From one Max to another, I saw this with my step-grandfather in theaters, and it's one of my cherished memories. I'm one of three brothers, so time alone with him was disparate, but seeing this film with him I hold dear to my heart.
Only reason the main character could keep believing for the rest of his life is because he left the bell in the sleigh. The other kids probably woke up thinking it was a dream, but the main character got confirmation through Santa's note.
Saw this for the first time with you! I hear quite a bit of people hate it for the graphics and the atmosphere, but I really liked it. I like how it had kinda melancholic vibe at times, I think it fits how the Hero Boy is at the point in his life where he is starting/about to lose his child-like wonder. It feels unique. And I like how the conductor was _the_ good character taking care of the kids, but he was also kinda short-tempered and stuff (not all 100% nice like he'd be in some other Christmas stories.) According to a deleted scene, the hobo ghost actually died many years ago when he got caught between the roof of the train and the ceiling of the tunnel, so yeah he made sure to save the kid from the same fate.
The animation is actually gorgeous in this movie. The internet loves to "hate" on this film for the uncanny valley but it's seriously not that bad. I've been adoring Polar Express since I was a child and never got bothered by the facial animation
There's a theory that the bum and the conductor are different versions of the kid as an adult. A version that believes in santa and another that doesn't
Someone pointed out to me that the girl also has her doubts about Santa, it's just shown super subtly to where it flies under the radar. How? By the "Are you sure?" thing. Sure, she SAYS she believes in everything, but there's still a little voice in the back of her head saying, "Are you sure?" That's why she freezes up whenever someone says that. What if she was wrong this whole time? What if all this is meaningless? So when they're at the North Pole, and she finally says, "Absolutely!", that was the film's way of telling us she now finally truly believes it's all real. That's why she didn't initially hear the bells.
This movie has my all-time favorite depiction of the North Pole in a movie by FAR I always imagined the North Pole as this festive holiday city-state on an island in the Arctic Sea, with various factories and testing facilities for toys and games, residential buildings for the elves, a central grand plaza and a castle for Santa, etc Not just the little Christmas workshop by itself in the middle of nowhere, haha I especially love the pneumatic rapid transit system for the elves to get from district to district- Just a great touch lol
This was based on a short picture book, so they had to stretch out the story for this movie, but they were faithful to the art of The Polar Express. That's probably why the train stopped so many times; the movie had to be at least 90 minutes. In the book, its a shorter ride haha! The animation isn't too bad...ish. I think this movie is fine, though I would love to see this again in a 3D IMAX theater. That would be an experience. In terms of Christmas movies for 2022, I would recommend A Christmas Story, Arthur Christmas, A Muppet Christmas Carol, and Elf.
this movie is special to me , i remember first seeing it for school trip in theaters , it was such an amazing experience , it looked so real and magical
The Ghost/The Hobo's name is King, He died on Christmas Eve in the year 1933 boarding The Train, declaring Himself "The King of North Pole" or "King of The Polex" but later on Just as The Snow starting falling as The Train went down The Hill, He saw up ahead The Flat Top Tunnel but it was too late for Him, He got crushed and scraped off the roof of The Polar Express by Flat-Top Tunnel, He didn't even have to scream, He didn't have time to holler, He didn't even have time to cry, and this implies that He probably died a slow and painful death. and it's also why He showed up under that Train, and That's how He knew the specifics, and the dangers of Flat-Top Tunnel which in result ended up saving The Hero Boy, How else would He know the exact gap between The Polar Express and Roof of Flat Top Tunnel? Plus it's hinted all over The Movie, and one of those hints being during The Runaway Caboose when He disappears the moment He hit The Tunnel. That's about 71 years before The Hero Boy/Chris (Yes His name is Chris) met the ghost on top of the Observation Car in 2004, and if You look closely in The Engine Room of The Polar Express, there's even a Flux Capacitor that can be seen in there which would bring some strength to The Hero Boy and Conductor Time-Traveler Theory, and that brings up a lot of questions, plus more to the overall story.
Know-It-All states that the train is a Baldwin 2-8-4 locomotive built in 1931. The Polar Express was modeled from plans of Pere Marquette 1225 which is a 2-8-4 type built by Lima Locomotive Works in 1941.
One thing I've caught about this movie over the years: When they're walking around the north pole, they hear the elves talking about the last present having candy cane paper and a green number 7 bow. You're supposed to think that it's Billy's present, but eventually, you notice so is Hero boy's present. Leaves you to wonder: did Santa know he was going to lose the bell?
It's not a baldwin locomotive works 2-8-4 s3 Berkshire. It is a lima locomotive works s1 Berkshire number 1225. The accual locomotive it was based off of is still around. Pere marquette 1225.
During the scene when the pin for the lever in cab of the train, is bouncing around everywhere, if you slow it down you can see the flux capacitor from back to the future, explains how the train gets to the North Pole with “5 minutes to spare” all night
Fun Fact: When The Pin/Brakes. Breaks Loose But Behind The Guy With Super Long Hair You Can See The Flux Cumpactior (sry for terrible spelling) From Back To The Future
This movie has an incredibly subtle detail. You’ll never notice if you put two and two together you see in the background is one shot in the movie you’ll see that the Polar express has a flux capacitor. The thing that makes time travel possible, and in the shot with the train is arriving at the kids house the clock stops. I just confirmed it the train is time traveling.
This is my favorite Christmas movie. I used to see the 4D version at Stone Mountain every year since I was a kid. Even now, I still watch it every year, but as an adult and by myself.
Christmas Movie Recommendations: - How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) - It’s A Wonderful Life (I doubt you haven’t already seen it, but if you haven’t you DEFINITELY must) - Jingle All The Way - Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
This movie is my Childhood, I remember when I was Younger in school our class would sit in a Classroom with Hot Chocolate and Popcorn watching this movie 😌💭🎄
This film will always have a special place in my heart. Can’t believe it’s nearly 20 years old now, I remember seeing it in the theaters at 9 when it came out. The theme song “Believe” by Josh Groban will also forever be one of my favorite Christmas and soundtrack songs. Very sentimental especially when you grow up. Loved your reaction BTW
Hey Tim! now all I want is to see you react to La La Land! I just watched it yesterday. What a beautiful film, no wonder it won 6 Oscars! Emotional as well, I'm still sobbing because of the ending! Please Tim, just react to La La Land! You will love it!
I saw it in the theaters with my dad and sis. I knew literally nothing about it besides growing up with the book. My sister still maintains to this day she's scared of marionettes because of THAT scene in this movie.
I know I'm late, but I love how you commented on the music. Alan Silvestri is an amazing composer. He's done basically all of Robert Zemeckis's films, including the Back to the Future films and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Silvestri would also compose films in the MCU. Specifically, they are Captain America: The First Avenger, The Avengers (2012), Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame. Overall, I would consider Silvestri my favorite composer who isn't John Williams.
I like this movie a lot! I found the songs very pretty and nostalgic too. I would recommend Call Me Claus for another Christmas movie, it's one of my favorites!
J'ai bien aimé ta réaction! I've always liked this movie's title because my father-in-law used to be the train engineer on the Polar Bear Express from Cochrane to Moosonee (on the James Bay coast) in northern Ontario. Unlike you, the first time I saw the animation, when the film first came out, I was quite impressed how real the people looked. Times change, animation improves, and yes, it does now look dated. But you will see when you get older that the things you find so great today will look very dated in the future.
Yeah Tom Hanks does the motion capture, not the voice of the boy main character. He’s also the voice and motion capture for the dad, the hobo on the roof of the train, the conductor, and Santa himself
Tim I just noticed the scene were the main character says “I wanted to do that in my whole life” when he pulls the whistle on the train is a reference from back to the future part 3 because Emmet brown says that when he’s pulling the whistle on the train
I like this movie and I haven't watched in years. I don't understand why some could think it is a bad one. Falcon Millenium! 😂 best gift ever!! so spontaneous reaction. That's why I love your channel so much. I hope you had a very happy christmas.
In a suburban neighborhood of Grand Rapids, Michigan, on the night of Christmas Eve in the late 1950s, a passenger train known as the Polar Express stops at the house of a boy who is growing skeptical about the existence of Santa Claus. The conductor says the train is traveling to the North Pole, and the boy, although reluctant at first, climbs aboard and meets a spirited girl and a know-it-all boy. The train then stops to pick up a boy named Billy, who initially declines to board, but changes his mind as the train is leaving. The boy applies the emergency brake in which it attracts the conductor, and Billy is allowed on, but he has to sit alone in the observation car. The children are then served hot chocolate by a platoon of dancing waiters, and the girl saves a cup for Billy. When the conductor and the girl go to give Billy his cup, the boy notices that the girl's ticket has not yet been validated and tries to return it to her. In doing so, the wind blows the ticket out into the wilderness, but it soon finds its way back to the train. After the girl discovers that her ticket is missing, the conductor leaves with her. Assuming that she will be thrown off the train, the boy finds the ticket and traverses the rooftops to find the girl. There, he encounters a mysterious ghostly hobo that helps him reach the engine. The boy finds that the girl has been put in charge while the engineer and fireman are replacing the engine's headlight. The boy applies the brakes before a herd of caribou blocks the tracks. As the train continues, it moves at an extreme speed due to the cotter pin shearing off. Once they reach a frozen lake, the cotter pin is replaced and the driver narrowly gets the train back onto the tracks as the ice breaks. The conductor takes the boy and girl back to their seats and they join Billy in the observation car. The train arrives at the North Pole, where the conductor announces that one of the children will be chosen to receive the first gift of Christmas from Santa himself. While the girl and boy attempt to convince Billy to join them, the boy accidentally uncouples the car, sending it hurtling along a route towards a railway turntable inside Santa's workshop. The children make their way through an elf command center and a gift-sorting office facility, where Billy finds a present in his name. They are dumped into a giant sack of presents, where they also find the know-it-all boy. After the sack is loaded onto Santa's sleigh, the elves escort them out before Santa and his reindeer arrive. A bell flies loose from the galloping reindeer's reins; the boy initially cannot hear it ring, until he finds it within himself to believe. He returns the bell to Santa, who selects him to receive the first gift of Christmas. Santa agrees to let him keep the bell. As the children board to go home, the boy discovers that he lost the bell through a hole in his pocket. The boy arrives home, and the conductor wishes him a Merry Christmas. He awakens on Christmas morning to find a present containing his lost bell with a note from Santa. He and his younger sister Sarah joyfully ring the bell, but their parents do not hear it because they do not believe in Santa. The boy reflects on his friends and sister eventually growing deaf to the bell over the years as their belief faded. However, despite the fact he is now an adult, the bell still rings for him, as it does "for all who truly believe."
The only thing that would improve this film is if he literllay did voice every single character and they all looked slightly like him with no explanation
Don't know if you have or not but I think you should react to a silent voice, a great movie that came out in 2016 that deserves more attention especially now with this damn virus around it could really help
Daryl Sabara and Josh Hutcherson did the voice of the Hero Boy. Tom Hanks did the motion capture. Hanks also played the dad, the conductor, the hobo, Santa, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. HE EVEN PLAYED THE TRAIN! 🤣😆😅
The best Christmas cartoon and movie for me but unfortunately it is underestimated by many perhaps due to the fact that many people have lost their child inside themselves, which many people lack P.S. Sorry for the late comment
I remembered first seeing Polar Express in Elementary, it was the first time I saw this strange uncanny animation called motion-capture animation I used to wonder why it looked strange and weird and creepy and looked like a mix of live-action and animation frankenstein
@@TimotheeReacts yup. The know it all douchebag had rockets in his pyjama, the little blonde boy wearing a nightgown, the hot chocolate team's super 50s dancing number, the broken victrola record player that played winter wonderland in repeat.... pretty 1950s
This movie has incredible nostalgia and importance for me. We watch it every Christmas Eve right before bed. Absolute classic!
From one Max to another, I saw this with my step-grandfather in theaters, and it's one of my cherished memories. I'm one of three brothers, so time alone with him was disparate, but seeing this film with him I hold dear to my heart.
Me too.
Same every Christmas eve
Me too
Me too! It's a tradition for me and my family!
Tom Hanks playing multiple characters in a single movie, even I was blown away by that fact.
Only reason the main character could keep believing for the rest of his life is because he left the bell in the sleigh. The other kids probably woke up thinking it was a dream, but the main character got confirmation through Santa's note.
Saw this for the first time with you!
I hear quite a bit of people hate it for the graphics and the atmosphere, but I really liked it. I like how it had kinda melancholic vibe at times, I think it fits how the Hero Boy is at the point in his life where he is starting/about to lose his child-like wonder. It feels unique.
And I like how the conductor was _the_ good character taking care of the kids, but he was also kinda short-tempered and stuff (not all 100% nice like he'd be in some other Christmas stories.)
According to a deleted scene, the hobo ghost actually died many years ago when he got caught between the roof of the train and the ceiling of the tunnel, so yeah he made sure to save the kid from the same fate.
The animation is actually gorgeous in this movie. The internet loves to "hate" on this film for the uncanny valley but it's seriously not that bad. I've been adoring Polar Express since I was a child and never got bothered by the facial animation
Me as well. I was never really bothered. And the train…wow.
They really hate it for how ugly the kids look? Legit this CGI is probably the most real I’ve seen.
@@YourMid740For 2004 especially
Yeah it’s a bit dated but not bad either
PREACH! Seriously the backgrounds in particular are still drop dead gorgeous!
Tom Hanks even voiced the sounds of the train.
He voiced the sound of the sleighbell ringing when the boy shakes it
There's a theory that the bum and the conductor are different versions of the kid as an adult. A version that believes in santa and another that doesn't
Someone pointed out to me that the girl also has her doubts about Santa, it's just shown super subtly to where it flies under the radar.
How? By the "Are you sure?" thing.
Sure, she SAYS she believes in everything, but there's still a little voice in the back of her head saying, "Are you sure?"
That's why she freezes up whenever someone says that. What if she was wrong this whole time? What if all this is meaningless?
So when they're at the North Pole, and she finally says, "Absolutely!", that was the film's way of telling us she now finally truly believes it's all real.
That's why she didn't initially hear the bells.
This movie has so much more hidden meaning than it appears
Honestly rewards repeat views every holiday season as one gets older
Tim: "It's only a dream."
So, you are a doubter?
6:45 - I don’t know why but every time I hear Tom Hank’s voice, I already imagine Woody from Toy Story wearing a disguise and a fake mustache.
This movie has my all-time favorite depiction of the North Pole in a movie by FAR
I always imagined the North Pole as this festive holiday city-state on an island in the Arctic Sea, with various factories and testing facilities for toys and games, residential buildings for the elves, a central grand plaza and a castle for Santa, etc
Not just the little Christmas workshop by itself in the middle of nowhere, haha
I especially love the pneumatic rapid transit system for the elves to get from district to district- Just a great touch lol
This was based on a short picture book, so they had to stretch out the story for this movie, but they were faithful to the art of The Polar Express. That's probably why the train stopped so many times; the movie had to be at least 90 minutes. In the book, its a shorter ride haha! The animation isn't too bad...ish. I think this movie is fine, though I would love to see this again in a 3D IMAX theater. That would be an experience.
In terms of Christmas movies for 2022, I would recommend A Christmas Story, Arthur Christmas, A Muppet Christmas Carol, and Elf.
13:03 The train looks like it’s going to 70 mph
Everyone else I know seems to hate this movie, but it's one of my favorites. I watch it every year during Christmas
Does Narnia 1 count as a holiday movie? 😅
I suggest Klaus, The Star and A Christmas Carol (whichever version)
this movie is special to me , i remember first seeing it for school trip in theaters , it was such an amazing experience , it looked so real and magical
the animation in this movie doesnt get the credit it deserves
The Ghost/The Hobo's name is King, He died on Christmas Eve in the year 1933 boarding The Train, declaring Himself "The King of North Pole" or "King of The Polex" but later on Just as The Snow starting falling as The Train went down The Hill, He saw up ahead The Flat Top Tunnel but it was too late for Him, He got crushed and scraped off the roof of The Polar Express by Flat-Top Tunnel, He didn't even have to scream, He didn't have time to holler, He didn't even have time to cry, and this implies that He probably died a slow and painful death. and it's also why He showed up under that Train, and That's how He knew the specifics, and the dangers of Flat-Top Tunnel which in result ended up saving The Hero Boy, How else would He know the exact gap between The Polar Express and Roof of Flat Top Tunnel? Plus it's hinted all over The Movie, and one of those hints being during The Runaway Caboose when He disappears the moment He hit The Tunnel. That's about 71 years before The Hero Boy/Chris (Yes His name is Chris) met the ghost on top of the Observation Car in 2004, and if You look closely in The Engine Room of The Polar Express, there's even a Flux Capacitor that can be seen in there which would bring some strength to The Hero Boy and Conductor Time-Traveler Theory, and that brings up a lot of questions, plus more to the overall story.
Know-It-All states that the train is a Baldwin 2-8-4 locomotive built in 1931. The Polar Express was modeled from plans of Pere Marquette 1225 which is a 2-8-4 type built by Lima Locomotive Works in 1941.
This film literally has EVERYTHING going for it to make it my all time fav Christmas movie
Thanks Tim, this is personally my favorite Christmas movie of all time
Sin duda fue una hermosa película que hasta el día de hoy la sigo viendo el EXPRESO POLAR
One thing I've caught about this movie over the years:
When they're walking around the north pole, they hear the elves talking about the last present having candy cane paper and a green number 7 bow.
You're supposed to think that it's Billy's present, but eventually, you notice so is Hero boy's present.
Leaves you to wonder: did Santa know he was going to lose the bell?
It's not a baldwin locomotive works 2-8-4 s3 Berkshire. It is a lima locomotive works s1 Berkshire number 1225. The accual locomotive it was based off of is still around. Pere marquette 1225.
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Great video Tim, I remember watching this when I was little it was amazing.
During the scene when the pin for the lever in cab of the train, is bouncing around everywhere, if you slow it down you can see the flux capacitor from back to the future, explains how the train gets to the North Pole with “5 minutes to spare” all night
You're reactions are so genuine and sharp.
The polar express is a classic Christmas movie. I really love this movie.
Fun Fact: When The Pin/Brakes. Breaks Loose But Behind The Guy With Super Long Hair You Can See The Flux Cumpactior (sry for terrible spelling) From Back To The Future
You're looking for "Flux Capacitor"
This movie has an incredibly subtle detail. You’ll never notice if you put two and two together you see in the background is one shot in the movie you’ll see that the Polar express has a flux capacitor. The thing that makes time travel possible, and in the shot with the train is arriving at the kids house the clock stops. I just confirmed it the train is time traveling.
This is my favorite Christmas movie. I used to see the 4D version at Stone Mountain every year since I was a kid. Even now, I still watch it every year, but as an adult and by myself.
Christmas Movie Recommendations:
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
- It’s A Wonderful Life (I doubt you haven’t already seen it, but if you haven’t you DEFINITELY must)
- Jingle All The Way
- Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
The hot chocolate scene was my favorite scene.
Delicious 😋🤤
This movie is my Childhood, I remember when I was Younger in school our class would sit in a Classroom with Hot Chocolate and Popcorn watching this movie 😌💭🎄
This film will always have a special place in my heart. Can’t believe it’s nearly 20 years old now, I remember seeing it in the theaters at 9 when it came out.
The theme song “Believe” by Josh Groban will also forever be one of my favorite Christmas and soundtrack songs. Very sentimental especially when you grow up.
Loved your reaction BTW
When I was a kid I watched this and didn't understand as much as I do now but just liked the train parts and the importance of the ticket
I love The Polar Express! It’s my favorite animated Christmas movie.
Hey Tim! now all I want is to see you react to La La Land! I just watched it yesterday. What a beautiful film, no wonder it won 6 Oscars! Emotional as well, I'm still sobbing because of the ending! Please Tim, just react to La La Land! You will love it!
No Christmas movie has a greater Christmas message then this one.
I saw it in the theaters with my dad and sis. I knew literally nothing about it besides growing up with the book.
My sister still maintains to this day she's scared of marionettes because of THAT scene in this movie.
Oh my gosh the polar express has to be my favorite movie
8:05 That is actually true
Aztecs drank chocolate^^
*The more you know*
My ancestors are Aztecs, they have to use peppers for medicine
I know I'm late, but I love how you commented on the music. Alan Silvestri is an amazing composer. He's done basically all of Robert Zemeckis's films, including the Back to the Future films and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Silvestri would also compose films in the MCU. Specifically, they are Captain America: The First Avenger, The Avengers (2012), Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame. Overall, I would consider Silvestri my favorite composer who isn't John Williams.
Sorry, but I need to correct your title slightly: Tom Hanks was SUPPOSED to do every role, but he finally had to cut back because he was exhausted.
Exactly! Tom Hanks plays Conductor, Santa Claus, Hero Boy, Father, Hobo and Scrooge.
He did some of the motion capture too
I like this movie a lot! I found the songs very pretty and nostalgic too. I would recommend Call Me Claus for another Christmas movie, it's one of my favorites!
Every time someone says the animation is uncanny, I get flared up! 🔥
I remember always seeing the trailer for this movie when watching Harry Potter
Good times
The Polar Express is the greatest Christmas film of all time! FIGHT ME!!!
That hot chocolate song is so boss!!!
The locomotive in this film is modeled after a real locomotive.
Pere Marquette 1225
J'ai bien aimé ta réaction!
I've always liked this movie's title because my father-in-law used to be the train engineer on the Polar Bear Express from Cochrane to Moosonee (on the James Bay coast) in northern Ontario.
Unlike you, the first time I saw the animation, when the film first came out, I was quite impressed how real the people looked. Times change, animation improves, and yes, it does now look dated. But you will see when you get older that the things you find so great today will look very dated in the future.
Yeah Tom Hanks does the motion capture, not the voice of the boy main character. He’s also the voice and motion capture for the dad, the hobo on the roof of the train, the conductor, and Santa himself
Yesss I love this movie. Watch it every year on Christmas Eve. One of my favs for sure.
Tim I just noticed the scene were the main character says “I wanted to do that in my whole life” when he pulls the whistle on the train is a reference from back to the future part 3 because Emmet brown says that when he’s pulling the whistle on the train
Hey Timothee you should check out the Christmas story and the Grinch how stole Christmas with Jim Carrey
I don't see the hate for the animation of the film .It's gorgeous
NO WAY you have never seen this?!?!? I have watched this every year since I was 5😭
Yesssssssssssssssssssssssss my favorite Christmas movie ever thank you
My favorite Christmas movie of all time
Fun fact the train is actually powered by a flux capacitor
I like this movie and I haven't watched in years. I don't understand why some could think it is a bad one.
Falcon Millenium! 😂 best gift ever!! so spontaneous reaction. That's why I love your channel so much. I hope you had a very happy christmas.
Tom Hanks is a voice actor known for voicing Woody in Toy Story, Conductor, Father, Hobo, Santa Claus and Scrooge in The Polar Express (2004 Movie).
In a suburban neighborhood of Grand Rapids, Michigan, on the night of Christmas Eve in the late 1950s, a passenger train known as the Polar Express stops at the house of a boy who is growing skeptical about the existence of Santa Claus. The conductor says the train is traveling to the North Pole, and the boy, although reluctant at first, climbs aboard and meets a spirited girl and a know-it-all boy. The train then stops to pick up a boy named Billy, who initially declines to board, but changes his mind as the train is leaving. The boy applies the emergency brake in which it attracts the conductor, and Billy is allowed on, but he has to sit alone in the observation car. The children are then served hot chocolate by a platoon of dancing waiters, and the girl saves a cup for Billy.
When the conductor and the girl go to give Billy his cup, the boy notices that the girl's ticket has not yet been validated and tries to return it to her. In doing so, the wind blows the ticket out into the wilderness, but it soon finds its way back to the train. After the girl discovers that her ticket is missing, the conductor leaves with her. Assuming that she will be thrown off the train, the boy finds the ticket and traverses the rooftops to find the girl. There, he encounters a mysterious ghostly hobo that helps him reach the engine. The boy finds that the girl has been put in charge while the engineer and fireman are replacing the engine's headlight. The boy applies the brakes before a herd of caribou blocks the tracks. As the train continues, it moves at an extreme speed due to the cotter pin shearing off. Once they reach a frozen lake, the cotter pin is replaced and the driver narrowly gets the train back onto the tracks as the ice breaks.
The conductor takes the boy and girl back to their seats and they join Billy in the observation car. The train arrives at the North Pole, where the conductor announces that one of the children will be chosen to receive the first gift of Christmas from Santa himself. While the girl and boy attempt to convince Billy to join them, the boy accidentally uncouples the car, sending it hurtling along a route towards a railway turntable inside Santa's workshop. The children make their way through an elf command center and a gift-sorting office facility, where Billy finds a present in his name. They are dumped into a giant sack of presents, where they also find the know-it-all boy. After the sack is loaded onto Santa's sleigh, the elves escort them out before Santa and his reindeer arrive.
A bell flies loose from the galloping reindeer's reins; the boy initially cannot hear it ring, until he finds it within himself to believe. He returns the bell to Santa, who selects him to receive the first gift of Christmas. Santa agrees to let him keep the bell. As the children board to go home, the boy discovers that he lost the bell through a hole in his pocket. The boy arrives home, and the conductor wishes him a Merry Christmas. He awakens on Christmas morning to find a present containing his lost bell with a note from Santa. He and his younger sister Sarah joyfully ring the bell, but their parents do not hear it because they do not believe in Santa. The boy reflects on his friends and sister eventually growing deaf to the bell over the years as their belief faded. However, despite the fact he is now an adult, the bell still rings for him, as it does "for all who truly believe."
next year i recomend klaus, elf, rudolph the red nosed reindeer 1998 and arthur christmas
Let’s be real this movie is Tom Hanks the Movie
The only thing that would improve this film is if he literllay did voice every single character and they all looked slightly like him with no explanation
Thanks, Timothee! ❄
At 31:32 you can see Santa's face reflected in the bell.
My favorite Christmas movie
I suggest the Tom Hanks movie "The Money Pit"!
And the Burbs
I love your depiction of this movie being a dream. It makes more sense without being too stupid
Don't know if you have or not but I think you should react to a silent voice, a great movie that came out in 2016 that deserves more attention especially now with this damn virus around it could really help
Tim and Nick reacts on ,,Charlie and the chocolate factory”.
There is another movie that used this type of animation, and that is also a Christmas movie. is "A christmas carol" (the one from 2009)
Holy shit I remember that movie, it was really good! Definitely a successor to the polar express.
I used to watch it every christmas
Daryl Sabara and Josh Hutcherson did the voice of the Hero Boy. Tom Hanks did the motion capture.
Hanks also played the dad, the conductor, the hobo, Santa, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. HE EVEN PLAYED THE TRAIN! 🤣😆😅
billy looks like dewey from malcolm
He didn’t QUITE play every character in the film, haha… Tom Hanks doesn’t do children’s voices very well 😂
Cool holiday movie.🙂🙂
The best Christmas cartoon and movie for me but unfortunately it is underestimated by many perhaps due to the fact that many people have lost their child inside themselves, which many people lack
P.S. Sorry for the late comment
I remember watching the polar express at the theaters, when I was 7 years old.
Love this movie, it was my childhood
Billy : this is fine on ice
HE SAID SAVVY WHEN TALKING ABOUT FLAT TOP TUNNEL
Man our CD for this movie was unreadable now because I've watched it a hundred times
Same
I remembered first seeing Polar Express in Elementary, it was the first time I saw this strange uncanny animation called motion-capture animation
I used to wonder why it looked strange and weird and creepy and looked like a mix of live-action and animation frankenstein
Tom hank's awesome in cast away
My favorite Tom Hanks movie is Splash, I really hope you react to it 🙏
Did you know the story is set in the 1950s?
Oh really
@@TimotheeReacts yup. The know it all douchebag had rockets in his pyjama, the little blonde boy wearing a nightgown, the hot chocolate team's super 50s dancing number, the broken victrola record player that played winter wonderland in repeat.... pretty 1950s
Yeeeeah 🤩 Finally, thanks 🤗🤗
I LOVE this movie
Nice one pal.
I Really love this movie so much, it change my heart 😍🤩😍
Caribou? We playing that Pixies song now?
TimotheeReacts: When you have faith in Tom Hanks, you'll be fine.
Christians be like: When you have faith in Jesus, you'll be fine.
LOL
“WHY THE NORTH POLE OF COURSE THIS IS THE POLAR EXPRESS!!!!!!!!!” 20 YEARS TOMORROW!!!!!!!
Funny, but I thought in my childhood that Polar express is movie with real actors and cool effects 😅😅 because of CGI🔥👍🏼
Also none of it was a dream
I know you can't leave everything in.... but you threw Billy off the train. His story and his song is very important to the entire tale.
How many characters does Tom Hanks play?