{"id":570,"date":"2014-12-11T20:27:40","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T20:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/movieox.com\/?p=570"},"modified":"2014-12-16T08:51:28","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T08:51:28","slug":"snowpiercer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movieox.com\/?p=570","title":{"rendered":"Snowpiercer"},"content":{"rendered":"

At a certain point in the very near future we’ll try to solve global warming and overdo it.\u00a0 Not Highlander 2<\/em> over do it, more north of the wall over do it.\u00a0 2nd ice age and all that.\u00a0 A trillionare model train enthusiast saw this coming and (it should be noted that there is a world spanning train track at this point; no stops in China or India so it’s lightly plausible) maintains survivors and their offspring on a gigantic (really) perpetually moving train.\u00a0 If the train stops everyone will freeze.\u00a0 I guess.\u00a0 They can build a perpetually moving train but not a static heater and walls…<\/p>\n

A pause here to note that I can’t think of any reason it has to be on a train other than various metaphors at play.\u00a0 I have no objection whatsoever to this, I just notice that some viewers’ suspension of disbelief works for indie flicks but is absent for Pacific Rim<\/em>.\u00a0 Racists.<\/p>\n

Anyway, people who bought a place on the train, and their offspring, are near the front of the train and it goes from 1st class near the front to charity near the back.\u00a0 The viewer isn’t aware of how the upper classes live as we begin the movie in the charity section.\u00a0 The poor get delivered bars of (just disgusting) shiny black protein at irregular interviews.\u00a0 It’s not a happy existence.\u00a0 The train authority also occasionally steals children from them.\u00a0 No reason is given.\u00a0 Chris Evans and others are plotting revolt.\u00a0 They study and observe the timing of the authority’s appearances and plot.\u00a0 They are also getting secret messages from somebody near the front of the train with helpful information.<\/p>\n

On the appointed day, they go for it.\u00a0 They wedge the door of their compartment open and make the next one and wedge that too.\u00a0 Off and running.\u00a0 They want more….\u00a0 Well they want to not be oppressed.\u00a0 Those in authority on the train…\u00a0 object.\u00a0 The ensuing fighting is pretty awesome.<\/p>\n

Visually this movie is fairly amazing.\u00a0 In one scene light and its lack are utterly jaw dropping.\u00a0 Once things get going the intensity keeps increasing.\u00a0 You will be surprised.\u00a0 Plot wise there are some similarities to The Matrix<\/em> (good ones, calm down).\u00a0 I really liked this movie and there really hasn’t been anything like it.\u00a0 I haven’t read the graphic novel on which it is based, but it’s in French so I probably never will.\u00a0 But great flick.\u00a0 Mandatory viewing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At a certain point in the very near future we’ll try to solve global warming and overdo it.\u00a0 Not Highlander 2 over do it, more north of the wall over do it.\u00a0 2nd ice age and all that.\u00a0 A trillionare … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=570"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/movieox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":574,"href":"https:\/\/movieox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570\/revisions\/574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}