EntertainmentThe Polar Express
Sun, Dec 16 2006
Imagine you are able to go on a magical journey. Where do you go? How do you get there? How are you changed by the experience?
The Polar Express tells a story of a young boy on Christmas Eve who is beginning to lose his belief in Santa Claus. Somehow, a magical train called the Polar Express pulls up in front of his house and he is invited to journey to the North Pole. During his adventure he makes friends with a girl and a shy boy. As he reaches the North Pole, the boy is handpicked by Santa Claus to receive the first present of Christmas. He chooses a bright silver bell from Santa's sleigh which makes a beautiful sound. As the years go by, people around him notice that they can no longer hear the beautiful sound, even his parents and sister. But there are those who still can, those who still truly believe.
This film was a glorious explosion of the hope and wonder that fills the memories of the Christmas of Olde. It was a well-detailed, innovative, thought-provoking piece that reminded me of the magnificence of belief in childhood ideals.
We all need to hold a piece of the fragile innocence rekindled in this film near to our hearts and spread that unbridled, child-like joy in the simple things in life to remind us of the good we all carry within us.
So don't let the Christmas spirit die as you grow up.
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