Actors: Chris Evans, Song Kang-Ho
Director: Boon Jong-Ho
Note: Theoretical spoilers ahead
Sometimes I'd like to send a film to my former self because I feel like he would enjoy it more than I did. Snowpiercer is exactly the kind of film I would've liked a lot in 2000 and bought on DVD in 2003 - it's got some great setpieces, it's not wilfully stupid, and it has a point to make. Ultimately, I just wasn't able to sympathize with the characters, even after a great reveal more than halfway through the film. The film submarines itself beyond that, resorting to crude Nolanisms that may have elicited a lot of 'Wows' among more naive theatergoers such as my 18 year old self. Regardless, this is by and large a dystopian film, and I like my dystopias to be messy and have lots of ideas - as societies, even well-controlled ones, do - this one simply didn't have enough. Some very excellent scenes though.
Monday, June 1, 2015
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