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Santa Buddies (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo)

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This is mainly in response to the previous reviewer complaining about this movie. This movie is obviously not for you because your an adult and you probably don't have children. Because if you did, you would see that kids love these movies, my son watches them all the time(he's 4). The target audience is obviously children, not some grumpy old man with internet access and extreme distaste for Golden Retrievers.

My husband and I bought this for my little 3yr old cousin for Christmas!! I was a little hesitant at first, after reading some of the reviews, but I'm extremely happy that I went ahead and bought it anyways! My cousin loved it very much, and saw it a bunch of times already!! Would definitely recommend it for kids!;)

I have always been a huge fan of the Buddies movie. More than the original Air Bud series. This one though is so far my top fav. It really explains the true meaning of Christmas. Plus the cuteness between Puppy Paws and the buddies is great humor. The cute stray puppy Tiny in the pound also sings a short beautiful song "A Christmas Miracle" and it brings tears to your eyes. Highly worth the price!

I did not like the movie. Like poorly made for TV movie. Not Disney Quality, however my sons & grandkids(ages 1,3,5,9,11)liked this movie since it had talking dogs. I bought cheaper for $19.95 at Toys r us.

Santa questions were easily explained as I told them everyone believes different things, just like some celebrate Chanukah or Kwanza instead of Christmas. I reminded them that the real Santa can not go to every single place at the same time and the store santas with the fake beards are his helpers. Dogs praying to Santa were explained as them just making wishes.

***warnings kids movie not for adults.
Doubts about the Santa.

This cute-looking little movie is one of those bittersweet selections for a family movie night. My daughter loved the movie, her dad and myself were bored to tears. My daughter is four and loves animals. Anything with talking animals in it pleases her, but the actual movie itself was horrible. Story line, plot, characters, everything about it was so cheesy and lame. But chances are, if you have small children, they will love it.

Santa Buddies is one of those Disney movies where the dogs talk. But it reminds me of a movie that is poorly dubbed where the mouths moving and words don't seem to match. It may appeal to very young children as mindless entertainment but for adults it is extremely boring to watch. Good children's programming is appealing for both kids and adults, which Disney used to have the reputation of fulfilling.

Santa Buddies seems to have the recipe for success with little kids with just two things: kids like puppies and Christmas. This is why it is possible for kids to like this film.

With an effort to be inclusive, Disney takes a Christian religious holiday and makes it secular. But it doesn't stop there; it mixes New Age stuff with politics. Santa, his dog, and his dog's son all wear crystals that gives them magic powers. They also get their power from the "Spirit of Christmas" which gets its strength from people believing in Christmas. This power is primarily stored in an icicle that is melting because people don't believe in Santa anymore. In fact, the whole North Pole is melting because people don't believe in him.

The Santa Claus in this movie is probably the worst Santa I ever saw. He is without energy and lazy (he sends out a puppy to deliver toys because he is too tried!). Shockingly enough, there is a scene in which the children pray to Santa because if they pray to Santa, they will get more toys.

But it doesn't stop there; the puppies themselves are all annoying. One of the puppies is named Buda, he pretends he is enlightened and prays to a Buda statue. Another puppy is called B-Dawg and he talks in urban slang. It was almost funny the first time B-Dawg called one of the dogs a "dog" but the dozen or two times after that, it got very old.

Santa Buddies makes bad Christmas movies like Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) look good. Probably the funniest part of the movie is how fake the computer animated parts look. When the dogs break dance, the real puppies are replaced by fake looking computer animation (none of the reindeer have a semblance of looking real also).

I actually bought this DVD two years ago, but forgot to write a review!
Super cute movie, especially cute to watch with the kids at Christmas

enjoyed the book as well as the movie i did recommend this to my friends and some family members also. my daughter really likes the story.

This is a Christmas movie I will watch all year long. Those "Buddies" are so cute. The voices match each one's personality perfectly.

I had high hopes that this movie would be a huge hit with my 2 year old son, but sadly that wasn't the case. Santa and puppies seemed like a sure win around Christmas time but within 30 mins my son was asking to watch his favorite movies (Cars). I watched thru the rest of the movie for the purposes of this review but in the end I was pretty disappointed in this for a Disney film. This was more of a made for TV special in my opinion, I was recently surprised to see that there is another movie called Space Buddies so I can only assume that this is a successful franchise. The acting was "eh" and the special effects were hardly special. It is what it is, it's a holiday movie about puppies who can talk, and with the same tired story, need to save Christmas by pulling Santa's sleigh. I wasn't expecting to enjoy this but I really expected my son would. Since it failed to hold his attention I'd have to say it was a failure. Perhaps he'll appreciate it more when he gets older, but for now I will stick the Pixar movies which he always loves. I will applaud Disney for their angle on including the Bluray and the DVD together, this is really awesome for people with DVD players in the car but nice Home Theaters at their house. If I have to sit thru a bad movie, I can at least appreciate it in high def.