It's okay, really good F/X, decent storyline.

Rating: 6/10 (30 November 2007)

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would-sure you hear about the dead eyes, the over-kill of fancy CGI F/X, Santa's city being a little too-Triumph of the Will looking-but you know, all of that really doesn't add up to much.
I thought the kid characters were appealing, Santa was somewhat of an imperial Lord of the Realm going about his business, the whole Train-ride pretty fun to watch, the elves clones but about what you'd expect-Christmas elves.
Basically Zemeckis, Hanks and co. get the job done. You have enough 'Real Spirit of Xmas' stuff there to make you think, there's some nice turns by guys like Eddie Deezen and Michael Jeter(his last), the train-over-the-lake-ice esp. well animated and exciting as well. For CGI, this is unusually well-rounded stuff(okay, Mo-Cap, whatever-it's STILL CGI)-and must have played really well in those Imax theatres, hence the high Box office etc. seasonally.
I'll give this one *** just because it works.