Warning: Spoilers for 2024’s Red One.
one red follows the kidnapping and rescue of Santa Claus (JK Simmons) in a story that mixes action, fantasy and comedy, and features a couple of real-life monsters and myths that many viewers are surely familiar with. Directed by Jake Kasdan, one red brings together two of the most popular action stars of recent years: Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans. one red It follows Callum Drift (Johnson), the head of security at the North Pole, who, after handing in his request to retire after Christmas, faces a major emergency: a black ops team breaks into the North Pole complex and kidnaps to Santa Claus.
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Mythological Oversight and Restoration Authority (MORA) Director Zoe Harlow (Lucy Liu) tracks down hacker Jack O’Malley (Evans), the final piece of a chain that will lead them to the kidnapper. Callum and Jack are forced to work together and discover that Santa’s kidnapper is Gryla (Kiernan Shipka), the Winter Witch. This sends them on an adventure to find Gryla’s lair and rescue Santa, and in the process, they encounter another famous Christmas character, while also dealing with a famous Christmas myth and even learning of the existence of another character. famous but from another festival.
5 Santa Claus
Santa Claus is played by JK Simmons
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Of course, the main myth in one red It’s Santa Claus. one red Goes for a different image from the classic Santa Claus, since Simmons’ version is a very fit and healthy person who exercises and stays in great shape, unlike the typical image of a bigger and softer Santa Claus . one redSanta Claus is also a magical character, although it is unknown exactly what his magical powers are, but he uses that magic to drive his sleigh and bring gifts to all the children on the “nice” list.
Santa Claus is also known as Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, and Kris Kringle.
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Although the figure of Santa Claus is primarily associated with Western Christian culture, the idea of him comes from folklore traditions surrounding Saint Nicholas, a Christian bishop and patron saint of children from the 4th century. It is said that Saint Nicholas was a very generous man who gave gifts in secret, and the modern concept of Santa Claus is a combination of Saint Nicholas and Father Christmas. The latter comes from English folklore and is a bringer of Christmas gifts and the human representation of Christmas.
Santa Claus is a benevolent figure, associated with kindness, charity and philanthropy. The idea of Santa Claus making the toys he gives to children in his workshop arose at the beginning of the 20th century and, over time, this idea began to include elves to help him in the workshop. Nowadays, it is tradition for children to write a letter to Santa Claus with a list of gifts and some postal services in different countries recognize this and allow children to deliver their letters.
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4 Grila
Gryla is played by Kiernan Shipka
Although it may seem like a character exclusive to one redGryla is actually a mythological character from Icelandic folklore. In one redGryla introduces herself as the Winter Witch and then reveals herself to be a huge troll with the ability to shapeshift. What Gryla wants in one red is to get rid of all the people on the Naughty List, and to do that, he steals the “glaskafig”, a magical snow globe, but since the Naughty List is too long, he needs a toy duplicating machine owned by Santa to create many of these snowballs.
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Callum and Zoe, thanks to a tracker placed on Jack, discover that Gryla’s lair is under the North Pole, since that is where Santa’s old workshop is and the machine he needs is kept there. Gryla needs Santa’s magic to drive her sleigh so she can deliver the snowballs to everyone on the Naughty List, but Callum and Jack stop her. Gryla takes on her true troll form and fights them and Krampus, who joins the fight. Gryla is eventually defeated after Santa recovers and calls his reindeer to attack her.
In the film, Gryla had numerous children who had her shape-shifting abilities.
Gryla falls into a puddle of snowballs she created, thus imprisoning herself in one of them. Zoe takes the snowball and MORA will store it safely. As mentioned above, Gryla is a figure from Icelandic folklore, but began to be associated with Christmas in the 17th century. Gryla is depicted as a very ugly and greedy ogress, who wanders around human settlements demanding charity, especially asking for naughty children, whom she then takes to her lair in the mountains. In some representations he carries a sack where he keeps the captured children.
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3 krampus
Krampus is played by Kristofer Hivju
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If there is someone as kind and good as Santa Claus, then there must be someone who is the complete opposite (for balance, of course), and that’s where Krampus comes in. one redKrampus is revealed to be the estranged brother of Santa Claus, who Callum believes is working with Gryla. Callum and Jack visit Krampus at his castle, where it is revealed that Krampus created the Naughty List (more on that in a moment) and that he is Gryla’s ex-lover. Krampus is hosting a party when Callum and Jack arrive, and are horrified to see him entertaining his guests.
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Jack and Callum eventually manage to trick Krampus and escape from his castle, but to their surprise, Krampus appears to help when Gryla reappears in her true troll form. Although Krampus is unable to dissuade Gryla from her destructive plans, he is still of great help and Santa Claus recognizes this in the end, thus mending their relationship. In real life, Krampus is a figure from the folklore tradition of the Central and Eastern Alps, and is closely associated with Santa Claus. Krampus is an anthropomorphic figure with horns who accompanies Santa Claus when he visits children.
These visits occur on the night of December 5, known as “Krampusnacht” (Krampus night), before the Feast of Saint Nicholas on December 6.
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During these visits, Santa Claus gives gifts to children who behave well, while Krampus punishes those who misbehave with birch rods (yes, really). There are variations when it comes to Krampus’ physical appearance, but most agree that he is furry, black or dark brown, has goat-like horns, fangs, a pointed tongue, and has cloven hooves on one foot. Krampus usually carries chains, bells, and a bundle of birch branches or whips. On Christmas Eve, Krampus carries with him a sack in which he keeps all the evil and naughty children, either to drown them, eat them or take them to Hell.
2 Santa’s “Naughty List”
If you are in this, you will not receive gifts
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A big part of the concept and tradition of Santa Claus is the Naughty or Nice List. In one redAs explained above, Naughty List was created by Krampus, who wanted to do the opposite of his brother and go after children who had misbehaved. Gryla takes the North Pole’s Naughty List so she can see who she’ll send a snowball to, and on that list are Jack and his son, Dylan. The Naughty or Nice List is an addition to Santa Claus tradition, although its exact origin is unknown.
However, according to National Day CalendarIt was first mentioned in the 1934 song “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.” The idea of the list goes hand in hand with the idea of “nice” children receiving candy, cookies or other small gifts in their stockings, while “naughty” children find a lump of coal in theirs. The Naughty or Nice List is also believed to come from many cultures and legends, all rooted in the concepts of good/bad and nice/naughty, along with the idea of how good behavior should be rewarded, while bad behavior brings unpleasant consequences. .
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National Day Calendar
Santa Claus appears on this list on December 4.
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So that children better understand the concepts of good and bad behavior along with the consequences of each, the figures of Santa Claus and Krampus come into play. Santa Claus, the benevolent, smiling and gentle figure, is the one who will visit children who behave well and reward them with gifts, while those who behave badly will be visited by the demon Krampus, who can eat them or take them away. a very horrible place.
1 The Headless Horseman
The Headless Horseman makes a brief but memorable cameo
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An unexpected but brief appearance in one red He is the headless horseman. When Zoe captures Jack, she takes him to the North Pole for interrogation and explains what MORA’s job is all about. Of course, Jack doesn’t believe anything she says… until he sees MORA agents arrest the Headless Horseman’s demonic horse, the rider himself, and his pumpkin head. Zoe explains to Jack that since Santa Claus has been kidnapped, they will interrogate all the mythological creatures to get information and hopefully find Santa Claus.
The figure of the headless horseman became very popular thanks to Washington Irving’s 1820 story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
The Headless Horseman is a mythical figure found in European folklore since the Middle Ages and appears in German, Irish, Scandinavian and British legends. Headless Horsemen are horsemen who do not have heads, and whether they have one or not depends on the legend. Headless horsemen were seen as omens of bad luck and their victims were proud, scheming and arrogant people. The figure of the headless horseman became very popular thanks to Washington Irving’s 1820 story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
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It is believed that Irving’s character was not only based on the legends mentioned above, but also on the decapitated corpse of a Hessian Jäger found in Sleepy Hollow and buried by the Van Tassel family in an unmarked grave. Since then, the headless horseman has become a figure associated with Halloween and has been adapted to all types of media, highlighting cinema with films such as The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad and Tim Burton sleepy hole.
Fountain: National Day Calendar.
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3/10 Red one PG-13
After Santa Claus is kidnapped, the head of North Pole security (Dwayne Johnson) must team up with a famous bounty hunter (Chris Evans) on a thrilling, globe-spanning mission to save Christmas. This action-packed Christmas adventure mixes comedy and festive magic, with a cast including Lucy Liu and JK Simmons.
Director Jake Kasdan Release Date November 15, 2024 Cast Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, JK Simmons, Lucy Liu, Kiernan Shipka, Bonnie Hunt, Kristofer Hivju, Nick Kroll, Wesley Kimmel, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Wyatt Hunt, Lanz Duffy, Marc Evan Jackson, Ashleigh Domangue, Cody Easterbrook, Jon Rudnitsky, Morla Gorrondona, Jenna Kanell, Rod Maxwell, Fedor Steer, Octavia Grace, Matthew Zuk, Cora Kass, Ahmad Ghafouri, Jeff Chase 123 Minute Runtime YouTube Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l3hfD74X-4 Expand