User:Elbarnett01/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
The Polar Express (film)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I selected the Polar Express article because I'm passionate about the movie. It matters because this is a relatively popular holiday movie, therefore, a popular article that should be correct. At first glance, I was impressed with the scope of information.

Evaluate the article
Overall, the lead section is concise and organized well. The first sentence gives a good summary and the introduction summarizes most of the sections, although the marketing section is left out. On a similar note, the lead has a sentence about how the move was featured in the 2006 Guinness World Records, but this information is not present anywhere else in the article. In terms of content, there are no major parts left out and the content is current and neutral. Right now, in the talk page, there is discussion about the “dark meaning” behind the movie, however these theories don’t have a solid basis, so I’m happy to report they don’t appear in the article. In general, more citations are needed in the introduction. For instance, there is a sentence talking about the production budget, that doesn’t list a source. In the rest of the article, the citations are adequate. While I was reading the article, I found no grammatical errors and that the organization is thought-through. The article could use a couple more images, but the ones that are there are laid out nicely. Perhaps, one from the Golden Globe Awards where the movie won an award. On the talk page, people are mostly discussing conspiracy theories, but someone also noted that there seems to be original research (“dead eye syndrome”) in the article that needs to be removed. I agree! In conclusion, the article is pretty well done with in-depth information and many sources. However, more images could be included, and the introduction could be improved to include a brief summary of the all sections.