The Polar Express movie

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer

There is a dirty little secret about that "Baldwin steamer... It's really a Lima!

Please, don't take this the wrong way, but you're wrong. And it doesn't really matter where the thing was made.

The locomotive pulling the Polar Express in the movie may be based upon a Lima, but it's a movie. It's not real, and so the one in the story could hae been made anywhere the author wanted it to be made.

Tony

[espeefoamer]

You're right. It can also descend a 179% grade.

[macdannyk1]

I liked Know-It-All Boy's ability to rattle off the specs of the engine, then a girl turns around and says, "No, it's a magic train!" :) And a great movie, too! Hot chocolate!

[Anonymous]

The movie is good. The competion with the Incredibles is hard. Lionel's confussion and lack of product is a lost opportunity. Very sad really. Toy Trains are healthier than the video games that most kids get hooked on. However, Toy Trains are very expensive and not very available and not promoted enough - the industry is more oriented towards older hobbyist, rather than kids... this was a lost opportunity to rejuvenate the Toy Train market.

[Anonymous]

As of the weekend of Nov.24-28, Entertainment Weekly's movie gross list shows the Polar Express will probably turn a profit before the Christmas season is over.... After its third weekend it has grossed $82 million..... It appears the Polar Express movie has legs despite its poor first weekends gross of only $27 million.....

[guilfordrr]

When I saw the trailer for "The Polar Express," I thought it would be a cheesy, kiddy flick best left collecting dust at Blockbuster. Well, I saw the film yesterday in 3-D and loved it! There were a few small problems, such as the previously noted fact that for some scenes the train got 20 cars longer, the terrible songs "Hot Chocolate" and "Polar Express," and Steven Tyler as an elf (CREEPY[:0]). But for the most part, "Express" is superb, especially the story, animation, most of the music, and getting run down by a steam locomotive in 3-D![:D] I give it 9 out of 10 stars.

[Anonymous]

I finally saw the movie in 3D IMAX on Sunday. I loved the train. Was not impressed with the music, {" Hot Chocolate?"Plagerized from an old "Pointer Sister" tune in my opinion and the whole scene left me cold!) A few of the 3D effects were a little cheesy, but others gave me goose bumbs! In all, it was worth seeing. Especially if your under 10 years old! My 3 year old great nephew loved it and my 57 YO brother, who claims to be 4 1/2, did too! It's the kids that matter. May they all ask for trains from Santa for year's to come!