Director Robert Zemeckis revolutionised the art of animated film in 1998's WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT by dropping cartoon characters into the same frame with flesh-and-blood actors. In THE POLAR EXPRESS, live action and animation have merged seamlessly, resulting in sparkling super-realism. A landmark technique Zemeckis and his Sony Pictures Imageworks team call Performance Capture perfectly suits the tenor of this wondrous children's Christmas story by Chris Van Allsburg. A disillusioned little boy, just old enough to doubt the existence of Santa Claus, has the adventure of a lifetime one fate... ful Christmas Eve. Clad in his pyjamas, he climbs aboard a magic train to the North Pole, driven by a kindly train conductor (voiced by Tom Hanks who starred in both Academy-Award winning films by Zemeckis (FORREST GUMP and CASTAWAY). Among myriad jaw-dropping moments, the train plummets brakeless through crystalline mountains in a simulated roller coaster ride. Going off the rails, skidding sideways, and snaking violently across a frozen lake, the train arrives at the North Pole (a vast, glowing city of brick buildings). At that moment, the car carrying the kids detaches and they're sent tumbling down never-ending chutes and slides until they land in the middle of Santa's Workshop. With its fascinating tale and impressive technical frolics, THE POLAR EXPRESS is destined to become both a holiday classic and a new turning point in the art of animated cinema.
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At just 35 pages, Chris Van Allsburg's illustrated storybook 'The Polar Express' seems unlikely inspiration for a Hollywood feature film, let alone this state-of-the-art animated movie that reputedly ran up a $170 million budget. Directed by Robert Zemeckis - one of Hollywood's pioneers of new technology, as his work on Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Death Becomes Her proves - this tale of a young boy who's whisked off on a magical train to meet Santa Claus becomes a showcase for the next generation of motion capture technology. The result is a technical triumph, but a rather dark Christmas movie.
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I love “Tom Hanks” he’s an incredible actor of our time he’s made so many amazing movies this is one of them the animation is unbelievable check it out 4/5
