i recently watch this movie for the first time in a long time and i soon realize why i have avoid it for so long . first of all and i have to say that i have always love the peanut comic strip and the delightfully witty antic of charlie brown and snoopy and linus and lucy . a charlie brown christmas be still my all time favorite xmas special and most of the early special remain among my favorite . and i saw a boy name charlie brown at the theatre a a kid and still love it . i never saw snoopy come home at the theatre and probably because i felt that i be get too old for the peanut gang . but i do catch the movie when it appear on network tv a few year later . i remember be so disappointed i do not even watch to the end . so when i decide to take another look at it and i think maybe i misjudge it . unfortunately and i realize that i have not misjudge it . first of all and this be the first peanut production that do not have charlie brown in the title . also and vince guaraldi and the wonderfully talented composer of the special be not involve at all . then there be a very dark and very sad plot line and involve snoopy leave charlie and the gang to visit his original owner and leila in the hospital . i know this be a story line from the strip and but in the strip and charlie brown and the others do not seem to come off as badly a they do in this film . and let face it and the music be corny a all get out . guaraldis music be sorely miss here . his score be fill with joy and optimism and but the music here be so manipulative and dated and you do not feel joy and but you feel use . the one part i really enjoy be when snoopy be capture by the crazy clara . that be the only time i felt any sense of the joy of the classic peanut special and although i do get kind of a kick out of thurl ravenscroft sing no dog allow whenever snoopy saw a sign with that on it . the story have none of the wit of the strip and the special or the first movie . it just seem like a bummer every time charlie brown come on and bemoan the loss of his dog . and even the animation do not seem a bold or striking a it be in the first movie and with few bold choice like the beethoven montage from that movie . i have always think that snoopy have pretty much take over the strip in the mid 70 and to an extent and the special and but the snoopy obsession seem to have reach it peak here . but i do like the way peppermint patty be use here and as well a woodstock and but thats about it for the positive . im guess that the late movie be probably even weak and because the late special would suffer and especially follow guaraldis death . you probably think im just get old and but i still love the early special and the first movie and i still love read classic strip . so i will return to those and get the bad taste of snoopy come home out of my mouth .