Nicole picked this movie for Family Night and I’m glad she did because I always wanted to see it. The Polar Express has now become a Christmas staple in the US, the same way the Grinch has been for decades and it’s even shown in theaters year after year at Christmastime.
The story is very simple: a kid who’s starting to doubt the existence of Santa Claus is given a ride on the Polar Express on Christmas Eve. The train rides to the North Pole where Santa is getting ready to leave to start delivering his gifts to the children of the world. On the train there are other doubtful kids and our hero gets to live out more adventures than he could imagine.
The movie, directed by Robert Zemeckis, is famous primarily for vastly improving on the motion capture technique that was available at that time. After this movie premiered, wowing audiences with its realistic animation – and earning a wallop at the box office, others followed, until James Cameron raised the bar exponentially last year with Avatar.
The movie is just the average family fare, with a mildly original plot but the Christmas cheer is doled out in full force. The visual effects are impressive though, and watched in 3D it must be quite spectacular.
Grade: 7
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