The Christmas Chronicles
The holiday season of 2018 brought us the Christmas movie we did n’t know we needed : The Christmas Chronicles . Just when you remember you ’d seen every translation of Santa Claus that needed to be seen , Kurt Russell gave us a uniquely hip , but jolly Santa who manages to maintain his cool when a couple of shaver , Kate and Teddy Pierce , determine to make his most stressful nighttime of the twelvemonth even more intense by causing him to lose his sledge and reindeer .
The plot may not have been the most original , but it did n’t discontinue us from having plenty of fun as Santa helped reinvigorate the Christmas spirit in Teddy , as well as many others along the way . It has just been announced that 2020 will bring us the gift of a sequel . Here are a few things we ’d like to see .
SEAT BELTS FOR SANTA’S SLEIGH
One of the most remarkable thing about this particular Santa was his decked out sleigh . It had the king to fundamentally teleport to anywhere in the orb with the public press of a glow button , among other things .
Despite all these high - technical school features , there were no seat belts whatsoever to be base . Really , Santa ? Even though we know it ’s just a flick , it ’s gruelling not to feel a little panicked when Kate plunge to her nearly sure death when she is initially fuddle from the sleigh . Granted , it ’s not Santa ’s job to prepare for stowaway , but he ’s not immortal either , good ? Is n’t that just a practicality ?
GLOBAL ADVENTURE
There was muckle of natural action during the course of the film . From a railroad car chase in a Dodge Challenger to a last - minute slipstream across the populace to deliver present , Santa and company never had a sluggish minute .
deplorably , most of the gang ’s time is spent grounded in Chicago . And while Chicago is a perfectly equal setting , it ’s unsatisfying that their adventures elsewhere get cut down to mere seconds as they globe - trot to salvage Christmas . With all the teleportation that magical sleigh can render , we ’d care to see Santa ’s next adventure(s ) in some more alien locales .
MORE PARKOUR
One famous affair that Kurt Russell ’s Santa can do that has been absent in old iteration is the way that he delivers present by literally jump from rooftop to rooftop ( albeit with the help of his magic hat ) . Not only Santa but the tiddler , Teddy and Kate , do quite impressive vertical stunts to land in Santa ’s sledge .
Clearly , Santa underestimate their science when he park the sleigh right outside their street . Of all the unexampled things that this Santa report brings , this was one of the most unequaled . We ’d love to see some more Christmas - spirit - induced leaps and boundary in the sequel .
LESS TRAUMA
Every movie has to have a narrative discharge to flesh out the story and , we get it , dramatic event is an easy manner to increase the stakes for a character . However , it felt like the reason that Pierce family lose their Christmas mojo ( i.e. the personnel casualty of the patriarch Doug ) was hit on a piece too firmly . The Pierce home was n’t just broken up by the red ink of Doug ; it was shattered . Multiple reference point are made throughout the motion-picture show about Teddy ’s potency for becoming a criminal , and while some of them were odd , others felt a little too pointed and serious .
There are deal of Christmas picture to make you cry felicitous tears ; we do n’t need any that make us truly sad .
OFFICER JAMESON
buff of the TV showNew Girlwere pleasantly surprised to see the visual aspect of Lamorne Morris , who play an eventual pig key out Winston , as Officer Mikey Jameson of the Chicago Police Department , where Winston , coincidentally , is also from ( waitress , is this picture show just aNew GirlChristmas special ? ! ) .
Morris steal every scene he ’s in , turn up to be one of the few adults that believe in Santa by the end of their encounter with him . While having the regaining of Officer Jameson would in all probability call for a return to Chicago , perchance Santa and the gang can rendezvous with him on a Christmas holiday ?
FEWER FAT JOKES
This Santa was also notably different by being a Santa that " stayed away from carbs and scratch " and clearly tally the gymnasium a few prison term a workweek ( the parkour alone takes a more toned individual ) . of course , the movie was go to fox down a yoke of rich jokes to address the remainder .
But people could n’t seem to stop losing their judgment over this , incessantly countermand fat - dishonour Santa to the degree that he deliberately bleed his sledge through a productive Santa billboard at the end of the movie . We love you in all your forms , Santa . You do n’t involve to off the gym or do parkour to be accepted … and , in 2019 , poking fun at fat multitude detract from that honorable ol' holly jolly feel .
MORE ORIGINAL SANTA SONGS
Another standout tantrum was Santa do the good of pass a dark in the gaol and clear a banding out of his fellow inmate . Kurt Russell may not be Bing Crosby , but he sure postulate command of the mike when the glare come up and performed " Santa Claus Is Back In Town . "
set a melodic scene in a jailhouse may not be the most natural choice for a Christmas pic , but it did n’t feel like a drive musical moment either . It probably wo n’t become a classic , but you could recount Santa and the inmates were all take a good time .
FEWER ELVES
Of naturally , what would a movie feature Santa Claus be without at least a glance of the hob ? Usually , when we see elves describe at the North Pole , they generally resemble some sort of homo . Not these guys . These pixy make for the holiday sunshine to a stay , put up a airless resemblance to furryGremlins .
Not only that , but they have their own words that only Santa ( and later Kate ) can understand . Sure , they do evidence useful by and by in the film and avail get Christmas back on track , but ca n’t we at least get some subtitles ? We wo n’t be disappointed if these guys get less screen time in the sequel , but we wo n’t hold our breath .
MORE HO-HO-HO!
Another noticeably absent property of this Santa is his signature catchphrase , " Ho - ho - ho ! " which he states is just a myth . Kurt Russell ’s Santa Claus want you to know he is n’t your grandma ’s Santa .
At the remnant ofChronicles , Kate pleads with him to do it just once . Santa relents and declares it will be a one - clip thing . Perhaps to no one ’s surprise , it ’s a genuinely near " Ho - ho - ho ! " We ’re not say Santa has to become Katerina Kittycat and say it inexplicably after everything he says , but a few more would be value next time around .
MORE MRS. CLAUS
With all that was go on inChronicles , a substantial and meaningful role for Mrs. Claus was credibly too much to enquire for . But we were lucky enough to see a cameo from her at the end portrayed by Russell ’s genuine - life partner , Goldie Hawn .
Given their natural alchemy in genuine life , Russell and Hawn do n’t have to do much to bring that same vim to the sieve . With the recent promulgation of the sequel also came a photo of the couple together in costume , so hopefully that intend she ’ll be more present in the subsequence .
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