The low points of the film (amazingly, none of the above can even be considered the lows) are deathblows, for sure. I wondered, as the pups take to the cause, how their owners would feel, and despite the fact they were happy to be reunited, I can say, due to the fact there were no missing posters up, they must not have been all that thrilled. George Wendt (yes, Norm from 'Cheers') is uninspired in his fourth time behind the beard and Santa hat, while the human owners for each Buddy are annoying at best. Lloyd shows poor taste in his starring role, with a generic performance that anyone's grandfather could have brought to the table, for the most predictable character in the show, a Scrooge so obvious (for more reasons than his rhyming name) that he may as well have been visited by the ghosts of the puppies he probably put down over the years. Mudbud was cute, I'll admit, but B-Dawg takes the cake, with his constant references to his "bling," poor slang dialect, and his breakdancing competition with Puppy Paws.
#Santa buddies crack
Every philosophical line from Buddha made me crack up, as it was so severely out of place, coming from a dog with a child's voice.
I get that they cannot all be the same, and have to have distinct personalities, but damn, just damn. On to the puppies, the point of this film. From there, we are introduced to the source of the power of Christmas: an icicle, melting as more people lose their faith in Christmas. Where to start? Santa's workshop, where all the toys are made and sorted for Christmas delivery, is beyond generic and unimaginative, with a song to work by (you guessed it: holiday music), and a wild assortment of midgets and young children in random (read: hideous) attire. Call it the grinch in me, but I can hardly even see children enjoying this affair. There's no legend here), all the way to the credits. 'Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws' is unbearable in nearly every aspect, from the title (Santa Paws has little to do in this film other than be a fatherly figure. To be honest, since the first 'Air Bud' film, this is my first foray back into the series, and my how the "mighty" have fallen. It's up to the Buddies to save their new friend, and at the same time, save Christmas for the entire world.
#Santa buddies series
After a series of misadventures with each of the buddies (including the bling wearing B-Dawg, Buddha the philospher pup, Rosebud the female pup named after a sleigh, and Mudbud, the puppy with a dirt fetish), Puppy finds himself at the mercy of local dog catcher Stan Cruge (Christopher Lloyd), who hasn't an inkling of the Christmas spirit in his bones. He stows away on a magical teleporting postal truck used to pick up letters to Santa, and stops off at Fernfield, Washington, in search of Budderball (one of the Buddies, the one with the football jersey), for insight on being a normal pup. When Puppy Paws, the energetic child of Santa Paws, begins to doubt the Christmas spirit, all goes awry at the North Pole. With all that in mind, sitting down to 'Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws,' I noticed that I'm about 26 years above the target audience.and I'm not even 30.
It makes you wonder if you're that much out of touch with your own childhood, and if the cartoons and programs you loved as you grew up were any good (a word to the wise: it's often best to leave them to memory, and be able to remember them fondly).
It's a tough situation, being an adult, viewing a children's film, and trying to judge it for its merits, despite the fact that some films in the genre have no intention on entertaining you in the slightest.
#Santa buddies update
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