The Polar Express Reviews

The Polar Express Es Una Pésima Película, Vamos a decir punto por punto las cosas, que vi sobre la película ya que me dio mucho de que hablar, cuando termine de verla

Primero Lo Positivo

Realmente su trama es interesante, de hecho al menos si te da una buena impresión antes de verla,

la dirección de zemeckis es buena, así esta película no pierde la chispa de una película navideña

y que podría decir que la animación de esta cosa esta ok aunque igual podrías decir que no es algo que a alguien le interesaría

ahora si con lo negativo... con donde podría empezar, para no perderme analizare lo que recuerdo de la historia así que Spoiler Alert Desde Aquí



La Película empieza mostrando a un niño que se despertó, y veía a su hermana acostarse, y sus padres dijeron que podría ser el fin de la magia, y aquí inesperadamente aparece el tren

aquí lo recogen, y le dicen que el tren va al polo norte, y algo que me llamo la atención es lo que dijeron, de por que recogían al niño, decían que no se saco ninguna foto con papa noel osea pude deducir que el tren, pasa solo por niños que dejaron de creer en papa noel y esto es un punto negativo pero lo explicare mas adelante

luego recogen a un ultimo niño que la navidad nunca represento nada a el, y no hubiera ido si el protagonista no hubiera usado el freno de emergencia

después de eso pasaron por los boletos y a una niña que conoció, se le quedo cuando iba a darle chocolate al ultimo niño aquí el niño, no lleva ni 15 minutos y ya anda haciendo cosas malas, aunque la primera tuvo una buena intención y nadie puede tener tanta buena suerte, para que el boleto que se le soltó fuera del vagón regresara como si nunca paso eso y que un pajarito, se lo intentara de comer y al vomitar no dejo nada de saliva.

bueno después de eso el niño quiso ir a devolverle el boleto, y aquí vemos un personaje que le ayudara a cruzar hasta la locomotora, y muere ayudándolo (deduzco esto por que en el resto de la película aparece como espíritu)

después de eso hay un relleno de lo que iba a ser un obstáculo, que resolvieron en 2 minutos y agregan una escena de acción que al menos esta ultima desarrollaron decente

después de eso llegan al polo norte, y solo por que uno de los niños no se quiso bajar, los otros dos lo fueron a buscar y obviamente, se meterían en un lió que no diré por que alargaría la critica.

después de volver que creen que pasara

1 los castigaran y harán reflexionar de lo que hicieron

2 no lo castigaran pero les llamaran la atención

3 no les pasara nada por que son los protagonistas y uno de ellos le podrá pedir algo a papa noel

la correcta es la 3 y un punto negativo de la película

después de esto aparece papa noel, y le dará el primer regalo a navidad al protagonista oh que hecho inesperado y santa comienza su viaje lo cual no tiene sentido, por que lo debió haber empezado hace mucho en tiempo, de esa película por que al menos se puede saber que estados unidos debería haber pasado por una parte de Oceanía , asía , áfrica , Europa , y los océanos atlántico y indico

y cuando la película no podía ser mas rara aparece un cameo de steven tyler y los niños regresan al tren

después de eso el protagonista regresa a su casa y no se como nadie se dio cuenta de que regreso y al despertar le llego la campana de un reno que le pidió a papa noel y solo lo escuchan los que creen y la película termina



...bueno primero la película esta llena de conveniencias y huecos argumentales

y algo que me molesto es que la película no te esta dando una experiencia navideña, te esta OBLIGANDO a creer en papa noel,no hay nada que dice que puedes dejar de creer te dice lo siguiente: si eres un niño estado estadounidense que dejo de creer en la navidad, sin importar que tan valido sea, no importa ven a un tren para volver a creer en papa noel!

aun asi tampoco estoy diciendo que al final deberian despertar y ver que fue un sueño de hecho eso tal vez haría la película odiada por los niños

y bueno mi ultimo punto negativo, y el mas fuerte, recuerdan que al inicio de la critica dije que esta película almenos tenia una chispa navideña?

bueno que es casi inexistente y de hecho esto es algo personal, siempre veo una película navideña antes de noche buena y al menos todas las otra tenían la chispa navideña, y al menos te querían contar algo vamos a compararla con Elf 2003 , El Grinch 2000 Home Alone 1990 y Arthur Christmas 2011
Elf trataba sobre un elfo que queria mejorar una familia
el grinch sobre alguien que odiara la navidad a amarla
home alone un mensaje de amar a nuestros seres queridos
y arthur christmas de salvar la creencia de una niña

y el expreso polar no es un tema que tenga la chispa de navidad son solo niños interesados en ir al polo norte y eso

en si la película es solo un pobre intento para no dejar de creer en la navidad merece verla? si pero solo por que si puedes disfrutarla pero considerarla buena no

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back, I thought I might as well check it out again. In fact, I remember quite well when this movie was released, there was quite some buzz about it. Eventually, I even saw the damned thing in the movie theater with my wife and kids but, personally, I always had some rather mixed feelings about this flick. Indeed, many people really despised it when it was released mostly because all the characters looked pretty spooky. Well, after all these years, this movie didn’t grow old well, I’m afraid, and it is still pretty damned ugly, especially the characters who all look like some creepy lifeless dolls. And yet, beside this major issue, it is actually not a bad movie though. Indeed, I just loved the breathless action scenes and, even though most of the the Christmas movies are just so tedious, this one was actually bearable and even fairly entertaining. On top of that, I always find it interesting when a director tries to experiment with something new and I think that Robert Zemeckis should be praised for that. Indeed, except for the human characters, it was visually pretty neat and there were also some dazzling action pieces. Basically, it was a half-baked experiment but like any experiment, you should respect the people who tried to push the envelop a little more. Eventually, Zemeckis would direct 2 more features using the same technology (my favorite would be ‘Beowulf’) but none of these movies would manage to really impress the audience or the critics. It must have stinged like a b*tch though when James Cameron came around with ‘Avatar’ which was using a similar concept but still managed to have a monster hit at the box-office. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was still a decent watch and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

'The Polar Express' is one of the best animated movies of all time! It's magical, it's well animated and it's funny! It features Tom Hanks as the voice of 5 characters and the motion of the main character who gets on the Polar Express going to the North Pole, sounds interesting! What a magical movie!

"All aboard! "

The Polar Express assumes the status of Christmas Classic from the get-go without even bothering to earn it. With Chris Van Allsburg's short, gorgeously illustrated children's book as its source material, Robert Zemeckis' $165-million CGI extravaganza at first seems like a quaint, if technologically savvy ode to the Christmas spirit from a child's perspective, but it soon transforms into a nonsensical, soulless, emotionally-divorced series of blockbuster-style adrenaline rushes that are presented with messy CGI.

The protagonist of this story is an average young boy (Sabara) from an average home in an average town. Everything about this boy is so bland that he is apparently not even worth a name - in the credits he's officially listed as "Hero Boy". Despite this character having the appearance of a 13-year-old, he's apparently in the midst of that childhood period when one begins to lose faith in the existence of Santa. As he settles into bed on Christmas Eve night, an incredible racket has him racing downstairs where he stumbles upon, of all things, a steam locomotive pulling up in front of his house (apparently the noise doesn't wake up his family or neighbours, mind you). The conductor (Hanks) invites the boy onboard to take a journey to the North Pole with many other pyjama-clad children. It would seem that Hero Boy's neglectful parents didn't teach him to avoid rides with strangers... (Seriously, what kind of message is this movie trying to send?)

Once on the train, Hero Boy has a series of adventures with the other children on their way to meet jolly St. Nick and reaffirm their belief in the spirit of Christmas. In other words, The Polar Express delivers the same feel-good message that almost every holiday movie has spoon-fed children for decades. Furthermore, upon arriving at the North Pole it becomes clear the movie is all build-up, no pay-off - Santa's city is mostly vacant in terms of magic. The film's theme also suggests that you better believe in Santa, or else you're not worth it. At the North Pole, Hero Boy can get any gift he desires, and he chooses to receive a sleigh bell from Santa's sled. Hero Boy and his sister can hear the bell ring, but his parents cannot and assume it is broken. It's constantly underlined that only "believers" can hear the sound of the bell. *facepalm*

Director Robert Zemeckis touted The Polar Express as a major technological breakthrough in computer-generated imagery. The most significant development is the "performance capture" techniques, for which actors can perform while covered in computer-readable dots that translate their motions into digitised imagery. But the one hurdle that filmmakers have always been unable to leap for animated movies is the recreation of photorealistic humans. Zemeckis wanted us to believe The Polar Express not only cleared the hurdle, but sprinted further down the track. But it hasn't. Not even close. The technical crew have achieved painterly beauty with the stunningly detailed environments, but the film is drastically sunk by the uncanny creepiness of the CGI characters - they look like wax figures possessed by the devil. The problem is that the technology in its current form cannot capture the human soul, thus the characters' glassy eyes and gaping hollow mouths stand out as shockingly devoid of life. Looking at side-by-side comparisons of the live-action actors and their digitalised counterparts, one thing is obvious: the computers sap the life and intensity out of a perfectly good performance. On top of this, most of the characters never look quite right in their movement, resulting in detailed humans who jerk around and look strange. If Zemeckis allowed real actors to appear in computer-generated landscapes or had given the animated characters a cartoonish appearance to push them into the realm of imaginary, the film might have worked. Instead, the CGI recreations fall into a strange netherworld between the real and the animated; the believable and the unbelievable. They're neither here nor there, which is the source of their unsettling creepiness.

Zemeckis pads Van Allsburg's slim book out to a feature-length 100 minutes using manufactured action set-pieces that grow silly and repetitive. There's an apparent fondness for vertigo-inducing rollercoaster sequences in which the train speeds uncontrollably up and down mountains, hills, or any other excuse for a steep incline. But these types of sequences are easily spotted as what they are: gimmicks to make the most of the technology. Crucially, there's no thrill to the action, which comes back to the hollow animation techniques. To add further padding, Zemeckis introduces forced slapstick comedy, useless digressions (what was the point of the ghost hobo?), and physics-defying goofiness that undercuts the attempt at photorealism. Worst of all, however, are the terrible, terrible, terrible musical numbers featuring horrid, fluffy tunes ostensibly made to grate. The Polar Express would've fared better as a 45-minute television special.

The vocal talent is provided by a diverse cast including such names as Tom Hanks, Tom Hanks, Tom Hanks, Tom Hanks and a formerly unknown actor named Tom Hanks. Yep, the majority of the voices/character appearances are courtesy of Hanks, who sadly proves himself unable to fill the Peter Sellers-sized shoes required of him in the film. The actor tries not to sound too much like himself in each role, but largely fails. And seriously, what was the point of casting Hanks as the body of the Hero Boy when the character bares not a whit of resemblance to the actor and is voiced by a second actor? Gimmick is everything in The Polar Express, and casting executive producer Tom Hanks in almost every major role is the most obvious case in point.

The ultimate message of The Polar Express is not exactly agreeable. The Hero Boy rediscovers his belief in Santa, but surely this can't be the be-all and end-all of the Christmas season... There's a bitter tinge of selfishness underneath the surface of the moral of the story that seems out of place for the season of giving. Isn't there more to Christmas than receiving gifts? The Polar Express is a stiff, aloof snoozer of an experiment that fails on just about every level. It has visual elements worth admiring, but it's overwhelmed by the syrupy schmaltz, the miscalculated action scenes, and the considerably misjudged character animation. A viewer will walk away knowing they've experienced something Christmassy, but they won't have been won over by the holiday spirit. The best Christmas films fill our hearts and make us believe, whereas The Polar Express just makes us shrug.

3.2/10

Looking at the cover you may think this is another classic of christmas cartoons. But it's more than that. It's magical and so beautiful. And magic is like that. You can't explain how and why. Physics doesn't exist there. It's just magical so everything can happen. Like says in the movie: "Because it's magic. Magic has to be believed. It's the only way it's real". Also looking at the cover you can't imagine the wonderful world created in it. It's so creative and more than expected.

And for sure that's not only for children. It's touchy and I think everyone should allow itself to admire it. Like says the conductor: "The thing about trains... it doesn't matter where they're going. What matters is deciding to get on."

I really love that movie. And not only on Christmas time by the way. Go and watch it.