I have been watching this movie for a long time. I wanted to buy it when it was just released, but my brother said he bought it and showed it to me after he finished it. Later, he urged him several times, either because he hadn’t watched it yet, or I just forgot, until I forgot myself. In the end, more than 3 years passed, and I didn't buy this long-lost movie until I saw the cover again in a disc store. In a nutshell, the movie is about the existence of Santa Claus. Of course, as a kid growing up in traditional Chinese culture, I've never had any paranoid enthusiasm about Christmas, it's more of a time to exchange greetings and have fun, so I've never really cared about the existence of Santa Claus. But this proposition may be an interesting question in the minds of many Western children, even Chinese children who are greatly influenced by Western culture today.
"Pole" is based on Chris Van Osberg's children's novel of the same name, and tells the adventures of a young boy Klaus who is beginning to doubt the existence of Santa Claus and rides the Pole Express on Christmas Eve. But the movie is not so much a belief in the existence of Santa Claus. I prefer to see it as a persistence and belief in a beautiful vision and childlike innocence in my heart. Maybe this is the perspective of an adult watching cartoons. Overall, this cartoon has various elements that appeal to children. Aurora, heavy snow, ice fields and rolling mountains like a roller coaster are the background colors; the express train in the late night, the dancing food car waiter bringing hot chocolate, the car The mysterious tramp on the lamp and the wonderful songs sung by the children at the back of the car are colorful; while the bells, reindeer, dwarfs, Santa Claus and Christmas gifts with a wonderful journey are the colorful picture at the end of the story. Sprinkle with gorgeous gold dust. Yes, that's how the "Pole" film feels to me. It's full of elements, enough to attract a child's attention, but not enough to impress an adult.
Due to the constraints of the traditional Santa legend, "Pole" does not bring too many unexpected imaginations in the story, and most of the creativity is only on some small details and scenes. As far as my preferences are concerned, what I like most is the scene of the homeless making coffee on the top of the fast-moving train. In the middle of the night, the wind and snow swayed, and the carriage of the train extended into the endless night. In front of the swaying dim bonfire, a shabby and humorous homeless man was making coffee. Between stillness and movement, between light and darkness, between despair and happiness, everything is in opposition and harmony, full of dramatic charm. Unfortunately, such delicate and long-lasting pictures are rare in cartoons.
Finally, I warmly recommend that parents with children can use the "Pole" film as a teaching material for Christmas stories and watch it together with their children.
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