Toilet Review: You ready to learn all about snow from an Inuit cleaning woman?
“Snowpiercer” is an odd movie. It has all the hallmarks of an excellent dystopian science fiction piece but just doesn’t seem to land quite right. It focuses on the story of Curtis, played by the ever fabulous Chris Evans, and how he wants to help the poverty stricken residents of the rear section of this never ending train ride. Eighteen years ago, humanity launched chemicals into the atmosphere in an attempt to finally end global warming. They were designed to cool the planet but they cooled it too well, and the entire planet froze, killing billions. Except for our band of survivors on the world’s last remaining working piece of technology. Based on where you ended up in the train, your life is very different, and as you can imagine, those at the very rear of the train have a very different life to those at the front.
Curtis and his mates are dependent on the front section for everything, including food, water, and their very lives. He is sick of this, knowing that the front lives an infinitely more extravagant life than he and his ilk. He chafes at the injustice and after spending months in the making, decides to revolt. This is the main thrust of our story, and it is the most interesting part of it. Watching as Curtis and Jamie Bell’s Edgar make their way up the train and how they deal with all they uncover is a pretty unique story point. Throw in the Korean securities expert and his drug addled daughter, the hunt for missing children, and one hell of a fucked up classroom, you have all the ingredients for this movie.
Tilda Swinton, my favourite actress, is in this and as much as I want to give points to the movie for having her, I just can’t. She’s criminally underused in this. Her character was possibly one of the most interesting and she just seemed to get taken out of the story, just as it was getting good,
I didn’t love “Snowpiercer”. I really wanted to. I wanted to watch this movie when it first came out in the cinema, not only because of the weird ass story line and Chris Evans, but because it was something different. However, time and time again. I’m reminded that different doesn’t always mean good. Don’t get me wrong. It’s fine. But that’s the problem. it’s “fine”. In six months time, I probably won’t be able to give you any more details than “Chris Evans was in it”. If it comes on a tv channel, or if you are at a friend’s house and they suggest it, go for it, other than that, maybe don’t bother. Turns out the great white cold North just ain’t that interesting.
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