That is what I loved about this scene as well. Especially on the ice part, just to see this amazing machine move and work. Probably why I love submarines and tanks so much.
People still to this day say it triggers their uncanny valley feeling and is just awful CGI. It never bothered me as a kid and when i watched it again last year as an adult thinking, hmm maybe they could be right, they weren’t, I thought it still looked fine.
@@snusemcgoose1001 To be honest, when I was younger, I sometimes thought the characters were real people and the whole movie wasn't done with CGI. Can anybody relate? 😅
@@certifiedtrainboy I knew it was animated but for some reason as a kid the animation for Santa himself seemed way more realistic than everybody else idk if they did that on purpose or what but it made him feel very real within the world
I love how the mouth of the tunnel was like a dragon’s face. The smoke blowing through the holes like how a dragons snorts smoke and the icicles like the teeth of a dragon.
1:47 Fun fact: There was a Backstory for the Ghost Hobo from the deleted scene where the Engineers told the Hero Boy and Girl that there once a there was a man who walks on top of the train when the train approaches the flat top tunnel he doesn't escape right on time now in the present the Hobo helps the Boy to get to the front of the polar express so he doesn't want the hero boy end up like the hobo did.
This might be crazy. But I think that the Hobo might be Hero boy's older and bitter self who never got to see Santa Claus, and rides on top of the train because it's a part of his soul. Same with the conductor, he's probably also Hero boy's older self, who went back in time to convince his younger self into believing the spirit of Christmas. So basically, the Hobo is a version of Hero boy who died while going through flat top tunnel and became a ghost. The conductor is Hero Boy that got to believe in the spirit of Christmas, so he later on became the conductor of the train since he loved riding it so much and went back in time again to convince his younger self into going to the north pole to believe. And the Hobo disappearing at the ending is him likely being erased from existence since Hero Boy nor The Conductor ended up like him. So all 3 of them are the same person, but this might make sense as well because those 3 are played by the same actor Tom hanks. This is just a theory, but there is a scene in the movie with the flux capacitor from back to the future, but you have to look very closely to see it. But it's probably another piece of evidence that might prove my theory right.
@@LegendarySnipez7000 Not to mention the flux capacitor in the cab of the train, its obviously a reference but if you want to take it literally it basically confirms that not only time travel is involved here but the movie takes place in the same universe as Back to the Future
It really energetic and exciting specially when the camera tilts down with the train. And the best shot in my opinion the wheel shot, its pace and rhythm mimics my heart beat at that point. So good.
CGI in this film has aged well. I love this movie not just bevause of its morals, its impacted my hobbies. Im a brit, and the Pere marquette is my favourite American Loco, bevause of this movie. Thanks a lot!
I always thought the Hobo was supposed to be Jack Frost. He looked behind himself and the snow went away, leaving him with the perfect hold. He also disintegrated into snow. I figured that's why he called himself the king of the North Pole.
I noticed this back then as well, in most scenes it has 5 cars but in a few scenes like the one with the bridge and the wolves it suddenly has like 15 to 20. Back then as a kid I imagined it picked up additional cars somewhere along the tour and later removed them again offscreen. But I guess it can also be all explained by "it's a magic train" as well.
Yeah. I always imagined seven, because as a kid, I would count out how many times Chris and the Hobo had to jump a gap on the way down, and it landed on seven cars. But then the bridge shots all give it 20 so what the hell.
I love that movie. Childhood! The sound design is really great! Steam locomotives have a soul and the producers really felt it (that sound at 01:30 and 01:55 honey for the ears)! :)
I appreciate you saying who the copyright belongs to; as compared to the people that put a fair use disclaimer on a 4 minute clip, that clearly isn't fair use.
When the train is moving up hill I can’t even imagine the raw amount of torque that is going to the wheels. Has to be hundreds of thousands of pounds of force per foot
why not slide down between the cars before the climb and chill there during the whole thing? I know that would take away from the action parts of the movie but still lol
A fun fact is that the director and Tom initially considered having Tom play EVERY MALE ROLE IN THIS FILM! It would have been hilarious, but they quickly realized it wasn’t feasible 😂
Considering the fact that this scene lasted around 50 seconds, and the train was going downwards exposing the coal box of the water within the train(This is a steam powered train) The steel of the coal box would've had enough time to reach an extremely high temperature(The coal box is most likely around 2500degress) meaning Once the train had leveled after this scene the water would have been thrusted back making immediate contact with the burning steel causing instant evaporation producing too much steam,(If the pegs of the coal box did not work) causing a boiler explosion. In conclusion, the train should have exploded. 😀 P.S, this is a VERY over simplified explanation.
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That shot of the driver wheels moving that fast gives me chills to this day, and I'm almost 19.
Hey your about my age almost
Same dude I’m 21
Facts I said the same and I’m 25
Same, and I'm 16 now.
Swear also the split second scene when they zoom in the train going so fast like that busy before they go onto the frozen lake
This scene was truly inspired. People don’t give well-directed action enough respect these days
1:54 I like too much to see how wheels are moving too fast, the mechanism of these type of trains, completely captures me. :D
That is what I loved about this scene as well. Especially on the ice part, just to see this amazing machine move and work. Probably why I love submarines and tanks so much.
Same here! I am autistic, so as a kid the wheels and rods of the locomotive absolutely mesmerized me.
@@typicalasianguy1805 this is not a submarine nor tank watcha mean
@@kizzy2888
I just mean I like mechanical stuff.
Jeez the trains gotta at least be pulling 110 mph down that hill
It's unbelievable how hard this movie went for just a kid's Christmas movie
This movie is a part of me
@@Seanlynchthegrinch same here
same here too
It pushed its G rating to its absolute maximum
@@Seanlynchthegrinch Rea
The Visual effects and CGI done by Sony pictures imageworks are amazing in this film
People still to this day say it triggers their uncanny valley feeling and is just awful CGI. It never bothered me as a kid and when i watched it again last year as an adult thinking, hmm maybe they could be right, they weren’t, I thought it still looked fine.
@@snusemcgoose1001 To be honest, when I was younger, I sometimes thought the characters were real people and the whole movie wasn't done with CGI. Can anybody relate? 😅
@@certifiedtrainboy I knew it was animated but for some reason as a kid the animation for Santa himself seemed way more realistic than everybody else idk if they did that on purpose or what but it made him feel very real within the world
I agree with you. Keep in mind that this was released in 2004, and it still looks great by today standards even!
well... most of the time you could say
I love how the mouth of the tunnel was like a dragon’s face. The smoke blowing through the holes like how a dragons snorts smoke and the icicles like the teeth of a dragon.
I noticed that too.
I can never watch this movie the same way
1:47
Fun fact: There was a Backstory for the Ghost Hobo from the deleted scene where the Engineers told the Hero Boy and Girl that there once a there was a man who walks on top of the train when the train approaches the flat top tunnel he doesn't escape right on time now in the present the Hobo helps the Boy to get to the front of the polar express so he doesn't want the hero boy end up like the hobo did.
This might be crazy. But I think that the Hobo might be Hero boy's older and bitter self who never got to see Santa Claus, and rides on top of the train because it's a part of his soul.
Same with the conductor, he's probably also Hero boy's older self, who went back in time to convince his younger self into believing the spirit of Christmas.
So basically, the Hobo is a version of Hero boy who died while going through flat top tunnel and became a ghost.
The conductor is Hero Boy that got to believe in the spirit of Christmas, so he later on became the conductor of the train since he loved riding it so much and went back in time again to convince his younger self into going to the north pole to believe.
And the Hobo disappearing at the ending is him likely being erased from existence since Hero Boy nor The Conductor ended up like him.
So all 3 of them are the same person, but this might make sense as well because those 3 are played by the same actor Tom hanks.
This is just a theory, but there is a scene in the movie with the flux capacitor from back to the future, but you have to look very closely to see it. But it's probably another piece of evidence that might prove my theory right.
@@LegendarySnipez7000 my mind was blown
@@LegendarySnipez7000 Not to mention the flux capacitor in the cab of the train, its obviously a reference but if you want to take it literally it basically confirms that not only time travel is involved here but the movie takes place in the same universe as Back to the Future
@@Surrenitie Ik, it's crazy.
@@LegendarySnipez7000MIND BLOWN!!!!🤯🤯🤯🤯
I love the sounds of the train going uphill it’s chilling
Yeah, It emphasizes the emergency of the situation explained by the Hobo.
@@Rizelden1:24 shows that
0:54 “There is but one inch of clearance between the roof of this rattler and the roof of Flat Top Tunnel. Savey?”
1:42 to 2:30 I really like that soundtrack. Riding down a hill on my bike with that soundtrack on a cold night is awesome.
It really energetic and exciting specially when the camera tilts down with the train. And the best shot in my opinion the wheel shot, its pace and rhythm mimics my heart beat at that point. So good.
1:24 i like the music here. kinda action and emergency sounds nice
This movie just made me fall in love with trains even more
Me too lo
2:22 it's nice to see how the smoke and light from the train makes the cave looks 10x scarier
I just noticed that the chimney of the locomotive smashes some of the ice teeth.
CGI in this film has aged well.
I love this movie not just bevause of its morals, its impacted my hobbies. Im a brit, and the Pere marquette is my favourite American Loco, bevause of this movie.
Thanks a lot!
I always thought the Hobo was supposed to be Jack Frost. He looked behind himself and the snow went away, leaving him with the perfect hold. He also disintegrated into snow. I figured that's why he called himself the king of the North Pole.
The one thing I never could figure out about the polar express was the number of passenger cars I swear every scene the number constantly changes
I noticed this back then as well, in most scenes it has 5 cars but in a few scenes like the one with the bridge and the wolves it suddenly has like 15 to 20. Back then as a kid I imagined it picked up additional cars somewhere along the tour and later removed them again offscreen. But I guess it can also be all explained by "it's a magic train" as well.
Yeah I Saw A Video About Goofs In TPE And One Of Them Was It Didn’t Have A Consistent Amount Of Passenger Cars
I think it was done intentionally to give the film a more surreal, dreamlike feel. The number of cars does vary radically between shots.
Yeah. I always imagined seven, because as a kid, I would count out how many times Chris and the Hobo had to jump a gap on the way down, and it landed on seven cars.
But then the bridge shots all give it 20 so what the hell.
That train must really be magic considering the boiler should have exploded here
I love this movie growing up every Christmas 🎄🌲🎄
Same.
Riding a train with skis must be the coolest thing ever
And really bloody dangerous you have to time those jumps between the cars other wise your screwed
1:54 I’ve never to this day seen something so satisfying as that animation right there.
I love that movie. Childhood! The sound design is really great! Steam locomotives have a soul and the producers really felt it (that sound at 01:30 and 01:55 honey for the ears)! :)
1:56 I cannot get enough of that also if you pause the video at 1:46 it looks like the train just went over Mount Everest
2:22 Seeing this tunnel like that would give the young children nightmares
I used to watch this movie literally every day when I was like 3 or 4 and I called it “The Popper Express”
lol-
1:01 love the sound of the engine. Happy Christmas all!
Norm: there's only one thing to do, kid. When I say jump, you JUMP!!!!!!!
Idk why but I like shots of vehicle’s tires or wheels moving fast. Like in 1:56
It's not a vehicle it's a locomotive
1:55 lord above if this could just be on seamless repeat
I used to ride on my father's shoulders when I was little back then, and now the young Hero boy rides on the Hobo's shoulders
1:00 "[...] Flat top tunnel... [...]" 🔥🔥
"Savvy?..."
Hero boy: :o
@@MLG_boyYTIt's just, the run-up to the hump kid. This'll be interesting!
I would do this in real life id probably die but it is what it is
Bro same, I really wanna do that too
Always get goosebumps everytime the music so magnificent
1:31 this shot along with the soundtrack and the sound design give me chills everytime goated ass movie
Good thing Hero Boy jumped in that Coal just in time or else he would've been instantly killed by the Flat Top Tunnel.
no shit sherlock
He did follow the Hobo's instructions
That’s how the hobo was killed. And that’s why he helps the boy, so he doesn’t meet the same fate.
@@imagaybanana2004wow, why do some people think the hobo is bad than if he helped the boy
@@shawnv123 ikr?!
I appreciate you saying who the copyright belongs to; as compared to the people that put a fair use disclaimer on a 4 minute clip, that clearly isn't fair use.
bro that hobo ghost dude was a hero, he saved the boy when he did not have to.
2:22 This mountain tunnel looks like a monster's face
1:48 I know this movie was directed by Robert Zemeckis but all I can say is that I hear Bttw from this music lol
Alan Silvestri made the music for both this movie as well as BTTF.
When I say "jump" YOU JUUUUUUUUMMMMP!!!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!
When the train is moving up hill I can’t even imagine the raw amount of torque that is going to the wheels. Has to be hundreds of thousands of pounds of force per foot
This is the most scariest scene in the polar express 😰
I wouldn’t say scary more like intense
@@nightwing7820 Which is why it's my favorite scene in the movie
Most scary? Are you forgetting about the puppet scene?😂
When I was 6 I thought it was bowser
@@risottonero6650ON GOD
“Grab My Sholders kid grab my lily” and “Come On Kid Hurry Grab My Muck Stick” points a big red flag
It happens at 0:29 and 1:35
Nooooooo Don't ruin our childhood, please 😢😢😭😭
This is true though, I get it
Red doll*
1:56 I love the chugging and wait where the pistons 2:17 boy calm down
Wow a new winter sport. 🤣
2:28 Why does the boy's scream sound like a goat that's fallen off a cliff
0:11 KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID!!
This one scene alone would be the last moments of not only the crew but everyone on board
Listen closely, I can hear Tom Hanks.
Polar Express 2-8-4 Locomotive
1:56 [train chugging]
These grades are crazy.
Did u know there's a story book of the Polar Express back in 1985?
why not slide down between the cars before the climb and chill there during the whole thing? I know that would take away from the action parts of the movie but still lol
I was just thinking about it 🤣🤣🤣
For me when I got older I always thought that the hobo was Jack Frost with the way he disappeared into flurries of snow
This train CGI is more than 20 years ahead of it s time.....shame on you modern movie industry ✌️
2:17 the train light flickering in this scene might just be the cause of the engineers fixing the lightbulb
this movie was the weirdest trip ever
1:11 I always noticed a dog woof sound did anyone else
That’s the sound of the train
1:09 1:12 1:14 1:22 1:34
1:55 the light on the front is flickering foreshadowing fixing it later
This looks like an amusement park 🎢🏞️
2:27 this part doesn’t scare me as a kid hero boy (Josh Hutcherson) eats the camera
1:55 Everybody talking about the driving wheels but nobody is talking about the shot at the funnel 2:16
0:52 I don't know for you guys, but since I know how the Hobo died, the whole scene is much more dramatic... He avoided the boy the same fate as him.
Dead eyes all of them dead eyes.
Mr Peabody and Sherman - The Big Hanglyer
everybody complains about the cgi but I think its fine, the real issue was the later half of the movies plot when they arrived lol
Skiing ⛸️🎿 on top of The Polar Express train is very dangerous
Which duo do you like better the boy and hobo or the boy and conductor
This Video Is Liked Reversed.
How dous the train keep gaining and losing cars
(2:24) “JUUUUUUUUMP!!!!!”
What's flat top tunnel ??
Flip my shoulders….grab my Lilly
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That ghost sounds like Tom Hanks 0:15
It is tom hanks he was the voice actor for many characters in the film
A fun fact is that the director and Tom initially considered having Tom play EVERY MALE ROLE IN THIS FILM! It would have been hilarious, but they quickly realized it wasn’t feasible 😂
It still triggers me that the polar Express keeps gaining and losing cars
If it was the polar Lion park, and if they had lions that would eat people that would be different
Mallard: 👁️👄👁️
Considering the fact that this scene lasted around 50 seconds, and the train was going downwards exposing the coal box of the water within the train(This is a steam powered train) The steel of the coal box would've had enough time to reach an extremely high temperature(The coal box is most likely around 2500degress) meaning Once the train had leveled after this scene the water would have been thrusted back making immediate contact with the burning steel causing instant evaporation producing too much steam,(If the pegs of the coal box did not work) causing a boiler explosion. In conclusion, the train should have exploded. 😀
P.S, this is a VERY over simplified explanation.
1 you mean the firebox
2 there a thing called a water injector.
@@gamerfan8445Didn’t need to be a asshole about it geez
VillairBarrett1987
Wow
1:26 AAAAAAAA-
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O if you
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Jump!!!!
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