Snowpiercer

Some neat action sequences but it reminded me of Elysium in that the political overtones felt awfully weak after being hyped up as "deep." I guess the point is that poor people are good and rich are bad? That's all I got out of it. So sprach Zarathustra: "I have often laughed at the weaklings, who think themselves good because they have crippled paws!"

I cannot understand the positive reviews of this film. It had some good elements, but it was so candy. The acting was marginal, the action was fun sometimes, but got pretty monotonous. The ending tries to be thoughtful, but feels like an abrupt shift to a mostly faultless plot development.

One of the more thought-provoking films I've seen this year. Packs the punch of a blockbuster action movie and also has meaning and heart - something sci-fi movies have been lacking lately. Very interesting symbolism and a nice critique of the class system - Snowpiercer comes highly recommended from me!

The last survivors of some climate experiment share a never-ending train ride ... until it ends.

good bad dream

This is a real revolutionary film, with a story I absolutely love, but unfortunately it's style doesn't hold up. I love recent Korean films, and so I was happy to see some familiar faces and themes, but ultimately this seems toned down and overly simple compared to others in the genre. The end was inspired, and evoked a similar post-apocalyptic revolution seen in Jooh-ho Bong's other film, The Host. All in all, very good, but I think it could have gone further than it did.

This is an action movie which is trying so hard to be something more. And that is automatically endearing. A movie that is really saying something about class and wealth while also delivering kick ass thrills. I'm in. It's the over the top nature of the film though that makes it stick with you. I could have done without the slightly pretentious ending though.

Ridiculous but fun. Loved Yekaterina Bridge scene. Loved the staging. Loved the rhythmic recurrence of motif, saying, speech etc. Final scene dragged and the ending was strangely disconnected from all the efforts before.

It's strange to see this earn the level of acclaim that it's managed, given how flawed (and in some respects, utterly moronic) it is. Of course, Tilda Swinton is great, and don't think I missed the class-conscious social commentary (if they'd made all the lower class citizens black, then they might have swept the end of year awards as well), but when push comes to shove, it's basically a pretty good episode of Doctor Who.

The premise of Snowpiercer seemed intriguing at the beginning of the film. Then it becomes a violent "Alice in Wonderland" fantasy story.

The premise is laughable. It doesn't even make sense, really. There are like 200 people on this train, but somehow it's enough to maintain a full class system? After the first year the bourgeoisie would know everyone by name, even if they did hate them. One particular action scene in the third act is quite well made, but overall it looks cheap and is riddled with poor dialogue.

Brazil-style production piece movie. Great sets.

swiss cheese plot, poor editing choices, wii rendering power quality cgi, dragged out especially during the last act

It's difficult to pin the tone of this film. It's at turns bizarre, strangely funny, and heavy-handed. The style functions well for the impossible premise of the film, and at times the contrasting moments of near Wes Anderson campiness with weighty (forced) emotion is fantastic. Other times, it just comes across as confused. The film acts as though it's making a huge statement, but the message gets lost in the pacing and lack of character development.

The premise is so profoundly ridiculous and laughable that I couldn't take anything seriously.

An unexpectedly wonderful performance by Evans anchors this dystopian drama. While the film never seems to miss the big picture targets it aims for a bit, it does provide unique and engrossing action as well as solid acting performances all around.

A perfect transition from comic book story to the silver screen. Plenty of imagery alluding to all sorts from our world. Ed Harris plays perfectly within his role and Tilda Swinton is unrecognizable within hers. If science fiction, comic books and weird stories are your thing then this is the film for you.

Excellent (and cheesy) sci-fi allegory about class warfare.

Odd and off-putting in all the right ways.

Some clunk aside, it has some of the most kinetic visuals Ive seen

If you're going to make a movie that's crazy and unrealistic, all I ask is that you go full throttle with the crazy and make it entertaining. This movie accomplished that.

Kinda weird

Couldn't finish it. So bad.

Forgot how much I liked this movie! Great premise and awesome to see Chris Evans being a badass in a role that isn't captain america First watched: January 11, 2017

Plot starts in a promising way, but goes downhill exponentially, becoming a silly caricature of social critique. Some of the design is great, some is awkward and weird. A few overblown violence scenes feel stupidly unnecessary.

Joon-Ho Bong appears to try for a more commercial movie than the rest of his oevre and then decides to throw it out of the window for some trademark weirdness. The political messaging is decidedly far from subtle, and the entire movie can feel uneven, but I think I had almost as much fun with it as Tilda Swinton.

Phenomenal. Reminded me a lot of Bioshock. The ending was a bit over-explained/pedantic IMO.

With the world returning to the ice age, a group of survivors live in a train. An inter-car class system is formed on the train. Disadvantaged people who object to this system revolt. The film focuses on the phenomenon of social stratification.

I don't know what all the fuss was about. I could only handle 30 minutes.

Captain America's class war simulator

I know that I enjoyed it.

Host ratings: 53 / 77 / 83. Podcast review link: https://rydeorwrong.podcaster.de/rydeorwrong/folge-019-snowpiercer-2013-predator-upgrade-solo/

It was one of the original piece of work, and it's got all kinds of good elements of apocalypse set ups, such as what is order, humanity and life itself.

I watched the series firstly. I like more the series, the movie is a little strange and sometimes I didn't understand.

bonkers sci-fi action movie with a real political bite. some of Bong's greatest work, with all his creative, political, and humorous flair.