With you caring so little about the characters they do make an attempt at developing.that you are simply unconcerned with what happens to them one way or the other. Because, plot structure aside, even the character development is bad. In all honesty, there really is nothing good to say about this film at all. This is particularly a problem with the insufferable mother character- who persistently mumbles in almost a whisper- which left me wishing for her death, pretty much, from the get-go. The audio capture is so bad, that characters on the periphery of the scenes are so low.that you find yourself constantly needing to adjust the audio levels just to hear them.only for other characters to end up being too loud as a result. Worst of all, though, has got to be the audio balancing. And, thus, doesn't have the desired effect needed, to drive the action forward, in any sort of enjoyable way. To be fair, they do make an attempt to insert lore (including redundant efforts to remind you about it, after forcing you to sit through a tedious amount of filler, that nearly puts you to sleep).it's just not good lore. On top of all has one of the most poorly conceived plots I've ever had the displeasure of witnessing (the worst I've seen since the awful Netflix film Slayers). An observation further evidenced by the horrible soundtrack- which kicks in every time Jack is about to make an appearance, and consists of incredibly generic (and rather out of place) chugga-chugga metal riffs. And to be honest, it seems like they didn't even try. So it keeps building up your expectations.and then disappointing you every single time. Every time you think something sweet is going to happen.dude just clicks his fingers and people just disappear amidst some really bad CGI snow effects. Even worse, however, are the effects.which amount to some really bad CGI, and an attempt at gore that isn't even PG. As it sounds like he is using the voice changer from the Scream films. But the effects they use on his voice are ridiculous.and rather unnecessary. The Jack Frost character, himself, is palatable from a creature-effects perspective.being somewhat reminiscent of the joker character from the 90's film Funny Man. Particularly in regards to the writing, the plot, the special effects.and quite annoyingly, the audio balancing. It has a professional feel to it, in regards to picture quality, but it's really quite amateur on every other level. Which is a shame, because the quality really is quite decent (when compared to a lot of the other Christmas horror films out there). Either way.what ensues is an a criminal travesty of filmmaking. This curse has something to do with a guy refusing to bury a piece of Jack's body, after he was forced to endure an Osirian fate.or something. It tells the story of a family that has inherited a curse relating to Jack Frost- who is apparently one of Santa's children, turned demonic entity. "Jack Frost" may not be the most conventional holiday film but it has stayed with me since I was a child and continues to fascinate me with its ridiculous premise and tragic demeanor.This movie is inexplicably bad.and not in any sort of good way. However, some of the special effects, mainly during the downhill sled chase, the effects fall off in quality tremendously. Thanks in part to the Jim Henson creature shop, the snowman effects are impeccable, feeling very real and creating a character that is most often than not, completely believable, helped by the great voice acting by Keaton. Given a strange second chance, Jack uses this time to spend with his son, whose mental frailty is constantly in question as he begins spending a strange amount of time with a snowman. But thanks to the "magic" harmonica that he gives his son after missing his game, he is brought back to life in the form of a snow man, an annual activity the father and son once shared. Sadly, on the way, he has a car accident and dies, which is truly heartbreaking. When he misses his son's hockey game and then has to bail on a Christmas trip to the cabin, Jack (Keaton) decides to give it up and head back to his family. Keaton plays a musician father that is just about to break into the music industry with his band, but in doing so, he is leaving his beautiful wife (Kelly Preston) and his son (Joseph Cross) in the dust. For some reason, whether it was because it was always on cable around Christmas or because it had Michael Keaton in it, I've seen "Jack Frost" more times than I can remember, and to be perfectly honest, I really enjoy it every time.
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