@@AndalusianPrince The movie can be interpreted in many ways. Little children think it's about faith in Santa Clause. When you get older you realize Santa is a metaphor in this film.
@@AndalusianPrincedang, it’s almost like you forgot the entire point of CHRISTmas? It’s about celebrating the birth of Christ. If you can believe in Santa(who ain’t real) you can believe in Christ. Believing in Santa helps you learn to believe in Christ. Santa giving gifts to all the children around the world is symbolic of Christ’s forgiveness.
This is my favorite scene in the movie. I didn’t really get it as a kid, so I thought it was boring, but as I got older I realized how amazing this scene really is.
@@aleks0_o879 the homeless man is the ghost/angel of the train. And the boy is having a tough time believing in Santa since he’s never seen him. But when the homeless man asks the boy if he believes in ghosts he shakes his head. That’s why the homeless man responds with “interesting”.
not saying you didn't get it; but its even more impactful because of his previous statement, "seeing is believing, am I right?". The kid doesn't believe in Santa and ends up seeing him and from then on believed in him. It was interesting to the hobo because he's a ghost and the little kid didn't believe in ghosts. Great scene and voice acting.
I always figured the Conductor is Father Time, Santa is himself of course and the Hobo is literally the Christmas spirit. He’s bitter, has a love/hate relationship with “the big guy” and is often left out in the cold since so many make Christmas about the gifts and the toys and not it’s nuts and bolts. But all of them together work to make Christmas happen each year.
Funny, as I was watching this the music reminded me of Davy Jones' theme. The melody itself but also the intimate start building to huge orchestral choir epicness.
Still gotta think about how a hobo/drifter from the 30s or 40s managed to hop aboard the "POLEX" possibly whilst the train was doing a routine pickup, only to end up getting decapitated by the flat top tunnel The man died and was pretty much Shanghai'd into service as an "Angel" to gaurd the kids on the train. I mean, how many times has he saved Hero Boy and his friends lives
@@kingcamelot1395 there's a deleted/unfinished scene where the engineers freak out when our protagonist says he made it into the locomotive with the help of "the king" because there was a man who called himself the king who died getting caught between the train and flat top tunnel
From falling off the back going up the hill, from all of them sliding off the front on the ice lake, and that little scene when he shows him the break on the side of the observation car.
It is real go to otoswa Michigan the train is based off a real train the author made a book about the numbers were 1225 and thought of Christmas made a book about it. This train still runs and does adventures with the public.
The Hobo is humming "Good King Wenceslas" at the beginning. Wenceslas was only a duke, but was declared a king after death, just like how the hobo calls himself a king.
I read this comment and interestingly enough there is a line near the beginning: “Brightly shone the moon that night though the frost was cruel, When a poor man came in sight Gath’ring winter fuel.”
I hope they remaster it for a 20th/25th anniversary. Update the CGI and put more effort into emotions. This movie could've been twice as good had they not all looked like they were recovering from botox injections
@@2bostongeorge deleted scenes of the movie have the two train engineers telling a story about a homeless man named king (hence why he calls himself the KING of the north pole) getting knocked off the train at flat top tunnel when he tried to ride for free during the great depression
This is by far my favorite scene in the whole movie. The dialog fits perfectly, and that score is to die for. That interaction about ghosts sends chills up my spine every single time.
@@slapper360 I saw this as a kid. I remember this scene 1 to 1 and still reference it. I don't even remember what happened with the hot chocolate. I thought he didn't even get any.
The entire film the kid is trying to believe, he is losing his believe and everything in this scene takes it deep, as soon as the kid talks about Santa and wanting to believe u can see that the hobo snaps and knows the kid is losing hope, much more like a person losing life, and once it's gone it won't come back
For y’all who didn’t know Tom Hanks did the voice of Santa, The Hobo, (originally the little boy but they changed it), the little boy’s father and the conductor
I kind of wish they cast someone else for the hobo. Don’t get me wrong, Tom did a great job, but the hobo is a very unique character who deserved an identity of his own. Maybe James Gandolfini or somebody like that would have been a good fit for the character.
@@MrPjw5Okay I can totally picture him playing the hobo, RIP. But also, I’ve always seen the casting as intentional, it’s important that they’re all tom hanks because it shows you that the hero boy is more of an archetype than an actual character in his own right. Hero boy is in the early stages of the same journey that everyone takes - from the hobo whose lost his belief, to the conductor who has just enough faith to always get to the North Pole on time, to Santa Claus, the “enlightened” person who made it through the journey without losing who he truly is, and becomes this larger than life figure who helps others on their own journeys.
I never noticed that he voiced the hobo, but I did think that hear me yelling "Wake up!" was the conductor. Otherwise when he whispers (or kind of talks like he's a smoker) he sounds different enough.
not related, but another message is the hobo claiming he is the king of the train, even the king of the north pole, something that clearly is not true, delusional even, but he believes it.
The Ghost hobo is easily my favorite character of this movie. He's a mysterious character and he helps the kid find the girl and his back story is very interesting and Tom Hanks gives off a great voice acting performance of this character. As a kid I never really understood this character nor did I really care but now that I'm older I completely understand the appeal of this character. He is easily the MVP of the movie.
I think the guy who worked on it was also asked to work on Pirates of the Caribbean but rejected the offer. After that Hans Zimmer took it but was inspired by this track. Or so the story goes, it's probably blown out of context but this is what I heard.
The hobo... His attitude about Santa is how I honestly feel about religion and God in general now... I saw this movie when I was 13, back then I related to the little boy, but now I relate to the hobo... How life sure does change you.
Later on in the movie, the kid physically cannot see Santa until he believes in him. So I imagine the reason The Hobo responds with "Interresting" when the kid says he doesn't believe in ghosts, is because he can see him. So he knows he really does, at least somewhat. The kid is also the only one who sees him throughout the movie. He's only hinted at by the conductor later
The “Seeing is Believing” theme feels like stepping into a quiet, snow-covered world where magic lingers in the air. The soft, ethereal tones of the choir and shimmering bells create a sense of wonder and mystery, as if you’ve stumbled upon something both beautiful and otherworldly. It’s haunting yet gentle, with a dreamlike quality that makes it feel as though time has slowed, inviting you to pause and take in the moment. The melody carries a mix of reverence and curiosity, like you’re on the edge of discovering something extraordinary. It’s not overtly joyful, but there’s an undercurrent of hope and awe that builds subtly, making you feel both small and connected to something greater. It’s the kind of music that captures the magic of belief and the quiet mystery of Christmas. It almost crosses into a winter Pirates of the Caribbean scene where gentle strings mimic the creak of a ship's hull gliding through icy waters, while the ethereal bells echo frost forming from the gently falling snow. There's an eerie calm to the scene, as if the ocean is holding its breath, balanced between the promise of wonder and the threat of an unseen danger. One which even irreverent pirates pause their usual chaos to behold a magical stillness they can no more describe than deny the beauty of.
It's like what Morpheus said in the matrix "How do you know the difference between the real world and the dream world?" Though now I'm older I now understand the meanings of the scenes and it's become a family tradition, every Christmas Eve we watch the polar express
The hobo angel believes in Santa. He “mocked” Santa so that the kid would remain a hardened santa-denier, even in the North Pole city, up until the hour had come for him to confront Santa.
I remember my jaw literally dropping as a kid when he said “Do you believe in ghosts?” What a concept! An innocent magical Christmas train actually being haunted by an undead spirit, likely killed on the roof. If it weren’t for this guy this movie wouldn’t have nearly caught my attention as much as it did.
“You Don want to be let down the primrose path, you don’t want to be caught, or duked, have the wool be pulled over your eyes, hoodwinked, you don’t want to taken on a ride, railroaded, seeing is believing.”
Michigan, 1951: A long line of steam locomotives rust away in an out-of-use siding. One of them carried the number 1225. One day, a large group of men showed up with torches, they began to cut away at the engines. 1225 closed his eyes one final time as the men cut away at his iron body until there was nothing left. However, that was not where 1225's story ended😉
When I was a kid I didn't get it, I didn't know why he laughed and I actually thought he was the king of the North pole and now that I'm older and wiser I understand what was so funny to him(Its also funny to me😄) However at the same time I feel bad for him, he sarcasticly crowns himself the king and he's eternally stuck on the train as a homeless man...
@@waikeonglim7703 Yep. Another part is when long beard guy was talking about grass or something and Hero Boy pulled on his long beard. Which I kinda think that was like a perfect timing for him to censor long beard guy saying something like a cuss word.
For those who don’t know, the polar express had a 165 *million* dollar budget, so they could have easily afforded other voice actors for the other characters, instead of just Tom hanks. Yet they refused, which raises the question. _Why?_
I like the theory that the hobo is actually one of the previous kids that stayed on the train and has since transformed into a spirit, hence his toying with the kids and childish behaviour
I've seen this movie so many times and yes, it's weird and creepy animation wise and sometimes doesn't make much sense but I love it. I love the eerie aesthetic of this whole movie and I always felt a dark undertone the whole film. Especially scenes like this and the train with all the broken toys. While watching this movie recently me and my gf came up with a theory which may be a bit much, but I thought it was interesting. So, the Hobo I think is supposed to represent the hero boy's side of him that doesn't believe in Santa, and I think that's what the movie is trying to imply. But another perspective is what if he is the ghost of a child who died on the train. He says in this clip to the boy what if you don't want to be tricked and bamboozled. This is because he was tricked when he was a boy, he was tricked into going onto this train to the north pole but instead he was killed. The Hobo wasn't the only one killed many other children hopped onto the polar express just to be tricked and meet a terrible fate, and when we go into the cart with all those ruined toys those are the toys of the children who were killed. I know it may be a bit of a stretch but I really like this theory I think it's fun and it makes as good amount of sense.
The “ghost” gives the kid sensory information, like the coffee & touch, then proceeds to ask the kid if he believes in ghosts. It seems like the kid does believe in ghosts since he is experiencing the coffee & the push on the shoulder..
1:44 when I was little used to think the boy spat out that drink due to the taste of the coffee but I now see why when he saw that he was washing his socks
I noticed a mistake when he said “You don't wanna be led down the primrose path!" the primrose path actually refers to an easy life. He probably meant to say “garden path," which means to be deceived.
When you've lost your way sometimes you need an angel to lift you up. You never know how God works.If the now adult (teenager in the movie) , still believes and his family doesn't God sure knew to pick the right one for this journey. The biggest theory about this old man is that he's actually one of the Archangels.
In real life this isn’t possible, he’d be freezing his butt off and the speed of the train would have knocked him off. But I do like this movie! I think the animation is gorgeous
"But the most real things in the world is something we can't see." He's talking about God. We all believe him. We all trust him. We all worship him. But. We dont see him. The only time we see him is another person's face.. God made us in his image. So every person you look at.. Your technically looking at God. Thank you God and Jesus. God thank you for being our heavenly father. Thank you Jesus for saving us from our sins. Amen 🙏
@@rainbowhawk911 its story is kinda hipocrite, the bible stories dont make sense for me and I dont like how people keep putting all their things on god's back, like, praying for him to make their things go right sorry for my bad english
"Blessed are those who believe without seeing."
Masterpiece of a movie
A quote of the bible shouldn't be compared to belief in a santa clause 🤦🏻♂️
@@AndalusianPrince The movie can be interpreted in many ways. Little children think it's about faith in Santa Clause. When you get older you realize Santa is a metaphor in this film.
“Sometimes seeing is believing. And sometimes, the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see”
It’s amazing how God shows up even in movies like this bruh…
@@AndalusianPrincedang, it’s almost like you forgot the entire point of CHRISTmas?
It’s about celebrating the birth of Christ.
If you can believe in Santa(who ain’t real) you can believe in Christ.
Believing in Santa helps you learn to believe in Christ. Santa giving gifts to all the children around the world is symbolic of Christ’s forgiveness.
This is my favorite scene in the movie. I didn’t really get it as a kid, so I thought it was boring, but as I got older I realized how amazing this scene really is.
I completely agree with you.
i dont get it now, whats it mean?
@@aleks0_o879 the homeless man is the ghost/angel of the train. And the boy is having a tough time believing in Santa since he’s never seen him. But when the homeless man asks the boy if he believes in ghosts he shakes his head. That’s why the homeless man responds with “interesting”.
Same here
As I got older the whole perspective of the movie changed 😂 I love it more
"One other thing...do you believe in ghosts?"
_shakes head_
"Interesting..."
I will always get chills there.
Same here, because that’s when the music comes in and it really makes the moment feel so impactful
Ghost train percy runs away
@@P9u9r6p2l4e that adam Silvestre soundtrack is awesome
I never understood why he said that. I do now though lol
not saying you didn't get it; but its even more impactful because of his previous statement, "seeing is believing, am I right?". The kid doesn't believe in Santa and ends up seeing him and from then on believed in him. It was interesting to the hobo because he's a ghost and the little kid didn't believe in ghosts. Great scene and voice acting.
I always figured the Conductor is Father Time, Santa is himself of course and the Hobo is literally the Christmas spirit. He’s bitter, has a love/hate relationship with “the big guy” and is often left out in the cold since so many make Christmas about the gifts and the toys and not it’s nuts and bolts. But all of them together work to make Christmas happen each year.
That's a great interpretation. The fact that they're all played by the same guy fits it very well
Genuinely love this
“Better start believing in ghost stories, kid. You’re in one.”
The Polar Express and Pirates of the Caribbean are 2 of my favorite movies!
@@finntube8278 literally my childhood and i wouldnt trade ot for anything else
Funny, as I was watching this the music reminded me of Davy Jones' theme. The melody itself but also the intimate start building to huge orchestral choir epicness.
This is one of many scenes in this movie that has so many meanings. My favorite Christmas movie ever
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Is it weird I can envision this as how a catholic would view the world ?
This movie was different when I was 10 years old it just had some kind of magic to it
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Still gotta think about how a hobo/drifter from the 30s or 40s managed to hop aboard the "POLEX" possibly whilst the train was doing a routine pickup, only to end up getting decapitated by the flat top tunnel
The man died and was pretty much Shanghai'd into service as an "Angel" to gaurd the kids on the train. I mean, how many times has he saved Hero Boy and his friends lives
Really? I just assumed that he was Santa in disguise. You know, the whole "King of the North Pole" thing?
@@kingcamelot1395 there's a deleted/unfinished scene where the engineers freak out when our protagonist says he made it into the locomotive with the help of "the king" because there was a man who called himself the king who died getting caught between the train and flat top tunnel
I just think he's supposed to be the Christmas version of the holy ghost testing belief and saving lives like usual
From falling off the back going up the hill, from all of them sliding off the front on the ice lake, and that little scene when he shows him the break on the side of the observation car.
He saved him twice
Idc how old I am, if this train exists, I’m definitely hopping on
You better believe it friend. ☕️ 🎅🏻 🚂
Same
It is real go to otoswa Michigan the train is based off a real train the author made a book about the numbers were 1225 and thought of Christmas made a book about it. This train still runs and does adventures with the public.
I’ll have candy ready for you 😂
Same
The Hobo is humming "Good King Wenceslas" at the beginning. Wenceslas was only a duke, but was declared a king after death, just like how the hobo calls himself a king.
I read this comment and interestingly enough there is a line near the beginning:
“Brightly shone the moon that night though the frost was cruel,
When a poor man came in sight
Gath’ring winter fuel.”
It makes sense lorewise AND it's a nice christmas carol
I never understood why people find this movie creepy. The motion capture just makes them look more realistic to me.
This is probably the one mocap movie that doesn't give me uncanny valley vibes
I hope they remaster it for a 20th/25th anniversary. Update the CGI and put more effort into emotions. This movie could've been twice as good had they not all looked like they were recovering from botox injections
@@gammadion What about Jim Carry's "A Christmas Carol?"
@@MikeyJMJcome on it was made in 2004 give it some slack
@@captaindemobeard9560 haven't seen that one
That moment when you realized he's an angel.
a broken angel
He's a ghost of a homeless man from the 30s who was killed on the the train's top when it reached flat top tunnel
Where do you know it from? I've never heard this theory before.@@WeirdLuigi
@@2bostongeorge deleted scenes of the movie have the two train engineers telling a story about a homeless man named king (hence why he calls himself the KING of the north pole) getting knocked off the train at flat top tunnel when he tried to ride for free during the great depression
@@WeirdLuigi Thanx so much! Is it possible to watch this scene somewhere?
Most contagious laugh of all time
Kinda sounds li,e Drax ngl.
I've watched this movie over 50 times, and this scene gives me a feeling I can't describe every time I see it.
This is by far my favorite scene in the whole movie. The dialog fits perfectly, and that score is to die for. That interaction about ghosts sends chills up my spine every single time.
This scene by far is the best in the entire movie.
Wrong. Hot chocolate scene
@@slapper360nope, this scene is the best and most impactful.
I’m partial to the scene where they Tokyo-drift the freaking train
@@slapper360 I saw this as a kid. I remember this scene 1 to 1 and still reference it. I don't even remember what happened with the hot chocolate. I thought he didn't even get any.
I agree. It's very beautiful and haunting.
Hobo ghost from the Polar Express: "Seeing is believing."
Judy the Elf from the Santa Clause: "Believing is seeing."
Fairly similar meaning
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@@LT_Cryptid they’re opposite meanings
@@cruzgonzalez3863 pretty realistic considering how people grow up
Such a great scene with incredible music, from such an underrated film 👏
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“Seeing is believing”. But hero boy doesn’t believe in ghosts, and there is a ghost right in front of him.
He didn’t believe he was a ghost until the hobo asked if he believes in ghosts
@@waikeonglim7703Just because he doesn't believe doesn't mean it doesn't exist
What Hero Boys real name is it Tyrell?
@@Will.FlavellMost of the behind the scenes stuff names him "Chris"
@@WeirdLuigi Oh yeah what kind of white kid is named Tyrell 😆😂🤣
The entire film the kid is trying to believe, he is losing his believe and everything in this scene takes it deep, as soon as the kid talks about Santa and wanting to believe u can see that the hobo snaps and knows the kid is losing hope, much more like a person losing life, and once it's gone it won't come back
i love this man so much. he's probably my favorite character in a movie. ever.
The music in this movie is insane I love it so much
0:20 - 0:34 Me whos been rejected by every girl when someone asks me for relationship advice
Ain’t we all 😂
He done sounded like a Team Fortress 2 character.
@@FayeLawnKrack3dSounding like soldier
@@theyoungprod9486 nah, more like Heavy
soundtrack in this scene is absolutely perfect, one of the best in the whole movie
For y’all who didn’t know Tom Hanks did the voice of Santa, The Hobo, (originally the little boy but they changed it), the little boy’s father and the conductor
I think everybody know at this point.
I kind of wish they cast someone else for the hobo. Don’t get me wrong, Tom did a great job, but the hobo is a very unique character who deserved an identity of his own. Maybe James Gandolfini or somebody like that would have been a good fit for the character.
@@MrPjw5Okay I can totally picture him playing the hobo, RIP. But also, I’ve always seen the casting as intentional, it’s important that they’re all tom hanks because it shows you that the hero boy is more of an archetype than an actual character in his own right. Hero boy is in the early stages of the same journey that everyone takes - from the hobo whose lost his belief, to the conductor who has just enough faith to always get to the North Pole on time, to Santa Claus, the “enlightened” person who made it through the journey without losing who he truly is, and becomes this larger than life figure who helps others on their own journeys.
I never noticed that he voiced the hobo, but I did think that hear me yelling "Wake up!" was the conductor. Otherwise when he whispers (or kind of talks like he's a smoker) he sounds different enough.
Also the narrator iirc
The one question that stood out to me was: "Is this all a dream". I think it's a reference to life in general.
I got that exact message too. Super spiritual and deep for kids, but as an adult, it’s a beautiful little reminder.
not related, but another message is the hobo claiming he is the king of the train, even the king of the north pole, something that clearly is not true, delusional even, but he believes it.
The Ghost hobo is easily my favorite character of this movie. He's a mysterious character and he helps the kid find the girl and his back story is very interesting and Tom Hanks gives off a great voice acting performance of this character. As a kid I never really understood this character nor did I really care but now that I'm older I completely understand the appeal of this character. He is easily the MVP of the movie.
one thing I noticed: at 3:30, the soundtrack sounds veeeeery similar to Pirates of the Caribbean: dead man’s chest and it’s spooking me out
I think the guy who worked on it was also asked to work on Pirates of the Caribbean but rejected the offer. After that Hans Zimmer took it but was inspired by this track. Or so the story goes, it's probably blown out of context but this is what I heard.
Do you belive in ghosts, miss turner?
@@MrBjornibjorn one other thing, do you fear death? The dark abyss.Your deeds lay bare, all your sins punished! Interesting…..
yes, davy jones
@@enderpup9289 "you have no idea" lol
The hobo... His attitude about Santa is how I honestly feel about religion and God in general now... I saw this movie when I was 13, back then I related to the little boy, but now I relate to the hobo... How life sure does change you.
Not life, people change you.
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@@ketanreffell2720 Hobo
That’s the point of the movie
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This is a very sentimental scene some get it some might not but this scene in particular can be applied to life itself
Amazing how 1 scene can change your whole life
This scene is a bit of the cement that solidified my faith. Truly amazing
Later on in the movie, the kid physically cannot see Santa until he believes in him. So I imagine the reason The Hobo responds with "Interresting" when the kid says he doesn't believe in ghosts, is because he can see him. So he knows he really does, at least somewhat.
The kid is also the only one who sees him throughout the movie. He's only hinted at by the conductor later
Iconic scene. So so memorable and incredibly perfect dialogue/ line deliveries.
The “Seeing is Believing” theme feels like stepping into a quiet, snow-covered world where magic lingers in the air. The soft, ethereal tones of the choir and shimmering bells create a sense of wonder and mystery, as if you’ve stumbled upon something both beautiful and otherworldly. It’s haunting yet gentle, with a dreamlike quality that makes it feel as though time has slowed, inviting you to pause and take in the moment.
The melody carries a mix of reverence and curiosity, like you’re on the edge of discovering something extraordinary. It’s not overtly joyful, but there’s an undercurrent of hope and awe that builds subtly, making you feel both small and connected to something greater. It’s the kind of music that captures the magic of belief and the quiet mystery of Christmas.
It almost crosses into a winter Pirates of the Caribbean scene where gentle strings mimic the creak of a ship's hull gliding through icy waters, while the ethereal bells echo frost forming from the gently falling snow. There's an eerie calm to the scene, as if the ocean is holding its breath, balanced between the promise of wonder and the threat of an unseen danger. One which even irreverent pirates pause their usual chaos to behold a magical stillness they can no more describe than deny the beauty of.
He is the best part of the movie, you cannot change my mind
This movie is wonderful
I remember watching this in school gives me good memories
Bro I remember when we watched it on VHS 📼 with those old TV carts in the library back I was 5. Memories
It's like what Morpheus said in the matrix "How do you know the difference between the real world and the dream world?"
Though now I'm older I now understand the meanings of the scenes and it's become a family tradition, every Christmas Eve we watch the polar express
This scene is the gist of the entire movie. The Hobo say it all.
This whole movie is just so cozy. I'm a kid again every time I watch it.
So true bro, the train, the north pole and even this part where they're just going through snowy wilderness by a fire is so warming and cosy.
The hobo angel believes in Santa. He “mocked” Santa so that the kid would remain a hardened santa-denier, even in the North Pole city, up until the hour had come for him to confront Santa.
0:25 My dad when I ask for relationship advice
LMFAOOOOO
I remember my jaw literally dropping as a kid when he said “Do you believe in ghosts?”
What a concept! An innocent magical Christmas train actually being haunted by an undead spirit, likely killed on the roof. If it weren’t for this guy this movie wouldn’t have nearly caught my attention as much as it did.
The movie of my childhood… This clip really took me way way back… 😢
The music though! So good!
Es lo mejor , combina perfectamente con el diálogo.
1:19 my favorite part
He’s the king! OF THE NOOOOORTH POLE!!! HAHAHAHA!
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Did you mean? 1:17
This scene always scared the living daylights out of me when I was a little kid.
“You Don want to be let down the primrose path, you don’t want to be caught, or duked, have the wool be pulled over your eyes, hoodwinked, you don’t want to taken on a ride, railroaded, seeing is believing.”
Michigan, 1951: A long line of steam locomotives rust away in an out-of-use siding. One of them carried the number 1225. One day, a large group of men showed up with torches, they began to cut away at the engines. 1225 closed his eyes one final time as the men cut away at his iron body until there was nothing left. However, that was not where 1225's story ended😉
When I was a kid I didn't get it, I didn't know why he laughed and I actually thought he was the king of the North pole and now that I'm older and wiser I understand what was so funny to him(Its also funny to me😄)
However at the same time I feel bad for him, he sarcasticly crowns himself the king and he's eternally stuck on the train as a homeless man...
I don’t know but this movie creeps me out in one way such as a how I perceive the story and how the music adds on to the eerie feeling of it.
This scene along with a lot of other things in this movie really is a lot of great symbolism.
4:23 God. I love that train whistle. You can feel the train is alive.
Love the mysteriousness of this scene
Tom Hanks played the angel very well
0:32 No, he didn't mean that! 😆😹😂🤣
The jokes get funnier when we get older
@@waikeonglim7703 Yep. Another part is when long beard guy was talking about grass or something and Hero Boy pulled on his long beard. Which I kinda think that was like a perfect timing for him to censor long beard guy saying something like a cuss word.
@@RedPandaGirl002 Just the comedic timing! XD
4:23 If you listen carefully, you can hear the train doing a crossing whistle. 2 long whistles, a short whistle, and one more long whistle.
Woooow
"IM THE KING OF THE NORTH POLE" WHAT A DAMN LINE JUST LOVE IT😈😈😈😈😈😈🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶
2:45 - what we all came here for… am I right ?
S E E I N G I S B E L I E V I N G
“Seeing is believing”-polar express
“Believing is seeing”- The Santa clause
Why do people hate on this movie so much? It’s a great movie!
This makes me cry
I always believed the hobo to be a ghost of Christmas, i always assumed to be a future version of chris come back to help him on his journey
Fun fact for railroaders at 4:23 the whistle is blowing a coming to a crossing two long one short one long
"I'm looking for a girl" this line hits hard when you're 23 and never had a gf
The True King, He is so friendly
Those are valid questions; “Do you believe in ghosts?” And “Seeing is believing, right?”
Ngl, I'd absolutely love to sit on the Polar Express drinking a cup of joe with Hobo
I dont know how someone is talking without shivering, i be freezing snot let alone in my pajamas
When you mess with this momma!!!
Pop goes the weasel
when I saw this scene as a kid I thought it was funny, but after growing older I somehow find it strangely amazing
I remember when I was a kid this movie looked so realistic to me.
For those who don’t know, the polar express had a 165 *million* dollar budget, so they could have easily afforded other voice actors for the other characters, instead of just Tom hanks. Yet they refused, which raises the question.
_Why?_
0:25 😂aun't we all😂
I like the theory that the hobo is actually one of the previous kids that stayed on the train and has since transformed into a spirit, hence his toying with the kids and childish behaviour
20 years, Baby!!!
My favorite part is when he says want a cup of joe then gets hit by the wall and explodes
I've seen this movie so many times and yes, it's weird and creepy animation wise and sometimes doesn't make much sense but I love it. I love the eerie aesthetic of this whole movie and I always felt a dark undertone the whole film. Especially scenes like this and the train with all the broken toys. While watching this movie recently me and my gf came up with a theory which may be a bit much, but I thought it was interesting. So, the Hobo I think is supposed to represent the hero boy's side of him that doesn't believe in Santa, and I think that's what the movie is trying to imply. But another perspective is what if he is the ghost of a child who died on the train. He says in this clip to the boy what if you don't want to be tricked and bamboozled. This is because he was tricked when he was a boy, he was tricked into going onto this train to the north pole but instead he was killed. The Hobo wasn't the only one killed many other children hopped onto the polar express just to be tricked and meet a terrible fate, and when we go into the cart with all those ruined toys those are the toys of the children who were killed. I know it may be a bit of a stretch but I really like this theory I think it's fun and it makes as good amount of sense.
Sometimes we could get the facts in this life through our dreams and I believe that our dreams are actually real facts
"I am the King of the NORTH POLE"
The “ghost” gives the kid sensory information, like the coffee & touch, then proceeds to ask the kid if he believes in ghosts. It seems like the kid does believe in ghosts since he is experiencing the coffee & the push on the shoulder..
The boy, the hobo and the conductor are basically the same role. Hobo tells him to only believe what you see and the conductor tells him to believe.
1:44 when I was little used to think the boy spat out that drink due to the taste of the coffee but I now see why when he saw that he was washing his socks
Bro same, I never noticed the sock as a kid
i like to think of him as the Spirit of Winter
Bro is playing a hurdy gurdy
Love the way he laughs XD
2:54 my favorite part.
Same here
As a dude with size 13 shoes, it's a safe place to keep your things.
0:22 “real” 😢
god, I need to see someone do a full cover of whatever the hobo ghost is singing
I noticed a mistake when he said “You don't wanna be led down the primrose path!" the primrose path actually refers to an easy life. He probably meant to say “garden path," which means to be deceived.
3:32 what I say to someone before never talking to them again
I first thought that the voice actor in this scene was Tom Waits!
The two Toms do sound alike haha
I'd do almost anything to ride the polar express with the hobo.
When you've lost your way sometimes you need an angel to lift you up. You never know how God works.If the now adult (teenager in the movie) , still believes and his family doesn't God sure knew to pick the right one for this journey. The biggest theory about this old man is that he's actually one of the Archangels.
The Hobo is my favorite character and always will be
Lol nice advice and I remember this movie!
In real life this isn’t possible, he’d be freezing his butt off and the speed of the train would have knocked him off. But I do like this movie! I think the animation is gorgeous
jack frost wouldnt freeze right? maybe he's Jack frost? :)
It’s a dream
"But the most real things in the world is something we can't see." He's talking about God.
We all believe him.
We all trust him.
We all worship him.
But.
We dont see him.
The only time we see him is another person's face..
God made us in his image.
So every person you look at..
Your technically looking at God.
Thank you God and Jesus.
God thank you for being our heavenly father.
Thank you Jesus for saving us from our sins.
Amen 🙏
What about disfigured people?
Amen brother 🙏
I dont believe in god. Not the bible one. I believe that there is a god, but not the one of christianism, I hate this one
@@thomazplays9305 But why?
@@rainbowhawk911 its story is kinda hipocrite, the bible stories dont make sense for me and I dont like how people keep putting all their things on god's back, like, praying for him to make their things go right
sorry for my bad english
The manifestation of doubt