Berkshire posted:The Polar Express is one of the most memorable train movie I remember watching, I know it's new, but man is that movie good.
I wound up watching it because I was with my girlfriend who was babysitting her grand-rug-rats.
C'mon, great movie?
Maybe if you're ten years old.
Nick Chillianis posted:Berkshire posted:The Polar Express is one of the most memorable train movie I remember watching, I know it's new, but man is that movie good.
The Polar Express is actually quite creepy, given the "dead eyes" look of most of the characters.
Nick Chillianis posted:Berkshire posted:The Polar Express is one of the most memorable train movie I remember watching, I know it's new, but man is that movie good.
I wound up watching it because I was with my girlfriend who was babysitting her grand-rug-rats.
C'mon, great movie?
Maybe if you're ten years old.
Not our fault if you chose to outgrow having fun.
Adriatic posted:Nick Chillianis posted:Berkshire posted:The Polar Express is one of the most memorable train movie I remember watching, I know it's new, but man is that movie good.
I wound up watching it because I was with my girlfriend who was babysitting her grand-rug-rats.
C'mon, great movie?
Maybe if you're ten years old.
Not our fault if you chose to outgrow having fun.
Polar Express is OK. But just OK.
Personally, I find the old Rankin-Bass Christmas specials fun.
Rusty
Murder in the Private Car is on TCM as I type this. VERY GOOD movie
Toccata for Toy Trains is the true art film of toy trains and nothing else comes close. The filmakers were the famous designer team of Charles and Ray Eames, with a beautiful score by Elmer Bernstein. The collection of vintage toys are staged so creatively, and the camera work is uniquely unsurpassed, especially in a non-digital age! Finally, the narration has a poetic quality that matches the music quite well. A true gem, worth repeated viewings!
I really like Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade when young Indiana was on the circus train. That was great! I also liked North by Northwest when they were on the 20th Century Limited. There are a lot of good movies that showcase scenes with trains. I even enjoy Back to the Future III.
Gentlemen,
IMO the best train movie ever made was Night Passage, because of General Jimmy Stewart and SGT Audie Murphy. The open air rolling stock and old coach cars are just incredible.
PCRR/Dave
Then I realized I was holding the bravest man who ever lived in my arms - Jimmy Stewart
nikkormat posted:Murder in the Private Car is on TCM as I type this. VERY GOOD movie
Just finished watching it.
Gentlemen,
IMO the best train movie ever made was Night Passage, because of General Jimmy Stewart and SGT Audie Murphy. The open air rolling stock and old coach cars are just incredible.
PCRR/Dave
Then I realized I was holding the bravest man who ever lived in my arms - Jimmy Stewart
High praise from the General! Jimmy's & his wife Elaine were close friends with my parents. Audie Murphy was my military career mentor, and my Fathers good friend. No train movie will ever top this one for me.
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Addams Family comes to mind; though the Lionel trains did not figure prominently, they made quite an impression on me from an early age. I took pride in collecting and running the NP passenger train.
Octopussy starring Sir Roger Moore as James Bond. Some great train action in that movie.
bobdavisnpf posted:Addams Family comes to mind; though the Lionel trains did not figure prominently, they made quite an impression on me from an early age. I took pride in collecting and running the NP passenger train.
"The Modern Coal Burning Steam Locomotive" by the N&W Railway!
Pine Creek Railroad posted:Gentlemen,
IMO the best train movie ever made was Night Passage, because of General Jimmy Stewart and SGT Audie Murphy. The open air rolling stock and old coach cars are just incredible.
PCRR/Dave
Then I realized I was holding the bravest man who ever lived in my arms - Jimmy Stewart
High praise from the General! Jimmy's & his wife Elaine were close friends with my parents. Audie Murphy was my military career mentor, and my Fathers good friend. No train movie will ever top this one for me.
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I too grew up with Jimmy Stewart and his wife, although to us she was Gloria. I have his autograph hanging in my office here at home. He would walk his dog past our house almost every day when I was a kid and I finally worked up the nerve to ask him for his autograph (neighbors weren't supposed to do that :-)
Rusty Traque posted:Adriatic posted:Nick Chillianis posted:Berkshire posted:The Polar Express is one of the most memorable train movie I remember watching, I know it's new, but man is that movie good.
I wound up watching it because I was with my girlfriend who was babysitting her grand-rug-rats.
C'mon, great movie?
Maybe if you're ten years old.
Not our fault if you chose to outgrow having fun.
Polar Express is OK. But just OK.
Personally, I find the old Rankin-Bass Christmas specials fun.
Rusty
My daughter (who I started reading PE to in 1988) took my 3yo granddaughter and I on Saturday. It was much better suited to her than most early-childhood movies: rich scene depictions, plenty of good deeds and well-meaning, lots of belief in higher ideals, no implied violence, relatively little death-defying suspense, an almost complete lack of vindictive plotting, and very little dishonesty. As I read the book, I've always imagined it best as a 30-minute "featurette". But it works much better for young kids than I had expected, and far better than any other feature-length adapted childrens' story I've seen before.
Its inclusion of book-exact dialogue, complete with scenes to match the pictures, really helped. When she got antsy and said it was time to go, I said "no, there's still 2 pages to go - remember?" She did, and settled down to watch the final 10 minutes of the story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4gCFpP2aWQ
Anything with with Jimmy Stewart is Excellent. I met him in Telluride, Colorado.
The original trailer in high definition of Night Passage directed by James Neilson and starring James Stewart, Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Dianne Foster, Brandon De Wilde and Elaine Stewart.
Gary
James Stewart, Cary Grant, Humphery Bogart, james Cagney and a few others were all very talented gentlemen, who graced the silver screen in many memorable roles. Stewart flew bombing missions during WWII, and went on to become an Air Force General.
Saturday Night at The Movies • I have seen this movie back in the day. Wanted to watch it again, this movie combines one of my favorite actors and trains. I did a search on all the free and paid channels on xfinity & Netflix. Not available at this time.
Went to my local public library and they had a DVD copy, brought it home and we watched the movie, in theater mode. Had a favorite snack from a Michigan candy company, Sayklly’s, making candy for over 100 years. The Yooper Bar.
Gary: Rail-fan
There's one I have to see. Thanks. BTW, what's in a yooper bar?
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