Letters. You don’t really write many these days, do you? But I bet there’s one you never forget. Send it off to a certain plump guy in a red suit and, provided you’ve kept your act together more or less, he’ll drop off a toy or two. And yet, no one seems to wonder how the whole thing got started in the first place. This is a story about letters, and it began… with this one.
On November 8th, 2019, Netflix shows and released Klaus for the very first time the film was ahead of its time and it showed Both 2D and 3D animation all together since then the movie became one of my favorites for the holiday season. I want to give it a big thank you to all those who work at on this wonderful movie including the director himself!! 😍😍😍😍😍🐪🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🎅🎅🏻🤶🤶🤶🤶🤶🤶🤶🤶🤶
For any of you who like the Christmas spirit, I highly recommend it
“What happened to him after that, how, why, I can't even begin to comprehend. I stopped trying to make sense of it a long time ago. But I do know: once, every year, I get to see my friend.”
Klaus, 2019.
Dir. Sergio Pablos & Carlos Martínez López | Writ. Sergio Pablos, Jim Mahoney & Zach Lewis| Prod. Design Szymon Biernacki & Marcin Jakubowski
(Archive) Christmas Movie of the day: Klaus (2019)
Originally Posted: December 13th, 2021
Christmas really gets the best toys when it comes to animation compared to other holidays, huh? Not only does it get proportionally more but also gets some of the higher quality shorts and movies. It's very materialistic how much they want to sell in "true" spirit of the season. So it's delightful to see one of the best movies on the front, made from an undying passion…is also a movie about altruism.
So…Santa Claus. This is not the first movie to try and talk about the origin of the story(seems people tend to forget he's inspired in Saint Nicholas) this is the first one to do so without magic involved…probably. It's also one that remembers WHY giving gifts to children is such a considerate act. It's an act of selflessness, but not the ONLY act of selflessness from the character nor the protagonist… Jesper. The dynamic between the at first spoiled man child and the brooding gentle giant is entertaining and heartwarming. Not to mention funny, they contrast so much between each other. As played as some of the tropes of this film are, they're presented magnificently thanks to a well rounded script for such a simple aesop: kindness begets kindness.
It also helps that the animation in display is out of this world. Courtesy of Spanish studio, Sergio Pablos Animation, it almost looks like it's 3D despite being hand drawn, frame by frame, old school style. Well, they had to develop some new tech in order to keep the coloring consistent It was worth it the color palette, character designs, shapes of the settings. They all make for a visual delight, ever expressive and bringing the little town of Smeerensburg to life….. as messy and rundown as it is.
I honestly don't think there's much of a downside to this film. It's cute, funny, wholesome, and still delves into the mellow side of the human experience by addressing things like loss so it isn't just sugary fluff. This is a modern Christmas classic through and through.
Cast: Jason Schwartzman, J.K. Simmons, Rashida Jones, Joan Cusack, Norm Macdonald, Will Sasso, Sergio Pablos, Mila Brener, Neda Margrethe Labba
Release year: 2019
Genres: comedy, adventure, fantasy, family
Blurb: When Jesper distinguishes himself as the Postal Academy’s worst student, he is sent to Smeerensburg, a small village located on an icy island above the Arctic Circle where grumpy inhabitants barely exchange words, let alone letters. Jesper is about to give up and abandon his duty as a postman when he meets local teacher Alva...and Klaus, a mysterious carpenter who lives alone in a cabin full of handmade toys.