The Polar Express
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The Polar Express is a 2004 American animated Christmas fantasy film directed by Robert Zemeckis. It utilizes live-action motion-capture animation to tell the story of a young boy who embarks on a magical train journey to the North Pole on Christmas Eve. The film is often cited in discussions about the 'uncanny valley' due to its highly realistic yet unsettling human characters.
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there were a couple of movies that tried like Polar Express was one where they tried to have quite humanlooking characters
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"The film 'Polar Express' is brought up as an example of a movie that attempted to create 'quite human-looking characters' but resulted in a 'repulsive' effect, illustrating the concept of the 'uncanny valley' in computer graphics."
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