Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

JinRoz For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

perica-43151 This movie demonstrated that Hollywood can learn a lot from the modern South Korean cinema. Everything Hollywood does, Asians seem to do better. This allegorical movie about the social order is perhaps a bit short on its main premise, but it really does not matter that much. Infinitely more intelligent than its Hollywood counterparts, it is one smart action movie that sets the standard for Hollywood to follow.

david-sarkies This film came very highly recommended, if only from one of those countless number of Youtube sites that seem to deal exclusively with movies. Okay, it was listed as one of the must see movies, though ironically all of these must see movies were basically newer ones. Anyway, the film is based an a French comic book from the 70s and is actually touted as South Korea's most expensive film ever made (and it was directed by a South Korean). This does have the effect of setting it apart from much of the rubbish that seems to be filling our cinema screens these days. So, the story goes that the world is suffering the effects of Climate Change, and they decide to solve it by spraying stuff into the upper atmosphere. It worked, but the problem is that it worked a little too well - the entire world froze. Anyway, this excentric billionaire had build a railway line that circumnavigated the world, and was set up so people could live on it for years at a time, so pretty much everybody scrambled to get on board, though those who were not able to pay the hefty price tag were either denied entry or relegated to the tail section. The film begins in the tail section, which not surprising is overcrowded, and the people are basically poor and are fed things call protein bars. Every so often soldiers come in to hand out the food, but one day they come and take away all of the children, which pushes the people, who is led by Chris Evans (who plays Captain America, though not in this film) to stage a revolt. The whole idea is to get from one side of the train to the other and take control of the engine. The problem is that there happens to be a series of sealed doors between them and their goal, so they also need a technician to be able to break though. This film is clearly a comment on the class culture, but I think it goes much further than that. The way I see it it seems to be a microcosm of the world in which we live. If you happen to live in a poor country then good luck actually getting out of that country to get to a better country. In fact these days there seems to be a lot more borders being closed, and refuges relegated to detention camps in places that are even more inhospitable. I guess the problem is that it is the case of the rich not wanting to share with the poor, and also this idea that the poor are in that situation through either their own fault, or some curse by some divine power. In a sense it seems to be an essence of entitlement, but in another sense many of us who are wealthy simply have no dialogue with the poor. We simply don't understand and don't want to understand. Actually this film goes even further to create this idea that the poor should actually be grateful that they get what they do from the rich. In a way it is a sickening concept, yet I can't claim to be all that innocent of it either. I guess it just happens to be that bubble that we to live in. Another thing that stands out in this film is its quirkiness. This is a trait of many French films, and it seems that the South Koreans have kept with it. I have seen other adaptations of French stories, such as Tintin, and they seem to shy away from it. Well, this isn't the case here - they embrace it with open arms. This is something that I find great about this film - the characters have their little quirks and oddities, particularly the ones from the front of the train. It seems that this is also a nature of the divide, where wealth and luxury actually breeds these quirks, whereas the poor are simply struggling to survive. However, in the end, the old addage still holds true - he who dies with the most toys, still dies.

nastiayeleniuk The plot of Snowpiercer basically goes like this: The opening text sequence explains that the use of some sort of gas has caused an eternal winter on earth, which killed almost all human life. The last survivors of the human race are on board a very long train. The people in the back of the train are being oppressed by those on the front who are in control of the engine and they're being treated like prisoners, so the people in the back want to get to the front to start a revolution. This was an idea with very high potential. Unfortunately a lot of very stupid things happen in this movie and it ends up being a trainwreck. If you thought that was a pun you're wrong, that's literally what happens. They chose to go with that ending.Let me explain to you the stupid things that happen in this third act. Throughout the movie, when our characters get closer and closer to the front, we see the living conditions of the parts of the train they reach getting beter and better. Finally they get to a HUGE door in front of the engine. For some reason, the last wagon before that is sort of a hookah bar, just with some other drugs, which is stupid enough by itself. Why would they put a hookah bar in the last wagon? I don't know what the writers were thinking. Even if we accept it as it is, I don't get why the people who smoke those hookah-like drugs don't try to stop our characters from breaking in. I really don't think they're THAT high.One of the revolutionaries is a Korean man who designed the doors for the train and opened them along the way so our characters can move further. He tells his daughter how to open the door to the engine room while he's occupied with fighting. They eventually succeed at opening the door. I suppose the government rooms that we haven't been shown yet are behind that door, right? No, it's just a dining room for the one person in charge. So where do the people on the train make their decisions, where do they have meetings, where are the government rooms? Nobody knows because the script is stupid! So a woman who works for the one man in charge gets out of the engine room and shoots the Korean man and there's no reaction from his daughter whatsoever. She then tells our revolutionary leader, the only other person left to come in because the man in charge wants to have dinner with him. Let me get this straight, how did our man in charge know there's someone outside that door? There's no windows. And why don't they lock the door after he comes in? Anyway, a lot happens during this dinner conversation, but this is where we get to the most stupid part of the movie: The man in charge tells our revolutionary leader that he wants him to be in control of the engine because he's old and he will die soon!? Why in the world would he do that?? Why in the world would he give control of the engine to this man who just tried to overthrow him?? As the snowpiercer represents all human life left, what in the snowpiercer were the writers thinking? If you think the man in charge were fooling our hero, that's never shown! For what I can tell he's serious! Even if he were joking, letting him come in in the first place is a huge risk. As he says, he's the only person to ever walk the entire distance of the train (Seriously? The staff never did that? Then how do they enforce orders from the front in the back of the train?), so he will know how do defeat him. But that's what our """villain""" wants, we're supposed not to concern ourselves with this plothole. The Korean man, who told his daughter to place a bomb at the door,... Hold on, why do they have to blow up the door? It's already open! Anyway, they place the bomb and blow up the door. I guess because it's not explained, rather vaguely implied the bang of the explosion triggers an avalanche which hits the train and causes it to derail. Everyone except the Korean man's daughter and a little child that has been taken from his mum at the beginning of the movie die. The two eventually wake up. The two leave the train for the first time in their lives, which is a really beautiful idea, Unfortunately, that scene also falls apart when you think about it. Earlier in the movie we've been told that some years ago a few people left the train and died of the freezing cold after what looks like 300 meters (0.19 miles). This means the last surviving humans will die in a minute and humankind will be extinct. But let's go back to this scene. They see a polar bear on a hill very nearby and smile about it in amazement of seeing an animal for the first time. But girl, polar bears eat humans. That thing is looking right at you. You will be eaten. Run! Run far away! Anyway, that's the ending of this movie.Before I get to my conclusion, let me point out some positive things: 1) This movie mostly has great cinematography. They worked very well with restricted sets and the movie looks really good. A notable exception is the frozen city they pass by at one point. 2) The performances are great, especially Ko Asung did a really good job. A notable exception is Tilda Swinton. Her performance was AWFUL. 3) This movie has some good protagonists. I like them.Unfortunately, that's all things that stand out as positive things about this movie that I can think of for now. In conclusion, the story of Snowpiercer had a lot of potential, unfortunately the script is one hell of a plothole compilation and the movie starts falling apart completely if you think about it. It has some redeeming qualities, but that doesn't change the fact that this is a really bad movie. If you want to see it, go ahead, but don't expect anything that actually makes sense. I don't understand how this currently has a 7.0 rating.

gogoled I saw it when it came out and didn't really like it. There were so many plot holes and narrative choices that made no sense to me or did not seem to be logical. There were many inconsistencies as well, and some parts are very cheesy. All of this bothered me enough that I couldn't enjoy it. I like all the actors and the story and the genre, but this one didn't do it for me. Might have to re-watch and see if I still feel the same.