Loved the first and second due to the craziness of Ferrell, but that third act with the Christmas spirit was just *beep* I never understood why they made such a drastic change in the flow of the film. Seems weird.
shareYes when I first saw this I noticed that as well. It goes down hill after the snowball fight.
shareIt's called a climax, every movie needs one.
shareI think that to keep it in line with the central Christmas message, there wasn't anywhere else better for the story to go. They did after all establish Ferrell as an offsetting character to everyone else, in that he had the spirit of Christmas with him daily as a part of his nature and natural personality.
The people of New York, with all the cynicism and negativity, had to be awoken to the true message of Christmas...
"If you love Jesus Christ and are 100% proud of it copy this and make it your signature!"
I didn't have any problems with the third act because I enjoyed seeing Walter redeem himself and Buddy saving Christmas.
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