Movie #708 ........................."Polar Express"

Movie #708 "Polar Express" was a bit of a disappointment to me. I thought it would be better. Don't get me wrong; I really liked the theme and the sentiment, but the journey on the way there was full of fits and struts ------the pacing seemed off. The movie was full of very intense, almost too much intensity, followed by very slow, and I mean very slow scenes. The kids are cute, esp. the main boy and the young girl, but after that, they seemed a blur. And the high point scene ran long, too. I did like the way it was filmed, but it would never take the place of any of the other classic christmas films for me. It was just okay. The Polar Express 2004 G 100 minutes A young boy's faith in the holiday spirit is revived after he makes his way by train to the North Pole on Christmas Eve in this warm-hearted computer-animated tale inspired by Chris Van Allsburg's award-winning children's book. Cast:Tom Hanks, Leslie Zemeckis, Hayden McFarland, Connor Matheus, Peter Scolari, Julene Renee, Chantel Valdivieso, Eddie Deezen, Christopher Coppola, Michael Jeter, Josh Hutcherson, Ed Gale, Nona M. Gaye, Mark Goodman Genre:Family Animation, Book Characters, Children & Family