"The Polar Express" wants to be an uplifting holiday film, but it tries too hard to make its point.

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That same year he had a revelation, after watching The Polar Express, that 3-D would be the future of filmmaking.

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Incredibles, The Polar Express and Shark Tale are nominated for the feature film children's Bafta.

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The Polar Express could be shown in 3-D only on Imax screens.

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Warner Bros. points out that several other recent holiday films, including Elf and The Polar Express, opened poorly but went on to become big money makers.

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This offered scientific proof of why viewers may have been especially disturbed by the dead-eyed characters in The Polar Express, and why film producers need to be mindful of the uncanny valley.

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Movies playing on the Breeze included a seasonal offering of The Polar Express and family shorts like Happy Feet, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and SpongeBob SquarePants: The Great Jelly Rescue.

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"The Polar Express" opens Wednesday.

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Those films took giant leaps in the art of technology, but with "Polar Express, " Zemeckis gets an A only for effort.

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