Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer [50th Anniversary] [Blu-ray] [1964]

Black Friday was the perfect time to save on old movies and I couldn’t wait to bring this home. Had to have in my collection. Christmas perfection. Slipcover is beautiful.

Loved introducing my kids to this Christmas classic in Blu Ray format

Love the stop motion movies. Rudolph is probably my favorite from when I was a kid.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a great movie and I was super happy to find multiple videos ! I bought 3 as gifts and 1 for myself ! I watched Rudolph when it first came out with my wonderful son, and we actually copied it and watched it all year long, and had great memories, and he had a high level PhD in Nuclear Engineering, Engineering Physic, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Science, Mathematics and has written several internationally shared books ! He has a great new job in another state and purchased a new TV and the first time he turned it on, he got to watch Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer and had great memories and texted me asap !! I then was so happy to find 4 great CDs, 1 younger son is supervising renovations of National Parks and more, and he will be thrilled that I have the CD for us to watch on Christmas, as he saw it when he was born. The others are great gifts to the children and my niece and of my nephew, and to my niece and nephews, and I know that they will all be thrilled to get Rudolph, which is such a great movie, and the parents will all be happy too and enjoy it !! It is so great the Best buy had the great movie and enough for me to get one for each family !!

This is a classic story with a good message. Yes, its a bit campy but isn't Christmas supposed to be fun and a little campy? Also, I heard a rumor they were pulling this off the air because it depicts "bullying." I think it is very sad that a movie about overcoming bullies is being bullied off the air by the PC police and cancel culture.

What fun to spend the holidays with Rudolf, Santa, Hermey the elf, Yukon Cornelius & the Misfit Toys! This adventurous Christmas Classic is a must see, as the gang hide from the Abominable Snow Monster! The picture quality on the Blu Ray is newly improved & the special features are a bonus! Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas!

I was a child when this TV special first came out. I loved it then and still do. It was not created with computer animation but with stop motion animation using detailed figures. It was just watch Christmas TV every year after its debut. Just like "The Charlie Brown Christmas" special and "The Grinch who Stole Christmas" special using Seuss' drawing style. Memorable songs and memorable stories. My first complaint with this is the previously mentioned stretching of the screen. It should have been done with black side borders instead to retain the proper dimensions. This was apparently someone's conscious decision to do it this way. My second complaint is that the colors are not as vivid as they are when this is shown by a TV station. It is apparent in the very first scene with the snowman (voiced by Burl Ives). The colors are off. Why can TV stations run a version with vivid colors but this digital version is not as vivid? I thought computers could do everything. What's up the faced colors???? Lovely heart warming story about a reindeer who is different and suffers some bullying for being different. In some way, all of us are square pegs in round holes. Being accepted for or despite our uniqueness and oddities is what creating a loving world is all about. The monster in this story was never as scary as the wicked witch and her flying monkeys in the classic movie, "The Wizard of Oz" (with a young Judy Garland) which was aired on TV every Halloween season. Dear some computer genius, please fix this TV classic to be as technically outstanding as it was in TV over fifty years ago. Sharpen those colors and get right of the horizontal picture distortion. One star removed due to technical complaints.

This is the best Christmas movie ever made. Me and my daughters watch this classic every Christmas. I highly recommend this movie to everyone.