• All aboard in 3-D! No matter if you enjoy The Polar Express every holiday or if you re a first-time passenger, get ready for a thrilling new adventure: Three-dimension viewing from careening up and down mountains to teetering across mile-high bridges to savoring hot chocolate served up by the world s most talented singing waiters to arriving at the North Pole on Christmas Eve. Experience an amazin

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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 10/28/2008 Rating: GAmazon.com
Destined to become a holiday perennial, The Polar Express also heralded a brave new world of all-digital filmmaking. Critics and audiences were divided between those who hailed it as an instant classic that captures the visual splendor and evocative innocence of Chris Van Allsburg’s popular children’s book, and those who felt that the innovative use of “performance capture”–to accurately translate live performances into all-digital characters–was an eerie and not-quite-lifelike distraction from the story’s epic-scale North Pole adventure. In any case it’s a benign, kind-hearted celebration of the yuletide spirit, especially for kids who have almost grown out of their need to believe in Santa Claus. Tom Hanks is the nominal “star” who performs five different computer-generated characters, but it’s the visuals that steal this show, as director Robert Zemeckis indulges his tireless pursuit of technological innovation. No matter how you respond to the many wonders on display, it’s clear that The Polar Express represents a significant milestone in the digital revolution of cinema. If it also fills you with the joy of Christmas (in spite of its Nuremberg-like rally of frantic elves), so much the better. –Jeff Shannon

The Polar Express Presented in 3-D