Customer Reviews

Elf Bowling

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4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

Bought this on a whim to add to my holiday collection -- its was 85 minutes of bad. Nothing was appealing, the music wasnt good, their faces looked grainy -- it was all bad.

Wow. That was horrible. I can't even put in to words how much I regret spending money on this movie. I am giving this movie one star only because Amazon won't let me give it zero! What is the traget audience for this movie? I really don't get it. There was nothing here for kids, nothing for the parents. I'm not sure who they thought would be amused by this movie but I know that it wasn't me. Believe it or not, this was not the worst movie I've ever seen. Oh, but it was awfully close!

I bought this movie knowing that it was more than likely going to be a stinker. Even so I was still hugely disappointed. I didn't know it would be this pathetic. The movie had the thinnest of plots which was horribly conceived and executed. The animation was tolerable but by today's standards still on the low end. The movie might have been a bit more endurable if the elves and voices were more like the hilarious ones in the game. In the movie, other than being shorter than Santa and having pointy ears, there was nothing elf-like about the elves.

At the very least the makers of the DVD could have added as a bonus feature the original Elf Bowling game that the movie was "loosely" based on and the follow on game.

The makers of this movie should be made to walk the plank.

I rented this movie based on the product description. Sounds really cute, and fun for the kids. The humor is awful. How much "armpit-farting" do we have to endure? Really, I may have only spent $1 at a RedBox rental station, but it was $1 too much.

I'm glad I didn't buy this!

Umm, this is one of the weirdest movies I've ever seen in my life-not automatically a good thing. There are parts that are good, and parts that suck or just plain deflate. It's cliche in some areas (in several different ways) and then it's actually funny twice or thrice. Towards the end, I felt like I was on something, and basically it was a cluster-fugezi. I think this movie is not something a completely sober mind can handle. And I mean that. You probably won't get this description until you watch it all the way through. I'm not sure what they were going for, but it's no Kung-Fu Panda. It's...something that keeps you wondering what they were going for; and how many people were working on this movie that were either not collaborating or half-stoned. If you end up making it all the way through the excruciatingly dull/subpar parts (easier if you're not watching it with somebody and embarassed), I can promise you one thing: you will never forget it. I think I would describe it as slightly schizophrenic. BTW--not for kids if you are worried about slight vulgarity and innuendo. That just adds to the weirdness!

This is a very good christmas movie to have at hoome.This movie need better review then what is on amazon.com.You know pepple just do not know what is a good family kids movie is now days!This is not bad movie at all!Soo what it has some mild Language,some mild Crude humor in it!It is Rated PG you Know!I have seen 200% more badder movies then this in my life!Yes it not like the computer game But still good cute movie and not the same old Christmas movie!ALL of you kids are age 8 and up will like this movie!

This movie has a very loose storyline which is often disrupted by song breaks (most of which were poorly sung) and low-quality slapstick gags. Its only relation to the elf bowling games is that it features Santa Claus using elves as bowling pins which also does not speak in its favor. In truth, this movie was more enjoyable riffed then watched seriously which can appeal to some people. I know I only enjoyed it because I enjoy b-movies like the ones featured on Mst3k and this feature would have been a perfect selection for that show. I recommend renting it for a riffing session with your friends or, if you have to buy it, buy it used. It is barely worth half the money amazon wants for it new.

I played the game a long time ago, and I saw this movie at movie gallery, so I decided to check it out. IT SUCKED!!! It's not like the game at all! Santa was really a pirate and there was too much singing! If you love the game, don't watch ELF BOWLING: THE MOVIE!!!

This is such a goofy and fun flick...I mentor 4 boys and played it for them while I was cooking. It was great to hear them laughing from the living room, and on the occasions where I wasn't burning something, I sat down a watched a bit with them. It's very original, and just...FUN! The boys liked it, I liked it...it's not meant to be an exercise in jumbo intellect, and doesn't have all the whistles and bells as say, a Disney or Dreamworks production, but it stands up well on its own. A great Christmas present and I highly recommend it, particularly if you have the Elf's Bowling Game!

I'll just say it-- Elf Bowling The Movie is the weirdest Christmas flick since Santa Clause vs. The Martians. And that's saying a lot. On one hand, this is a low budget CG movie actually based on a computer game (!), and on the other hand it presents the most bizarrely cool and unexpected backstory about Santa ever-- that in ancient times he was a ruthless pirate, a bum who specialized in STEALING toys from children.

In this movie, Santa was such a crook, his crew mutinied and stranded him on an ice flow near, you guessed it--The North Pole. There he is thawed out by a race of sappy elves who MAKE toys. Naturally crooked Cap'n Santa starts out trying to trick and defraud them out of their toy booty, until his heart melts from the unexpected sincerity of the idiot elvin race.

The "based on a computer game" label aside, I cannot help but find this story intriguing. Santa is protrayed as a disenfranchised pirate who hones his skills of stealth until he can strike joy into the hearts of children around the world leaving nary a scrap of evidence--like a Christmas Ninja!

And aside from the fact that this is the most utterly insane Christmas movie ever made, I was also fascinated that it stars Tom Kenny, that's right, the voice of Spongebob (!) who I must say is hilarious. Although a kids film, the adult subtext to a lot of the gags was a pretty cool surprise as well. I imagine the writers and animators giggling to themselves that they were secretly making a bizarre "underground" kids film.

The songs are actually pretty tight and the animation of certain scenes is surprisingly, well, outstanding.

Two thumbs up for what must surely be the weirdest Christmas movie in the history of film. Collectors of movie weirdness and film oddities should enjoy this one. When I saw the title I never thought I'd say this-- but I actually hope these weirdo animators make a sequel.