@@edwardshaw5352 - The Bible has a dire warning against speaking with "the dead" and associating with those wh DO. It is real - but there are no ghosts - but things that pretend to be so. Keona - Jesus is one part of the Trinity - He is our King; we walk with the Holy Spirit as our guide and companion. We worship mighty God - this is how He has framed his triune nature for us.
"One more thing.....do you believe in ghosts?" *Shakes head* "Interesting...." The reason why he said that was because he was staring right at one, if he really didn't believe, he wouldn't have been able to see him.
Is it weird that I thought of the Hobo as Jack Frost? It shows a deleted unfinished scene on DVD, about the Hobo actually being a man named King that died on the train, but since they scrapped it I always thought he was Jack Frost.
Another Cart To Go That’s an interesting take. I can see the similarities. Both have rather mischievous elements to them. I’m not necessarily talking about the DW version, it’s been a while since I’ve seen Rise of the Gaurdians so I don’t know much about him. But I do remember that he somewhat “Died” and became something new, just like the Hobo.
@@jodyrussell4969 yeah that makes more sense, actually the canon IS that he died at flat top tunnel, there's a deleted scene where the engineer and driver tell his story
lmao Ikr. He just shakes his head so that he doesn't want to make himself look like a fool, but there he is, looking at a dead man. When Hobo said "interesting..." It also translates to "Wow kid, you should have realized..."
''Twas the night before Christmas, in 1933, when this hobo named "King" wanted to ride for free. He was riding on the roof, this King of the pole, when it started to fall, that white stuff, called snow. The train started down a steep, icey drop, headed toward a tunnel, a tunnel, a tunnel called Flat Top! Down the train went, faster & faster, & the King got nervous, 'cause up ahead was disaster. He didn't have time to hollar, he didn't have time to cry!!! He got knocked of that train like scum off a Georgia swamp in July! His ghost still rides that train, some people believe. Every night before Christmas, every Christmas Eve..."
When I was younger, I didn't understand this scene at all. It made no sense to me and I thought it was boring. Now that I'm older, I understand it so much more. It's a very powerful and meaningful scene, probably my favorite in the whole entire movie.
@Yung Dripy The kid is afraid to believe in Santa for fear of being 'Bamboozled'. The hobo makes fun of the kid for it, even letting him doubt himself into believing that he's in a dream. He then asks if the kid believes in ghosts- which the kid says no to, even though if he really didn't believe in ghosts, he wouldn't see the hobo. We choose not to believe things because we fear we'll be called stupid for it. We lie that we don't believe in things, even though we do. And through those lies to others, and to ourselves, we begin to believe nothing is real at all. Sooner or later kids find out that Santa wasn't real. And soon all of us find out what we were told to believe weren't real. But the thing is, you can only find true beauty (and meaning) if you open yourself up to believing in something. So while no one else can hear the sleigh bell anymore, have the courage and the faith to believe that it still jingles.
“Seeing is believing... am I right?” That hit different now that I understand cause it’s got such a wide range of meaning for everything I swear. And is nobody going to acknowledge how good the soundtrack is for this movie???
What's more interesting, is that he added a test question to the boy "Do you believe in ghosts?", since the boy shook his head, he actually doesn't want to look like a buffoon for believing supernatural entities. When Hobo said "Interesting..." It really did convinced me that the boy actually IS TALKING TO A REAL GHOST. Because not-so-fun-fact about Hobo, is that he actually got thrown off from the train when he hit the flat-top tunnel. His ghost is still riding on that train.
Andrew white the whole ghost thing sure is creepy but it’s how the movie was set and I think it honestly adds a bit more charm it relates to the whole meaning of the story seeing is believing
@@fallonfloora8878 what was "interesting" [according to the hobo] about the kid not believing in ghosts is how he didn't believe what was right there- a ghost. ["seeing is believing"]...that whole "believe" thing is the key to life if you ask me.
It's literally about 'believing' on something. When Hobo mentioned about "Seeing is believing" and then he asked if the boy believe about ghosts... Turns out he really does believe in ghosts, because he's already looking at one. And Hobo is a deadass ghost who died from the Flat-Tunnel.
"Seeing is believing, am I right?" "And one other thing. Do you believe in ghosts?" *shakes head* "Interesting." I. Love. This. Scene. He saw, and had a conversation with a ghost, yet he still doesn't believe in them. This tells us that seeing is not believing in a very subtle way, and I love it.
Yep. I was thinking this too. I’m really impressed someone was able to write this. It’s kinda cool how good movies can be without you understanding anything. I liked this movie when I was younger but I never tried to understand anything. Now that I’m older I can try to piece it all together.
This also connects to a conversation later in the movie after they get the train off the ice the conductor states that on a Christmas Eve night years ago he falls off the train but something saves him to which afterwards he states “sometimes the realest things are the things we can’t see”
Nick Bozza I know this is old, but I never understood that. Why exactly did he say "Interesting" and walks away? I know he's a Ghost as well, but I thought his reaction would be a little more...surprising.
Lives under a train, can make a cup of joe with fire, water and a sock, skis on train cars going down mountains for fun.. Yeah I say he fits the job description.
That sounds like what Captain Barbossa told Elizabeth Swann in Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse Of The Black Pearl. "You best start believing in ghost stories Miss Turner, you're in one!"
Hobo: And one other thing. Do you believe in ghosts? Boy: (Shakes head) Hobo: Interesting. I found that part a little scary because it sounds like the Hobo is suggesting that he's a ghost. And there was also the scene with the Ebenezer Scrooge puppet.
I don't know the *real* legend, but the hobo does have a legendary backstory in the film (as revealed in a deleted scene). According to the film's legend, the hobo was a man known as "The King" who was famous for hopping on the tops of trains and going for rides. For free. But one Christmas Eve, the hobo was riding the Polar Express. When the train approached Flat Top Tunnel, he couldn't get off the roof in time and was subsequently killed. Every Christmas Eve since then, The King's ghost is bound to ride on the top of the Pol Ex for all time. This ghost is the very person that Hero Boy meets.
I believe he was a traveling hobo at the time of the Great depression by his outfit from Roaring 20s but got down and gross from being jobless and homeless. The hole on his shoe must be a nail he stepped on by working at a place, maybe the docks for a couple of change, and the hole got bigger by keeping on wearing it. he couldn't get new shoes because he was poor or in debt by the Installment plan he used after the Roaring 20s. He knew how to hold money by storing it in his shoe for hiding his money, but may lost some change by his hole on his shoe. He needed to find a job, not at his area because he may get a better chance on getting a job somewhere else, so he gets on the train. too poor to get a ticket so he gets on top for free ride without permission. his fate was an accident by the top was too small for him to go under on a train, like the seen at the north pole where he was using a cup to tap on the breaks for the Protagonist and into snow when hitting the top. Funny how he acted like a clockwork Santa because the boy saw an actual clockwork Santa at a window of a store when all the kids were looking out of the train windows to see the toys and decor. This is all of my guesses and knowledge from After WW1 to The Great depression.
That seems pretty legit. I loved learning about ww1 and the great depression. (I was actually leaning it at about the time you posted this 7 months ago lol)
+KittyCatcoon Dusty the polar express was said to appear to all of those who believed, it's kind of sad to imagine him holding on whatever childish dream he had left even though he's poor. the train must've shown up before him and he got on it without thinking much about it and got spirited away.
Tampaps3 Ps3 It wasn't the first time Robert Zemeckis directed a movie set in the 20th century, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" takes place in 1947, and much of the Back To The Future trilogy takes place in 1955.
This scene is probably one of the most interesting scenes in film history. Besides all the genius dialogue and amazing music, this movie, I believe, has a much greater meaning. The Polar Express could be a metaphor for life, there will always be great, fun times, but during life, sometimes we are skeptical of what we believe and even are skeptical about existence entirely. “We’re all really going to the North Pole, aren’t we?” “Are you saying this is all just a dream?” As we get older, we hear others’ beliefs and need to decide what we need to believe, “Seeing is believing, am I right?” and it can be really overwhelming and stressful. “I have to wake up.” Others may influence or try to help us decide in what we should believe, but in the end, it’s all up to us. “When I say jump, you jump.” I truly love The Polar Express, and this scene is truly a cinematic masterpiece. Thank you so much for reading my long theory, but I hope you know that you are loved so much. I hope you are having an amazing day and I’ll see you on the next train on the Polar Express.
Depends if you truly believe. If you’re not a child, and you don’t believe, it won’t happen. If you’re young though, and you don’t believe, and possibly live in the US ( it is a US train after all, who knows, maybe we Brits have an LNER P2 for ours )… Make sure to bring a camera when you get on board. Wake up your parents, make sure your coat isn’t ripped. Pull and all-nighter when you get back. Find SOME way to prove that you weren’t in your house all night.
That is a very intriguing and impressive observation! This comment really got me thinking, perhaps this movie's deeper meaning is somewhat about the human condition, or something similar? Perhaps...
4:30 really gets to me. The music, the dialogue. Never understood how deep this part was until I grew older. Makes you wonder if all of life is just a dream, and that music just tops it all off.
A good scenario for the music: “Oh, good. You got home safe. Which of those trains took you home?” “Pretty sure it was the ninth, number nine, I would’ve taken number six but that had been cancelled.” “Engine number nine… of that class of engines?” “Yeah… um, is something wrong?” “There was no ninth engine… they only built seven locomotives of that class.”
It’s very thought provoking, I find myself questioning my own beliefs when I hear him ask “Do you believe in ghosts?” I get chills no matter how many times I watch this movie
Me too.... Granite I wasn't really a kid in 2004, "16 years old" but this movie still made me have some really vivid, wild dreams... Weird that others share the same expirence.
That so interesting! I thought I was the only one. Its weird... a lot of my dreams, when I share them with people, they just don't seem to understand the powerful impact it has on the mind. Its like exploring another world. This movie in particular is the fringe of what a vivid dream would be like. A train on a suburban road that seems to go through uncharted, and estranged territory and settings and defying the physics of a train. A ghost, the north pole, all of it. So perturbing.
I loved that line about ghosts because it's such a sharp deviation from the overall theme of the film and it makes me feel an emotion that's hard to describe.
I think I know why the Hobo was laughing, that was because he thinks the boy was looking for a gorilla friend. When I see that scene, I say this, "You think it is funny to look for a girl friend?".
Matthew Soares no dude lol 😂 He’s laughing because He said he was looking for girl, and in life most men are looking for a girl to be with and to marry. It’s an adult joke In a kids movie lol 😂
Fun little fact, at 6:09 that light the hobo is wearing is a real thing, it’s called a carbide lamp and it was used mostly by miners in the 1900s-1930s. I happen to have 2 of these carbide lights and the detail is so accurate the reflection on the snow covered passenger car is absolutely correct from having the bright center with a bright ring around it, quite a small but very Interesting detail
When he asks if he believes in Ghosts and he said no with his head I think it was a lesson or something like that. He said seeing is believing. Obviously, he does believe in ghosts if he can see them but I think it told the hobo that he doubts himself or lies to himself into not believing something he does. I think the hobo symbolizes one of the 3 spirits of christmas.
So Cold the hobo was actually a hobo that was taking a ride on the train and he didn’t make it because of the narrow tunnel. He now “haunts” the polar express
He's not the angel of death. If you listen closely, when the boy first comes up the hobo is playing a song called good king wenceslas. This song is about a martyr ghost king of sorts whose snow prints leads a pauper through a cold winter night. (Im just summarizing the tale of wenceslas but you should look it up on wiki or something). Throughout the movie, he leads the boy both physically and spiritually (i.e. through the snow and to believe in xmas, etc). He asks if the boy believes in ghosts bc he is a ghost as wenceslas was.
So Cold Idk why but when he asks him if he believes in ghost and that eerie music comes on, I picture other spirits in hell burning and being tortured and that this guy somehow escaped that fate. I'm weird 😂
Fact: The primrose path isn't being deceived like the hobo was saying, it's actually a life of ease and pleasure that could lead to disastrous consequences as a result. What he's supposed to say is "you don't want to be led down the garden path" which does mean to be deceived
This movie felt different than all other movies I had seen as a kid. It seemingly blew my mind. If felt like a grand adventure of some kid that found himself in a strange world of people and magic.
4:30 LOVE THAT EPIC SCORE!!! Then again Alan Silvestri is responsible for composing Avengers, Back to the Future, and Predator movies. He is talented. "Oh, One other thing.....do you believe in ghosts?" "Interesting...."
+Steven Bédard The best part about the movie for me. It gives me this weird uneasy feeling, like I'm missing something important or something mystical is going on, and yet this is entirely a Christmas film... Usually a Christmas feel is all happy and fulfilling, but this movie just has this constant sense of unease or an edgy feeling, and it's not a bad feeling at all.
I called the head of the music department at the studio, sadly the song the hobo is playing "Good king Wenceslas" dose not exists for this particular film in the studio archive, which means it was recorded and cataloged as a sound effect, and sadly not obtainable to the public. Sorry guys, i wanted it too.
Can’t believe this movie is almost 20 years old now. I watch it every year in December, him asking about ghosts then disappearing will always give me chills. It’s such a well done scene! The metaphors, the pacing, the dialogue. It’s just genuinely good cinema.
Me too, im too old to be watching this movie but hell i got so many memories tied to this movie when i watch it i feel like a kid again and get a heavy wave of nostalgia i like to watch it with my family every December last year we watched it on christmas eve and drank coffee and chocolate it was great
ThePumpkinspice Yea, that's the kind of human form I imagine God would take. Going unnoticed but influencing many things none the less. The kind of person the average person would look away from, or the kind of person that would inspire a person to do great things.
Jesus did arrive in a manger and rode into town on a donkey. He could've made a grand entrance where it would have no doubt that it was Him, but He's saving that for later ;-)
He isn't the reason that is is because he already knows what happens to those who don't get in the train before reaching the tunnel Someone stated that he came from the great depression era in which tickets and hitch hikers were more common in which he would have borded the train and stayed on the roof only to die by hitting the tunnel ceiling
I have a couple theories. 1) the boy is actually both the hobo and the conductor 2) the hobo is actually the guardian spirit of the polar express. 3) this is a darker one, the hobo was a boy that was given a choice every christmas to ride the train but didn't until one year when he finally decides to ride but rides without a ticket and ends up getting cursed and dies after committing suicide via flat top tunnel. Now the curse forces the hobo to ride the train for eternity and he guides and protects it's passengers in hopes that it will lift his curse or that it will help them not end up like him.
CubeMster Id like to think in the case of your darker theory that he helps the passengers like the boy so as not to life his curse, if that could even be done, but to help them not end up like him
8:16 This scene scared the shit out of me when I was 5 and we saw this in theaters. When that stupid demon face of the tunnel popped up I screamed like the little baby I was, had to leave the room every time that scene came on for years after. Still makes my palms sweaty from the tenseness of the scene haha
I like family movies that have dark bizarre stories that you would never know as a kid but yes when you grow up, I think that's a metaphor that "king" sent to hell since in the real time he was a free rider until he died on that scene, now everything makes sense!
+TheOMGsee I always thought he was a ghost the whole time, but now that you mention it... what if he was alive during this scene, but died at the end? And then later came back as a ghost to save him during the frozen lake scene? I think that makes this character SO much more interesting, as if he wasn't interesting to begin with...I have to wonder what went on during his life so that he knew everything would be alright, that he already knew about ghosts, that he knew he'd become one, and he didn't fear dying at all then- it would have looked like he fully intended to die that night and become a ghost.... what if he intended to die just then because he needed to be a ghost in order to save three lives during the lake scene??
+Tijopi11 The hobo saved the conductor on a previous trip, although the conductor didn't know who--or what--it was that pulled him back. Hobo's been long dead.
R C Nelson It wasn't specifically stated that it was the hobo. It could've been other ghosts that saved him.....but your idea is more fluent and is most likely correct.
+Tijopi11 He dissolved into nothing before they entered the tunnel. Ergo, he was a ghost. Wouldn't it be easier if you watched the scene before coming up with nonsensical speculations?
miguelitoXXL Oh hell I just rewatched it and he DID disappear. I've seen this movie several times and never noticed the smoke, I just thought he literally jumped off screen. I guess that solves that question.
"Seeing is Believing." One of my most favorite lines from The Polar Express. This movie is one of my most favorite movies from when I was growing up and whenever I think about this movie, I think about this line. Always and forever will this movie remain a Christmas classic!
It's crazy how much life has changed since this movie came out I watched it when I was in the hospital as a kid over an over again the world is different now but that's not a bad thing is it
Most people associate Christmas with feelings of security and warmth spending time inside with family, but the main character gets separated from family and experiences Christmas in the cold winter. Love that this movie gives a totally different vibe to most holiday films
I always thought the reason he choked on the coffee was because it was really bitter. I just now realized that it's because the hobo had his socks in the kettle.
It's only now that I've realized why the hobo vanished at the entrance of the tunnel. The hobo died smashed against Flat Top tunnel, and his curse is to ride the train every year up to that point, after what he vanishes and reappears until the next christmas ride. That probably explains his nihilistic attitude, but also his devotion to saving the kid from having the same fate. The last advice he gives to the boy is what he himself failed to do back then.
He didn’t make the jump. This movie is very metaphorical. Most people don’t make that jump, and watch their dreams die, becoming ghosts, dying along with their inner child. The hero boy was saved, the hobo was an angel. The boy made the jump, and realized ultimately, that it was all up to him. It wasn’t seeing that was believing. It was believing, that made him see. In the end, the bell will always ring for him BECAUSE, he will never stop believing. He made the jump, his dreams will never die. :) make the jump, whatever it is
ABC Family cut a whole portion of this scene out of the movie this year for 25 days of Christmas. I was so disappointed, because it's one of my favorite scenes.
"One other thing... do you believe in ghosts?" I love it when he says that. The dark winter atmosphere, the creepy music playing in the background. Not your typical Christmas Movie Moment.
This scene is reality. The hobos mannerisms with everything he says and the way "flat top tunnel" provides one inch of clearance. Its all just a big allegory for life.
I think that guy is the most interesting ghost from any non-horror movie i've ever seen
+NFSMadman17 And the best character in the movie.
R C Nelson Well yeah, no question man
he's also the most mysterious
Jeffer-Cake lol ikr
TheArcTrooperGreggor yes
This movie had such a different feeling than all the other same old Christmas movies. This one had a deeper meaning.
Scott Bennici it has badassery, mystery, action, drama, comedy, you name it. Plus a lit game.
For such a simple seeming movie it did have a deep meaning
Scott Bennici And I love train films 😍🚂🚂
So what’s the “deep meaning”
It's a Christmas classic and ever since it's creation I e seen it every single Christmas because I love that holiday it's only second to... HALLOWEEN
"I'm looking for a girl." (Hobo laughs) "Ain't we all?!?!?" Lol
I thought he said a wheel XD
Haha nope lol
+Sheppard Vars
Same here. I thought he was talking to his instrument, saying "EY WHEEL!" when I was younger.
fackio nigga
Nathaniel Mahan lion
This is the best scene in the whole movie.
"Do you believe In ghosts?" The way he says that always gives me chills
i believe in Jesus Christ the Holy Ghost.
The music aswell.
I want to be friends with a ghost.
@@edwardshaw5352 - The Bible has a dire warning against speaking with "the dead" and associating with those wh DO. It is real - but there are no ghosts - but things that pretend to be so. Keona - Jesus is one part of the Trinity - He is our King; we walk with the Holy Spirit as our guide and companion. We worship mighty God - this is how He has framed his triune nature for us.
I dont know if its as good as the train drifting scene though
"One more thing.....do you believe in ghosts?"
*Shakes head*
"Interesting...."
The reason why he said that was because he was staring right at one, if he really didn't believe, he wouldn't have been able to see him.
I believe in ghosts.
What exactly is… your persuasion, on the Big Man? Since you brought him up.
@@SirSaturnine8008 I think it means you believe in ghosts.
Is it weird that I thought of the Hobo as Jack Frost? It shows a deleted unfinished scene on DVD, about the Hobo actually being a man named King that died on the train, but since they scrapped it I always thought he was Jack Frost.
Another Cart To Go That’s an interesting take. I can see the similarities. Both have rather mischievous elements to them. I’m not necessarily talking about the DW version, it’s been a while since I’ve seen Rise of the Gaurdians so I don’t know much about him. But I do remember that he somewhat “Died” and became something new, just like the Hobo.
you have to respect this movie because it was made in 2004 and the graphics looks incredible (animations)
RbKing55 exactly
uncanny valllleeeyyyy
Yeah, me and my dad see it in IMAX 3D every time it’s re-issued at our local theatre and it still looks great with every showing.
No, it looks friggin dated today. Some of the character designs look a little too realistic and the technology just wasn’t and still isn’t there yet
It was released on 2004.. this movie took maybe 4 years to finish .. so it's from 2000 or 2001
The hobo died on top of the train. How do you think he knew about it being impossible to survive passing through Flat Top Tunnel?
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The hobo was a ghost from the start lol
@@restplz I think he means before he became a ghost
@@jodyrussell4969 yeah that makes more sense, actually the canon IS that he died at flat top tunnel, there's a deleted scene where the engineer and driver tell his story
"I'm looking for a girl.."
*LAUGHS*
"AINT WE ALL?!"
De facto bug. Job. Hangs. S f
FunnyVideoMaker77 vid
Took me forever to get that joke considering I was 4 when I first saw this film
No disrespect to Freeform, but why did they cut this part out in 25 days of Christmas?
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"Do you believe in ghosts?"
This scene is important because it shows that the Boy is lying to himself since he’s looking at one.
lmao Ikr. He just shakes his head so that he doesn't want to make himself look like a fool, but there he is, looking at a dead man. When Hobo said "interesting..." It also translates to "Wow kid, you should have realized..."
@@xxstar-bluesxx Yea he doesn't realize who he is looking at.
@@cristiancontreras4001 Hobo: Do you believe in ghosts?
Boy: * shakes head *
Me: YOU FOOL
@@cristiancontreras4001 It's kinda funny. One of those things he 'doesn't' believe in, already showed up in front of him.
@@xxstar-bluesxx Ye. I can't believe I posted this two years ago. 😂
Legend says he is still riding on that train today.
''Twas the night before Christmas, in 1933, when this hobo named "King" wanted to ride for free. He was riding on the roof, this King of the pole, when it started to fall, that white stuff, called snow. The train started down a steep, icey drop, headed toward a tunnel, a tunnel, a tunnel called Flat Top! Down the train went, faster & faster, & the King got nervous, 'cause up ahead was disaster. He didn't have time to hollar, he didn't have time to cry!!! He got knocked of that train like scum off a Georgia swamp in July!
His ghost still rides that train, some people believe. Every night before Christmas, every Christmas Eve..."
damn that was pretty good you could be quite a pote if you took classes on poetry maby you already are
I'm no poet, I got that from a deleted scene from the Polar Express where the engineer & fireman explain the King's past
oh
Is there a link for it you could possibly share? Would be interesting to watch..
When I was younger, I didn't understand this scene at all. It made no sense to me and I thought it was boring. Now that I'm older, I understand it so much more. It's a very powerful and meaningful scene, probably my favorite in the whole entire movie.
Alyssa Graves same:)
@Yung Dripy The kid is afraid to believe in Santa for fear of being 'Bamboozled'. The hobo makes fun of the kid for it, even letting him doubt himself into believing that he's in a dream. He then asks if the kid believes in ghosts- which the kid says no to, even though if he really didn't believe in ghosts, he wouldn't see the hobo.
We choose not to believe things because we fear we'll be called stupid for it. We lie that we don't believe in things, even though we do. And through those lies to others, and to ourselves, we begin to believe nothing is real at all.
Sooner or later kids find out that Santa wasn't real. And soon all of us find out what we were told to believe weren't real. But the thing is, you can only find true beauty (and meaning) if you open yourself up to believing in something.
So while no one else can hear the sleigh bell anymore, have the courage and the faith to believe that it still jingles.
Gives me goosebumps everytime. There is a bit of the meaning of life encapsulated in his monologue
I was terrified by thjs scene lol
@@riparoo9675 Thank you 🙏
“Seeing is believing... am I right?”
That hit different now that I understand cause it’s got such a wide range of meaning for everything I swear. And is nobody going to acknowledge how good the soundtrack is for this movie???
What's more interesting, is that he added a test question to the boy "Do you believe in ghosts?", since the boy shook his head, he actually doesn't want to look like a buffoon for believing supernatural entities. When Hobo said "Interesting..."
It really did convinced me that the boy actually IS TALKING TO A REAL GHOST. Because not-so-fun-fact about Hobo, is that he actually got thrown off from the train when he hit the flat-top tunnel. His ghost is still riding on that train.
The first 30 seconds of the song “ seeing is believing” is hauntingly beautiful.
The soundtrack is gorgeous.
But what about this train
That's Alan Silvestri's beautiful music for you my boy
When the homeless guy laughed when the boy said "I'm looking for a girl.", I finally got why he laughed. :P Never figured it out when I was little.
me to XD
Tacozaurus Rex I️ know right! Finally understand why he said “ain’t we all??”
Same!! Lol
he's not homeless,he's the train's ghost
I thought it was cuz he had seen no one else besides that one boy walking up there
The whole "Do you believe in ghosts?" Thing creeped me out when I first saw this
Andrew White that's my favorite scene
Andrew white the whole ghost thing sure is creepy but it’s how the movie was set and I think it honestly adds a bit more charm it relates to the whole meaning of the story seeing is believing
i wouldve said i believe in Jesus Christ the Holy Ghost.
@@fallonfloora8878 what was "interesting" [according to the hobo] about the kid not believing in ghosts is how he didn't believe what was right there- a ghost. ["seeing is believing"]...that whole "believe" thing is the key to life if you ask me.
It's literally about 'believing' on something. When Hobo mentioned about "Seeing is believing" and then he asked if the boy believe about ghosts... Turns out he really does believe in ghosts, because he's already looking at one. And Hobo is a deadass ghost who died from the Flat-Tunnel.
"Seeing is believing, am I right?"
"And one other thing. Do you believe in ghosts?"
*shakes head*
"Interesting."
I. Love. This. Scene. He saw, and had a conversation with a ghost, yet he still doesn't believe in them. This tells us that seeing is not believing in a very subtle way, and I love it.
OH MY GOD HOW DID I MISS THAT THANK YOU
Exactly, brother
Yep. I was thinking this too. I’m really impressed someone was able to write this. It’s kinda cool how good movies can be without you understanding anything. I liked this movie when I was younger but I never tried to understand anything. Now that I’m older I can try to piece it all together.
This also connects to a conversation later in the movie after they get the train off the ice the conductor states that on a Christmas Eve night years ago he falls off the train but something saves him to which afterwards he states “sometimes the realest things are the things we can’t see”
That's not a ghost that's the one that said all abord
How this movie got a 6.6 on IMDb is beyond me.....
A 6.6 on IMDb?!?! You gotta be kidding me....
And a 57% on rotten tomatoes. Critics are fucking morons.
***** That's a load of BS. I hate critics. They always dislike my favorite movies.....
5.5/10 ign
too much Christmas
+Erick Pan-Cho so?
"Do you believe in ghosts?"
*boy shakes head*
"Interesting..."
My favorite part of the movie
Nick Bozza I know this is old, but I never understood that. Why exactly did he say "Interesting" and walks away? I know he's a Ghost as well, but I thought his reaction would be a little more...surprising.
Joe Z i don't know 😂 i thought the reaction was perfect haha,,, i forgot all about this video thanks for reminding me 😂
Nick Bozza Ah, no problem. Lol.
CapitanMaestro I think it’s because he’s wondering why he’s able to see him if he doesn’t believe in Ghosts kinda thing
Nick Bozza ready there bee n m t d w there
I fucking love Tom hanks, he can bring about so many emotions
His scream is what he's known.
THIS is the kind of Ghost I can appreciate. Not a grotesque or scary one, one with genuine mystique whose song sends shivers down your spine
The ghost of Christmas Badass.
xD
Not Potato l
Well said
Lives under a train, can make a cup of joe with fire, water and a sock, skis on train cars going down mountains for fun..
Yeah I say he fits the job description.
he's the best Ghost ever
You best start believing in ghost stories kid you're in one
Seeing is believing. Am I right?
Pirates
at 7:50 that was cool
joey faulkner eyy i get the reference.
That sounds like what Captain Barbossa told Elizabeth Swann in Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse Of The Black Pearl. "You best start believing in ghost stories Miss Turner, you're in one!"
I get chills every time I hear the song, so beautiful and eerie.
Eliz the song the ghost is playing?
Eliza the ghost is playing good King Wenceslas
It's called seeing is believing.
I absolutely love the music at 4:30 . When I was little it always made me have a small existential crisis. Just me?
Acharvis I've watched this a thousand times just for that music
I HAVE THE EXACT SAME FEELINGS!!!
What's the song name
Song is called, Seeing Is Believing
this song creeps me out really..that night when i first saw this scene i didn't sleep well.. xD
Hobo: And one other thing. Do you believe in ghosts?
Boy: (Shakes head)
Hobo: Interesting.
I found that part a little scary because it sounds like the Hobo is suggesting that he's a ghost. And there was also the scene with the Ebenezer Scrooge puppet.
Matthew Gross well he actually is a ghost
He is from a real legend
Hey they should make a horror game about thag
John Pollanen what is the legend? Sounds awesome!
I don't know the *real* legend, but the hobo does have a legendary backstory in the film (as revealed in a deleted scene). According to the film's legend, the hobo was a man known as "The King" who was famous for hopping on the tops of trains and going for rides. For free. But one Christmas Eve, the hobo was riding the Polar Express. When the train approached Flat Top Tunnel, he couldn't get off the roof in time and was subsequently killed. Every Christmas Eve since then, The King's ghost is bound to ride on the top of the Pol Ex for all time. This ghost is the very person that Hero Boy meets.
Seeing is Believing
....Am I Right?
I believe he was a traveling hobo at the time of the Great depression by his outfit from Roaring 20s but got down and gross from being jobless and homeless.
The hole on his shoe must be a nail he stepped on by working at a place, maybe the docks for a couple of change, and the hole got bigger by keeping on wearing it. he couldn't get new shoes because he was poor or in debt by the Installment plan he used after the Roaring 20s. He knew how to hold money by storing it in his shoe for hiding his money, but may lost some change by his hole on his shoe.
He needed to find a job, not at his area because he may get a better chance on getting a job somewhere else, so he gets on the train.
too poor to get a ticket so he gets on top for free ride without permission.
his fate was an accident by the top was too small for him to go under on a train, like the seen at the north pole where he was using a cup to tap on the breaks for the Protagonist and into snow when hitting the top.
Funny how he acted like a clockwork Santa because the boy saw an actual clockwork Santa at a window of a store when all the kids were looking out of the train windows to see the toys and decor.
This is all of my guesses and knowledge from After WW1 to The Great depression.
That seems pretty legit. I loved learning about ww1 and the great depression. (I was actually leaning it at about the time you posted this 7 months ago lol)
KittyCatcoon Dusty Robert Zemeckis (the director) actually confirmed that the events of this movie take place in the mid to late 1950s.
+KittyCatcoon Dusty the polar express was said to appear to all of those who believed, it's kind of sad to imagine him holding on whatever childish dream he had left even though he's poor. the train must've shown up before him and he got on it without thinking much about it and got spirited away.
+Jackson “Untergrond” Begley even doe the movie was made in 2004, some ppl think it was LOOK LIKE old so they think they were made in 19 something.
Tampaps3 Ps3 It wasn't the first time Robert Zemeckis directed a movie set in the 20th century, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" takes place in 1947, and much of the Back To The Future trilogy takes place in 1955.
I love how the hobo just casually says, " Is there something I can do for you?"
lighthouseman123 yeah lol
I’m looking for a girl.
@@DanielGarcia-rn3ql aren’t we all
This scene is probably one of the most interesting scenes in film history. Besides all the genius dialogue and amazing music, this movie, I believe, has a much greater meaning. The Polar Express could be a metaphor for life, there will always be great, fun times, but during life, sometimes we are skeptical of what we believe and even are skeptical about existence entirely. “We’re all really going to the North Pole, aren’t we?” “Are you saying this is all just a dream?” As we get older, we hear others’ beliefs and need to decide what we need to believe, “Seeing is believing, am I right?” and it can be really overwhelming and stressful. “I have to wake up.” Others may influence or try to help us decide in what we should believe, but in the end, it’s all up to us. “When I say jump, you jump.” I truly love The Polar Express, and this scene is truly a cinematic masterpiece. Thank you so much for reading my long theory, but I hope you know that you are loved so much. I hope you are having an amazing day and I’ll see you on the next train on the Polar Express.
Well said.
Depends if you truly believe. If you’re not a child, and you don’t believe, it won’t happen. If you’re young though, and you don’t believe, and possibly live in the US ( it is a US train after all, who knows, maybe we Brits have an LNER P2 for ours )…
Make sure to bring a camera when you get on board. Wake up your parents, make sure your coat isn’t ripped. Pull and all-nighter when you get back.
Find SOME way to prove that you weren’t in your house all night.
That is a very intriguing and impressive observation! This comment really got me thinking, perhaps this movie's deeper meaning is somewhat about the human condition, or something similar? Perhaps...
Bravo!! very well said
My guy wrote a novel.
Seriously though I will take note of this when I rewatch Polar Express on Christmas Eve with the fam, like we do every year
4:30 really gets to me. The music, the dialogue. Never understood how deep this part was until I grew older. Makes you wonder if all of life is just a dream, and that music just tops it all off.
A good scenario for the music:
“Oh, good. You got home safe. Which of those trains took you home?”
“Pretty sure it was the ninth, number nine, I would’ve taken number six but that had been cancelled.”
“Engine number nine… of that class of engines?”
“Yeah… um, is something wrong?”
“There was no ninth engine… they only built seven locomotives of that class.”
It’s very thought provoking, I find myself questioning my own beliefs when I hear him ask “Do you believe in ghosts?” I get chills no matter how many times I watch this movie
@@P9u9r6p2l4e I can relate.
It reminds me of Davy Jones theme from Pirates of the carribean, very haunting
Jesus is the answer
I had a lot of odd dreams after seeing this movie as a kid. Really cool ones actually. Don't know why.
Me too.... Granite I wasn't really a kid in 2004, "16 years old" but this movie still made me have some really vivid, wild dreams... Weird that others share the same expirence.
That so interesting! I thought I was the only one. Its weird... a lot of my dreams, when I share them with people, they just don't seem to understand the powerful impact it has on the mind. Its like exploring another world. This movie in particular is the fringe of what a vivid dream would be like. A train on a suburban road that seems to go through uncharted, and estranged territory and settings and defying the physics of a train. A ghost, the north pole, all of it. So perturbing.
I had 2 dreams about it one where satan forced me into the tunnel and one where i fell into the car with the abandoned toys
The movie itself is a dream.
I know this comment is three years old but, last night, I had a dream of this scene tho
He wasn't a hobo. He was a ghost
+orphanslayer69 ahahahhahha
The tunnel was so scary that in my mind when fire shot out of its nostrils i called it "The lion's hell"
Thats an awsome name
BTS Jams ARis4lyfe if he's not a hobo then why does he have 100 year old shoe and drinking out of a can 😂😂😂
BTS Jams ARis4lyfe ghost means a dead persons spirit, when this ghost was alive, he was a hobo.
"I'm looking for a girl. Ain't we all!" Lol 😂😂 I find it funny now but didn't know what this meant when I was a kid
jahahahahahsh....
Olivija Strandjord Mans,look for a girls....u understand?
Yeea man
You are a girl
Ridge Caples
"One other thing... Do you believe I ghosts?"
Sakusha116 *Shakes head*
Crown Plays .....interesting *walks away*
WAIT!!!
nope.
Yup
I loved that line about ghosts because it's such a sharp deviation from the overall theme of the film and it makes me feel an emotion that's hard to describe.
Same and the music fits the plot perfectly
I'm sticking to my theory that he' actually Santa in a humble form
How so?
There is supposedly a deleted scene that states he was an actual hobo that dies due to the tunnel seen in the clip above. He's supposed to be a ghost.
Doomsday he was looking for for work due to it being the great depression, he must of died trying to hitch a ride
jacob nagler I believe in the theory that he is either the chritmas presence or the simple human krampus.
He's a ghost. He affirms it with the "Do you believe in ghosts?"
"I... I'm looking for a girl". "ha..ha ha HAHA AINT WE ALL!"
I think I know why the Hobo was laughing, that was because he thinks the boy was looking for a gorilla friend. When I see that scene, I say this, "You think it is funny to look for a girl friend?".
Matthew Soares no dude lol 😂 He’s laughing because He said he was looking for girl, and in life most men are looking for a girl to be with and to marry. It’s an adult joke In a kids movie lol 😂
Matthew Soares also it can be interpreted as looking for a Girlfriend lol
Fun little fact, at 6:09 that light the hobo is wearing is a real thing, it’s called a carbide lamp and it was used mostly by miners in the 1900s-1930s. I happen to have 2 of these carbide lights and the detail is so accurate the reflection on the snow covered passenger car is absolutely correct from having the bright center with a bright ring around it, quite a small but very Interesting detail
4:24 this scene always gave me goosebumps,it's so mysterious and after he says those lines...that beautiful music comes.
It's simply incredible.
The wide shot and music at 5:40 is honestly so perfect it's chilling
1 OTHER THING
An illustration Right out of the book
“I'm looking for a girl”
“A gi-
*laughs*
“AIN'T WE ALL?!”
GETS ME EVERY TIME 😂
Same here!! Too god damn funny, imagine a random kid walking up saying the same thing
Me too !! 😂
When he asks if he believes in Ghosts and he said no with his head I think it was a lesson or something like that. He said seeing is believing. Obviously, he does believe in ghosts if he can see them but I think it told the hobo that he doubts himself or lies to himself into not believing something he does. I think the hobo symbolizes one of the 3 spirits of christmas.
Yeah hes the ghost:of christmas
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So Cold the hobo was actually a hobo that was taking a ride on the train and he didn’t make it because of the narrow tunnel. He now “haunts” the polar express
He's not the angel of death. If you listen closely, when the boy first comes up the hobo is playing a song called good king wenceslas. This song is about a martyr ghost king of sorts whose snow prints leads a pauper through a cold winter night. (Im just summarizing the tale of wenceslas but you should look it up on wiki or something). Throughout the movie, he leads the boy both physically and spiritually (i.e. through the snow and to believe in xmas, etc). He asks if the boy believes in ghosts bc he is a ghost as wenceslas was.
So Cold Idk why but when he asks him if he believes in ghost and that eerie music comes on, I picture other spirits in hell burning and being tortured and that this guy somehow escaped that fate. I'm weird 😂
Fact: The primrose path isn't being deceived like the hobo was saying, it's actually a life of ease and pleasure that could lead to disastrous consequences as a result. What he's supposed to say is "you don't want to be led down the garden path" which does mean to be deceived
He could be saying that because it's easier and more pleasurable for a kid to believe than it is to take all the magic out of something.
4:30 best soundtrack, very eerie. Epic. "Do you believe in ghost? Interesting!." Deep.
I prefer the soundtrack called meeting Santa Claus but this is a close second
🤓Yeah I’m starting, too.
This movie felt different than all other movies I had seen as a kid. It seemingly blew my mind. If felt like a grand adventure of some kid that found himself in a strange world of people and magic.
It had a magical quality I never forgot.
4:30
LOVE THAT EPIC SCORE!!!
Then again Alan Silvestri is responsible for composing Avengers, Back to the Future, and Predator movies.
He is talented.
"Oh, One other thing.....do you believe in ghosts?"
"Interesting...."
4:30 weird melancholic feeling
+Steven Bédard The best part about the movie for me. It gives me this weird uneasy feeling, like I'm missing something important or something mystical is going on, and yet this is entirely a Christmas film... Usually a Christmas feel is all happy and fulfilling, but this movie just has this constant sense of unease or an edgy feeling, and it's not a bad feeling at all.
Tijopi11 exactly!
4:22
4:18
Its the soundtrack
I called the head of the music department at the studio, sadly the song the hobo is playing "Good king Wenceslas" dose not exists for this particular film in the studio archive, which means it was recorded and cataloged as a sound effect, and sadly not obtainable to the public. Sorry guys, i wanted it too.
That's disappointing
Really sad.
Ooooph.....never liked it when things are lost.
The song is available on the soundtrack, it is titled “Seeing is Believing”
Byronian while that does have him singing it, I think he meant the hobo singing the whole song.
I love how a "polar express hobo scene" is dedicated to the uploader's friend, damn he must mean a lot to this dude
Eventually he died. And this scene reminds him of good times with his friend... We don't know all we can do is... Believe 🌄
When he says "do you believe in ghosts?" It sends a shiver down my spine for some reason.
Because he is one.
He died on top of the train.
This scene gives me the ammunition to be fully convinced that this movie is not just about Christmas. There’s a deeper message here.
When we’re young we just watch the movie for entertainment. When we’re older we watch the movie and understand there’s deep meanings
More like we don´t understand. I have read so many completely different theories on this comment section alone.
When he said I'm looking for a girl & the hobo laughed I just got what that meant lol
Can’t believe this movie is almost 20 years old now. I watch it every year in December, him asking about ghosts then disappearing will always give me chills. It’s such a well done scene! The metaphors, the pacing, the dialogue. It’s just genuinely good cinema.
Me too, im too old to be watching this movie but hell i got so many memories tied to this movie when i watch it i feel like a kid again and get a heavy wave of nostalgia i like to watch it with my family every December last year we watched it on christmas eve and drank coffee and chocolate it was great
"I'm looking for a girl."
"AINT WE ALL!?"
True.
In a deleted scene, the conductors tell the story of what happen to the Hobo.
Where ?
JurassicHero 3 for real ? Dont you think hes just a normal ghost ?
ThePumpkinspice Yea, that's the kind of human form I imagine God would take. Going unnoticed but influencing many things none the less. The kind of person the average person would look away from, or the kind of person that would inspire a person to do great things.
Jesus did arrive in a manger and rode into town on a donkey. He could've made a grand entrance where it would have no doubt that it was Him, but He's saving that for later ;-)
He isn't the reason that is is because he already knows what happens to those who don't get in the train before reaching the tunnel
Someone stated that he came from the great depression era in which tickets and hitch hikers were more common in which he would have borded the train and stayed on the roof only to die by hitting the tunnel ceiling
@@yoholup19 there’s actually a deleted scene that confirms this: th-cam.com/video/tOBX9rCcwkc/w-d-xo.html skip to 4:09
I have a couple theories. 1) the boy is actually both the hobo and the conductor 2) the hobo is actually the guardian spirit of the polar express. 3) this is a darker one, the hobo was a boy that was given a choice every christmas to ride the train but didn't until one year when he finally decides to ride but rides without a ticket and ends up getting cursed and dies after committing suicide via flat top tunnel. Now the curse forces the hobo to ride the train for eternity and he guides and protects it's passengers in hopes that it will lift his curse or that it will help them not end up like him.
CubeMster Id like to think in the case of your darker theory that he helps the passengers like the boy so as not to life his curse, if that could even be done, but to help them not end up like him
The only person that ever sees him in the movie is the boy with the blue robe
@@DJNX4995 well he did save the conductor before as stated by the conductor himself after crossing the lake
There is actually a deleted scene that explains the origin of the hobo: th-cam.com/video/tOBX9rCcwkc/w-d-xo.html skip to 4:09
@@thatguy3968 well my darker theory wasn’t so off then
Tom Hanks did 5 actors? That's impossible.
ECGlaceon 2701 he did six in cloud atlas
Lucas Macfarlane wow that's a world record
The Hobo, the Dad, Santa, the Narrator, the Conductor.
I LOVE TOM HANKS SO MUCH
@@dominusanuli3595 And the hero boy as well
8:16 This scene scared the shit out of me when I was 5 and we saw this in theaters. When that stupid demon face of the tunnel popped up I screamed like the little baby I was, had to leave the room every time that scene came on for years after. Still makes my palms sweaty from the tenseness of the scene haha
Don't be ashamed, that scene scared me as a kid too.
AaronAmerican518 ,y
It was a cave that had the face of fucking demon!
I didnt even noticed that until you commented
I like family movies that have dark bizarre stories that you would never know as a kid but yes when you grow up, I think that's a metaphor that "king" sent to hell since in the real time he was a free rider until he died on that scene, now everything makes sense!
Am I the only one who absolutely loves the music throughout this entire segment? It’s just so. Fricken. Good.
This movie is misterious
Musical
The hobo is so me
I think one of the best characters in any movie
I'm guessing the hobo died when he was on the roof of the train when it went in that tunnel
+TheOMGsee I always thought he was a ghost the whole time, but now that you mention it... what if he was alive during this scene, but died at the end? And then later came back as a ghost to save him during the frozen lake scene? I think that makes this character SO much more interesting, as if he wasn't interesting to begin with...I have to wonder what went on during his life so that he knew everything would be alright, that he already knew about ghosts, that he knew he'd become one, and he didn't fear dying at all then- it would have looked like he fully intended to die that night and become a ghost.... what if he intended to die just then because he needed to be a ghost in order to save three lives during the lake scene??
+Tijopi11 The hobo saved the conductor on a previous trip, although the conductor didn't know who--or what--it was that pulled him back. Hobo's been long dead.
R C Nelson It wasn't specifically stated that it was the hobo. It could've been other ghosts that saved him.....but your idea is more fluent and is most likely correct.
+Tijopi11
He dissolved into nothing before they entered the tunnel. Ergo, he was a ghost. Wouldn't it be easier if you watched the scene before coming up with nonsensical speculations?
miguelitoXXL Oh hell I just rewatched it and he DID disappear. I've seen this movie several times and never noticed the smoke, I just thought he literally jumped off screen. I guess that solves that question.
"So many questions. There is but one inch of clearance between the roof of this rattler and the roof of Flat Top Tunnel. Savvy?"
nerfreak01 awesome
nerfreak01 Oh my god is that what he says at the end??? I’ve spent at least a decade trying to figure it out
"I'm looking for a girl." "AHHHGG AHA HA HA HA HA HA HA! AREN'TWE ALL?!?!"
When the hobo laughed and said, “AIN’T WE ALL?!?!” I right away knew that was Tom Hanks that voiced that character.
"Seeing is Believing." One of my most favorite lines from The Polar Express. This movie is one of my most favorite movies from when I was growing up and whenever I think about this movie, I think about this line. Always and forever will this movie remain a Christmas classic!
This is one of my favorite movie, it combine 2 of my favorite things: Christmas and trains. :)
Bobby Stinklehoffer Christmas Spirit. :)
Bobby Stinklehoffer xD
Bobby Stinklehoffer like some money, but they might get soggy....
Kaiser Cat Same! 😍🚂
Me Too 😍😍!!!
4:24-5:21 this whole minute has stuck with me more than any part of the film. It’s just such a spectacular scene
This guy is the definition of chaotic neutral
this is the best scene in the movie
"Seeing is believing."
--
"One more thing, do you believe in ghosts?"
Boy shakes his head.
"Interesting.."
Something to notice.
4:25 I just love how he said "seeing is believing...am I right?" Then the song to that title starts to play, it's just perfect.
I always liked the idea that he's Jack Frost. The trickster aspect, his weird sense of humour, the way he explodes into snow, it all fits
For 2004 I’ve never seen an animated movie look this way and it’s probably my favorite visual style.
It's crazy how much life has changed since this movie came out I watched it when I was in the hospital as a kid over an over again the world is different now but that's not a bad thing is it
boy:I'm looking for a girl
hobo:ain't we all?
that had me dieing
I love this scene. The background music, the dialogue, the mysterious feeling. Everything about it. Seeing is believing. Merry Christmas!
Most people associate Christmas with feelings of security and warmth spending time inside with family, but the main character gets separated from family and experiences Christmas in the cold winter. Love that this movie gives a totally different vibe to most holiday films
Can we just say that Hobo is the most interesting yet badass character in the movie?
This movie was so ahead of its time. Incredible voice over by Tom Hanks and for 2004 I gotta give that a solid 5/5 for animation.
8:21 Did anyone think the coal looked and sounded delicious when they were younger?
Yes.
Omg i thought I was the only one! I believe that’s actually called ASMR. The nice delicious sound of the coal is definitely a form of a ASMR
Look up the video : The Polar Express Deleted Song: Together. It explains who the hobo, or The King, is. It'll make much more sense.
he was killed while riding for free?
Paula Deen A.no-1 emperor of the north
daniel bernardy what
lighthouseman123 oops i meant to say i was removed for copyright reasons
lighthouseman123 can’t find it
A great scene, very wholesome, very quiet yet loud- puts in perspective people’s doubts, it’s got a good message and it’s just- ugh- timeless
I always thought the reason he choked on the coffee was because it was really bitter. I just now realized that it's because the hobo had his socks in the kettle.
I really don't think people understand how unbelievable this scene really is.Probably one of the best developed scenes in any Movie you'll ever see.
The instrument he was playing was a Hurdy Gurdy, for anyone who wants to know!
LtWölfe thank youuuu!
Thanks!
i know
Palasonic what song?
"Do you believe in ghosts?" *goosebumps*
ya
It's only now that I've realized why the hobo vanished at the entrance of the tunnel.
The hobo died smashed against Flat Top tunnel, and his curse is to ride the train every year up to that point, after what he vanishes and reappears until the next christmas ride. That probably explains his nihilistic attitude, but also his devotion to saving the kid from having the same fate.
The last advice he gives to the boy is what he himself failed to do back then.
He didn’t make the jump. This movie is very metaphorical. Most people don’t make that jump, and watch their dreams die, becoming ghosts, dying along with their inner child. The hero boy was saved, the hobo was an angel. The boy made the jump, and realized ultimately, that it was all up to him. It wasn’t seeing that was believing. It was believing, that made him see. In the end, the bell will always ring for him BECAUSE, he will never stop believing. He made the jump, his dreams will never die. :) make the jump, whatever it is
ABC Family cut a whole portion of this scene out of the movie this year for 25 days of Christmas. I was so disappointed, because it's one of my favorite scenes.
3:31 HAD ME DYING!
Hobo: You mean this guy? *proceeds to go insane with hohoho*
Don’t worry you weren’t the only one dying.
2007: nope
2008: nope
2009: nope
2010: nope
2011: nope
2012: nope
2013: nope
2014: nope
2015: nope
2016: nope
2017: nope
2018: nope
2019: Lets recommend this
"One other thing... do you believe in ghosts?" I love it when he says that. The dark winter atmosphere, the creepy music playing in the background. Not your typical Christmas Movie Moment.
this is the best christmas movie scene ever
change my mind
"Seeing is believing, am I right?" Ever since I heard that quote, I never forgot it.
I can't believe some versions of the movie cut this scene out! This is one of the most important (and funniest) scenes of the movie imo.
Loved this movie. It was happy yet also dark and mysterious and (slightly eerie) at times. I remember this scene always creeped me the hell out.
The soundtrack is so so so so beautiful,a very intimate and originally Christmas sound
This scene is reality. The hobos mannerisms with everything he says and the way "flat top tunnel" provides one inch of clearance. Its all just a big allegory for life.
This scene has to be one of the best in the movie, wish this film could make a comeback of some kind.