Every once in a while, we have a good Xmas movie come along. The latest ones have been "The Santa Clause" and "Santa Clause II"; now we have "Polar Express".
After we got back home from the show, we dug out the book. What amazed me was how hard the movie's animators worked to stay true to the drawings in the book (the whole book itself takes about 2 minutes to read). The writers took some liberties with the journey getting to the Pole, but all-in-all, this is an Xmas movie that will stand the test of time.
Throw away "It's A Wonderful Life" and replace it with "Polar Express".
After we got back home from the show, we dug out the book. What amazed me was how hard the movie's animators worked to stay true to the drawings in the book (the whole book itself takes about 2 minutes to read). The writers took some liberties with the journey getting to the Pole, but all-in-all, this is an Xmas movie that will stand the test of time.
Throw away "It's A Wonderful Life" and replace it with "Polar Express".