NEW MEDIA: Polar Express – Metaphorical Faith
Interesting. This whole movie may be a metaphor for the trend towards falling away from religion and any belief in creationism or intelligent design. The boy appears to be wavering in the face of practical evidence that his faith in Santa Claus just doesn’t measure up against.
The department store Santas, the red Santa hat in his father’s hip pocket, his mother’s statement about losing the magic, all these point to the different gods we acknowledge, and the idea of man himself being the most intelligent and only being at the top of the heap. Man in fact, creating Santa/God himself in the costuming.
Is there something deeper in this ‘children’s’ tale? Are the caribou on the track symbols of those who would bellow against belief?
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