2 reasons why this film is not worth seeing

Rating: 5/10 (1 May 2005)

1- The storyline lacks of believability and any kind of excitement. It's both the character's and the events which are superficial. I even doubt if children are amused by this uninterrupted happiness and by not having a real hero as a leading character.
2- The way it proves we're still not capable of producing realistic looking facial animation. It's quite frustrating to see pretty nice visual animation being alternated by bad eye movement and less expressions in the face. I'd rather see a less ambitious style with better looking animation. Maybe it's because I've seen too many Pixar films, that makes me compare. But I think their facial animation is just great! With all the motion-capturing techniques used in The Polar Express, I wonder what it needs to create photo realistic character animation.