Nice animation, everything else brings me to tears

Rating: 1/10 (13 November 2004)

From boredom of course. This was one banal flick. Just because it's the target audience is children doesn't mean the film has to be a stupid celebration of orthodoxy. In comparison to a clever and largely appealing film like "the incredibles", polar express comes up short. There are a handful of scenes where the film could have progressed beyond its preordained mediocrity, but instead it chooses to stay the course, boring all adults in the audience to tears, while indoctrinating the children with thoroughly inane, defeatest ideals.
Yay we can all live outside the cubicle in our fantasy lives, and somehow vicariously survive through our children's delusions. No need to actually effect change, it's all about "the magic" of the holidays. One or two days per year are certainly enough for me to enjoy the happiness of being together with my family. Good thing polar express came along to breathe new life into my otherwise stale, predictable holiday tradition of pretending like I have a large amount of disposable time to spend with my children.