Oh Elf i'm not gonna lied here i have a soft spot on the film i remember watching it when i was around 6 years old and it was when i discover Will ferrell who i can't help but remember watching the movie at that time. It's one of those classic Christmas movies so i'm gonna give it a go.
The movie begins with Buddy who's in a orphan and it's christmas eve and he seeks his way inside of santa's bag and live his life as a elf in Santa's Workshop play by Will Ferrell however he isn't working well in the workshop and his talents aren't being useful, his adoptive father papa elf (played by bob newhart) tells him that he was adoptive and explains to him that his dad live in New York City the film explains that his biological mother and father put him in adoptive and his mother died sometime after he was born the film does explain it. Buddy left his goodbyes to Santa and the elfs and made his way to New York. He reaches to New York and Empire State Building he does meet his dad played by James Caan his dad is Walter Hobbs who's a children publisher and works for greenway pass who doesn't take too kindly to his family and doesn't really cared about them only himself, but he doesn't take him too kindly and dismissed him and thinks buddy is some man-child playing as a elf and raise from the north pole and doesn't believe him. eventually he would meet his stepmother emily hobbs played by Mary steenburgen and half-younger brother michael hobbs played by daniel tay.
Buddy meets a worker while at the mall Jovie played by Zoeey Deschanel who works at the gimbels who's uninterested in the christmas season and also sings which buddy takes noticed of only to get caught. Buddy gets a job from his dad after putting in a role with the mailroom and makes some new friends with the workers and Buddy goes on a date with Jovie he finds love which he feels more happy but unfortunately, it doesn't go well for him at the end his father meets with Miles Finach another best selling children author who is mistaken for a elf which he beats buddy up and Walter has had enough of it. Buddy decided to leave for the north pole leaving a note for his family to read, however michael discover buddy's letter and tell his dad and walter has a change of heart and decideds to go search for buddy. Santa Claus is in Central Park and Buddy is search for his missing enger before the New York Park rangers find them they soon came across each other and Buddy and his dad reconcile with each other, trying to lift the christmas spirit Jovie would sing Santa Claus is coming to town and at last after escaping from central park the next christmas Buddy and his family celebrated christmas together and Jovie takes in singing lessons and now they're parents to their firist child. It's memorable christmas movie where it tells of what's it like feeling different realizing they came from and being adoptive and discovering your family roots attempts to reconcile and having the festival spirit.
The film does take inspiration from Rudolph the red nose reindeer with the costume fitting the elves and the stop motion itselfs gives you the style of Rankin/Bass that was done in the 60s. Also the soundtrack itself reminds me from style of the grinch mostly the suite or medley that was from James Horner but the music for Elf is done by John Debney.
Anyways then feel free to watch Elv this christmas if you can. Also more to come for tomorrow or Christmas Day.
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