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1. ›Snowpiercer - social classes and Noah's ark archetype in a sci-fi movie from Bong Joon-ho@aurzeq1181d

   

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   Introduction

   Have you ever wondered whether we live in a fair world? Probably yes... everything around us provides us with constant examples of how injustice is an inherent feature of our society, from history to the news, to the streets of our own cities. Social classes have always been present in almost all civilizations throughout our history, and they have undoubtedly brought both advantages and disadvantages. I honestly cannot say whether they are wrong or not, whether there is a better and more equitable way to organize our society... perhaps yes, but I believe that a certain hierarchical structure is necessary to make decisions and run an organization. Then the situation becomes problematic when too much power is concentrated in the hands of a few people, this causes too wide differences between social strata, which in the course of time become more and more amplified... Snowpiercer tries to describe this situation and even if not directly tries to give a solution...

   

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   Social Classes

   " Now, as in the beginning, I belong to the front. You belong to the tail. When the foot seeks the place of the head, the sacred line is crossed. Know your place. Keep your place. Be a shoe.”

   This idea explains the Snowpiercer's enforcement of an eternal order, which Mason, the vice-commander of the train, repeatedly reinforced to the "parasites" in the last few carriages. The socioeconomic pyramid and the inescapable separation of classes are represented by the Snowpiercer. Eighty percent of the world's population is represented by those in the back of the train, who are compelled to live in poverty, endure hunger, and work long hours. On the other side, the members of the head are comparable to the 20% of the population that has unfettered access to all forms of riches and luxury. Mr. Wilford can be connected to a despotic government that controls and subjugates its citizens while robbing them of every freedom and security. He can represent a monopolistic market, too, which does not ensure an equitable distribution of resources. Mason's persona stands in for the police forces of a totalitarian society, which in both the movie and real life are tasked with suppressing those troublesome people whose beliefs differ from those of authority. People like Curtis represent all the revolutionaries who have attempted to overthrow an authoritarian and antiquated political system throughout history, along with the other members of the lower classes.

   Can there be no true change? Is it really true that the highest aspiration one can have is a controlled explosion of group rage that eventually restores old vices with new names? While responding to this question, Bong Joon-ho always places the concept of free will—the understanding that all people are created equal, but that only some have the ability to affect change—at the core of his response. By choice, charisma, or because history has obligated them to. And, regrettably, only a few can penetrate the wall of self-interest, flattery, egocentrism, and resignation that transforms rebels into normalizers, and from normalizers, new dictators. Snowpiercer tryes to provide a solution: dismantle the train, go beyond it, and leave the tracks, for they lead only to an endless cycle of moving toward what has already been seen.

   

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   The very distinctive approach of the South Korean director combines fantastical metaphor with violent realism, which becomes more intense as the rebels climb the train cars near the locomotive. This is controlled by the enigmatic Mr. Wilford, a benefactor/tyrant (he created the train), who never appears and speaks by intercom. A character who has Wizard of Oz characteristics but who ultimately proves to be much more ambiguous and dangerous.

   The story expertly switches between several narrative archetypes, from Noah's ark (with glaciers instead of a flood) to the predestined hero. The obvious anti-capitalist interpretation of a poor-versus-rich battle is only the beginning point and most definitely not the entire one.

   Snowpiercer has beautifully shot action scenes (which avoid continuous cuts and follow the characters to make us understand what's going on), a plot with several twists and turns that work from beginning to end (each new carriage is a story in itself), multi-faceted protagonists and antagonists who are definitely not one-dimensional (just think of Curtis's stormy past), and intelligent and well-constructed messages.

   

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   A new ice age has killed out the majority of the population. The few survivors reside on the Snowpiercer, a train, powered by an eternal engine, that circles the planet endlessly. Similar to a community, there are plenty of social divisions present here: the less fortunate residents, who only consume protein bars provided to them, ride in the back carriages, while those from affluent backgrounds ride in the front. Internal conflict and discontent are caused by this discrepancy, especially because the children of the poorest people are stolen and sold into slavery. After experiencing several cases of abuse of authority, Curtis (Chris Evans), Edgar (Jamie Bell), and Gilliam (John Hurt) decide to end their miserable living circumstances by organizing a revolution with the goal of killing even Wilford (Ed Harris), the train's inventor. The insurrection squad also includes Grey (Luke Pasqualino), Tanya (Octavia Spencer), whose son has been abducted, and Andrew (Ewen Bremner). They free the captives in the prison wagon by first assembling as many allies as they can. Can they succeed in rescuing every slave and accomplish their goal? > press here to scroll back to the index

   

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   It is not a perfect movie and is not at the level of other masterpieces of Korean directors like Parasite or Memories of a Murder. But the themes it tries to deal with and the story it tells are very powerful and intriguing, so I totally recommend it to you the movie!!!

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2. ›[ENG/ESP] Snowpiecer the film that gave rise to the series/Rompenieves la película que dio origen a la serie@neiraurdaneta1862d

   

   Hello friends, today I will talk about the film that gave rise to the series of the same name Snowpiercer, yes friends this series was born from the film directed by the then not so famous Korean director Bong Joo-Ho; the same one that won an Oscar thanks to Parasites, which you see is based on the 1982 post-apocalyptic science fiction graphic novel "Le Transperceneige" signed by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette.

   Hola amigos, hoy les hablare de la película que dio origen a la serie del mismo nombre Rompenieves, sí amigos esta serie nace de la cinta dirigida por el entonces no tan famoso director coreano Bong Joo-Ho; el mismo que gano un Oscar gracias a Parásitos, que ha su ves se basa en la novela gráfica de ciencia-ficción postapocalíptica de 1982 “Le Transperceneige” firmada por Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand y Jean-Marc Rochette.

   

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   This director dared to turn the vignettes into an eclectic and multicultural film that featured a cast of great actors such as: Tilda Swinton, Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer and Ed Harris, among others.

   The film begins with the failed experiment to control global warming that resulted in the earth experiencing low temperatures, causing the extinction of almost all life on earth. The only surviving humans that remain are on board a "Snowpiecer" train, equipped to conserve an ecosystem within it, divided by social class. Yet after a decade relegated to the last wagons, the most oppressed plan a rebellion against their oppressors.

   Este director se atrevió a volcar las viñetas en una eclética y multicultural película que contó con un reparto de grandes actores como: Tilda Swinton, Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer y Ed Harris, entre otros.

   La cinta comienza con el fallido experimento para controlar el calentamiento global dio como resultado que la tierra experimentará bajas temperaturas, ocasionando la extinción de casi toda la vida en la tierra. Los únicos humanos sobrevivientes que quedan se encuentran a bordo de un tren “Rompenieves”, equipado para conservar un ecosistema en su interior, dividido por clases sociales. Sin embargo, después de una década relegados a los últimos vagones, los más oprimidos planean una rebelión en contra de sus opresores.

   

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   Snowpiercer goes beyond the obvious (social class struggles), gives us some brushstrokes on the symbolic terrain: that what little humanity survives is inside the train, it refers to transculturation due to globalization facilitated by the social networks and their instantaneousness. This movie is directed by a South Korean, based on a French comic, with Western cast and American funding, ironic isn't it?

   Rompenieves va más allá de lo obvio (las luchas de clases sociales), nos da unas pinceladas en el terreno simbólico: que lo poco que sobrevive a la humanidad esta dentro del tren, hace referencia a la transculturización a causa de la globalización facilitado por las redes sociales y su instantaneidad. Está película esta dirigida por un surcoreano, basada en un comic francés, con reparto occidental y financiamiento americano, ¿irónico no?

   

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   The rebellion of the oppressed is led by Curtis, played by Chris Evans (yes guys, the same from Captain America), and a cast of extraordinary actors who create a chemistry and suspense in the film, as Curtis goes through each Wagon in search of Wildford (Ed Harris), the engineer in charge of keeping the train's self-sustaining engine running and its creator. One of the most prominent characters is that of Tilda Switon, who plays Mason, who would originally play a man, is a character full of evil, a despotic and cynical authority who tries to stifle the hopes of the oppressed.

   La rebelión de los oprimidos está liderada por Curtis, interpretado por Chris Evans (si chicos, el mismo del Capitán América), y un reparto de actores extraordinarios que hacen que en la película se cree una química y suspenso, a medida que atraviesa Curtis cada vagón en busca de Wildford (Ed Harris), el ingeniero encargado de mantener en funcionamiento el motor autosustentable del tren y su creador. Uno se los personajes más destacados es el de Tilda Switon, quien interpreta a Mason, que originalmente interpretaría un hombre, es un personaje lleno de maldad, una autoridad déspota y cínica que intenta sofocar las esperanzas de los oprimidos.

   

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   All great actors for a wonderful post-apocalyptic fiction film that, without prejudice and without fear, sets out to tell an unusual, dramatic story, full of nuances, analogies, ulterior motives and interpretations.

   The film tells us about the difference between the seats in the coach class and the preferred class, dramatizing the premise with 1001 cars that transport the survivors around the ice-covered land. In the series, it follows in the footsteps of the revolution that we already saw in the film, but it sets in motion the plot of a mysterious murder and the struggles for the power of the train.

   If you liked the series, do not miss the movie that gave its origin to it. Here the trailer

   Todos grandes actores para una maravilosa película de ficción postapocalíptica que sin prejuicios y sin miedos se lanza a contar una historia inusual, dramática, llena de matices, analogías, segundas intenciones e interpretaciones.

   La película nos cuenta la diferencia entre los asientos en los vagones de clase turista y los preferente, dramatizando la premisa con 1001 coches que transportan a los supervivientes alrededor de la tierra cubierta de hielo. En la serie sigue los pasos de la revolución que ya vimos en la película, pero pone en marcha la trama de un misterioso asesinato y las luchas por el poder del tren.

   Si te gusto la serie no dejes de ver la película que dio su origen a ella. Acá el tráiler

   

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3. ›Comment on the science fiction movie "Snow Country Train"@filoso2017d

   The object of this film's attempt to explain and interpret is always the whole of humanity. Compress the zeros and zeros of our species in a train, analyze and compare different scenes, and show the contradictions in human nature.

   

   　　"Snow Country Train" is a science fiction film with the theme of doomsday disaster. And different from other science fiction films that focus on visual impact and special effects details, its background setting is more symbolic. It simply explained that after the failure of human attempts to mitigate the greenhouse effect, the global chilling temperature plummeted, the ecosystem collapsed, and humans were also extinct on a large scale. Only a very small number of special global trains survived.　　After watching this movie, many people criticized that South Korean directors learned from Americans to make disaster science fiction films, but they didn't have the taste of American heroism. In fact, this interpretation is wrong in terms of direction. This film really has nothing to do with heroism. The object it tries to explain and interpret is always the whole of humanity. Compress the zeros and zeros of our species in a train, analyze and compare different scenes, and show the contradictions in human nature.

   

   　　Machines and humans: the ark of salvation or the trapped cage?　　A train that has been traveling around the earth for 18 years, from the last carriage to the "first class" to the engine room, is like a microcosm of human society. As for the perpetual motion machine as the power source of the train, instead of entangled in its principle, the audience should understand its symbolic meaning: power and power. As long as the leader of the engine room can control it, he can then control the train and still control human society. As the story progresses, the protagonist's uprising, from the bottom of the society to the middle class, to the superstructure, and finally to the leader of the engine room, follows the pyramid of interests and rights. The structure in the reality of human history is implicit here.

   

   　　As the ark for the continuation of the human race, the train has become a cage for imprisoning mankind and a tool of rule. It makes people think: Is the train serving people, or is people a part or slave of the train? It stands to reason that mankind invented tools to make them serve themselves. All tools should serve mankind. But if mankind cannot maintain this tool well, then the tool will age, be damaged and cannot continue to function. When in the movie, the survival of mankind itself begins to depend on the survival of this tool, only by sacrificing more "lower" lives to complete the preservation of "higher" lives. One of the most special is that when the "ruler" of the train is about to die of old age, his "successor" must also put the train in the first place, and remind himself from time to time: the reason why he is concerned about this machine and this train The worship is not for the train itself, but for the living environment it provides to humans. However, for the survival of the train, if the lives of some people can be sacrificed arbitrarily, is it the train or the people? The role of the tool depends on the user, and the wrench can also be used to kill. The train is only used as a magnifying glass in the film, magnifying the dark side of human nature.

   

   　　Protagonist and villain: Without the right choice, we are all just making the best choice at the moment.　　First of all, Curtis, the hero of the film, does have a heroic temperament, but as stated at the beginning of this article, this is not a heroic story. From the overall point of view, the actor Curtis is just a pawn of the villain BOSS Villefort and the old man with broken leg Gilliam: Since many years ago, the ruler Villefort and Gilliam at the rear of the car have planned several times together. The purpose of the failed revolutionary uprising was twofold: one was to reduce the population on the train and to reduce material consumption; the other was to give illusory hope to the people at the bottom of the train. This baggage shaken out at the end of the film sublimates the overall ideological nature of the film, and the political irony is extremely strong.　　Secondly, the villain in this film is not Villefort. Villefort firmly believed that human beings would not be able to live off this train for at least several decades, even one or two hundred years, so he would treat the people on the train as a number and cut them out at will for the sake of the train's survival. Another image is the old man Gilliam with a broken hand and leg. He is willing to sacrifice himself and not to see the humans in the train killing each other, but secretly made an agreement with Villefort to encourage the revolution to reduce the population. This behavior itself is also a helpless move after recognizing the environment in which the train is located. In his opinion, this is a necessary evil that must be done for human survival.　　Throughout the film, everyone is not as good as the sky, and no one has achieved the original goal. And their actions are just to make the best choice in their place-this is human nature.

   

   　　Child: Fuse and Hope　　Children are an important and complex element in many works of art. Generally they represent innocence, purity, fragility and hope. Whether in the real natural disasters or man-made disasters, or in the world-destroying disasters of movies, many people often help children spontaneously, and even sacrifice themselves to save their lives. This is a manifestation of kindness in human nature and a symbol of civilization in human culture.　　In this film, the train is a miniature of the human society, which is small and complete, and the child's artistic image exists as a fuse. The hot spots throughout the movie are ignited by children. For the first time, the high-level taking away the black boy triggered a collective resistance from the passengers at the bottom of the rear carriage. The cruel amputation of the boy's father intensified class conflicts in the train. For the second time, the insurgents entered a carriage, a school for education on the train. The education carried out here is indoctrinated and brainwashed. The result is that children have formed wrong knowledge, narrow and paranoid thinking, and slowly grow into defenders of a deformed society. The third time was the situation of the people at the back of the car when they first got on the car from the memories of the hero. At that time, in order to survive, people brutally killed each other and ate corpses to survive. When faced with whether to kill a child, he felt the torment of conscience and morality for the first time outside of his survival instinct. This also has a profound impact on the decision he is making now. For the last time, after knowing the truth and undergoing brainwashing, the male protagonist almost succumbed to the social rules of the train and became the next dictator. But he saw the child being used as an engine replacement part, which evoked his original intention.　　The image of the child is the fuse throughout the film. As the weakest group in the human image, they have a double meaning: they motivate people to move closer to good, and they represent the future and hope of mankind.

   

   　　Conclusion　　As a movie with apocalyptic themes that explores human nature, "Snow Country Train" is not particularly outstanding. But the way it alludes to the structure of human society to express humanity is different from other apocalyptic movies. Because in the apocalyptic movies, the original social structure of mankind has been destroyed. The film uses an international lineup, and uses different languages ​​and cultural backgrounds to expand contradictions and conflicts, but it also achieves the same goal by different routes. Like many apocalyptic movies, this film finally gives an open and hopeful ending to allow the characters in the film to complete human self-salvation. (Finish)

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4. ›Snowpiercer - Review of an Amazing Film!@neiraurdaneta2133d

   

   I watched this film because I just learned about the new Netflix series, I actually was curious about watching this new series but as I did my research, I noticed this movie had a film which I hadn't watched and which made me really excited, as it was directed by Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho and even starred Chris Evans!

   Snowpiercer is a 2013 science fiction film based on the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob.

   

   This movie is set in a post-apocalyptic future in which the entire world is frozen except for those aboard the Snowpiercer, a gigantic train that has many technological advances and is a lot like a city. For 17 years the survivors have been stuck on this train that goes around the globe for what seems to be like an eternity. If the train stops they die.

   The passengers of this train have developed their own economy and class system over the years they have been stuck there. There is ruthless segregation of classes, the lower class living in inhumane conditions in the back of the train, while the higher class lives in luxury in the front of the train.

   

   Our protagonist Curtis (Chris Evans), decides to start a revolution. He is a part of the lower class and thus lives right at the back of the train, he gathers a team and develops a plan to take them all to the front. The idea is to take control of the train so that they can spread the wealth around. A revolution is on its way!

   One of my favorite things about this film is that each section of the train has its own themes and rules, it's a very interesting idea. There is a part that looks like a very creepy classroom for children, another one that is like a giant aquarium keeping safe the fish species that have probably gone extinct due to the frozen world. I loved it when they'd go to a new section because it was very exciting to see what it looked like.

   

   This is a great action film, the sequences are really engaging and there is bloodshed everywhere. This movie also has a great cast, it allowed me to see Chris Evans in a different light, one totally different from that of Captain America. There are also great Korean actors that are very famous in Korea, it's great that the director gave them these roles, because it gave them more exposure to the Western audience.

   

   Snowpiercer touches a lot on the message of how unfair our society system is, the difference between classes, and how we should strive for a system that isn't as unfair as the one we have now. It doesn't matter that they are in a post-apocalyptic world and there aren't as many people alive, they still managed to make a class-based system inside the train focused on the money these people had before the apocalypse.

   It also has messages of global warming, showing us this frozen world in which nothing grows and where everything has died.

   

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5. ›Snowpiercer - Movie Review@smendel2171d

   An effort to stop global warming has only succeeded in dooming Earth to another ice age.

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6. ›Snowpiercer@mediaguy2773d

   This movie is really amazing. From the visuals, directing, pacing. The earth is an ice ball and the only thing piercing it is this train. Based on a class system the mistreated rear enders try to make it through to the front of the train. Which gives it great tension. I really can’t say enough how good this movie is. I have already seen it many times and will see it many more.

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