While this movie will leave you with mixed feelings of terror, discomfort, and downright hatred, I'm going to focus on confusion. Yes, the confusion one gets while watching 1972's Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny is a mind-numbing feeling. I compiled a brief of questions, both from a filmmaking perspective and a filmwatching perspective, that I had after watching the film.
What is the Ice Cream Bunny? I've never heard of such a thing and can't help but view this as an attempt to have an Easter Bunny until finding the word "Easter" was copyrighted. That's what it really feels like.
Why is over half the film a story that Santa tells the kids? From a narrative standpoint, what is this film trying to do?
Why do Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, donning Hawaiian shirts, make brief cameo appearances?
If Santa refuses a ride on a plane because it would mean leaving his sleigh there in the sand, why does he get a ride in the Ice Cream Bunny's fire truck without thinking twice? This one makes the least sense to me.
Why does the Ice Cream Bunny have an firetruck?
Why are there sound effects of multiple fire trucks when there's clearly only one?
Why are there sound effects of two or three dogs barking when there is only one dog in the film?
Why does it take the dog about two seconds to get from the sleigh to the fire truck, but about forty-five seconds for the fire truck to get to the sleigh?
Why is the sound quality so god-awful?
Who made the decision to go with the kazoo as the primary instrument for the score?
Why do only kids run to the sleigh? I understand kids and Santa Claus is kind of a package deal, but I mean if people see a sleigh crash in the middle of Florida, one or two adults is going to check.
In the scene where Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny first meet and talk to each other, why does the camera focus for half the conversation on the wheel, completely away from the characters? It's the titular scene, it's what we've all been waiting for!
I highly recommend watching this film, although you will find none of these answers. It is truly the worst thing ever made by a human.
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