17 of the most interesting Polar easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of Polar movie message.
A retiring assassin suddenly finds himself on the receiving end of a hit, contracted by none other than his own employer seeking to cash in on the pensions of aging employees.
Just before the train arrives, the boy's clock stops at exactly five minutes to midnight. Later, near the end of the movie, the know-it-all boy notes "it was five minutes to midnight four minutes ago," meaning time was frozen for almost the entire movie.
The main characters ticket is the only one punched behind the conductors back - highlighting the fact that believing isn't about what you can see.
Polar Movie Easter Eggs
As the train begins to enter the North Pole, a memorial statue to Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer is briefly seen out of the window.
You can see a flux capacitor in the locomotive.
The amount of train cars never stays consistent
After being seperated from the rest of the passengers, the three protagonists try to regroup with the train. Near the city center, the Girl and Billy hear bells ringing but the Boy can't. However a record is repeating the lines "Ring-a-ling" clueing the audience to the bells.
Polar movie hidden details
The turn radius of the track on this uphill spiral is so tight that the train cars have to bend.
Just before the main character finally declares, "I believe," depending on your speakers, you may or may not have been able to hear a barely audible voice inside the bell whispering to him, "Doubter... Doubter..."
When the narrator says the bell still rings for him and all who truly believe, you can briefly see a reflection of Santa
The girl stows away a cup of hot chocolate for Billy, the kid in the other car. The cup of Hot chocolate can be been under the seat in a different frame
When the boy and the hobo are skiing down the top of the train you can see the light flickering on the front of the train before the engineers change it in the next scene.
The number 1225 is seen throughout the movie (here as the keystone of a tunnel) in reference to the train the Polar Express was based off of which was the Pere Marquette #1225
A model P-38 (a fighter/escort/interceptor used in WWII) is shown. It is revealed that the movie takes place mid to late 50s, around a decade after WWII ended.
...now bare with me...Duncan is involved in 2 sex scenes. Both times he is interrupted. Now, I don't know if the movie was actually this smart, but that could be symbolic of Duncan not being allowed to effectively "finish" his career and instead being dragged back into it reluctantly.
Detail I just noticed for the holidays!
When the boy puts the bell from Santa in his pocket, there is a subtle thud as it falls through and hits the sleigh floor (1:42 in this video)
Carmille is startled by loud bangs, implying a traumatic experience with gunshots, even though the gun fired during the past event was equipped with a silencer. This is (likely) an onscreen portrayal of the Exaggerated Startle Response, a symptom of PTSD.