This move is what got me into the hobby. The power, the noise, the deep rumble, the steam, the overall might of it stopping at the boy's house. The scenes of it running at night with the blue atmosphere contrasting with the warm glow inside the passenger cars. The scene at the North Pole as Santa arrives and the first gift is given and Santa flies off. The final scenes of the movie. The way the theme song is played throughout the movie in its various forms, starting with the iced over WB logo at the very beginning and the bell starts playing the theme. Ending with Josh Groban's version as the credits roll.
I love it! Yes, I get it about the animation and I agree that there is a weird lull as the kids wander through the buildings at the North Pole. But when you look at it as a whole, one of my favorite movies, Christmas or not, of all time.
