Phixius

24th Dec 2013

The Polar Express (2004)

Corrected entry: In the scene where the boy, girl and conductor are on the front of the train, it goes straight down, yet the trees look normal. That would mean they are growing at a 90 degree angle, which is obviously impossible.

Correction: Neither is it possible for a train to travel straight down. It's a fantastical vehicle travelling through a fantastical landscape.

Phixius

Correction: Christmas magic. Just the same way train tracks magically appear outside every child's home as though the Polar Express were a bus or taxi service rather than a train.

Phixius

Corrected entry: While the train is climbing the spiral-shaped mountain, the engine and cars are shown to physically bend with the tracks.

Upsidedowner

Correction: The train is literally made of Christmas Magic and defies physics at every step of the journey.

Phixius

20th Dec 2006

The Polar Express (2004)

Corrected entry: In the scene where hero boy and the other children are watching Santa's sleigh fly through the air to leave the North Pole, you specifically hear Santa call one of the reindeer, "Donder". If you turn on the closed caption, it also says "Donder". Historically that reindeer's name is "Donner".

Correction: The reindeer known today as Donner were originally Dunder (the Dutch word for "thunder"). Dunder was later reprinted as Donder, which developed into Donner (the German for "thunder") Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus. So, historically, that reindeer's name was Donder first. Santa apparently still uses that name.

Phixius

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