Polar Express is an animated movie based on the children book of the same name. It’s a perfect movie for Christmas-time (even if I am a scrooge), so we watched it last night. The story revolves around a hero boy (as the credits put it) who has grown to an age where he has started doubting Christmas and Santa Claus. While falling asleep on Christmas Eve, he hears the Polar Express pull up which leads to him having some adventures at the North Pole and reaffirming his faith in the Christmas spirit.

The movie is entirely animated, although not to the quality of Pixar but more like Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. The animation enabled the story to do some crazy things that probably fit with a child’s imagination of the story. And a children’s movie it was; sure the message applies to adults too but the plot and characters had the simplicity of a kid’s story.

Near the end, there is a part where elves celebrate at the North Pole. There’s one elf in particular who is the singer of the band, and I noticed that he strikes an awful close resemblance to Steven Tyler (it’s the hair), and in fact it was him! But his cameo does not save this animated film from a 2 out of 5 rating from me.

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