Forum Overview :: Peter Molyneux's The Movies
 
I guess more than anything else, the tone just seemed a little off. by blackwater 09/29/2014, 10:46pm PDT
There were parts of the movie that seemed extremely dark, like the survival of humanity being at stake, people's arms getting cut off, the whole grim caste system, people eating each other, etc. etc. And then there were parts that just seemed gratuitously silly, like a train car that was a giant aquarium, or the dance hall train car, or the ridiculously over the top schoolteacher character. Or really any of the "bad guys."

Black comedies can work, of course... the last really good one I saw was Delicatessen. But somehow this one just didn't work for me. Like you said, there wer a lot of "lost in translation" moments.
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Snowpiercer by blackwater 07/17/2014, 1:52am PDT NEW
    "Not worth seeking out" by pinback 07/17/2014, 3:57am PDT NEW
        Your punishment for making this inane comment is to watch Transfomers I, II &III by blackwater 09/29/2014, 10:51pm PDT NEW
            The "highly rated" Transformers series: by pinback 09/30/2014, 4:54am PDT NEW
                IMDB Rankings by Numbers instead of reasons 09/30/2014, 5:38am PDT NEW
                    Re: IMDB Rankings by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/30/2014, 6:52am PDT NEW
                    IMDB Rankings NT by Teenagers instead of film critics. 09/30/2014, 2:18pm PDT NEW
    At first I thought, "Ugh, this is silly" by Lurker 15954 07/17/2014, 5:42am PDT NEW
        I guess more than anything else, the tone just seemed a little off. by blackwater 09/29/2014, 10:46pm PDT NEW
            Apocalypse Now sucked too! What the hell was a Playboy show doing in the middle NT by of the Nung River?! STOOOOPID 09/30/2014, 4:55am PDT NEW
                What is your major malfunction, private? by blackwater 09/30/2014, 10:32pm PDT NEW
                    The Advocate is a good dark comedy that was totally forgotten NT by Mysterio 10/01/2014, 6:37am PDT NEW
            The french have a love of farce that is all-consuming and destroys many works. NT by Including Delicatessen. 09/30/2014, 8:58am PDT NEW
    There's a key element you all are missing in your analysis by Mischief Maker 09/30/2014, 9:06am PDT NEW
        Also: Snowpiercer is a kid's movie. NT by Mischief Maker 09/30/2014, 9:12am PDT NEW
    Fucking boooooooooooooooooooooooo by Last 11/02/2014, 6:20pm PST NEW
    It was a fine popcorn action high concept science fiction movie. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/13/2020, 2:39pm PDT NEW
 
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