It's a bit difficult to see, sorry

Cassandra 2022-04-21 09:01:33

The film is not bad, but unfortunately, for some reasons, it is difficult for me to fully devote myself to such a story.

One is because of technology. When I saw it was a 3D animation, my entire attention was on the technology of the film. The depiction of facial expressions, the shaping of material textures, the continuity of actions, the expression of water, ice, fog and light, etc. Many luxurious scenes, such as the processing of tunnels and up and down ramps, really kept thinking in my mind, how much time did the animators take to do this scene, and how time-consuming it was to deal with this detailed expression... Train No. 1 My reaction at one appearance was: they must have made a perfect model! When the characters run, they will score in their hearts: Well, the little girl's sense of jumping on the rails is very good, and the elf flipping somersaults is a bit fake, these elves seem to be used for faces, right?
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The thought of a small inconspicuous scene that would take a 3D engineer to work on for a long time makes me feel powerless, as if these are all things that I have to do or will do. Is it still possible to watch the movie? sigh.

The second is because of tradition. Christmas is important to the West and is determined by their beliefs. Parents of young children grow up telling them stories about Santa Claus and buying Christmas trees to decorate with lights - it's part of their tradition. But not for children like us who have been raised with atheism. When Western parents told them that Santa Claus would climb in the chimney at night to put presents in socks, our parents told us to hand over the New Year's money to our parents for safekeeping. Because of the different traditions, I can only go around the corners to understand the meaning of believe.

I understand the gist of the story, it's just that there always seems to be something in the middle that I want to penetrate, but can't.

ps: The duet in the middle is really nice
pps: The little male lead's hairstyle is so ugly

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Extended Reading
  • Camylle 2022-03-25 09:01:06

    When Christams comes to town

  • Gennaro 2022-03-24 09:01:28

    Americans always instill their culture in such a soft way. When will we be able to instill such awareness in our children about Chinese New Year or our other culture?

The Polar Express quotes

  • The Boy: Is everything all right? What do we do?

    The Conductor: Well, considering that we have lost communication with the engineer, and are standing totally exposed on the front of the locomotive, and the train seems to be accelerating, uncontrollably, not to mention that we are headed to Glacier Gulch, which just happens to be the steepest downhill grade in the world, I suggest we all hold on... TIGHTLY!

    [the train plunges down the VERY steep downhill tracks and accelerates rapidly]

  • The Boy: [after sounding the train whistle] I've wanted to do that my whole life!