TOM HANKS PLAYS EVERY CHARACTER IN THE POLAR EXPRESS!! (MOVIE REACTION) FIRST TIME WATCHING 

This movie has incredible nostalgia and importance for me. We watch it every Christmas Eve right before bed. Absolute classic!

Only reason the main character could keep believing for the rest of his life is because he left the bell in the sleigh. The other kids probably woke up thinking it was a dream, but the main character got confirmation through Santa's note.

Tom Hanks playing multiple characters in a single movie, even I was blown away by that fact.

The animation is actually gorgeous in this movie. The internet loves to "hate" on this film for the uncanny valley but it's seriously not that bad. I've been adoring Polar Express since I was a child and never got bothered by the facial animation

Tom Hanks even voiced the sounds of the train.

There's a theory that the bum and the conductor are different versions of the kid as an adult. A version that believes in santa and another that doesn't

Saw this for the first time with you! I hear quite a bit of people hate it for the graphics and the atmosphere, but I really liked it. I like how it had kinda melancholic vibe at times, I think it fits how the Hero Boy is at the point in his life where he is starting/about to lose his child-like wonder. It feels unique. And I like how the conductor was _the_ good character taking care of the kids, but he was also kinda short-tempered and stuff (not all 100% nice like he'd be in some other Christmas stories.) According to a deleted scene, the hobo ghost actually died many years ago when he got caught between the roof of the train and the ceiling of the tunnel, so yeah he made sure to save the kid from the same fate.

Someone pointed out to me that the girl also has her doubts about Santa, it's just shown super subtly to where it flies under the radar. How? By the "Are you sure?" thing. Sure, she SAYS she believes in everything, but there's still a little voice in the back of her head saying, "Are you sure?" That's why she freezes up whenever someone says that. What if she was wrong this whole time? What if all this is meaningless? So when they're at the North Pole, and she finally says, "Absolutely!", that was the film's way of telling us she now finally truly believes it's all real. That's why she didn't initially hear the bells.

Tim: "It's only a dream." So, you are a doubter?

This movie has my all-time favorite depiction of the North Pole in a movie by FAR I always imagined the North Pole as this festive holiday city-state on an island in the Arctic Sea, with various factories and testing facilities for toys and games, residential buildings for the elves, a central grand plaza and a castle for Santa, etc Not just the little Christmas workshop by itself in the middle of nowhere, haha I especially love the pneumatic rapid transit system for the elves to get from district to district- Just a great touch lol

Everyone else I know seems to hate this movie, but it's one of my favorites. I watch it every year during Christmas

One thing I've caught about this movie over the years: When they're walking around the north pole, they hear the elves talking about the last present having candy cane paper and a green number 7 bow. You're supposed to think that it's Billy's present, but eventually, you notice so is Hero boy's present. Leaves you to wonder: did Santa know he was going to lose the bell?

the animation in this movie doesnt get the credit it deserves

6:45 - I don’t know why but every time I hear Tom Hank’s voice, I already imagine Woody from Toy Story wearing a disguise and a fake mustache.

The Ghost/The Hobo's name is King, He died on Christmas Eve in the year 1933 boarding The Train, declaring Himself "The King of North Pole" or "King of The Polex" but later on Just as The Snow starting falling as The Train went down The Hill, He saw up ahead The Flat Top Tunnel but it was too late for Him, He got crushed and scraped off the roof of The Polar Express by Flat-Top Tunnel, He didn't even have to scream, He didn't have time to holler, He didn't even have time to cry, and this implies that He probably died a slow and painful death. and it's also why He showed up under that Train, and That's how He knew the specifics, and the dangers of Flat-Top Tunnel which in result ended up saving The Hero Boy, How else would He know the exact gap between The Polar Express and Roof of Flat Top Tunnel? Plus it's hinted all over The Movie, and one of those hints being during The Runaway Caboose when He disappears the moment He hit The Tunnel. That's about 71 years before The Hero Boy/Chris (Yes His name is Chris) met the ghost on top of the Observation Car in 2004, and if You look closely in The Engine Room of The Polar Express, there's even a Flux Capacitor that can be seen in there which would bring some strength to The Hero Boy and Conductor Time-Traveler Theory, and that brings up a lot of questions, plus more to the overall story.

Does Narnia 1 count as a holiday movie? 😅 I suggest Klaus, The Star and A Christmas Carol (whichever version)

This was based on a short picture book, so they had to stretch out the story for this movie, but they were faithful to the art of The Polar Express. That's probably why the train stopped so many times; the movie had to be at least 90 minutes. In the book, its a shorter ride haha! The animation isn't too bad...ish. I think this movie is fine, though I would love to see this again in a 3D IMAX theater. That would be an experience. In terms of Christmas movies for 2022, I would recommend A Christmas Story, Arthur Christmas, A Muppet Christmas Carol, and Elf.

this movie is special to me , i remember first seeing it for school trip in theaters , it was such an amazing experience , it looked so real and magical

Thanks Tim, this is personally my favorite Christmas movie of all time

The hot chocolate scene was my favorite scene. Delicious 😋🤤

This film literally has EVERYTHING going for it to make it my all time fav Christmas movie

Great video Tim, I remember watching this when I was little it was amazing.

Know-It-All states that the train is a Baldwin 2-8-4 locomotive built in 1931. The Polar Express was modeled from plans of Pere Marquette 1225 which is a 2-8-4 type built by Lima Locomotive Works in 1941.

Sin duda fue una hermosa película que hasta el día de hoy la sigo viendo el EXPRESO POLAR

No Christmas movie has a greater Christmas message then this one.

This movie has an incredibly subtle detail. You’ll never notice if you put two and two together you see in the background is one shot in the movie you’ll see that the Polar express has a flux capacitor. The thing that makes time travel possible, and in the shot with the train is arriving at the kids house the clock stops. I just confirmed it the train is time traveling.

Sorry, but I need to correct your title slightly: Tom Hanks was SUPPOSED to do every role, but he finally had to cut back because he was exhausted.

This movie is my Childhood, I remember when I was Younger in school our class would sit in a Classroom with Hot Chocolate and Popcorn watching this movie 😌💭🎄

I love The Polar Express! It’s my favorite animated Christmas movie.

Hey Tim! now all I want is to see you react to La La Land! I just watched it yesterday. What a beautiful film, no wonder it won 6 Oscars! Emotional as well, I'm still sobbing because of the ending! Please Tim, just react to La La Land! You will love it!

During the scene when the pin for the lever in cab of the train, is bouncing around everywhere, if you slow it down you can see the flux capacitor from back to the future, explains how the train gets to the North Pole with “5 minutes to spare” all night

Let’s be real this movie is Tom Hanks the Movie

Oh my gosh the polar express has to be my favorite movie

Every time someone says the animation is uncanny, I get flared up! 🔥

I saw it in the theaters with my dad and sis. I knew literally nothing about it besides growing up with the book. My sister still maintains to this day she's scared of marionettes because of THAT scene in this movie.

The polar express is a classic Christmas movie. I really love this movie.

This is my favorite Christmas movie. I used to see the 4D version at Stone Mountain every year since I was a kid. Even now, I still watch it every year, but as an adult and by myself.

NO WAY you have never seen this?!?!? I have watched this every year since I was 5😭

Christmas Movie Recommendations: - How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) - It’s A Wonderful Life (I doubt you haven’t already seen it, but if you haven’t you DEFINITELY must) - Jingle All The Way - Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

This film will always have a special place in my heart. Can’t believe it’s nearly 20 years old now, I remember seeing it in the theaters at 9 when it came out. The theme song “Believe” by Josh Groban will also forever be one of my favorite Christmas and soundtrack songs. Very sentimental especially when you grow up. Loved your reaction BTW

This movie is my favorite childhood movie!

When I was a kid I watched this and didn't understand as much as I do now but just liked the train parts and the importance of the ticket

I like this movie a lot! I found the songs very pretty and nostalgic too. I would recommend Call Me Claus for another Christmas movie, it's one of my favorites!

I don't see the hate for the animation of the film .It's gorgeous

Fun Fact: When The Pin/Brakes. Breaks Loose But Behind The Guy With Super Long Hair You Can See The Flux Cumpactior (sry for terrible spelling) From Back To The Future

In a suburban neighborhood of Grand Rapids, Michigan, on the night of Christmas Eve in the late 1950s, a passenger train known as the Polar Express stops at the house of a boy who is growing skeptical about the existence of Santa Claus. The conductor says the train is traveling to the North Pole, and the boy, although reluctant at first, climbs aboard and meets a spirited girl and a know-it-all boy. The train then stops to pick up a boy named Billy, who initially declines to board, but changes his mind as the train is leaving. The boy applies the emergency brake in which it attracts the conductor, and Billy is allowed on, but he has to sit alone in the observation car. The children are then served hot chocolate by a platoon of dancing waiters, and the girl saves a cup for Billy. When the conductor and the girl go to give Billy his cup, the boy notices that the girl's ticket has not yet been validated and tries to return it to her. In doing so, the wind blows the ticket out into the wilderness, but it soon finds its way back to the train. After the girl discovers that her ticket is missing, the conductor leaves with her. Assuming that she will be thrown off the train, the boy finds the ticket and traverses the rooftops to find the girl. There, he encounters a mysterious ghostly hobo that helps him reach the engine. The boy finds that the girl has been put in charge while the engineer and fireman are replacing the engine's headlight. The boy applies the brakes before a herd of caribou blocks the tracks. As the train continues, it moves at an extreme speed due to the cotter pin shearing off. Once they reach a frozen lake, the cotter pin is replaced and the driver narrowly gets the train back onto the tracks as the ice breaks. The conductor takes the boy and girl back to their seats and they join Billy in the observation car. The train arrives at the North Pole, where the conductor announces that one of the children will be chosen to receive the first gift of Christmas from Santa himself. While the girl and boy attempt to convince Billy to join them, the boy accidentally uncouples the car, sending it hurtling along a route towards a railway turntable inside Santa's workshop. The children make their way through an elf command center and a gift-sorting office facility, where Billy finds a present in his name. They are dumped into a giant sack of presents, where they also find the know-it-all boy. After the sack is loaded onto Santa's sleigh, the elves escort them out before Santa and his reindeer arrive. A bell flies loose from the galloping reindeer's reins; the boy initially cannot hear it ring, until he finds it within himself to believe. He returns the bell to Santa, who selects him to receive the first gift of Christmas. Santa agrees to let him keep the bell. As the children board to go home, the boy discovers that he lost the bell through a hole in his pocket. The boy arrives home, and the conductor wishes him a Merry Christmas. He awakens on Christmas morning to find a present containing his lost bell with a note from Santa. He and his younger sister Sarah joyfully ring the bell, but their parents do not hear it because they do not believe in Santa. The boy reflects on his friends and sister eventually growing deaf to the bell over the years as their belief faded. However, despite the fact he is now an adult, the bell still rings for him, as it does "for all who truly believe."

13:03 The train looks like it’s going to 70 mph

8:05 That is actually true Aztecs drank chocolate^^ *The more you know*

I know I'm late, but I love how you commented on the music. Alan Silvestri is an amazing composer. He's done basically all of Robert Zemeckis's films, including the Back to the Future films and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Silvestri would also compose films in the MCU. Specifically, they are Captain America: The First Avenger, The Avengers (2012), Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame. Overall, I would consider Silvestri my favorite composer who isn't John Williams.

J'ai bien aimé ta réaction! I've always liked this movie's title because my father-in-law used to be the train engineer on the Polar Bear Express from Cochrane to Moosonee (on the James Bay coast) in northern Ontario. Unlike you, the first time I saw the animation, when the film first came out, I was quite impressed how real the people looked. Times change, animation improves, and yes, it does now look dated. But you will see when you get older that the things you find so great today will look very dated in the future.

That hot chocolate song is so boss!!!

The Polar Express is the greatest Christmas film of all time! FIGHT ME!!!

Hey Timothee you should check out the Christmas story and the Grinch how stole Christmas with Jim Carrey

He didn’t QUITE play every character in the film, haha… Tom Hanks doesn’t do children’s voices very well 😂

The only thing that would improve this film is if he literllay did voice every single character and they all looked slightly like him with no explanation

It's not a baldwin locomotive works 2-8-4 s3 Berkshire. It is a lima locomotive works s1 Berkshire number 1225. The accual locomotive it was based off of is still around. Pere marquette 1225.

Fun fact the train is actually powered by a flux capacitor

My favorite Christmas movie of all time

Yesssssssssssssssssssssssss my favorite Christmas movie ever thank you

Yeah Tom Hanks does the motion capture, not the voice of the boy main character. He’s also the voice and motion capture for the dad, the hobo on the roof of the train, the conductor, and Santa himself

Did you know the story is set in the 1950s?

I remember always seeing the trailer for this movie when watching Harry Potter Good times

I suggest the Tom Hanks movie "The Money Pit"!

The locomotive in this film is modeled after a real locomotive. Pere Marquette 1225

Nice one pal.

I love your depiction of this movie being a dream. It makes more sense without being too stupid

billy looks like dewey from malcolm

Tim I just noticed the scene were the main character says “I wanted to do that in my whole life” when he pulls the whistle on the train is a reference from back to the future part 3 because Emmet brown says that when he’s pulling the whistle on the train

Billy : this is fine on ice

At 31:32 you can see Santa's face reflected in the bell.

Thanks, Timothee! ❄

next year i recomend klaus, elf, rudolph the red nosed reindeer 1998 and arthur christmas

Yesss I love this movie. Watch it every year on Christmas Eve. One of my favs for sure.

Cool holiday movie.🙂🙂

My favorite Christmas movie

Tom hank's awesome in cast away

I used to watch it every christmas

I like this movie and I haven't watched in years. I don't understand why some could think it is a bad one. Falcon Millenium! 😂 best gift ever!! so spontaneous reaction. That's why I love your channel so much. I hope you had a very happy christmas.

I LOVE this movie

Yeeeeah 🤩 Finally, thanks 🤗🤗

Tom Hanks is a voice actor known for voicing Woody in Toy Story, Conductor, Father, Hobo, Santa Claus and Scrooge in The Polar Express (2004 Movie).

My favorite Tom Hanks movie is Splash, I really hope you react to it 🙏

Tim and Nick reacts on ,,Charlie and the chocolate factory”.

You really seem to be fixated on the fact that its a dream 😂

Love this movie, it was my childhood

Don't know if you have or not but I think you should react to a silent voice, a great movie that came out in 2016 that deserves more attention especially now with this damn virus around it could really help

Daryl Sabara and Josh Hutcherson did the voice of the Hero Boy. Tom Hanks did the motion capture. Hanks also played the dad, the conductor, the hobo, Santa, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. HE EVEN PLAYED THE TRAIN! 🤣😆😅

HE SAID SAVVY WHEN TALKING ABOUT FLAT TOP TUNNEL

The best Christmas cartoon and movie for me but unfortunately it is underestimated by many perhaps due to the fact that many people have lost their child inside themselves, which many people lack P.S. Sorry for the late comment

I remembered first seeing Polar Express in Elementary, it was the first time I saw this strange uncanny animation called motion-capture animation I used to wonder why it looked strange and weird and creepy and looked like a mix of live-action and animation frankenstein

There is another movie that used this type of animation, and that is also a Christmas movie. is "A christmas carol" (the one from 2009)

Man our CD for this movie was unreadable now because I've watched it a hundred times

13:09 faster faster 😂

I remember watching the polar express at the theaters, when I was 7 years old.

Love it this is awesome

I Really love this movie so much, it change my heart 😍🤩😍

A drifting train is not something you see every day

Caribou? We playing that Pixies song now?

TimotheeReacts: When you have faith in Tom Hanks, you'll be fine. Christians be like: When you have faith in Jesus, you'll be fine. LOL

Ok so theory I have that know it all kids present was underwear because magic from him breaking the rules and couldn't find any others