The Christmas Kids Classic Is Accepted Because There Is Nothing Else, A Horror Movie

Posted by Jonathan Klotz | Published 8 seconds ago

Christmas movies are allowed to be saccharine, bright, colorful, and overly happy, making them feel good movies that should be watched every year with the family. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, The Elf, I Santa Clauseagain A Christmas story they are all ancient, and yet, for some reason, these days you will find The Polar ExpressRobert Zemeckis’ motion picture box office disappointment, considered a modern classic. How anyone can look into the soulless eyes of Tom Hanks as The Driver and think, “That’s the Christmas spirit,” is beyond me because this movie went straight into the uncanny valley, and the plot must have lost its ticket to nowhere. to be seen.

Directly in the Great Valley

Released in 2004, The Polar Express it was filmed in motion capture, the same style Zemeckis would later use Beowulf again A Christmas Carolespecially capturing the painted quality of a popular children’s book. The book exudes warmth and wonder from its pages thanks to the talent of Chris Van Allsburg, but it’s too short and doesn’t have enough content for a feature film. I would argue that the feature film does not have enough content for the feature film, since even when they talk to people who like this film, they only ever talk about the train sequence itself and leave the back part of the film with the children running on the Elf. command center.

The Polar Express is about Hero Boy, a little boy (motion capture provided by Tom Hanks) who loses his faith in Christmas when a train stops in front of his house, and goes on a journey to the North Pole after being urged by The Conductor, played by Tom Hanks. Hanks, as Producer, doesn’t play a big enough role for this kind of movie or any feeling to register in his performance. Coming across as a brutal father figure, The Conductor isn’t a movie villain, but he’s also not the kind of cheerful guide you’d expect on a train full of kids to the North Pole.

There is an action scene on the way, which is created The Polar Express the film, when it goes off track and over a frozen lake, is the only time the film feels like it has any real foundations or momentum to it. Apart from that moment, nothing happens. Sure, it ends with a nice moment with a bell ringing (contrary to the original meaning of the novel), but that moment isn’t worth the trip because of the distracting CGI, the lack of plot, and, ultimately, the annoying kids.

Classic by default

I know The Polar Express it was made for kids, but in the 20 years since the movie was released, it seems that studios finally realized that kids in movies can be full-fledged characters that go beyond the old lawyer style.one stereotype, such as the know-it-all, the loner, the hero, and the girl; those are the main children of the film. If Zemeckis had been braver, he would have made Billy the Lonely Boy get the first Christmas present instead of Hero Boy. However, instead of subverting expectations, we’re left with annoying dialogue, weird facial expressions, and obviously poor decisions that exist to give the film something to show on screen.

And yet, it’s because the movie was made for kids that it’s considered a classic now that those kids have grown up and look back fondly on the early Aughts. This is the same generation that decided the Star Wars prequels were good, but I can’t judge them as harshly as I thought. Three Ninjas it was high cinema, and I loved it Claymation Christmas Special. In 2004, there were no big-budget, G-rated Christmas movies getting big releases, leaving The Polar Express as a generational favorite by default.

When we are children, we taste bad, and again, I will admit my love Three Ninjasthat’s why no one talks about it The Polar Express except “I like that movie.” There is no discussion about scenes, great moments, iconic lines, or classic characters, yet people will talk fondly about the film. It’s because they were kids when they saw it, and they still hear the bell today, not because it’s a good movie or a good movie, it’s a movie, and if you’re a kid, that’s good enough.

The Polar Express is streaming on Disney+, and on Max, if you need a reminder that this is a movie where nothing happens.