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WOW!I took my 4 year old daughter to see this movie and WOW is all I have to say. The 3D effects were cool, and the movie was very well done. (It is an old fashioned type of movie, much in the "Miracle on 34th Street" vein, but very enjoyable, even for an old fart like me!)
Take your kid(s), or borrow one, and go see it on the IMAX.
Have fun!
PS I plan on seeing it again, this time with my wife too!
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From the NY Times:. . . A grave and disappointing failure, as much of imagination as of technology . . . "The Polar Express" has already received attention for the advanced technology employed to make the film and the heart-skipping amount of money reportedly spent to transpose the story from page to screen. I suspect that most moviegoers care more about stories and characters than how much money it took for a digitally rendered strand of hair to flutter persuasively in the wind. Nor will they care that to make "Polar Express" Tom Hanks wore a little cap that transmitted a record of his movements to a computer, creating templates for five different animated characters.
It's likely, I imagine, that most moviegoers will be more concerned by the eerie listlessness of those characters' faces and the grim vision of Santa Claus's North Pole compound, with interiors that look like a munitions factory and facades that seem conceived along the same oppressive lines as Coketown, the red-brick town of "machinery and tall chimneys" in Dickens's "Hard Times." Tots surely won't recognize that Santa's big entrance in front of the throngs of frenzied elves and awe-struck children directly evokes, however unconsciously, one of Hitler's Nuremberg rally entrances in Leni Riefenstahl's "Triumph of the Will." But their parents may marvel that when Santa's big red sack of toys is hoisted from factory floor to sleigh it resembles nothing so much as an airborne scrotum . . .
I don't think they liked it very much.
When I sat down today at a holiday matinee I thought I had erred because I realized I was in an audience loaded with young children, all of whom were chattering away non-stop. I needn't have worried, however, because once the film started you could hear a pin drop. They were spell bound, as was I. This is a thrilling and stunning achievment, and the film makers needn't worry about competition from "The Incredibles" because "... Express" is a better film, far more involving. I thought ofetn through it how fine it must look in the 3D Imax process so I envy you.
I haven't seen PE yet but the ads were a REAL turn off. The ultra-realism of Polor Express's digital animation isn't the only thing which failed to impress me in the trailers, but that's a good place to start (i.e., I've seen nearly as good in Final Fantasy, which is a much underrated film of a couple of years ago with a story that's a bit too sophisticated for children. FF was realistic, but never tried to animate the actors with the kind of recognizible personal detail apparent in PE; I view that as a plus). PE's trailers convey a sense of manipulative preachiness and reliance on amazing visual effects to punch-up what appears to be a rather cliche storyline that might best be described as saccharine.Now don't get me wrong, rico, I'm not prejudging PE from the standpoint of a complete movie. Rather, I'm sharing my impressions and concerns about the film based upon the trailers I've seen; it's entirely possible that these trailers have done this film a grave disservice. Unfortunately, the ultra detailed digital animation which I've seen in those ads is SO lifelike that an uncomfortable "Madame Tussaud's" creepiness sets in very quickly.
That said, Polar Express in it's entirity MAY very well be a masterpiece with a very moving storyline. Heck, for all I know, it may be an instant classic! But whenever I read words like "thrilling" and "stunning achievement" I start getting an uneasy feeling in my lower back, right around my wallet! It's the same sort of feeling I get when I read hyperbole like "whacky" and "zany" in movie ad hype.
Now, The Incredibles, which I've seen quite recently ARE in-friggin'-credible! It's a charming movie that is both clever and fun, but never pretentious. TI is an instant classic, IMO; the kind of film which ages well and appeals to all ages. This is what Pixar is best at doing; it's what they've done consistently well in spite of being tethered to the Disney albatross.
BTW, I will try to catch Polar Express ASAP; heck, if it's as good as you've indicated here I'll probably see it twice, even at the risk of developing a bi-polar disorder. ;^)
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bits, like rats fighting over remaining nibbles of food.
I was alluding to patrick's fart reference and suggesting that he apparently gets off sniffing butts (i.e., he enjoys raising a stink). ;^)Cheers,
AuPh
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I watched a "making of" doc on HBO the other day.The human characters look really fake and creepy to me. Not stylized enough (like "The Incredibles" or "Shrek") and definitely not realistic enough. They look like PS2 game figures to me.
They look really weird. If the idea is to make them look realistic, why not just use real actors?
Flirted with an almost-argument with a friend about just that. The Onion review says something like the film displays a technology whose time has not yet come, and I'd agree. Just looks awkward and stilted. I think the approach taken in 'Sky Captain' would've been better, maybe taken a bit further...
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