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Title: Snowpiercer Post by: murdoc on July 29, 2014, 06:55:17 AM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX5PwfEMBM0
Saw this last night, it's the english debut of Joon-ho Bong who directed 'The Host' (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468492/?ref_=nm_knf_i3), which i loved. Really liked this as long as you don't think too hard about a train running on a perpetual motion machine. Had a hint of Bioshock to it with large nods to a few different books I have read over the years, including The Dark Beyond the Stars (http://www.amazon.ca/Dark-Beyond-Stars-Novel/dp/0312866240/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406641916&sr=1-1). I have never read the graphic novel it's based on, but I'll try to track it down. I really liked this a lot, however flawed it was. It's very high concept and at least an interesting movie in a summer of movies that are exactly the opposite. Not sure if it needs to be seen in the theatres but I highly recommend checking it out. Title: Re: Snowpiercer Post by: apocrypha on July 29, 2014, 07:33:43 AM I wanted to like this more than I did unfortunately.
The story made no sense at all, neither did the setting. The acting was incredibly variable - Tilda Swinton was great, but odd (par for the course) but John Hurt was on autopilot. There was, however, a fight scene that was amazing, although I wasn't sure wtf the fish was all about. Title: Re: Snowpiercer Post by: tazelbain on July 29, 2014, 07:46:06 AM http://io9.com/how-an-obscure-2nd-century-christian-heresy-influenced-1609994487
Apparently it represents Jesus. Title: Re: Snowpiercer Post by: Ironwood on July 29, 2014, 08:03:12 AM John Hurt's been on auto-pilot for a while, imo. Though he did a good Doctor.
Title: Re: Snowpiercer Post by: Hoax on November 09, 2014, 01:25:08 PM This is on netflix streaming and I'm really glad I watched it, I thought it was very different and pretty nifty build up.
Title: Re: Snowpiercer Post by: veredus on November 21, 2014, 10:29:41 PM Thanks for pointing this out on Netflix. Was actually pretty enjoyable.
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