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Another thing: I at first wondered if the nerdy kid in the movie might have been intended to be autistic. No offense to trainspotters here, but I read at least one account (from humor-travel writer Bill Bryson's "Notes From a Small Island", about his travels through Britain) that that hobby is often favored by people with autism. Autistic people are also stereotypically said to memorize and spout out extensive technical information to just about anyone they come across, like Dustin Hoffman in "Rain Man". <br /> <br />I guess I can't be cast as politically incorrect for saying this, since I myself have Asperger's syndrome, a mild form of autism, as all the medical literature puts it. While I think I do have a good ability to retain such data as various info about certain periods of history, place-names, people, etc., well, quite a few non-autistic people (or non-Scottish-heroin-addicts[:D]) are also railfans. I don't quite care for Bill Bryson's comments on trainspotters in "Notes" for those stereotypes surrounding us, although I still otherwise immensely enjoy his work. <br /> <br />That said, "Polar Express" is good, definitely, definitely good. Take a train there because cars there are definitely, definitely more dangerous.
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