I am genuinely impressed. There is a quality to it that feels like you spent a long time studying how camera angles and scene compositions play out in the real movie.
@@LandonsAnimationWheelhouse I thought for a few seconds that I had forgotten what happened in the movie lol. You did a great job, if the models were movie resolution then I would've thought it was official lol.
Ironically, given the Express is shown to be able to go on roads just fine in the movie, this probably would have been less insane than the actual ice drift. Great animation, the attention to detail and keeping to the movie's style were incredible.
where has this kind of meticulously destructive animation been my whole life. i want a whole movie like this. there's a certain beauty to this. understanding a mechanical system well enough to make it fall apart at the rivets
Exactly what I was thinking when I heard the “nip it in the butt” line. The one and only round he carries provided the necessary component for the train brakes to be used again too.
Most unrealistic part: the snowflake remaining perfectly intact after colliding with the train. Which really sets up the suspension of disbelief for what happens next.
I was expecting this video to be unhinged, and it did not dissapoint. But that Andy Griffith show reference completely threw me off guard in a good way and I laughed my ass off. I frickin love every second of this. Great stuff man.
This has got to be the best animation I have seen in months on this platform, bar none. It is intense, follows the style of the source material perfectly, and feels like halfway between a roller coaster and a fever dream.
Okay, serious talk: Did you ever go to any school for animation or was this all self taught, because this is honest to god legitimate animation. Not a fan project, not something knocked out in a couple weeks. The time and effort on this shows. Hell, I'll bet you have a storyboard for this!
Ok, I love this video. First of all, it’s directed just like how the polar express is directed. From the camera movements, to the sound design, to the lighting, the cinematography, everything. I love how the camera follows the wrench as it goes under the water and continues to explode different mines, I love how the camera follows the piece of shrapnel that bursts into the engine room, how it follows the bullet later on, the actual movie did that, too! There was a whole sequence that followed a ticket as it flew out the window for christs sake. The idea of there being dormant mines in the lake under the ice is a great idea (since the actual film takes place just over a decade after World War II in like 1957) Again, the sound design is fantastic. From the grinding of the metal to the cracking of the ice, the explosions, and just the sheer roar of the locomotive as it grinds against the land in the neighborhood… Simply fantastic. The physics are also something to be admired, I don’t know what engine you animated this in, but it looks fantastic. And you got a love how through it all, not a single person actually died throughout this entire catastrophe. 😂 to be fair, I don’t want to see a bunch of child sized ragdolls flying all over the place because… That’s just in poor taste. So kudos for not going overkill… Literally. Overall, a stellar animation that has made my night. I love this movie to death, and this animation is straight fire 🔥🔥🔥
Thank you so much for the encouragement! I purposely wanted this to be a clean video, so I can confirm that no one dies in this. All the kids were in the first train car which makes it all the way to the end! 😆
@LandonsAnimationWheelhouse I noticed that, and props to you for keeping this batshit video tasteful and respectful of the fact that this train was transporting children 😅 Since last night I’ve checked out some of your other vids, such as the Union Pacific crash and the Flying Scotsman, and I gotta compliment the direction again. All the internal slow-motion shots of the train’s internals every now and then, and well as the crazy physics at play. Keep it up! 👍
@@zeropoint216 Hey, all I said was I didn’t wanna see “kid-sized” ragdolls flying around and crashing into things… 👀 EDIT: I just realized I replied to you thinking you were Landon. My bad XD
That was fucking amazing. Props to you for going the extra mile and sticking to the mid-late 1950s theme for the most part. Except for the exception of the TV stuff though.
I LOVE how you kept the ' following random objects that somehow lead back into the main part of the story' shtick that the movie did. Also having grown up with the Polar Express and the Andy Griffith Show, I really enjoyed the uh, conclusion to the sequence!
The polar express has always been my favorite Christmas movie since I was a toddler, I have every movie line memorized the movie has always had a very special place in my heart. And this is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a very, very, long time. So thank you
1:32 - Go figure that the ghost of the Hobo is driving a 1958 Plymouth Fury. I don't know if that was intentional, but if it was, the little detail of a ghost driving one of fiction's greatest haunted cars is a great.
The thing I really love about this is that you followed the actual cinematography formula used in the film. Just lingering on one item that eventually enters into a bigger part of the scene. The fact that you took that and made it look like a fast and furious and Michael Bay love child is the funniest thing I've seen all week.
I don't know if you are a real movie industry cgi animator or just making this for portfolio, but this fits soo good for some high action blockbuster. All the sence of speed and attention on small details is just so great. If you are making this just for yourself I hope that someday you will find a job in the movie industry, if you want to find it.
Now THIS is how you make something epic in one cut, AND you don't need to cut from the action and spectical for the sake of it be one cut Santa monica studio, you had no excuse
I was *crying* *sobbing* laughing at this omg *HOW* It was specifically the "take a load off, kid!" guy's car jumping into a house and exploding that broke me 🤣
Know-It-All casually letting us know that Montezuma, the king of the Aztecs, would drink fifty quarts of hot chocolate every day as the train plows through the town after falling off a cliff like nothing happened.
ANIMATION BREAKDOWN:
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😂😂😂😂😂
was that a fury i saw
Hey landon i dare you to do the worst train crash you can ever make
This animation is me on a tuesday
Thanks bro!
Please someone splice this into the full movie so I can show it to my kids and pretend it is the real thing
No way mogswamp
I can probably do it fr if you want
I just need some way to send it to you
I love how this still keeps the spirit of the movie while also dialing it to 11
“At least the children are alright”
“Wasn’t Billy in the last coach?”
Judging by the open doors leading to the occupied carriages, Billy ran straight into the forward coaches the moment the mines started detonating.
This is a cinematic masterpiece of untold proportion. Somebody hire this dude immediately.
POV: every final destination movie ever
Only this time there aren’t any gory deaths
2:11 maybe expect for this one
If only fd6 could be like this
@@schnitzelhorsen1105family guy
@@planeguy1482realyeah petah
First of all, that animation is peak. Second of all, thats some of the best sound design I've ever heard on UA-cam
I agree.
Thanks so much!!
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No joke, this is actually the ally extremely well made. The cinematography is incredible. It feels like a video game cutscene
I am genuinely impressed. There is a quality to it that feels like you spent a long time studying how camera angles and scene compositions play out in the real movie.
Agreed, it is a perfect adaptation of the movie.
Honestly, the camrawork in this is insanely good.
So we're modding movies now
This should be a thing
Imagine all the mods we could download to make the Star Wars sequels good.
How to Train Your Top Gun
Furious Max: Unhinged Road
Speed 4: So Fast it Raced Past 3
I like how the train is exploding and the carriages are being obliterated around him, and the kid still talks enthusiastically about Montezuma.
You know, Montezuma, the king of the Aztecs would drink 50 quarts of hot chocolate every day....
(Kid Causully sees a car explode inside a house and is riding in a drifting train amidst a neighborhood)
Kid: "Hey, what gives?!?"
Infodumpers gonna infodump!
what a refreshing perspective. movies should have shots like this.
The cinematography is genuinely impressive. It takes a lot of skill to make something feel that kinetic
Thanks so much!
@@LandonsAnimationWheelhouse I thought for a few seconds that I had forgotten what happened in the movie lol. You did a great job, if the models were movie resolution then I would've thought it was official lol.
@@greg-m3m Thanks! 😆
I was not expecting cinema when coming in to this but this was way better than what I was expecting props to you animator props to you
Thanks so much!
The amount of work that went into this must be insane
what's crazy is this whole animation is 1 continuous shot. hats off to the animator, this is pretty creative!
Ironically, given the Express is shown to be able to go on roads just fine in the movie, this probably would have been less insane than the actual ice drift. Great animation, the attention to detail and keeping to the movie's style were incredible.
I cant wait in 10 years for this to be recommended to everyone all of a sudden
The fact this is all in a single take with no cut in the camera just makes this all the more wild to experience.
Kudos, Cheers
Thanks!
Amazing. The random Barney cameo had me in tears.
WJERE
@@azealx1955 the cop nip it in the bud
Unhinged is right!! This is a really well-done animation! Almost identical to the original movie.
This looks exactly like what I would see in my head when I played with legos as a kid.
where has this kind of meticulously destructive animation been my whole life. i want a whole movie like this. there's a certain beauty to this. understanding a mechanical system well enough to make it fall apart at the rivets
I think it's Transformers?
I especially like all the really hard and close zooms.
2:06 "How about a nice good hot cup of... joe..." That little pause shows he knows he's about to lose control
I noticed that too. Amazing touch editing-wise
I like the added touch of having Barney Fife chase the train. Never thought I'd be so glad to see Don Knotts reprise his role quite like this.
Exactly what I was thinking when I heard the “nip it in the butt” line. The one and only round he carries provided the necessary component for the train brakes to be used again too.
Most unrealistic part: the snowflake remaining perfectly intact after colliding with the train.
Which really sets up the suspension of disbelief for what happens next.
I am astonished how you just turned the polar express into an action crime movie
This man just found the way to do one of the most exciting parts on the movie MORE EXCITING
That "hey, what gives?" sold it for me
I always thought the Polar Express was missing civilian casualties.
LOL i love the fact that it's all one continuous shot
Are you telling me this is a FAN ANIMATION?! Holy smokes.
I was expecting this video to be unhinged, and it did not dissapoint. But that Andy Griffith show reference completely threw me off guard in a good way and I laughed my ass off. I frickin love every second of this. Great stuff man.
This has got to be the best animation I have seen in months on this platform, bar none. It is intense, follows the style of the source material perfectly, and feels like halfway between a roller coaster and a fever dream.
Ha thanks!
Okay, serious talk: Did you ever go to any school for animation or was this all self taught, because this is honest to god legitimate animation. Not a fan project, not something knocked out in a couple weeks. The time and effort on this shows. Hell, I'll bet you have a storyboard for this!
This looks like it was a blender animation, sfm animation, GTA cutscene, garrys mod edit, and PS2 game at the same time
I mean, the original was already unhinged. This is just more so. The animation is incredible,btw.
This is the best thing I've seen since I saw that weird Polar Express movie.
Ok, I love this video.
First of all, it’s directed just like how the polar express is directed. From the camera movements, to the sound design, to the lighting, the cinematography, everything. I love how the camera follows the wrench as it goes under the water and continues to explode different mines, I love how the camera follows the piece of shrapnel that bursts into the engine room, how it follows the bullet later on, the actual movie did that, too! There was a whole sequence that followed a ticket as it flew out the window for christs sake.
The idea of there being dormant mines in the lake under the ice is a great idea (since the actual film takes place just over a decade after World War II in like 1957)
Again, the sound design is fantastic. From the grinding of the metal to the cracking of the ice, the explosions, and just the sheer roar of the locomotive as it grinds against the land in the neighborhood… Simply fantastic.
The physics are also something to be admired, I don’t know what engine you animated this in, but it looks fantastic.
And you got a love how through it all, not a single person actually died throughout this entire catastrophe. 😂 to be fair, I don’t want to see a bunch of child sized ragdolls flying all over the place because… That’s just in poor taste. So kudos for not going overkill… Literally.
Overall, a stellar animation that has made my night. I love this movie to death, and this animation is straight fire 🔥🔥🔥
Thank you so much for the encouragement! I purposely wanted this to be a clean video, so I can confirm that no one dies in this. All the kids were in the first train car which makes it all the way to the end! 😆
@LandonsAnimationWheelhouse I noticed that, and props to you for keeping this batshit video tasteful and respectful of the fact that this train was transporting children 😅
Since last night I’ve checked out some of your other vids, such as the Union Pacific crash and the Flying Scotsman, and I gotta compliment the direction again. All the internal slow-motion shots of the train’s internals every now and then, and well as the crazy physics at play.
Keep it up! 👍
@@LandonsAnimationWheelhouse so no one was sleeping in those multiple houses that got demolished? hmmmmmmmm? ;)
@@zeropoint216 Hey, all I said was I didn’t wanna see “kid-sized” ragdolls flying around and crashing into things… 👀
EDIT: I just realized I replied to you thinking you were Landon. My bad XD
@@brooksproductionsstudios3389 Thanks so much!!
You really weren't kidding when you said unhinged holy hell
I love how this is all just one big long take. It’s absolutely fantastic
Thanks!
I love how a body of water with naval mines is at a higher elevation than this American town
I love how you added in wheel slip on the train at the end to give the look if is moving on something slippery
That was fucking amazing. Props to you for going the extra mile and sticking to the mid-late 1950s theme for the most part. Except for the exception of the TV stuff though.
You could have called it the Derailed version and you DIDNT
It was already derailed tho 🤔
This is absolutely INSANE, in the best way possible!
This must've taken forever to animate.
I like the attention to detail of using old cars.
Everyone was harmed in the making of this film
We will put a quotation on "harmed"
0:50 well, there goes billy.
1:30 also, why is there half a passenger care?
2:23 and there goes the rest of the kids.
They were in the other carriages. That's why it's unhinged.
I would watch an entire feature film of this.
I LOVE how you kept the ' following random objects that somehow lead back into the main part of the story' shtick that the movie did. Also having grown up with the Polar Express and the Andy Griffith Show, I really enjoyed the uh, conclusion to the sequence!
The polar express has always been my favorite Christmas movie since I was a toddler, I have every movie line memorized the movie has always had a very special place in my heart.
And this is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a very, very, long time. So thank you
Uhhh, wtf did I just watch and why was it so out of left field and yet so awesome?
Incredible, fantastic single shot! Matches with the shooting style Zemeckis had in this film!
And he only has the one bullet too
I am thoroughly impressed that you took the time to do this. Thanks so much I want to see this ray traced 😂
Man, the chocolate they serving to the crew hits different
Hot Panzerschokolade
1:32 - Go figure that the ghost of the Hobo is driving a 1958 Plymouth Fury.
I don't know if that was intentional, but if it was, the little detail of a ghost driving one of fiction's greatest haunted cars is a great.
I think it also references the fact that movies takes place in 1958.
@edwinve4112 Yup and at the same time it was the last decade you see steam locomotives in regular service, Last year for steam in America was 1960
This take "I like train" to a new level
The Polar Express is never late
It explodes PRECISELY when it needs to
Yeah until it decides to surrender to a single bullet fired by Andy Griffith
This is why the conductor was so stressed about being on time, a minute later and this would have happened!
He's been through it before.
For real😊
Another classic to warm the children's hearts.
Because some of them got thrown in the boiler when it stopped suddenly. Their hearts are warm.
How many times have you seen this movie?
I have to watch it every year and It's crazy how well you've captured its essence.
The thing I really love about this is that you followed the actual cinematography formula used in the film. Just lingering on one item that eventually enters into a bigger part of the scene. The fact that you took that and made it look like a fast and furious and Michael Bay love child is the funniest thing I've seen all week.
I don't know if you are a real movie industry cgi animator or just making this for portfolio, but this fits soo good for some high action blockbuster. All the sence of speed and attention on small details is just so great. If you are making this just for yourself I hope that someday you will find a job in the movie industry, if you want to find it.
2:03 I like how the tapping of the Mug gets the kid’s attention, but not the loud-ass car engine
The 2:45 cut was sooo good
Easily my favorite part of the whole animation.
"You're allowed to animate whatever you want"
Damn, Polar Express 20th anniversary edition is looking good so far
2:22 A coach gets exploded and the kids' only reaction is "Hey! What gives?" lmao
Sounds like SpongeBob. 😂😂😂
Now THIS is how you make something epic in one cut, AND you don't need to cut from the action and spectical for the sake of it be one cut
Santa monica studio, you had no excuse
"Shakiest Gun in the West" my ass, that was a hell of a shot Don, lol.
Incredible work. Truly insane
I was genuinely wheezing during this.
Same. Apparently we all got it recommended suddenly.
I was *crying* *sobbing* laughing at this omg *HOW*
It was specifically the "take a load off, kid!" guy's car jumping into a house and exploding that broke me 🤣
0:18 makes more since then just causing the whole ice to break.
**MASSIVE EXPLOSION**
''Hey what gives''
3:00 BARNEY? FROM THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW? PEOPLE ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THAT IS?!
I laughed so hard🤣
It's me Gordon! Barney from Black Mesa!
Jesus I feel old.
This whole video made me anxious for the way it played out and expected how very well Animation it was 😅
i love that there a bunch of naval mines in a literal closed lake
Protection from government tyranny.
This is the definition of the butterfly effect
This is quite a treat for a 20th anniversary lmao
I just realized that I posted this on Nov 10 which is when the actual movie was released 20 years ago 🤣🤣
I honestly had no idea
Oh nice lol, but what a coincidence lmao
This feels like the beginning of saving private ryan
This is so unhinged...I LOVE IT.
2:53 is the cameraman Superman?
Yes
this was... impossible to look away from.
Why is this actually so well done
Like this is actually really good
This is unironically one of the coolest action scenes I've seen in ages 🤣
WELL this gives me the same visceral horror I felt while watching Polar Express as a kid so you have most definitely succeeded
Know-It-All casually letting us know that Montezuma, the king of the Aztecs, would drink fifty quarts of hot chocolate every day as the train plows through the town after falling off a cliff like nothing happened.
I was not expecting to see Barney and Andy in this.
I was half expecting "Deja vu, I've been in this place before!" to start playing XD
This is basically the original movie if the characters didn’t have plot armor.
Never in my entire life I’ve been more worried for fictional characters in my childhood christmas movie in all my life.
Unstoppable 2 is looking awesome.
This was badass, great job
I’m sure we can all agree that we didn’t know we needed this, but after having seen it we can’t live without.
Why is this actually so well made though, amazing job
Thanks!
Holy crap what the hell?!? This is amazing! XD
Also love that Andy Griffith Show cameo of Barney, that was beautiful.
This is an amazing bit of animation! Polar Express: Off the Rails!