![]() ![]() Smokey And Steamer (HD, 7 Mins.) - A deleted song from the film can be found here.Flurry Of Effects (HD, 9 Mins.) - A five-part featurette that covers everything motion capture.Believe: Behind The Scenes (HD, 5 Mins.) - Josh Groban gives a look behind the scenes here.True Inspirations: An Author's Adventure (HD, 6 Mins.) - Chris Van Allsburg talks about his original book the film was based on.You look Familiar (HD, 4 Mins.) - Some footage of Tom Hanks in the motion capture arena, performing his character.A Genuine Ticket To Ride (HD, 14 Mins.) - A five-part behind-the-scenes featurette is included here, covering all the main elements of shooting the film.There are about 56 minutes of bonus features included here, all of which have been imported over from a previous release. This is probably the best the film has ever looked. There are no instances of any banding, aliasing, or heavy video noise here, which is surprising given the number of visual effects and CGI motion capture. The skin tones are always on the warm yellowish side. The HDR delivers those nuanced and well-balanced colors of blues and reds perfectly that distinguish exterior shots of the bitter cold, as well as the different golden sparks and brightness in people's CGI faces. Santa's red suit and big gift sack are wonderful deep red that looks exquisite against the darker background at night.īlack levels are inky and rich, but most have a darker blue hue to them. Inside the train car allows for the very warm color spectrum of reds, oranges, and even more holiday-like colors of green, purple, and other bright primary colors. The train sparks on the track provide a beautiful yellow and gold color that lights up the screen. Even at the North Pole, those darker, haunting colors are seen everywhere. Outside in the bitter cold gives way to all those snowy and metalic dark blues of the train cars and wilderness. Tons of dark blues greys and silvers take up the screen here with some good contrasting sparks of amber, gold, yellow, and red. The colors resemble a darker story, even though the story itself isn't scary. stepped up to the plate and knocked it out of the park, giving this movie the best video presentation thus far. This is not the most colorful holiday film out there and it has a haunting color palette, along with a fully CGI image. The Polar Expresscomes with a fantastic-looking 2160p UHD 4K transfer with HDR10 capability. Luckily, there are no creepy characters on it. The artwork features the train in the film traveling to the north Pole. The discs themselves are black and blue respectively, giving that haunting effect. The two discs are housed inside a hard, black plastic case with a cardboard sleeve. The Polar Express chugs its way to 4K + Blu-ray + Digital Code via Warner Bros. Vital Disc Stats: The 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Enois Duarte's 2011 Blu-ray 3D The Polar Express Review Peter Bracke's 2008 Blu-ray The Polar Express Presented in 3-D Review.Peter Bracke's 2007 Blu-ray The Polar Express Review.Peter Bracke's 2006 HD-DVD The Polar Express Review.High-Def Digest previously reviewed The Polar Express a few times over the years. The Polar Express still has some recent nostalgic charm and evokes the spirit of the holidays well enough, but it doesn't hold a candle to any of the other Christmas classics. At least not back in 2004 when it was released. This feature film adaptation about a young boy who was called upon to hop aboard a magical train on Christmas Eve to visit Santa at the North Pole with Aerosmith as the singing elf sounds great on paper, but with this misfire of a movie, it doesn't do anybody any favors. Even the lifeless eyes of every CGI'd actor was creepy throughout the whole movie and created an unsettling atmosphere. The trouble though was that the source material was less than thirty pages long and Zemeckis and company made a 100-minute film with pacing problems, bad acting, and no thrills. The film was based on the 1985 children's book of the same name that was written by Chris Van Allsburg and was set for an epic adventure on the big screen with every actor's motion captured for that weird CGI look. At some point, Zemeckis wanted to hop on the CGI wagon with Hanks and make a Christmas movie, which actually happened in 2004 with The Polar Express. It hasn't always been easy though or as good as the first outing in Alabama. Tom Hanks and Robert Zemeckis sealed their ever-lasting friendship with Forrest Gump and ever since then, the dynamic duo has tried to re-create that magic. ![]()
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