@@LaloOl01 "Saint Nicholas was a Christian bishop who helped the needy. After his death, the legend of his gift-giving grew. Saint Nicholas transformed into the legendary character called Santa Claus, who brings Christmas presents to children around the world."
@@Version0111 no Everyone complain about bad representation, A Unorganic representation , that doesn't make sense to the story, This here made perfect sense and it didn't feel forced Imagine if they have an the maasai -for example- living there in finnland in the name of representation?? Would that make any sense. So there's representation (which is a good thing ) And there's Bullshit representation (which only there for political purposes)
One of the things that hurt me when watching this movie was when Klause would see the joy in children, he'd imagen his own children the ones he could never have, and thats why he stares so sadly yet hopeful at the joy in children he does cause.
It also informs the kind of relief JK expresses in Klaus when Jesper informs him the barn is nearly empty; the satisfaction of witnessing the joy of children enjoying his crafts also lifts the burden each toy has weighed on Klaus all those years since Lydia got sick
This movie is 100% 2D btw :) the director wanted to take 2D techniques to the next step around when 3D started to take over and this is the belated result. A timeless masterpiece, in my humble opinion.
The lighting is 3D and there were a few scenes with geometric structures that the rendered I'm 3D, but still mostly 2D and very impressive how everything was blended together
like @@MichaelTaylorArt said, the lighting is NOT 3D. It's a vector based 2D composite based on masks. It's basicly Disney's CAPS tech on steroids. There ware few background elements done in 3D, but the thing people get impressed over by are all full 2D.
Annelisse writing her name and wanting to learn more made me cry so hard. You might look it cynically that they only want it to write the letters but i felt it's that the kids want to learn!
Yeah, it started with the writing as a means to an end, but the joy at being able to put down her own name transcended that. Which is a microcosm of the movie. Cynical reasoning can give way to true passion and compassion. And that kind of thing can build up.
Human nature makes kids Want to learn stuff. All of us Are naturally curious, kids even more so. But school kinda ruins that. Like i hate school with a burning passion but i genuenly also Like learning (When i can Pick what And how) And can relate to the kid in the scene.
After watching this, I'm very glad how respectful the movie was with regards to the Sámi, definitely the best representation of us in media in recent years. Certainly helps that the movie is also all in all excellent, not just in this aspect. As a Sámi myself and hearing there's going to be a christmas movie having Sámi representation, I first had very complicated feelings about it. Being an arctic people living in Lapland (northernmost parts of Finland, Sweden and Norway) the tourism business has since at least the 70's been exploiting our culture - especially the booming christmas tourism. The industry created a narrative for tourists that our people have very close ties to Santa, being "his little helpers" since our colorful traditional garb can be interpreted as christmas-y. The implication of that was that our people was also fictious (basically elfs), which in turn turned to open season for everyone to mimic and mis-interpret our culture to fit their own narratives (I'm looking at you, new-age shamanistic spiritualists making a mockery of our traditions and mythology). It kinda snowballed from there. It's better nowadays, but I've still met people (not just tourists but also Finns and Swedes) who think the Sámi are just a story like Santa. Or a dead culture lost to time, and are very surprised to learn we still have a living, breathing culture alive today.
I only learned about the Sámi because of this movie and was pleasantly surprised to find out that they are real life. I’m not great on geography or anything but it’s pretty cool discovering a new culture and people through movies :D
I also only learned about about Samis through this video and was surprised to figure out that the ‘elves’ might’ve been real people with their own culture and not just a fictional thing made up to visualise movies. I’m glad you guys are still alive and intact, honestly I would like to know more about Sami culture.
The Sámi are indigenous people here in northern Scandinavia (and northwestern Russia). 🙂 Sami is one of the official languages in Norway, Sweden and Finland today.
Fun fact: Sergio Pablos, the creator and director of the movie, was an old disney animator that work in a feel films like Hunchback of Notre Dame and Hercules. He was also the character animator of Tantor the elephant from Tarzan and Dr. Dopler from Treasure Planet (you can even recognize on Jesper's shock and scared faces that remind of Dr. Dopler)
lol no disrespect but Toy Story 4 was pathetic in my opinion. I feel like it only won because of legacy but this movie, if it were marketed better, could have easily won.
@@EvripidouMWhich really breaks my heart. It's shocking that members of the Academy have gone on record saying "I didn't watch this but my kids liked it, so it gets my vote" How can they get to such a position and not even do their job
Klaus has become my favourite christmas movie. It's so hearthwarming, clever and a masterpiece for the style (I would see series and movies with that). I now see it every christmas as a tradition (also with Elf, Polar Express, Fred Claus and Arthur Christmas, this last a true comedy and I suggest it for the next year)
50:36 About the ghost thingy, in theory, Santa has always being dead, “Santa” comes from “Saint” and you can’t be a saint if you are not dead, in Christianity people can only get officially declared saints after dying, the tradition of Santa Claus (not the Klaus from this movie, I mean the traditional Santa Claus that we know) is based on Saint Nicholas of Myra, a Christian Bishop who had an habit of secretly giving gifts, so yeah, Santa has always being a spirit if you think about it, haha I love this movie so much, it is my new favorite Christmas movie ever since the moment I first watched it, I always end up crying tho 😅
Into the Spider-Verse made the 3D with 2D detailing and texturing really popular. Klaus made the inverse of that popular. The 2D with texturing that made it look 3D was really cool. I didn't know this movie was animated in 2D until Corridor Crew's Animators React series. I thought they did the same thing as Spider-Verse before that.
Finally watched this Christmas 2021 and my god it’s without question my favorite Christmas movie. Even going beyond the art style, it’s just a genuinely beautiful movie in its music and story. The sled scene with the Sami girl got me emotional, and the last scene with Klaus absolutely wrecked me.
I love this movie so damn much. I said it with other reactions to this movie too but "I'm coming, love." & "But I do know: once, every year, I get to see my friend." Makes me cry like baby every damn time. 💕😭
FINALLY, ever since this came out, it should've been recognised as a modern classic, the charm, the style, the story is the Christmas film feeling I've been missing since the 2000's!!!
Technically some of the assets are 3D. But most of it is 2D and I believe the 3D assets were then drawn over in 2D. So its sort of technically all 2D but also kinda not.
@@__-fm5qv yeah the best way to describe it is that all character animation and backgrounds are fully 2D while some vehicles and complex camera angels were first made in 3D and then re animated in 2D or with 2D textures.
The girl who played Margu, the Sami girl, she’s actually Sami and doesn’t speak English so her and Jesper’s actors were actually not understanding each other
I think I first watched this two years ago and man it hit me right in the feels. I don’t do well during the holidays because of seasonal depression and stuff from my childhood but I still get the best feelings from Christmas cartoons and the old claymation movies, it truly is magic and this hit hard. I watch it every year and it helps chase the blues away, I’m glad you found this and I hope it brought you joy, I hope it brings everyone joy. Thanks for watching this 🎁🎄❄️☃️🎅🤶
I love this movie. It was such a delightful surprise. The animation, the story, the characters, the humor, the emotion. Everything. It has become my new favorite Christmas movie. It should have won more awards.
I like how there's no actual "hate" in the town. it's just what's always been done between the town. These two families have always fought, so it's just what everyone is used to. Even in the beginning they laugh at the postman together, and the way the older lady says "what have you got there children" its cute. The town just needed a push for joy. It's really beautiful.
I’m not a christmasy person but this is really a movie I can get behind. Such a great story and as an animator myself I find the animations amazingly good.
The movie was originally supposed to end with Jesper and Alva getting one final letter from Klaus after his disappearance. Following receipt of it, they travelled to the North Pole and found he had taken up residence there and reunited with him, apparently fully taking on the role of Santa Claus. J.K. Simmons even recorded his lines for this ending. The filmmakers, however, ultimately abandoned it as it required too many magical elements to be introduced at the last moment. In the actual ending, about the only elements of supernatural are Lydia's involvement and Klaus' at the end. (Note that Jesper never actually mentions getting a visit from Santa at the end...he just says he gets to see his friend. It's possible that Klaus just visits him like a ghost similar to how Lydia interacted with Klaus, while the rest of the Santa mythos is like it is today and is just continued by parents.)
If there's one point where the movie change to high gears is right where Jesper takes down the cover that's covering Klaus' memorial to his wife. From that moment onwards the movie decides to bring on the hard emotions.
Finally saw this this past Christmas, and the single best scene was when Alva's showing Jesper around the town - just the *warmth* of the Town Square contrasted with how bleak and grim it was when he first arrived was absolutely moving.
I love this movie. It carries the spirit of christmas, simple selfles acts, and inspiring kindness. Pushing the desire to encourage and push it forward. It's just incredibly lovely
You guys gotta do Arthur Christmas next year - made by the folks who did Wallace and Gromit, amazing British voice cast, Santa origin but again a twist on the kind of dynasty of Santa, hilarious, heartfelt. Just wonderful!
I really love this movie, crying, laughing, even I don't celebrate christmas but I feel like this is gonna be one of those classic christmas movies ❤️ The sami girl is really adorable too.
As a Swede it makes me so happy to see a Sami family in this movie. They are sadly often forgotten and overlooked in so many spaces. I love this movie so much and it makes me cry every time. Something about the animation, although very different, and the look of Jesper reminds me of another christmas staple: "The Christmas Eve of Karl-Bertil Jonsson" (original Swedish title "Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons Julafton"). It's an animated short movie from 1975, written by the legend Tage Danielsson and I highly recommend it. It's shown every year on christmas eve and I look forward to it so much every year.
Klaus was the first thing I re-watched as soon as December rolled around. One of my favourite Christmas movies and would be the first if Muppets Christmas Carol didn't exist. Great fun to watch it with y'all!
This is an amazing Christmas movie and story about everlasting friendship, and I just cry so much watching it every time. I really hope it becomes a classic.
I've been meaning to watch this Movie for the past couple of years and I finally watch it with my wife and her kids and we all loved it! Itwas great!! I teared up a bit lol
Also, idk if anyone said anything or if you figured it out later (I'm at the beginning of the movie reaction currently) but most of this movie is 2D even the lighting, I believe. They made a new program to work the lighting of the film. Edit: I did look it up to make sure , cause I heard you guys talk about the lighting, and it is a 3D lighting I guess lol whoops
If u were wondering, the Sami r one of the many real indigenous groups of Scandinavia, their culture revolves around reindeer even having multiple reindeer deities, they were most likely the first people to ever domesticate reindeer
It's set in Norway, according to the makers, which explains the Royal mail, Sami people, whaling and Smeerenburg (a historical whaling town in Norway's Svalbard archipelago).
So glad you guys reacted to this! It remains one of the best-animated movies for me and I always get so emotional watching it. From the graphics to the story to the music, everything in this movie is just amazing!
Klaus is such an underrated and excellently executed movie. It’s an instant classic. I’m not a huge holiday person but we have watched klaus numerous times during the holidays since it came out
I'm brazilian, and I don't remember ever writing to Santa, but in my family, we spent Christmas at my grandparents' house since the 80's (when most of the grandchildren were born) and at midnight one of my uncles or my father (mostly my father) dressed as Santa and appeared to give out all the presents to everyone (not only the kids), I'm a woman and when I was a teen, I even became Santa one year because at the time there were no kids anymore, so it was just for the laughs (my aunt was pregnant at the time and I almost made her piss her pants with laughter - which wouldn't be hard, cause, pregnant LOL). My grandparents passed away in 2020 and 2022 and now everyone spends christmas at other places, but my father still dresses as Santa to go to my cousin's house and give out presents to my cousin's children!
One year late to the reaction but I literally finished watching Klaus just now at 4am in the morning a few days before Christmas...Man what a movie, it made me cry multiple times and it made me happy but like actual happiness, happiness that I haven’t felt since I was a kid, and it was because of that so many moments in this movie made me cry, because of how I felt on Christmas when I was a kid, man what an amazing Christmas movie and movie overall❤️
Probably the best christmas movie ever made. In all senses. Good story, great message, jaw dropping animation and amazing new technique. Great cast and performances. This movie should be a tradition to watch for every family that observes christmas in their culture.
I'm so happy you finally watched it! It's my favorite Christmas movie, I cry every single time I watch it, not kidding. I actually cried watching the reaction.
thank you for reacting to this this is one of my favorite christmas movies ever, very underrated for me I hope more people would watch it and the animation is just amazing
I was waiting for you guys to watch this! Interesting fact: this movie lost in the Acadamy Awards, to Toy Story 4. Most people believe it's because this was never a theatre movie, it just went straight to Netflix. And it was up against Disney.
This came out the winter I finally got Netflix (mainly to watch the Witcher) and was the second thing I watched on the platform, I loved it so much it has replaced any other film as my go to Christmas movie! It’s so good!
I was just hanging out at a friend's place, when they turned this show on. I had no idea what it was, but fell in love with it! It's definitely become one of my favorite Christmas movies ever!! ❤️ It always gets me when they fill in the tree with all the figures, becoming his family 🥲
I saw this movie, I think around the time it was released and not that I forgot it was excellent or anything, but I had really forgotten how - I don't know, magical it felt. Your reaction made me really want to watch the movie again! I also loved how they established that larger-than-life quality to Klaus in this story; he’s someone who won’t be easy pickings for this crazy, war, blood-feuding town and I just loved how even the dogs were like - “nope not going to mess with him;” because once he warmed up - that larger-than-life quality remained, but in the more traditional Santa Claus way it has existed before. It was just, well-done storytelling.
I first watched this movie a few years ago, and I already consider it a classic. It's quickly becoming my favourite Christmas movie each time I watch it every year.
Easily my favorite Christmas movie. The animation is gorgeous, the story is so heartwarming that it gives 3rd degree burns, and the message about selfless acts leading to a better community is something that the holiday season *should* be about.
I myself and like many other people when we were kids, I loved writing a letter/list to Santa and then going to see him at the mall telling him what I really wanted for Christmas wether it be a Sega Genesis or Electronic Talking Battleship. As an adult I believe Santa Clause/Papa Nõel/Chris Kringle/Father Christmas, etc. as a holiday spiritual entity that only exists in the imagination of people who believe in him. Though thinking of Santa and the rest of the holiday season not only brings back nostalgic memories but also creates new one's. Thinking about all this is making me teary eyed. Merry Christmas everyone!
This is honestly one of my favourite Christmas movies. I don't normally cry over shows/movies but this one gets me everytime I watch it. Even just this video got me tearing up!
"All I know is that, once a year, I get to see my friend again." god that line KILS MEE, it's so good 😭 I just saw it last week and i can't stop thinking about it! i've never seen a santa origin story besides the Santa Clause (if that counts) and this was perfectly beautiful!!
When I say "boys will be boys" this is what I mean. Crafting unique and beautiful toys for the sad children of the world. Preferably unique toys with clever mechanical gears that click and pop juuuuust right.
This movie is definitely the new all time classic that will stand the test of time. It doesn't try to play too much into the magical aspect of Santa, and told a realistic story (for a cartoon) of the origin of the Santa mythos, of how a myth form over time and through rumors. Even the ending doesn't explicitly say "And he ascend to become actual Santa." The film respect the audience enough to let them make their own conclusion as to whether the magic is real or that it simply live on in the heart and mind of others.
This is my favorite Christmas movie, and one of my favorite animated movies of all time. It's very beautifully animated and such a well-rounded and well-written stories.
38:53. "You can't always get what you want. But if you try sometime you'll find, you get what you need." - Rolling Stones I think this is what you meant to say. 🥰
the film is majority 2d with some 3d elements like sleighs and buildings, the 3d lighting effects were achieved using an interpolation software called "Klaus Light and Shadow" created for the film. here's an example of the animation before and after applying the software the director said they wanted to mimic the style of original Disney cartoons to create a nostalgic feel
I barely remember seeing this on netflix advertised when it came out and never got to it but man i am SO GLAD you guys checked it out bc i LOVED this movie so much! Teared up multiple times lol Deff one of my new favorite xmas movies! I was so surprised.
I love this movie... every time I watch it, it makes me tear up. Even when I'm just watching a reaction... even one that I'm watching after _another_ reaction to Klaus, which _also_ made me tear up. The part that hits me the hardest is right at the end when it says, "All I know is that once every year, I get to see my friend." I also love that the matriarch of the Krum family was the villain from Adams Family Values XD
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Please react to “Arthur Christmas”
@@West-Telecom yes someone with great taste!
The whole idea that Klaus was a simple man, but his influence made him something like the magical spirit of Christmas is just amazing.
Definitely my favourite origin story to Santa Claus and the Christmas holiday itself. Plus Klaus voiced by JK Simmons is just great.
@@LaloOl01 "Saint Nicholas was a Christian bishop who helped the needy. After his death, the legend of his gift-giving grew. Saint Nicholas transformed into the legendary character called Santa Claus, who brings Christmas presents to children around the world."
This movie is God of War if Kratos never had Atreus
Well I read some behind the scene a stuft and the film is basically the "Batman Begin" of Santas Claus!
@@tayzk5929 And as the name implies, "Santa Claus" is an adaptation of the name "Saint Ni-cho-las"". You can hear it if you sound it out lol
"I get to see my friend again." What a clever, fantastic, adorable movie. So glad you guys finally checked this off your list.
There were already a couple tears in my face, but that line broke the dam
Made me cry the first time I watched it and the second.
I’ve seen it for 100th time and I still cry at that line.
@@Tooba-K123 right! Same! That line always makes me sob harder. It absolutely breaks me.
It's that line that fuel's my belief that Santa is more than a person, he's the spirit of generosity and selfless compassion
As a nordic/Finnish person it was so awesome to see the Sámi people in a movie. Made me tear up a bit :)
That's called representation. It's the thing that everyone's always complaining about.
Remember that feeling and why it feels good to you.
@@Version0111 no
Everyone complain about bad representation,
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Unorganic representation , that doesn't make sense to the story,
This here made perfect sense and it didn't feel forced
Imagine if they have an the maasai -for example- living there in finnland in the name of representation?? Would that make any sense.
So there's representation (which is a good thing )
And there's
Bullshit representation (which only there for political purposes)
and the saami too!❤️💙
Oli kyllä aika ihannoitu kuvaus saamelaisista :D
@@mr.deviljho9789 Toisin kuin muista hahmoista, jotka olivat täysin realistisia. :P
One of the things that hurt me when watching this movie was when Klause would see the joy in children, he'd imagen his own children the ones he could never have, and thats why he stares so sadly yet hopeful at the joy in children he does cause.
It also informs the kind of relief JK expresses in Klaus when Jesper informs him the barn is nearly empty; the satisfaction of witnessing the joy of children enjoying his crafts also lifts the burden each toy has weighed on Klaus all those years since Lydia got sick
36:49
Calvin: Damn it, it's so fucking cute.
Eric: You crying?
Calvin: Yeah.
None of us went into this movie thinking we would cry at some point😭🎄
@@fabulousmyriad267 I cry at every movie :P
Can't blame him in the SLIGHTEST 🥹
This movie is 100% 2D btw :) the director wanted to take 2D techniques to the next step around when 3D started to take over and this is the belated result. A timeless masterpiece, in my humble opinion.
The lighting is actually 3D tho, so it's not 100% 2D
@@sleepcrime yes it is
@@MRGooodwineTV yes it is 3D, agreed 🙂
The lighting is 3D and there were a few scenes with geometric structures that the rendered I'm 3D, but still mostly 2D and very impressive how everything was blended together
like @@MichaelTaylorArt said, the lighting is NOT 3D. It's a vector based 2D composite based on masks. It's basicly Disney's CAPS tech on steroids.
There ware few background elements done in 3D, but the thing people get impressed over by are all full 2D.
Annelisse writing her name and wanting to learn more made me cry so hard. You might look it cynically that they only want it to write the letters but i felt it's that the kids want to learn!
Yeah, it started with the writing as a means to an end, but the joy at being able to put down her own name transcended that. Which is a microcosm of the movie. Cynical reasoning can give way to true passion and compassion. And that kind of thing can build up.
Human nature makes kids Want to learn stuff. All of us Are naturally curious, kids even more so. But school kinda ruins that.
Like i hate school with a burning passion but i genuenly also Like learning (When i can Pick what And how) And can relate to the kid in the scene.
After watching this, I'm very glad how respectful the movie was with regards to the Sámi, definitely the best representation of us in media in recent years. Certainly helps that the movie is also all in all excellent, not just in this aspect.
As a Sámi myself and hearing there's going to be a christmas movie having Sámi representation, I first had very complicated feelings about it. Being an arctic people living in Lapland (northernmost parts of Finland, Sweden and Norway) the tourism business has since at least the 70's been exploiting our culture - especially the booming christmas tourism. The industry created a narrative for tourists that our people have very close ties to Santa, being "his little helpers" since our colorful traditional garb can be interpreted as christmas-y. The implication of that was that our people was also fictious (basically elfs), which in turn turned to open season for everyone to mimic and mis-interpret our culture to fit their own narratives (I'm looking at you, new-age shamanistic spiritualists making a mockery of our traditions and mythology). It kinda snowballed from there.
It's better nowadays, but I've still met people (not just tourists but also Finns and Swedes) who think the Sámi are just a story like Santa. Or a dead culture lost to time, and are very surprised to learn we still have a living, breathing culture alive today.
Glad to hear you're feeling well represented.
I've only heard of the culture recently, but the extent of my knowledge is literally just that it exists and I'd be kinda interested in the basics
I only learned about the Sámi because of this movie and was pleasantly surprised to find out that they are real life. I’m not great on geography or anything but it’s pretty cool discovering a new culture and people through movies :D
I also only learned about about Samis through this video and was surprised to figure out that the ‘elves’ might’ve been real people with their own culture and not just a fictional thing made up to visualise movies. I’m glad you guys are still alive and intact, honestly I would like to know more about Sami culture.
I want to learn all about your culture.
The Sámi are indigenous people here in northern Scandinavia (and northwestern Russia). 🙂 Sami is one of the official languages in Norway, Sweden and Finland today.
well teeeeechnically finland is not in scandinavia
Fun fact:
Sergio Pablos, the creator and director of the movie, was an old disney animator that work in a feel films like Hunchback of Notre Dame and Hercules. He was also the character animator of Tantor the elephant from Tarzan and Dr. Dopler from Treasure Planet (you can even recognize on Jesper's shock and scared faces that remind of Dr. Dopler)
I always thought Jasper and Dr Dopler had similarities, now I know why.
"Santa is a ghost that haunts the world," is the best possible way I can think of to summarize this movie's take. Fantastic.
Margu is the single cutest thing ever put on screen and nobody can convince me otherwise!
This movie so deserves the Oscar. Really sad it lost to Toy Story 4
Yea same here. Even though I did enjoy Toy story 4. Klaus should have won.
lol no disrespect but Toy Story 4 was pathetic in my opinion. I feel like it only won because of legacy but this movie, if it were marketed better, could have easily won.
Many Critics have confessed that they dont watch animated movies cause "it's for kids". So they vote for disney cause of the brand
@@EvripidouMWhich really breaks my heart. It's shocking that members of the Academy have gone on record saying "I didn't watch this but my kids liked it, so it gets my vote"
How can they get to such a position and not even do their job
I love how Klaus has so much equal creepy in juxtaposition to all the magical whimsy. It makes me wanna burst into tears
Klaus has become my favourite christmas movie. It's so hearthwarming, clever and a masterpiece for the style (I would see series and movies with that). I now see it every christmas as a tradition (also with Elf, Polar Express, Fred Claus and Arthur Christmas, this last a true comedy and I suggest it for the next year)
Finally someone else loves the movie Arthur Christmas!
This also became my favorite.
50:36 About the ghost thingy, in theory, Santa has always being dead, “Santa” comes from “Saint” and you can’t be a saint if you are not dead, in Christianity people can only get officially declared saints after dying, the tradition of Santa Claus (not the Klaus from this movie, I mean the traditional Santa Claus that we know) is based on Saint Nicholas of Myra, a Christian Bishop who had an habit of secretly giving gifts, so yeah, Santa has always being a spirit if you think about it, haha
I love this movie so much, it is my new favorite Christmas movie ever since the moment I first watched it, I always end up crying tho 😅
The Spirit of christmas.
Really happy this won the poll and that you guys reacted to this! Klaus is honestly one of the best animated films of the last decade!
Absolutely robbed at this Oscars, this movie is a million times better than Toy Story 4
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This was Norm's last role. That hurt as much as the ending
I'm just glad his last role was something fantastic. Not alot of actors who've passed away can say the same
Into the Spider-Verse made the 3D with 2D detailing and texturing really popular. Klaus made the inverse of that popular. The 2D with texturing that made it look 3D was really cool. I didn't know this movie was animated in 2D until Corridor Crew's Animators React series. I thought they did the same thing as Spider-Verse before that.
Finally watched this Christmas 2021 and my god it’s without question my favorite Christmas movie. Even going beyond the art style, it’s just a genuinely beautiful movie in its music and story. The sled scene with the Sami girl got me emotional, and the last scene with Klaus absolutely wrecked me.
Same. That last line always gets me
Yeah, those two scenes swing for the fences of feeling.
@@candidwings5609 me too! Jesper's last line has me bawling every time
I love this movie so damn much.
I said it with other reactions to this movie too but "I'm coming, love." & "But I do know: once, every year, I get to see my friend." Makes me cry like baby every damn time. 💕😭
This movie is completely in 2d animation, old fashioned. Very cool to finally see you guys see it
I saw some of the pencil test animation for it in class.
FINALLY, ever since this came out, it should've been recognised as a modern classic, the charm, the style, the story is the Christmas film feeling I've been missing since the 2000's!!!
Fun fact, this is not a 2D and 3D blend movie! 99% of what your seeing is purely 2D animated, they just shaded it to make it look like it was 3D.
Technically some of the assets are 3D. But most of it is 2D and I believe the 3D assets were then drawn over in 2D. So its sort of technically all 2D but also kinda not.
@@__-fm5qv yeah the best way to describe it is that all character animation and backgrounds are fully 2D while some vehicles and complex camera angels were first made in 3D and then re animated in 2D or with 2D textures.
The girl who played Margu, the Sami girl, she’s actually Sami and doesn’t speak English so her and Jesper’s actors were actually not understanding each other
I think I first watched this two years ago and man it hit me right in the feels. I don’t do well during the holidays because of seasonal depression and stuff from my childhood but I still get the best feelings from Christmas cartoons and the old claymation movies, it truly is magic and this hit hard. I watch it every year and it helps chase the blues away, I’m glad you found this and I hope it brought you joy, I hope it brings everyone joy. Thanks for watching this 🎁🎄❄️☃️🎅🤶
I love this film SO MUCH! It should’ve won the Oscars that year.
I love this movie. It was such a delightful surprise. The animation, the story, the characters, the humor, the emotion. Everything. It has become my new favorite Christmas movie. It should have won more awards.
This is now a must watch each christmas. Instant classic.
And god DAMN IT the ending gets me every time.
Yeah me too
It didn't expect it to hit so hard in the emotions the first time in saw it, its such a beautifully told and animated story 😭
I like how there's no actual "hate" in the town. it's just what's always been done between the town. These two families have always fought, so it's just what everyone is used to. Even in the beginning they laugh at the postman together, and the way the older lady says "what have you got there children" its cute. The town just needed a push for joy. It's really beautiful.
Im not crying.....You are crying....
we are all crying
I’m not a christmasy person but this is really a movie I can get behind. Such a great story and as an animator myself I find the animations amazingly good.
The movie was originally supposed to end with Jesper and Alva getting one final letter from Klaus after his disappearance. Following receipt of it, they travelled to the North Pole and found he had taken up residence there and reunited with him, apparently fully taking on the role of Santa Claus. J.K. Simmons even recorded his lines for this ending. The filmmakers, however, ultimately abandoned it as it required too many magical elements to be introduced at the last moment. In the actual ending, about the only elements of supernatural are Lydia's involvement and Klaus' at the end. (Note that Jesper never actually mentions getting a visit from Santa at the end...he just says he gets to see his friend. It's possible that Klaus just visits him like a ghost similar to how Lydia interacted with Klaus, while the rest of the Santa mythos is like it is today and is just continued by parents.)
If there's one point where the movie change to high gears is right where Jesper takes down the cover that's covering Klaus' memorial to his wife. From that moment onwards the movie decides to bring on the hard emotions.
I loved this movie! It feels completely modern and absolutely classic. It’s timeless!!!
Finally saw this this past Christmas, and the single best scene was when Alva's showing Jesper around the town - just the *warmth* of the Town Square contrasted with how bleak and grim it was when he first arrived was absolutely moving.
I love this movie. It carries the spirit of christmas, simple selfles acts, and inspiring kindness. Pushing the desire to encourage and push it forward. It's just incredibly lovely
You guys gotta do Arthur Christmas next year - made by the folks who did Wallace and Gromit, amazing British voice cast, Santa origin but again a twist on the kind of dynasty of Santa, hilarious, heartfelt. Just wonderful!
I really love this movie, crying, laughing, even I don't celebrate christmas but I feel like this is gonna be one of those classic christmas movies ❤️
The sami girl is really adorable too.
This is literally my favorite Christmas movie of all time.
Great reaction as always!
As a Swede it makes me so happy to see a Sami family in this movie. They are sadly often forgotten and overlooked in so many spaces. I love this movie so much and it makes me cry every time.
Something about the animation, although very different, and the look of Jesper reminds me of another christmas staple: "The Christmas Eve of Karl-Bertil Jonsson" (original Swedish title "Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons Julafton"). It's an animated short movie from 1975, written by the legend Tage Danielsson and I highly recommend it. It's shown every year on christmas eve and I look forward to it so much every year.
A fantastic movie. Definitely one of my favorite christmas movies ever since it came out.
The director of Klaus was also an animator for treasure planet. You can actually see the references from jesper's appearance to margu's sled.
Klaus was the first thing I re-watched as soon as December rolled around. One of my favourite Christmas movies and would be the first if Muppets Christmas Carol didn't exist. Great fun to watch it with y'all!
This has to be my favorite Christmas movie of all time. Even passed Jim Carry Grinch for me. I cry every time.
Probably my favourite christmas film. Deserved the oscar
this movie needs so much more recognition.
This is an amazing Christmas movie and story about everlasting friendship, and I just cry so much watching it every time. I really hope it becomes a classic.
YAY KLAUS!! wish everyone could’ve joined but i’ll always take my boys eric and calvin 💕
i think it's likely Rick and Aaron probably already watched it, they have kids so they probably watched it with them at some point
I've been meaning to watch this Movie for the past couple of years and I finally watch it with my wife and her kids and we all loved it! Itwas great!! I teared up a bit lol
I introduced my mom to this movie after it had come out. It is now a family tradition to watch this movie every Christmas Eve
"Sometimes, what you start out trying to get isn't what you end up trying to get" -Calvin
I always cry when I see this movie, it's just so special to me, so magical and heartwarming
This film breaks me every time... And quickly become my favorite Christmas movie of all time! It's just so beautiful💙
I never thought I'd see this! :D I'm so glad you guys are checking it out! One of the best christmas movies and just movies in general
Also, idk if anyone said anything or if you figured it out later (I'm at the beginning of the movie reaction currently) but most of this movie is 2D even the lighting, I believe. They made a new program to work the lighting of the film.
Edit: I did look it up to make sure , cause I heard you guys talk about the lighting, and it is a 3D lighting I guess lol whoops
This is my favorite Christmas movie I absolutely adore it and I'm so glad they watched it
If u were wondering, the Sami r one of the many real indigenous groups of Scandinavia, their culture revolves around reindeer even having multiple reindeer deities, they were most likely the first people to ever domesticate reindeer
When this came out it instantly became a traditional movie for me and my girlfriend. We both love it
It's set in Norway, according to the makers, which explains the Royal mail, Sami people, whaling and Smeerenburg (a historical whaling town in Norway's Svalbard archipelago).
Watched this movie when it first came out, and I loved it! An instant classic in my book.
So glad you guys reacted to this! It remains one of the best-animated movies for me and I always get so emotional watching it. From the graphics to the story to the music, everything in this movie is just amazing!
Klaus is such an underrated and excellently executed movie. It’s an instant classic. I’m not a huge holiday person but we have watched klaus numerous times during the holidays since it came out
I'm brazilian, and I don't remember ever writing to Santa, but in my family, we spent Christmas at my grandparents' house since the 80's (when most of the grandchildren were born) and at midnight one of my uncles or my father (mostly my father) dressed as Santa and appeared to give out all the presents to everyone (not only the kids), I'm a woman and when I was a teen, I even became Santa one year because at the time there were no kids anymore, so it was just for the laughs (my aunt was pregnant at the time and I almost made her piss her pants with laughter - which wouldn't be hard, cause, pregnant LOL). My grandparents passed away in 2020 and 2022 and now everyone spends christmas at other places, but my father still dresses as Santa to go to my cousin's house and give out presents to my cousin's children!
One year late to the reaction but I literally finished watching Klaus just now at 4am in the morning a few days before Christmas...Man what a movie, it made me cry multiple times and it made me happy but like actual happiness, happiness that I haven’t felt since I was a kid, and it was because of that so many moments in this movie made me cry, because of how I felt on Christmas when I was a kid, man what an amazing Christmas movie and movie overall❤️
Oh god, here comes the tears again!
I always manage to keep it together for the entire film, but Jesper's delivery of the very last line makes me burst into tears.
Probably the best christmas movie ever made. In all senses. Good story, great message, jaw dropping animation and amazing new technique. Great cast and performances.
This movie should be a tradition to watch for every family that observes christmas in their culture.
I'm so happy you finally watched it! It's my favorite Christmas movie, I cry every single time I watch it, not kidding. I actually cried watching the reaction.
thank you for reacting to this this is one of my favorite christmas movies ever, very underrated for me I hope more people would watch it and the animation is just amazing
This movie is so wholesome.
this is easily one of my favorite new christmas films and has been added to my list of holiday films to watch every year.
I was waiting for you guys to watch this!
Interesting fact: this movie lost in the Acadamy Awards, to Toy Story 4. Most people believe it's because this was never a theatre movie, it just went straight to Netflix. And it was up against Disney.
This came out the winter I finally got Netflix (mainly to watch the Witcher) and was the second thing I watched on the platform, I loved it so much it has replaced any other film as my go to Christmas movie! It’s so good!
I was just hanging out at a friend's place, when they turned this show on. I had no idea what it was, but fell in love with it! It's definitely become one of my favorite Christmas movies ever!! ❤️ It always gets me when they fill in the tree with all the figures, becoming his family 🥲
I saw this movie, I think around the time it was released and not that I forgot it was excellent or anything, but I had really forgotten how - I don't know, magical it felt. Your reaction made me really want to watch the movie again!
I also loved how they established that larger-than-life quality to Klaus in this story; he’s someone who won’t be easy pickings for this crazy, war, blood-feuding town and I just loved how even the dogs were like - “nope not going to mess with him;” because once he warmed up - that larger-than-life quality remained, but in the more traditional Santa Claus way it has existed before.
It was just, well-done storytelling.
I first watched this movie a few years ago, and I already consider it a classic. It's quickly becoming my favourite Christmas movie each time I watch it every year.
This is my favorite Christmas movie!!!!! So glad you decided to react to it 😆
I am so glad you reacted to this. One of my favourite animated movies and definitely my favourite holiday movie.
I'm always on the watch for more reactors giving this a chance. It deserves so much more attention.
after i watched this i try to watch it every year
Easily my favorite Christmas movie. The animation is gorgeous, the story is so heartwarming that it gives 3rd degree burns, and the message about selfless acts leading to a better community is something that the holiday season *should* be about.
I myself and like many other people when we were kids, I loved writing a letter/list to Santa and then going to see him at the mall telling him what I really wanted for Christmas wether it be a Sega Genesis or Electronic Talking Battleship. As an adult I believe Santa Clause/Papa Nõel/Chris Kringle/Father Christmas, etc. as a holiday spiritual entity that only exists in the imagination of people who believe in him. Though thinking of Santa and the rest of the holiday season not only brings back nostalgic memories but also creates new one's. Thinking about all this is making me teary eyed. Merry Christmas everyone!
This is honestly one of my favourite Christmas movies. I don't normally cry over shows/movies but this one gets me everytime I watch it. Even just this video got me tearing up!
"All I know is that, once a year, I get to see my friend again." god that line KILS MEE, it's so good 😭 I just saw it last week and i can't stop thinking about it! i've never seen a santa origin story besides the Santa Clause (if that counts) and this was perfectly beautiful!!
i’ve watched this movie SO many tomes and i still cry my eyes out,, so happy you guys got to experience it!
When I say "boys will be boys" this is what I mean. Crafting unique and beautiful toys for the sad children of the world.
Preferably unique toys with clever mechanical gears that click and pop juuuuust right.
This movie is definitely the new all time classic that will stand the test of time. It doesn't try to play too much into the magical aspect of Santa, and told a realistic story (for a cartoon) of the origin of the Santa mythos, of how a myth form over time and through rumors. Even the ending doesn't explicitly say "And he ascend to become actual Santa." The film respect the audience enough to let them make their own conclusion as to whether the magic is real or that it simply live on in the heart and mind of others.
4:45 RIP Norm McDonald 🙏✝️
Normie lives on in this beautiful film and his comedy!!
this movie is a masterpiece
This movie is so good, I am glad you reacted to it. One of my favorite Christmas movies.
This is my favorite Christmas movie, and one of my favorite animated movies of all time. It's very beautifully animated and such a well-rounded and well-written stories.
38:53. "You can't always get what you want. But if you try sometime you'll find, you get what you need."
- Rolling Stones
I think this is what you meant to say. 🥰
the film is majority 2d with some 3d elements like sleighs and buildings, the 3d lighting effects were achieved using an interpolation software called "Klaus Light and Shadow" created for the film.
here's an example of the animation before and after applying the software
the director said they wanted to mimic the style of original Disney cartoons to create a nostalgic feel
I barely remember seeing this on netflix advertised when it came out and never got to it but man i am SO GLAD you guys checked it out bc i LOVED this movie so much! Teared up multiple times lol Deff one of my new favorite xmas movies! I was so surprised.
Thank you for watching this, easily one of my favorite movies of all time. I cry EVERY time I watch it.
I love this movie... every time I watch it, it makes me tear up. Even when I'm just watching a reaction... even one that I'm watching after _another_ reaction to Klaus, which _also_ made me tear up. The part that hits me the hardest is right at the end when it says, "All I know is that once every year, I get to see my friend."
I also love that the matriarch of the Krum family was the villain from Adams Family Values XD
This movie is sooo beautiful and i cry everytime i watch it. Everyone needs to watch it.
It´s a hidden gem, loved it