of what Father Christmas gets up to during the year when he is not preparing for Christmas Day. We see Father Christmas as a fairly grumpy old man who decides to get away from England and revamps his sleigh so he can jet off on it to places such as France, Las Vegas and Scotland. However, none of these holidays turn out to make Father Christmas very happy and before he knows it is time to get back to work and get ready for the festive season. The film lasts for 25 minutes and each of these is filled with laughs. I love the way Father Christmas is portrayed and getting a glimpse into his life is truly wonderful.
Both of the films are great in their own way but together they are quite different from each other. The Snowman can really e enjoyed by both young and older children where as I think Father Christmas is aimed at the slightly older child or even adult. I think the length of 25 minutes is good to keep children interested and it is enough to get a good story in.
I cannot rate these films highly enough and I would say this is a must have to own and to watch at around this time of year. The ideas of both films are truly brilliant alongside the illustrations and music which makes them true winners.
A five star rating for this DVD and an EXTREMELY HIGH RECOMMENDATION. This was one of my bargains that actually was a bargain.
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Family - Director: Sarah Ball - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Neil Morrissey, Noddy Holder, Alison Steadman, Stephen Tompkinson, Chris Evans, Elton John, Bob The Builder
The Snowman: Nominated for an Oscar (Best Animated Short Film 1982) this delightful ... more
animation weaves a spell of magical enchantment as a young boy's snowman comes to life and escorts him on a magical flying visit to the North Pole. Absolutely superla...
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