# Snowpiercer is the best Post Apocalyptic film I've seen in a long time

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**Created:** [November 8, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowpiercer-is-the-best-post-apocalyptic-film-ive-seen-in-a-long-time/704039 "2014-11-08T02:54:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowpiercer-is-the-best-post-apocalyptic-film-ive-seen-in-a-long-time/704039/81 "2016-05-23T00:03:14Z")

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Bumping this because I just saw it for the first time today.

Not only did I love it and thought it was a great movie, I thought it was one of the greatest movies I’ve seen in the last five or ten years.

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**Author:** ![Victor\_Charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@Victor\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victor_Charlie)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowpiercer-is-the-best-post-apocalyptic-film-ive-seen-in-a-long-time/704039/82 "2016-05-23T00:34:36Z")

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For me, the allegorical elements were so hammy that they almost came back around full circle to nuance. What I appreciated most was the genuine uniqueness of the premise and execution. Maybe it’s typical of Korean cinema, but I’ve never seen anything quite like it. A bit reminiscent of the first time I saw “Brazil.” (Not that I’m placing the two films on equal footing.) The rave party car at the end was a tedious cliche but the grammar school scene with Allison Pill was a gem.

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