Christmas is
almost upon us and it’s time to finally look at a Christmas special, as we do
every year, but because I’m busy around the holidays, I’m only doing a short
piece on this one. This may essentially end up being a repeat of the Nostalgia
Critic Editorial on it, but I want to say I love this movie so much… Arthur
Christmas
A team-up
between Sony Animation: the studio that brought you The Emoji Movie and you
know, this abomination
And Aardman
most known for stop-motion stuff like Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run, this
movie came out in 2012 to a positive critical reception but rather low box
office figures, only $142m on a $100m budget, it’s quite possible this movie
lost money at the box office.
But I think
it really is good enough to be considered a classic, here’s why