Jack Frost (1979)

How sad is this?

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Being a great admirer of Rakin/Bass I was surprised that I never heard of it. Then to my great pleasure to disappointment I was able to watch it. The stop motion is stunning like previous one and the plot had promise but then it just got bland. Jack Frost a winter sprite giving joy in January falls for a human girl who's family and other people are being oppressed by a cruel leader. Jack is able to become human for a short amount of time but in order for it to be forever he must get a house, a horse, a pile of gold, and a wife. Jack fails to gain a wife because the young woman he falls for goes for a knight that she barely met causing him to become an immortal sprite again. Oh and the whole story is being told by a groundhog on why we get six more weeks of winter or have an early spring. The visuals are quite nice but the story is bland, tedious, and less than engaging. The characters aren't that likable, relateable, or memorable. If you must watch it, watch it once or twice just to say you have. I got bored with it and it was becoming a chore to watch.

Don't let the cover picture lead you wrong. That is not a cute cartoon, it is an old puppet film. For personal reason, I have strong Pupaphobia, it is the fear of puppets and dolls. Pupaphobia has an uncanny valley theory, is a hypothesized relationship between the degree of an object's resemblance to a human being and the emotional response to such an object. To me, I couldn't sleep with my stuffed animal when I was a baby because I thought their eyes reflected light at night, looked like they are staring at me. So even I still love stuffed toys as an adult, I still put my favorite in the living room, not my bedroom.I thought this movie is a kid version of Rise of the Guardians, but it turns out an old creepy puppet film, especially at night, can you imagine? Rise Of the Guardians The last piece Dreamworks worked with Paramount, but its box office was quite low. I would say that was an underrated movie because I found it later after years and was fun to watch, and its CGI wasn't bad at all.

Though they can be kind of cheesy, I adore the majority of the Rankin-Bass stop-motion stuff. They don't require "adult humor" or hip cynicism to be entertaining, and they possess a sort of innocence I miss in family entertainment.Though it's not as celebrated as the other RB specials, Jack Frost (1979) is among the best of the lot. It's far from being a downer though; the songs are catchy and the characters are all appealing (though I found Holly to be rather useless and her voice actor was laughably wooden).The most unique aspect of it is its bittersweet ending, where the hero does the right thing but does not get what he wanted. It doesn't kill the humorous, whimsical nature of the production, but it is refreshing and still remains a rarity in family fare.If you get the chance to see it on TV, then don't miss it.

I still cannot believe they do not play this movie on TV every year like they do Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. It is just as funny and even more beautiful. I love this movie to pieces and will treasure it forever.