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"I'm sorry I ruined your lives and crammed 11 cookies into the VCR"
A holiday favourite of mine, it's always fun to see what was cut out of films from your childhood.
The first act has a lot of pieces moved around in this edit compared to the theatrical, so you can see more of Buddy coming to terms with being a human, which is some great character stuff, sadly cut out to get the plot moving faster. Here's a rough comparison to the structure of the opening in the North Pole. I've recut it according to the shooting script. Italics are new or extended scenes.
Theatrical:
Buddy in school -> Papa shows Buddy the sleigh and asks him to be his tinkerer -> Buddy lags behind -> Buddy is put in toy testing -> Buddy overhears other Elves talking about him being human and passes out -> Buddy storms home -> Papa consoles Buddy and tells him the truth
Script:
Buddy in school -> Elf Hockey game -> Buddy struggles to fit in -> Buddy lags behind -> Buddy storms home -> Papa consoles Buddy -> Papa shows Buddy the sleigh and asks him to be his tinkerer -> Buddy is put in toy testing -> Buddy overhears other Elves talking about him being human and passes out -> Buddy wakes up at home and Papa tells him the truth
It honestly flows a lot nicer, and character wise makes more sense. We see Papa struggle to tell him, and Buddy struggle to accept the truth, something that is mostly delegated to narration from Papa in the final film. Also there's an Elf Hockey game in the mix for fun too! I shouldn't take the structure of this family Christmas film so seriously...
CHANGELIST:
- Added Buddy dominating the Elf Hockey game, and the post-game locker room banter
- Added scene with Buddy struggling to adapt to the Elf world
- Added Buddy storming home and Papa trying to console him after he was told he's not up to standard at work
- Moved Papa showing Buddy the sleigh to after here, now as an act of love trying to cheer him up
- Added Buddy waking up at home after passing out at work, and Papa telling him the truth about him being a human and not an elf
- Extended scene with Walter telling the Nun he'll be taking back the books due to missed payments
- Added Walter meeting Emily after she finishes work, to tell her he has another son
- Extended tuck-in with Buddy and Walter
- Extended fight with Miles Finch and Buddy
Theatrical - 01:36:37
Buddy's Big and Tall - 01:43:51
Added - 6:46
A holiday favourite of mine, it's always fun to see what was cut out of films from your childhood.
The first act has a lot of pieces moved around in this edit compared to the theatrical, so you can see more of Buddy coming to terms with being a human, which is some great character stuff, sadly cut out to get the plot moving faster. Here's a rough comparison to the structure of the opening in the North Pole. I've recut it according to the shooting script. Italics are new or extended scenes.
Theatrical:
Buddy in school -> Papa shows Buddy the sleigh and asks him to be his tinkerer -> Buddy lags behind -> Buddy is put in toy testing -> Buddy overhears other Elves talking about him being human and passes out -> Buddy storms home -> Papa consoles Buddy and tells him the truth
Script:
Buddy in school -> Elf Hockey game -> Buddy struggles to fit in -> Buddy lags behind -> Buddy storms home -> Papa consoles Buddy -> Papa shows Buddy the sleigh and asks him to be his tinkerer -> Buddy is put in toy testing -> Buddy overhears other Elves talking about him being human and passes out -> Buddy wakes up at home and Papa tells him the truth
It honestly flows a lot nicer, and character wise makes more sense. We see Papa struggle to tell him, and Buddy struggle to accept the truth, something that is mostly delegated to narration from Papa in the final film. Also there's an Elf Hockey game in the mix for fun too! I shouldn't take the structure of this family Christmas film so seriously...
CHANGELIST:
- Added Buddy dominating the Elf Hockey game, and the post-game locker room banter
- Added scene with Buddy struggling to adapt to the Elf world
- Added Buddy storming home and Papa trying to console him after he was told he's not up to standard at work
- Moved Papa showing Buddy the sleigh to after here, now as an act of love trying to cheer him up
- Added Buddy waking up at home after passing out at work, and Papa telling him the truth about him being a human and not an elf
- Extended scene with Walter telling the Nun he'll be taking back the books due to missed payments
- Added Walter meeting Emily after she finishes work, to tell her he has another son
- Extended tuck-in with Buddy and Walter
- Extended fight with Miles Finch and Buddy
Theatrical - 01:36:37
Buddy's Big and Tall - 01:43:51
Added - 6:46
when will it be available?
