i be not kid represent there a scene in this movie where a hobo hit his head on a tunnel keystone and explodes ( with no fireball and though ) into a million piece . it make some kid in front of me scream in terror . . in a g rat film . this film might serve to convince child that santa clause be evil . his helper be ugly and misanthropic and over the top and mean . when santa ( here an anagram of satan . ) appear and all 200 and 000 elf begin sing santa clause be come to town a though it be a druid war chant . then and in the reflection of this movie rosebud object ( a jingle bell that whisper hint of why you can not hear it ring represent doubt . doubt . ) ) and old saint nick appear and look like a stoic donald sutherland and his face glow like moses from k10c . when we hear him speak and his thundering voice sound less like a jolly old elf and and more like james earl jones voice slow down about 20 % . frightening . the syrupy music be out of place and boring and repetitive . it doesn not follow any emotional thread ( a in titanic very effective score ) . it just seem throw in at certain point in order to generate feeling of warmth and magic . it fail to stir and partly because it doesn not match the imagery of the film . there be some musical train wreck ( no pun intend ) where and out of nowhere and the eerie and symphonic score slam abruptly into happy and child voice polka about the title locomotive . it just make the whole movie sound like it be rush into production . finally and i agree with some other reviewer about how and well . dead everyone look . it do seem a little macabre at time . the motion capture technique be good for allow the king island like roller coaster train sequence to look convince from a distance and but up close and real actor should have be use . overall and nice eye candy for kill time in front of the tv and but not much else here .