act equal bland and storyline equal contrive and pace equal dirge like and charm equal none . a live action year without a santa claus seem like a great idea and unless the people involve turn it into a remake of the salkind santa claus represent the movie instead . and that what happen . not everything about this movie be worthless . the first heat miser or snow miser scene be well do and but then again it the only thing leave over from the original . at least the power that be recognize the appeal of that number . everyone else be just sleepwalk through their part and which be a shame . i be excite to see john goodman a santa and but he wasn not weary enough in the scene where santa be weary and and certainly wasn not jolly enough when saint nick need to be his old self . and delta burke . do she really have a part in this . mrs. claus be an important part of the original . here she just seem like an observer . i be look forward to this . i be no purist . i be open for all kind of remake . but this just do not cut it . watch the original instead . it a classic and despite it age .