It kind of sucks if you don't want to be santa…
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NobodymournstheWicked — 13 years ago(December 24, 2012 07:49 PM)
Here is the part of the card that Scott did read
If something should happen to me, put on my suit; the reindeer will know what to do.
Which is what anybody with not much of a brain power might only read a little bit of a contract read he is getting something good that he might only get once, and doesn't read the full print signs it and for all they know that could be signing up for something for life. Or something that could turn out to be bad, like a robber could be a lot smarter give him something to write that he might be pretending to be there for another job when he is really there to rob the place. -
door_hinge — 13 years ago(December 30, 2012 11:13 AM)
I've always thought of the "wrong guy" becoming Santa scenario more like this: what happens if a complete scum bag becomes Santa and wants to remains a scum bag? If some drug addict, spousal abuser conked Scott Calvin in the head the next Christmas, Bernard and the gang are in for a surprise when the sled and the new Santa descend into the North Pole. Bernard's guilt speech of "then there will be millions of disappointed children" won't work on such a guy. In the alternate universe where this is real, the folks at the North Pole, in possession of all their magic, came up with a really poor system to replace Santa. Every Christmas Eve, when Santa departs, it's anybody's guess as to who is coming back.
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contos — 11 years ago(December 03, 2014 06:32 AM)
I remember seeing this movie when I was 10 (around 1996) and I found the entire concept very cruel and at the end I was left very disappointed and with a deep feeling of injustice. I never watched it again lol XD
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ShiningSeal — 11 years ago(December 10, 2014 02:04 PM)
I agree. On the upside, though, it also kinda seemed like maybe there was a "spell" on him or something - some kind that forces you to suddenly like being Santa, whether you initially wanted to or not. Remember his sudden Santa Clause/Elf enthusiasm when he attended his business meeting. And he said, "I don't know what got into me," to his boss. I guess in a way it'd be kind of merciful - I mean if you
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TheLordofTheHarvest — 9 years ago(December 01, 2016 08:47 PM)
I loved this movie as a kid and still do; it's negatives never bothered me.
The forcing itself on somebody part I do agree was out there but it turned out to be for the best in hindsight. It made Scott the man he needed to be and something he could be proud of for Charlie and his ex. He traded a life of greed and loneliness for a life of un-selfishness and love. Not so bad.
I always interpreted it that the previous Santa must have been a very cold hearted guy. Notice how everyone kept working when Scott first showed up and were kind of rude to him. The predecessor must have been all about work and not very sociable hence why the elves were moody to start out with; they hadn't been talked too much with the previous Santas. Even Bernard changed by the end. In his debut scene he was all business then by the end he's helping with ideas and helping to lead when Scott's jailed.
You can tell by how the North Pole looks like. At the start it's very beautiful yet feels cold due to how business like it was, but by the end when Scott was fully Santa the whole place was getting brighter and changing for the better. They made an epic sleigh full of tools and gadgets; they made a safer suit for santa with the radio, and they had the elf squad. Scott made them a machine but one with a heart.
By Part 2 the whole world's different (I know it was 8 years later between films lol,) but everything's for the better. Scott made that difference. -
strntz — 9 years ago(December 02, 2016 07:31 AM)
But now watching it, it seems like Scott is kind of forced into being Santa when he doesn't want to.
I don't think it was a binding clause. I think Bernard was very crafty and evasive when Scott first arrived after his first night as Santa.
When Scott said something to the effect that perhaps he didn't want to be Santa, Bernard's response was not tough nuts and that Scott's being Santa was irrevocable, he told Scott that he wouldn't want to disappoint the children
I think if Scott protested more, then he would have been released from the deal and another Santa would be selected using the "Contingency Clause" (hey, another sequel idea!!).
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flobiwan — 9 years ago(December 12, 2016 11:50 AM)
When i was a kid i always felt so sorry for Santa. It seemed to me that having to go up and down every chimney in every house all over the world would be a boring, agonizing torture. I always thought of how exhausted i was after just trick or treating in my small neighborhood.