Wednesday 8 October 2014

The polar express - Christmas more believable and magical

How many kids believe in Santa? Well, everyone. There is something magical in the excitement you get when you wait for that red dressed grandpa with a long snowy beard in the night in the night of the twenty forth. To leave cookies and milk for him so that he can feel great full that someone cares, and can apparently give you the present you wanted. It's not just exciting for the kid, most cases it's joyous for the parent to know that their kid is hiding flashlights under the bed so that he can see the great guy with gifts. It's something indescribable when you get the gift under the tree, see the cookies and the milk finished and have the desired gift from Santa after trying to not go in the naughty list the whole year.
It's even more heart filling when you get to know there is a train who will get you to the north pole so you can see that great snowy bearded man and see him fly the great SLEIGH! Sounds interesting for the believers (those who believe, not the Justin "douche" bieber fans, so make sure you read it correctly). What about the doubters, who don't believe? For them Christmas is just another holiday, a day to open wrapped belongings your relatives bought you. A day to just roam around, maybe go to the mall and have some "fun".
The movie revolves around these two themes, a boy who is a doubter and other kids who believe. He has trouble believing that Santa exists, but the hope is still there. That small beacon of hope would have disappeared if not for that night. The boy laying awake in his bed, waiting for the jingle and genuine 'ho-ho-ho' from the ceiling. Even when he knows he'll not hear it. Instead he hears something unusual, something even a mind in it's wildest dreams would not imagine (well, maybe. That's how the movie is there). A train parked in front of the house ready to take any kid to the north pole to meet Santa, The Polar Express. The Polar express runs on the late night of Christmas Eve going door to door to pick children that it can reach early morning to the north pole to give the immense joy to children by seeing the famous guy and even get the chance to have the first gift of Christmas! (just like any lucky draw, only this one was real). The train is parked up in front of the doubter's house to pick him up. It is chance to restore his belief. He is confused as the train never came to him before but he decided to board eventually. A train ticket appeared in his pocket which is punched by an expeditious man with a talent of punching tickets with a message (it is Christmas after all).
Since going from US of A to north pole in a train cannot be an easy task, they face some peculiar difficulties which can only be faced by a train in the north pole and nothing else. They surpass those and reach the great destination every kid in the world has ever dreamt of. Everybody know what the writer is saying. But how can meeting the Santa Claus can be such an easy task? The boy has trouble seeing main attraction which is minutes away from flying of. He uses an advise which he thought didn't make sense before-"to believe"  lo-and-behold he gets to see the man he was trying so hard to believe in.
In the end a very great irony (personal opinion) is revealed. That is it was said that 'seeing is believing' but to see Santa the boy had to believe to see. This author can be wrong.
A bit to obvious huh?

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