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re: The Polar Express is a terrible movie

Posted on 12/11/23 at 10:35 am to
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
150867 posts
Posted on 12/11/23 at 10:35 am to
quote:

The Polar Express is a terrible movie

I can't stand it. And it sucks because my four year old boy LOVES it and always wants to watch it.

And the uncanny valley is so off-putting for me that it takes me right out of the movie altogether.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81735 posts
Posted on 12/11/23 at 10:54 am to
The first 3/4 is just bad and boring. The payoff is pretty good, but I will never sit through it again.
Posted by guzziguy
Lake Forest
Member since Jun 2022
173 posts
Posted on 12/11/23 at 11:07 am to
For some reason, the animation really creeps me out.
Posted by Blaeke
Member since Dec 2016
1020 posts
Posted on 12/11/23 at 12:26 pm to
quote:

4 Christmases


The only good Christmas movie released in the 2000s.
Posted by DestrehanTiger
Houston, TX by way of Louisiana
Member since Nov 2005
12495 posts
Posted on 12/11/23 at 12:49 pm to
quote:

The only good Christmas movie released in the 2000s.


Did you forget Elf came out in 2003 or do you think 4 Christmases is better than Elf?
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
30512 posts
Posted on 12/11/23 at 2:59 pm to
quote:

I tried watching it and couldn't get past the first 15 minutes of it. I'll never watch it again
I was in the hospital with Pneumonia from 11/ 28 to 12/05. Nothing else to do. Only had basic cable. I thought it might be good so I watched it. I had some strange nightmares one night. Could have been from watching it, or from the cough syrup.
Posted by CP3LSU25
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2009
51150 posts
Posted on 12/11/23 at 4:39 pm to
Is this from the T BOB rant
Posted by Jmcc64
alabama
Member since Apr 2021
555 posts
Posted on 12/11/23 at 5:10 pm to
my kids were 7 and 4 when it came out. even now, they think it's a bad movie. It would have been OK as a 30 minute made for TV movie. as it was, t'was interminable.
Posted by JumpingTheShark
America
Member since Nov 2012
22927 posts
Posted on 12/11/23 at 7:44 pm to
I like it but I understand the critiques. I think many people here saw it at a young age which lends to the appreciation. I also think three ninjas is awesome so I have no frickin room to talk
Posted by CBandits82
Lurker since May 2008
Member since May 2012
54194 posts
Posted on 12/11/23 at 8:26 pm to
I forgot he did that rant

But we share the same opinion
Posted by NPComb
Member since Jan 2019
27464 posts
Posted on 12/12/23 at 12:30 am to
Thank you. It always depressed me. I stopped putting it on for my kids when young.
Posted by AlaTiger
America
Member since Aug 2006
21125 posts
Posted on 12/12/23 at 12:50 am to
It’s a horror movie, actually.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81735 posts
Posted on 12/12/23 at 9:52 am to
quote:

For some reason, the animation really creeps me out.


Uncanny Valley
Posted by XenScott
Pensacola
Member since Oct 2016
3167 posts
Posted on 12/12/23 at 1:26 pm to
Modern version of The Wizard of Oz. Creepy eyes. Creepy animatrinic like expressions.
Posted by Usual Suspect
Living rent free
Member since Jun 2013
2269 posts
Posted on 12/12/23 at 1:31 pm to
quote:

It sucks that he looks so much like Corey Feldman as Teddy Duchamp. Teddy was f'ed up, but he wasn't an annoying brat.

This is who I thought this character's look was based on the first time I watched Polar Express.
Posted by tylerdurden24
Member since Sep 2009
46596 posts
Posted on 12/13/23 at 12:59 pm to
quote:

This. I've always wondered why they went with the style that they did. My only guess is that it is meant to look more illustrative.

For some reason, Zemeckis was obsessed with motion capture tech and using it in animated movies. He produced a few during this time and they all just don’t work at all.
Posted by LasVegasTiger
Idaho
Member since Apr 2008
8083 posts
Posted on 12/24/23 at 9:47 am to
Just here to say, I'm watching this for the 1st time this morning with my six year old as she wanted to watch it.

This movie is awful.
Posted by STCTiger985
NOLA
Member since Mar 2015
346 posts
Posted on 12/24/23 at 10:00 am to
Sounds like all of you can't hear the bells anymore!
Posted by CBandits82
Lurker since May 2008
Member since May 2012
54194 posts
Posted on 12/25/23 at 11:03 am to
Turn on AMC baws, our favorite horror movie awaits!
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