Hermione Granger This is one of the few Christmas movies you can never get tired of, no matter how well you know the lines from how many times you watch it. It doesn't get old and stays as dear as ever. You'll keep laughing, keep smiling, keep singing. The songs are fantastic, sung by all sorts of different people and in different styles. The movie has such a warm, classic feeling to it--and that's just it; it's a classic.However, it's not completely perfect (nothing ever is). Take, for example, the Abominable Snowman's height. Compared to Rudolph and his friends, he's about 20 feet tall--so are the mountains, which he stands in behind and are shorter than him, 18 feet tall? Rudolph leaves his friends behind, not wanting to put them in danger, yet leaves the door to the house they're in open as well--so they're in danger, alright; they could get snowed in or frozen to death. If you watch carefully, Santa is a bit of a jerk. He criticizes a WONDERFUL song the elves are singing and agrees that because of Rudolph's shiny nose, he stinks. But, in the end, you can't stop liking the classic. It's darling, with this wonderful, warm, and welcoming feeling to it, and the good overcomes the bad.

John M Joseph A Christmas classic that never gets old. Ignore the bad animation since this was made in the 60's. A classic my kids and I enjoy every year.

bayardhiler Every kid who celebrates Christmas looks forward to seeing their favorite animation short, and one of the most popular is 1964's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer". I know, because I used to look watch this every year it came on as a kid, even with the trillion commercials the networks now put into it! We all know the story, Rudolph has a nose that's red and glows so bright, none of the other reindeer let Rudolph play reindeer games, "than one foggy Christmas Eve, Santa came to say, Rudolph with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?" And on and on it goes. Except for this animation classic, the producers add in a few new characters, such as the dreadful abominable snowman of the north pole, gold prospector Yukon Cornelius, Hermey the elf who doesn't like to make toys and who wants to be a dentist, not to the mention the most joyous of all, the island of misfit toys. Oh, just describing this brings back the memories of being a kid on Christmas! Chances are you've already seen this a million times, now just make sure your kids do too. Merry Christmas!

saphondo After reading some of the reviews, I think most of the people who see this wonderful Christmas classic in a negative light, are not grasping the true meaning of the story. Many of them mention that it makes Santa and the other characters who work at the north pole seem cruel and mean because of how they treat Rudolph until they need him. That is not what happens in the movie because 1. Rudolph's dad is sorry for how he treated him when Rudolph goes missing, and 2. Santa tells Rudolph, he is sorry when he and his friends get back from their adventure, not when he suddenly he needs Rudolph after learning about the storm. The meaning of the story is the importance of accepting who you are and working through life's adversities instead of trying to fit in to accepted norms. It also shows that even though those we hold in highest esteem can sometimes be wrong, it is just as important to be able to forgive them as it is to do so for those we see as our equals. Other complaints focus on the misfit toys saying they are mistreated by being dumped out of Santa's sleigh and by being brought to a snowy island in the first place. Maybe they are being dropped, with the help of umbrellas I might add, to homeless children somewhere in the world where there are no homes with chimneys. Children who will love them no matter what their shortcomings are, unlike spoiled well off kids. And the bird suddenly being able to fly, well it is the season for miracles and Santa is suppose to be magical. Finally people point to the dolly not having any obvious problems. My answer to them is that there are plenty of perfectly normal or even beautiful beings out there who have to go through life being unloved because of their beliefs or actions. King Moonracer doesn't go out each night looking for toys that are odd or ugly, he looks for toys who are unloved and feel unwanted. He rescues them and gives them a home, the only home he has to offer and it may not be the best but it shows that at least he cares.