Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
Wow, this movie has serious pace issues. It is slow slow slow. It switches plot at least three times, and each new storyline is only tangentially related to the others. This makes the movie feel even longer than it is. The plots themselves don't make a ton of sense, and the tone is wildly inconsistent. The worst part is that every so often there's a sliver of a moment when it is almost a good movie. You can see where it could have turned away from stupidity (by, say, not changing plots again, or by not making Dudley Moore suddenly the focus) and been something actually good. Erin pointed out while we were watching it that every time it started to look serious or magical or otherwise interesting, in came the annoying repetitive cartoon music and the slapstick-prone elves. I should mention that these are some mighty unconvincing elves. The height and behavior isn't consistent at all. It also didn't help that all the toys the elves make look ridiculous, so whe