The first time that I ever saw The Polar Express it was in the IMAX 3-D format and we found it absolutely enthralling. I eagerly purchased the DVD when it was released, and we still loved it even though it was not in 3-D. When I learned that it was being re-released on DVD in a 3-D version I automatically ordered a copy even though I already owned it on DVD. I was very disappointed. The 3-D technology on the home version is not nearly as compelling as the process used in the theatrical version. I don't know all of the ins and outs of theatrical 3-D effects, but I remember it being far superior than what I just started to watch tonight. I saved the glasses from the IMAX 3-D presentation of this film, and both lenses are a light grey tint, while the home 3-D version uses the old red & blue lens technology resulting in a blurry double image. If you already own this movie don't waste your money expecting a true 3-D experience- you won't get it here.

Do not bother purchasing this in 3D version, the quality is horrible. We were so excited about the possibility of this movie being in 3D because we absolutely LOVE this movie. But the picture was just as bad with the glasses on as they are without the glasses. Just very poorly done and EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING. . . But please purchase this in 2D version! The story is wonderful and it makes you feel like you're on this magical journey through christmas, mesmerizing and fantastical!

A quick review don't get this for the 3D. After about 5 minutes I had to turn it off it was giving me a headache. This is the cheap red and blue glasses. I have a high end home theater with a 73 inch 1080p TV and it doesnt make it any better. Journey to the Center of the Earth has a purple and green lens and it is very good but this 3d is a waste of time, dont know why Warner even tried, they should be ashamed of themselves.

Soundwise in TrueHD this is why you get this. Crank it up it is so clear and quiet yet when the train takes off it rattles your seat but in a way that is loud but so clean. 2D looks great on bluray just dont get this for 3d you will be disapointed.

I had read that this movie cost 160 million to make, and the special effects are amazing at times, but I really could not get into the weird digital animation, it was like the characters were alien, I could not really connect with any of the leads, especially the main character, he seemed so void of emotion and otherworldly, I mean could they have at least made their eyes not so dead? On some level the film is quite beautiful, and I appreciate the enormous amount of work it took to get this film to look this way..I realize Zemikis was trying to give the movie the look of the books amazing illustrations and again on one level it works, but it sort of takes all the feeling out of the movie, I never really felt vested in the outcome of this kids trip, and the beginning of the movie, with the hobo on the top of the train was not only bizarre but more than a little spooky and i never really got his revelevance, he was never properly explained. Hanks voices several character and he is alright i guess, but frankly they could have saved the money on his salary and gotten some unknown, I mean who really cared if Hanks was the voice? I hope he at least did this thing for scale, but im doubting it. I did like how the setting was the 50's, it added to the nastalgia and the CGI North Pole was fantastic, but the story waxed and wained and took a long time to get going, all and all hardly "A Christmas Story".

...I played this on my laptop (media player wouldn't play it due to some licensing issue--had to use my other DVD software) and the 3D worked very well for me. But that is always a rule of thumb for anaglyph (red/blue or red/green) 3D: The better the screen is at holding true colors, the better the 3D effect will be. My older tube-type television never pulled off 3D very well, so I haven't even bothered trying it there, but I was surprised to see so many with hi-def TVs complaining about the 3D effect as well.

The box contains an insert that tells you to watch in a darkened room. This is good advice, because it is difficult for some people to let their mind go as far as 3D when there are objects (i.e. the TV itself!) that will make them forget they are seeing 3D...with no point of reference around the screen, the 3D tends to work better. The insert also tells you to make sure there is no glare on the TV screen--more good advice because that glare always tells you exactly where the screen is spatially and will ruin the 3D effect.

Finally, the insert tells you to up the brightness on your TV. I am not sure if this ever helps. Personally, when trying to adjust a TV for 3D viewing, I try to pick a scene with wide separation between the red/blue image (i.e., when something is up close/off the screen) and adjust the tint, brightness, and contrast so that I minimize the double image when viewing with only one eye open through either the red or blue lenses...when looking through only one lens, you should only see one image...the trick is to find a compromise that reduces as much as possible the ghosting seen in each eye.

As for people complaining about this release not using the gray lenses....as someone else already explained, it isn't possible to use that format on home television screens. Anaglyph is the only mainstream home theater method for separating the two viewpoints needed for 3D to work.

If you tried this unsuccessfully on your TV, try it on a computer monitor to see if the 3d works better there.

Anyway, that's my 2-cents...I hate to see the complaints about 3D presentations, as it tends to discourage the studios from releasing 3D DVDS and they DO WORK for me. I only gave this 4 stars, as I would have rated it a 5 had they included or made available separately a field-sequential 3D version, which is far superior to the red/blue anaglyph format for pure off-the-screen effects in home theater.

Whatever happened to this dvd.The 3D is apalling in the close ups with double images all the time.Like those 50's 3D films I used to watch.The background is okay in 3D however. Why wasn't it done properly in the transfer to dvd?

My favorite Christmas Movies are:
1) It's a Wonderful Life
2) A Christmas Story
3) The Polar Express

This is one of my faverite movies of today.

my faverite movies

Ferngully
Little Nemo.
secret of Nimh

polar express is my next faverite the more newer film. there some thing special about theese films

We bought the 3D version in total excitment and whimsical anticipation for a must have classic in our holiday library.

We watch this movie every year since it came out, on Christmas Eve. So with 3D coming to us we were extatic. Well, we received it Nov.17 and had to peek at it to see the great 3D awesomeness....

Do not fall for this - it is a horrible, double vision, color headache, poorly put together, misrepresentation of the original. It is a waste of 20+ bucks!!!

The 3D has got to be the worst I have ever seen. the double vision gives you a crossed eyed headache, and there is absolutely no adjusting it to help. I wish I could return it for my money back!!!!!!!

The anaglyph 3D used here is absolutely JUNK - worse than anything I have seen, and certainly not of the usually high standards of WB Home Video. This is a MAJOR faux-pas for Warner Home Video, and a complete rip off for consumers. Double images, not depth. I urge Warner Bros. to go back and re-issue this in proper 3D form, similar to the "Journey to the Centre of the Earth", and let consumers get a replacement disc. What a way to kill the value of this great catalog title!

Despite the novelty, AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

I loved Chris Van Allsburg's book and illustrations so was thrilled when the animated movie turned out to be as good as my imagination!
Lovely music and enchanting visions tell the adventure of a doubting young lad on Christmas Eve as he "dreams" of boarding THE POLAR EXPRESS on which there are other children and the only adult around, the wily and shape-shifting ticket conductor.
They're all off to see what the Spirit of the Season is all about and if there really is a Santa Claus.
I love it so much I gave copies to all my far-flung grown children to start a Holiday tradition with their children.

The red/blue 3-D system used here leaves much to be desired. There's a lot of ghosting (double imaging), particularly through the red filter, and few of the 3D images really "pop." All red/blue systems have their problems, but they seems worse on this DVD. Those snow flakes that ought to be so real you can almost catch them on your tongue are a blur. The magenta/blue system used recently on the home 3-D edition of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" is much better and has much less ghosting. In all, "Polar Express 3-D" is a disappointment, especially if you saw "Polar Express" in IMAX 3-D a few years back or in several annual reissues.

I just wanted to let everyone know that nicer glasses don't work any better. I purchased a set of nice high quality plastic glasses hoping that this would correct the horrible double image with the cardboard glasses but it did not. The image looks exactly the same so don't waste any more of your money on that idea. It's too bad, this was such a wonderful movie in 3D.

I bought this DVD for my 2.5 yr old granddaughter. I'm taking her on the Polar Express train ride before Christmas and I just wanted to put something in her 'memorie bank' about the trip, as well as help start a tradition for her and me. She is too young to understand the movie but LOVES to look and listen, in between running around. I love the movie as well as the book. Good way to build memories for the 'grands'.

I love this movie but the 3D is horrible. I could never get it to look right, no matter how much I fiddled around with the provided glasses. Very disappointing.

My fiance and I both loved this movie when it was released and we still do. When we heard it was coming out on Blu Ray and on top of that 3-D we were beyond excited. Well that excitment was crushed when we got home, put it on and were almost given instant headaches from the old school red and blue 3-d glasses and the fact that no matter how hard we tried to see it, it just was nowhere near 3-d quality. We sat there contemplating whether or not it was just us or if the 3-d aspect of it sucked that bad and we came to the conclusion that it was definately the latter. So after a half hour of trying hard to like it we switched it to 2-d (thank god for blu ray for having that option) and saw how in 1080p it was almost 3-d itself.
Needless to say the very next day I went back to the store I purchased it from and changed it for the regular blu ray version (which was $5 cheaper than the 3-d version and totally worth the purchase, 5 stars for that version.) It was very sad that it did not work out because such an amazing holiday movie with such great animation would be a no brainer to have as 3-d but unfortunately it just is not worth the headache and strain.

I was really looking forward to the 3D version of Polar Express, but am very disappointed with the quality of the 3D. This version has very little of the color of the original HD or Blu-Ray versions, and the double or ghost images of the 3D effect are very noticeable and distracting. The 3D effect is quite nice in some scenes but the quality of the 3D images themselves is very inferior to theatrical 3D releases.

In short, I'll keep this one for the novelty of some of the 3D scenes, but I wouldn't recommend it over the regular HD or Blu-Ray version.

After getting a Sony PS3 for watching Blu Ray movies and getting the 3-D version of "Journey To The Center Of the Earth" , I just knew that this one would look awesome in 3-D. Boy was I ever WRONG. This thing is HORRIBLE. Double images and the glasses are terrible.It hurts your eyes to watch it more than about 5 minutes. This movie is not at all like the "journey....Earth" Movie. Maybe they will come out with an update or something later that will fix it , but for now ,,,PLEASE don't waste your money on this piece of crap.

This is a great holiday film. I saw the original 3D at the IMAX theater and it was stunning to say the least. I did have my hopes high for this Blu-ray release. After all, Blu-ray is high quality and with an HD TV, it has to be good, correct? Well, the quality is not nearly as good as the IMAX showing. It's not perfectly aligned while watching it. The color is somewhat subtle because of the Red/Cyan glasses and how it is viewed. If you do buy this 3D copy, the disc also has the regular 2D film on it. I wasn't impressed at all, but with all of that said, I do feel people will still enjoy it. It does show some depth, but if you loved IMAX, don't expect the same effect here.

The other reviews for this seem to have been lifted from the regular version of the Polar Express DVD. This review is solely for the 3D version. If you haven't purchased it yet, avoid it like a petrified fruitcake. I saw this film in 3D Imax and was so enchanted with the 3D effects that I couldn't wait for a 3D release of the DVD. I was disappointed to see on the packaging that the 3D used the red/blue method which generally eliminates the color scheme of the movie right off the bat. (I noticed that the 3D version of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" which was released the same day came with the more modern polarized glasses with the neutral color. I haven't seen that yet and can't comment on the success of that process with that particular DVD)

What makes this presentation of the Polar Express in 3D such a failure is that THE GLASSES DON'T JOIN THE RED AND BLUE CHANNELS INTO ONE IMAGE. Everything in the mid to foreground is seen in double vision which is extremely annoying. We switched to the 2D version less than 5 minutes into the film because it was too disconcerting to see 2 chins...4 arms...etc. Whoever made the decision to present the film in this manner should be fired for incompetence.

The bottom line is that THE 3D EFFECT IS SO INCREDIBLY SLIGHT that it can't outweigh the major problems with the faulty technique. If you enjoy this film, as I do, avoid the disappointment and skip this disaster. Maybe they'll try again in the future with a more successful presentation...until then...do yourself a favor STICK TO THE 2D VERSION!

Loved the 2-d version & the 3-d movie version. This version is awful! Gave me a headache after only 5 minutes. The scenes were either red or blue, no vibrant colors, uncomfortable glasses, double images. I would not recommend this 3-d version at all. I do not remember the old 3-d movies but I thought technology would have improved since the old days, I guess it has not!! If you are thinking about buying this do not even bother! I wrote a complaint to the website address on the back maybe if other unhappy buyers do the same we will get an answer!

This rating is for the 3-D version that at best is 1/2 3D. Using the red blue glasses also erase most of the color content and the cheap cardboard glasses are uncomfortable. Too bad they couldn't have duplicated the great 3 D that was shown in theatres. Warner Brothers should learn to perfect this system. I have been anxiously awaiting a good 3 D quality movie for years and have wondered why they think a red/blue pair of glasses is going to provide the effects. Also...the 3D effect is so much better with JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF EARTH (this time going red/green glasses why can't they at least give a better 3D effect with this great holiday movie. Very unhappy with this product

Haven't watched the entire movie yet in 3D, but from the few minutes that I have watched, the 3D quality is not what I had expected. One would think that after decades of motion picture improvements, that 3D technology would be included in all recent releases. For instance, I have viewed just a few minutes of Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3D and I also had the pleasure of seeing it also on the big screen in 3D. What a marvel. Two huge thumbs up for Journey in 3D. However, I cannot say any thumbs up for Polar Express. If you watch the extras from the standard featurettes, you could see there was an awful lot of hard work to put this motion picture together. However, when you see the actual 3D version of this movie, one's expectations is greatly reduced. So if you have a high quality set of 3D glasses that is configured for the distortion of the 3D affect of the picture, then I would suggest watching the 2D version. This way, you can still enjoy the movie and not be disappointed.

Here's what I was able to see during the first few minutes of viewing the 3D version. First, the depth of the imagery wasn't as displaced with using the issued 3D glasses that also shipped with the package. During the movies, one could see the over shot of "Red" beamed off to the left of the objects centered. Meaning you STILL got a blur when viewing the movies using the "CHEAPLY" made 3D glasses that was shipped with the DVD. IF you must experiment with the 3D version, recommend buying a higher quality version of the 3D glasses. I plan to buy a higher quality 3D glasses that are configured for this DVD. BTW, the 3D glasses that come in the Journey to the Center of the Earth movies is not compatible with Polar Express 3D. And if you kept the 3D glasses that you watched JTCE from the big screen, they don't work either. So with this being said, I give the 3D version a big fat 3 stars. Only because there is a little bit of 3D affect and the quality of the story itself rates a star, but nothing more than that.

A message to the film makers. If you are going to support the high expectations of your audiences, then spend a nickel to buy better quality 3D glasses that can better support your movies in 3D.

A message to the general public. Anyone got a decent pair of 3D glasses they want to sell?

Ya'll have a good one!

The 2 star rating is strictly based on the 3D QUALITY of the blu-ray release... NOT THE MOVIE.

I originally saw Polar Express in 3D on the IMAX screen (which utilized polarized 3D glasses). It was an awesome spectacle! The 3D effects were so crisp, clear and beautiful. If you buy this expecting it to look like it did in the theater, you'll be very disappointed.

It seems that the 3D polarization technique used at the movies theaters (for releases such as "Polar Express", "Journey To the Center of the Earth" and "Beowulf") is not yet used for home DVD presentation. Had I done some research before this purchase, I would have known this. Instead, it comes with 4 pairs of the old style anaglyph (red/blue) glasses. The 3D picture was not good. I could still see double images (which looked like ghosting). My eyes were far too distracted to watch it that way. Fortunately it comes with the 2D version, so I switched over to that (which looked great).

If you already own the 2D blu-ray version, stick with that one and don't bother with this. No really... don't bother.

I am so glad I got this movie early (before the holidays) and found out when I did how horrible the 3D version of the DVD itself is. Thank goodness there is a regular DVD of the movie included as well, but I already have that, so back it goes. I hope Warner has to foot the bill for this rip-off.

The movie itself concerns an older boy who no longer believes in Santa Claus. A late night train ride to the North Pole, where time stops at five minutes to midnight on Christmas Eve, convinves him otherwise. I would rate the movie itself a 5-star, one that has already become a holiday tradition.

However, in the home 3D version, the colors are faded, the lines blurry. I checked the glasses, the disc and my tv, all with no luck in improving the picture. What a shame. I've watched other 3D movies at home with similar cheap glasses, and it looked fine. As many others have written, if you're expecting an IMAX experience at home, forget it. (I have a flat screen tube HDTV.)

I'm speaking from the point of view that we all already know the movie/story itself (even without 3D) is wonderful. It has become a holiday treasure even for me, and I am a die-hard fan of the holiday specials from the 60's and 70's (with the one exception of "A Christmas Story" which came out in the 80's). That being said:

LET'S NOT EXPECT AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE HERE, PEOPLE!!! LOL

This DVD comes with 4 of those old-timey glasses that have blue on one eye and red on the other. The 3D effects are fair to middling to decent, definitely adding to the experience for me, and I'm just watching it on a small 13" laptop so far.

What is especially nice is you get the non-3D version (in widescreen) on a separate disk in this case, so if you don't already have it, you're getting two for the price of one.

I'm curious to see how other folks experience this product - perhaps on larger screens, flat screens, etc., the effects might be better.

I saw it last year at IMAX in 3D and there is just no way to duplicate that on a home system. Considering the comparatively crude electronics most people have, this 3D version is pretty good.

Please note that they include viewing tips which consists of recommendations that you watch this in a dark room (with no glare on screen) with your screen settings very bright in order to get best results.

I just bought this thinking that my kids would love watching the trains in 3D as they're all train fanatics. Unfortunately, the movie just doesn't pull off 3D well in the transfer. It's a host of double images, poor color saturation, and a whole bunch of other bad things that make the movie difficult to watch. The best 3D you'll get is on the DVD box-art and I mean that.

I did not own a copy of the movie until this purchase, so I lucked out and the studio didn't double-dip on me. The good news is that you do get two copies of the movie in the package: one 3D version (that requires red-blue glasses, 4 are included in the package) and a wide-screen non-3D version.

Movie is fantastic, although a bit creepy at times, but the Christmas-y-ness comes through wonderfully. I would've rated lower due to the terrible 3D execution(or total lack there-of), but my kids did enjoy the movie (without the 3D)....so that saved it from a 1 star (or even lower if I could!).

Well, it appears that this will be the first review of the Blu-ray, 3-D version of this movie on Amazon...I'm honored! I won't waste your time with yet another boring opinion of the story or characters themselves, as there are already hundreds of those on here for you to spend all day reading! Along those lines, I will ONLY say that I personally love this movie and honestly believe it's the best, most realistic, and heartfelt use of animation technology that I've ever seen. I'm over 50 and have seen most all of them by now.

ANYWAY, I am ONLY going to comment on my take of the 3-D video quality here, and leave the (great) audio quality to others, as my curiosity regarding the 3-D feature was why I upgraded from my perfectly good HD DVD copy. I bought this edition yesterday (on release date) and watched the whole movie in 3-D last night, on our 60-inch Sony HD, 1080i, rear projection screen. I put the supplied blue and red cardboard glasses over my regular eyeglasses. Not super-comfortable, if you have an adult-sized head and need to wear normal eyeglasses. You'll eventually get all of your eyewear lined up...what else could you do?!! (I think you can buy sturdier, more comfortable ones online somewhere).

HERE IS THE GOOD: I don't have much to compare this to (perhaps others do), except something I'll mention later, but YES, I was blown away by the almost constant use of the 3-D technology. Snow seemed to be falling all over my home theater room (sometimes turning the whole room into a snow globe, if you catch my "drift"...pun intended!!...sorry, I couldn't resist!) Other objects, food, and hot chocolate flew or bounced around the train cars and past my head, front to rear!! Just about everything, even when subtle, seemed to pop off (or extend in front of) the screen! I think our 60-inch, large screen added to the desired effect, since I imagine that life-sized people and objects will seem more real, coming at or past you. I don't think a much smaller screen would create quite as much of a dramatic effect, but I'd be curious to hear about that...maybe everything is proportionately equal that way? So, the 3-D is very cool! As I mentioned earlier, the only better 3-D effect I've ever seen (and I've never seen IMAX), was at Disney World (about 20 years ago!), when they were showing some sort of Michael Jackson island adventure short ("Captain...something or other!!"), made especially for that venue. That one was absolutely AMAZING, when creatures actually "flew" off the screen and "perched" on top of nearby audience seats, then flew around the audience, taunting everybody!...No, I wasn't drinking!!! And swords, knives, or spears were thrown at the audience from the screen, as well! It was really a bit scary, actually, and I wasn't a little kid then either! And just think, that was all those years ago, technologically speaking. Who knows what can truly be done today?

ANYWAY, HERE IS THE BAD: Even on Blu-ray (and I wouldn't suggest that you even bother with the standard def 3-D version because of this), you will lose about HALF of the clarity and I'd say about 2/3 of the color, compared with the 2-D version. Everything looks almost, but not quite, Black & White, with a metallic-looking tint effect that often matches the colors on the supplied lenses. Also, it even tells you somewhere to turn up your brighness and/or "vivid" setting on your screen, because the picture is noticeably DARKER than the regular version. This gives an interesting eerie effect, but not really what most viewers (and their kids) would probably expect or want.

When you combine the drawbacks with the somewhat uncomfortable glasses (despite the "cool" Fifties-style fashion look!!!), I think you'll agree with my BOTTOM LINE CONCLUSION: It's a must-see for people who love this movie, as I do, just to experience it if nothing else. BUT...my future viewings will mostly be in 2-D, with the beautiful Blu-ray picture quality, with its usual clarity, color, brightness, etc. It will of course be a great "Demo Disc" to show off your system (again, preferably with a large screen if you want it to look real wintery in your house!!).

ALL IN ALL...a good addtion to your Blu-ray collection and a GREAT CONVERSATION PIECE!!! PS: My wife loved it, and she isn't the technology addict that I can sometimes be! I hope this helps...Enjoy!

I'm angry I wasted my money on this 3D joke, most of the time there's no 3D or it's blurry or there are lots of double images, this DVD is trash please do not waste your time pure trash, how can the people who put this out not see the quality of this pile of donkey dong, I'm selling mine for $2 dollars or better yet perhaps it will make nice flames in my fireplace.
PLEASE AVOID THIS AT ALL COST. Robert Zemeckus shame on you for ripping us off here. AGAIN HOW CAN THE PEOPLE WHO PRODUCED THIS NOT SEE THE MAJOR DOUBLE IMAGES THROUGH OUT THE ENTIRE MOVIE.

For those that are complaining about the red/blue glasses, there seems to be some ignorance as to how the 3D technology in the theaters works. The 3D process used in the theaters requires polarized light projectors and is not something you can do with your tv. There is a better process however than red/blue, and that is called field sequential and requires a special box and glasses for about $40. Spy Kids, Shark Boy and Lava Girl, and some IMAX films were made available in that format. They should have considered that option as it is much better than red/blue. BTW, if the dvd comes with glasses in the case, it will be red/blue. The Ultimate 3-D Collection (Haunted Castle / Alien Adventure / Encounter in the Third Dimension) (Large Format) (Includes H3D Viewing System)

For those of us that fell in love with "The Polar Express" when it came out in 3D in theaters, this is the biggest slap in the face that Warner's could sell us. I have been anticipating this home 3D version since it was announced and snatched it up only to have my excitement crushed when I discovered that the 3D was done with the old fashioned "red/blue" glasses and not the grey lenses currently in theaters. Why would they do this? First off, the dual color lenses ruins the color saturation of any film. Second, the technology is out there! With Blue Ray, HDTVs, DLP projectors and such, the replication of a true home multiplex is in our grasp. The film has already been processed to use the grey lenses. Why spend the money to reprocess the film into red and blue separation? This makes no sense. When I discovered this deception, I immediately opened the packages at the counter and promptly returned them. (The same applies to "Journey to the Center of the Earth". It has the colored lenses too.) Do not waste your money on a sub-standard 3D experience.
UPDATE: While I understand another reviewer's tale of the polarized light 3D, I don't believe that the "Disney Digital 3D" that I saw "Monster House" or the theaters that showed "Beowulf" or "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" bought special projectors just to feature these films. My original IMAX experience used "shutter" type goggles that looked like diving gear and I could see that point. But my last few experiences, from "The Nightmare Before Christmas" through "Meet the Robinsons", have been "Blues Brothers" type glasses that I was able to keep. My belief is that the technology is out there and someone at the head office just thought this was cheaper to produce.

I saw the movie in an IMAX theatre and enjoyed it a great deal. I'm a 60 year old man who watched the House of Wax, Charge at Feather River, Hondo, etc., in 3D when they first were released, in the 1950s. I love the process and am happy that more movies are getting duplicated in 3D for the big screen...and the little ones too.

The description, for both the standard and Blu-Ray version, states: "The version of the film on DVD is the standard theatrical version, not the 3-D version seen in IMAX theaters. --David Horiuchi"

The term "3D" is set out, on the DVD box, in larger font than the name of the movie, but Amazon includes the claim that it's a flat version, and nowhere refers to it as "including glasses" as it does for "Journey to the Center of the Earth."

I'm not buying until I know...but, it is a really good movie.

Aside from all the materialistic views Christmas brings, one thing always brings fond memories. Great holiday themed movies,younger generations have a trouble seeking any true modern classics. The Polar Express is finally the pivotal film needed.

The story is rather simple, but the innocence it brings fourth is amazing. Characters of all different backgrounds converge on an adventurous trip to the north pole and back. The CGI is great, really capturing the magic the movie composes. The music and atmosphere are dreamingly surreal, along with a good hearted nature.

The feeling I've obtained every winter before Christmas arrives from viewing this is always an enlightening experience. It invokes the childhood in us all, and is great for kids.

I loved this movie from the moment I saw it. I bought it for my movie collection last year and I have to force myself not to watch it at least until after Thanksgiving. Anyway, I don't understand anyone who wouldn't love this movie; makes me feel like a kid again!

I'm supposed to criticize movies, but there is so much AWESOMENESS about this one that I won't even bother!! If you love incredible things like
Christmas Excitement and Baby Deer and Love and Life and even some wonder and fantasy, then this movie needs to be on the top of your list! I rented it, then bought it as fast as I could find a copy. I especially liked the train ride scene where the Dancer/Chefs exited the kitchen galley area and served the children Hot Chocolate!! Absolutely amazing. See this movie with someone you truly love... Cheers ---