I know Christmas is over this year, but I was so impressed with this experience that I wanted to share it with everybody.
First, this is not a critique of the "Polar Express" movie. It's been out long enough now that you've probably seen it and have already formed an opinion on it one way or the other. If you haven't, then you're probably not interested in it anyway and aren't even reading this. I'm a little ambivalent about certain aspects of the movie myself, but like I said, that's not why I'm writing this.
My 5 year old son and, to a lesser extent, my 3 year old daughter love this movie. Actually my son is a little bit crazy about it. He knows most of the dialogue and says it along with the characters. He mimics the action and jumps around during the more "intense" scenes. It is a bit of an understatement to describe him as an avid fan of the movie.
We have watched the DVD version numerous (and I do mean NUMEROUS) times. Like most 5 year olds that get fixated on a particular movie his enjoyment never lags.
Even though we've seen the DVD so many times now, I thought he might get a kick out of seeing it in the "Big" theater. So today we all headed down to the Imax Theater and watched the "Polar Express" in 3D.
What an amazing and cool experience this was! I've seen a couple of other 3D movies prior to this and was not very impressed. It always seemed gimmicky to me and made me a bit uncomfortable after a while.
But, if there was ever a movie made for 3D it is the Polar Express. You feel like you're ON that train. You think you can reach out and grab snowflakes as they fall around you. The scenes with the train "out of control" are breathtaking. The whole movie was a "trip"!
Just an awesome experience that I highly recommend. My son was mesmerized and didn't move for an hour and forty minutes.
My wife and I agree that this will become an annual Christmas tradition for our family----at least until my son stops "Believing", which I hope won't be for a long, long time...
First, this is not a critique of the "Polar Express" movie. It's been out long enough now that you've probably seen it and have already formed an opinion on it one way or the other. If you haven't, then you're probably not interested in it anyway and aren't even reading this. I'm a little ambivalent about certain aspects of the movie myself, but like I said, that's not why I'm writing this.
My 5 year old son and, to a lesser extent, my 3 year old daughter love this movie. Actually my son is a little bit crazy about it. He knows most of the dialogue and says it along with the characters. He mimics the action and jumps around during the more "intense" scenes. It is a bit of an understatement to describe him as an avid fan of the movie.
We have watched the DVD version numerous (and I do mean NUMEROUS) times. Like most 5 year olds that get fixated on a particular movie his enjoyment never lags.
Even though we've seen the DVD so many times now, I thought he might get a kick out of seeing it in the "Big" theater. So today we all headed down to the Imax Theater and watched the "Polar Express" in 3D.
What an amazing and cool experience this was! I've seen a couple of other 3D movies prior to this and was not very impressed. It always seemed gimmicky to me and made me a bit uncomfortable after a while.
But, if there was ever a movie made for 3D it is the Polar Express. You feel like you're ON that train. You think you can reach out and grab snowflakes as they fall around you. The scenes with the train "out of control" are breathtaking. The whole movie was a "trip"!
Just an awesome experience that I highly recommend. My son was mesmerized and didn't move for an hour and forty minutes.
My wife and I agree that this will become an annual Christmas tradition for our family----at least until my son stops "Believing", which I hope won't be for a long, long time...
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