Rare Exports (Père Noël Origines) (2010)

Mustanaamio7's Movie Diary 2023 (47 movies items)

"3.12. 2023 A mysterious monster that likes to slaughter reindeers poses a threat to people of Northern Finland but a little boy may have some ideas on how to fight against it. The concept behind Jalmari Helander's "Rare Exports" is more interesting than the film itself. It takes way too long for anything to happen in the story and character development is basically nonexistent. Why should we care what happens to the characters if we know nothing about their backgrounds? When something finally s"

Tis The Season For My Fave X-Mas Films & Specials (30 movies items)

"Forget what you may have learned about Santa's origins in the Santa Claus Is Coming To Town tv special. This movie shows that St. Nick started out more as a punishing vigilante whose purpose was rooted in a dark quest for justice against those youngins who ended up on the naughty list. Back then, it was the bad kids who had to "put one foot in front of the other" as they ran like hell if they wanted even the slimmest chance of living long enough to see the New Year. "

Movies the giraffe watched in 2018: March (29 movies items)

"First viewing - March 13th This was fine. I originally started to watch it the Friday night before, but fell asleep because of the pacing. I picked it back up where it lost me and managed to finish it without issue. It's an interesting story, a different take on Xmas, and I appreciated some aspects of it. At the same time there was nothing that especially impressed me or endeared itself to me, so in the end it was just something I watched and wouldn't likely revisit."

Watched in 2016 (424 movies items)

"Helanderin täysi pitkä Rare Exports oli rutkasti muistikuvia huonompi. Eihän tässä tapahtunut mitään, CGI oli pistävän rumaa ja näyttelystä ei voi sanoa paljonkaan hyvää. Jorma Tommilan kyrpä otsassa meiningistä jäi sentään vähäksi aikaa jouluinen mieli. Taidettiinpa tässä puhua myös siitä kuuluisasta jouluntaiasta."

Seen in 2016 (310 movies items)

"This is good movie (one of the best finnish movies in years) but the small budget really shows in the awful CGI at the latter half of the movie. "