Snowpiercer

Oh gosh, I never did tell you properly about Snowpiercer.

I could probably write many, long essays on all the nuances of Snowpiercer; its perfect cast, its superb script, the beautiful cinematography...everything was just so...perfect. There are only 1-3 times a year that I fall in love so utterly with a film and it's so rare that I'm completely sucked into that world especially with a film that I know nothing about beforehand.

On one level, you have an awesome action film with massive fights scenes and enough blood to make you think it was a Tarantino film. On another level, you have metaphor upon metaphor about whether humans are simply cogs in someone else's machine or can they break free? Can the system be changed?

I am purposely being vague. Part of the joy of Snowpiercer was discovering this new world and all its secrets; not only what makes it tick but the character motivations.

Not everyone liked or understood the ending, but I adored it. My mom didn't have much hope for the future of humanity in it.

I normally hate Dystopias but everything was just so awesome. Mom and I toyed with letting the nephews watch it on Netflix but they'd only really understand half of what was going on.

I was actually saddened when I picked up the original novels and they didn't have any of my favorite film characters.

Again, the cast is awesome. The lead is Chris Evans with Jamie Bell as his second in command. Yes, that would mean its the former Johnny Storm with the current Ben Grimm. Plus, there's Octavia Spencer, Tilda Swinton and Alison Pill!!!! Yes, it's like a reunion of everyone who's ever worked with Tom Hiddleston, hehe. It's too bad that Chris Evans never had any actual scenes with Alison Pill in Scott Pilgrim vs the World. I am also getting a little tired of John Hurt. It still feels like he's in everything and I'm still annoyed by his Shakespeare remarks. He's free to make them and I'm free to find them snobbish.

PS Can Marvel please cast Song Kang-ho and Go Ah-sung? PLEASE?????

Begin Again

I admit I had high expectations for Begin Again. It was going to have some of my favorite people: mark Ruffalo, Keira Knightley, Catherine Keener, James Corden and MUSIC! !!!!!

It was a fun ride for the most part but the ending killed it for both of us.

I don't know if things would have been any different if we hadn't just watched Snowpiercer right before it.

PS James Corden was just on CBS Sunday Morning and they didn't show or mention Doctor Who! I mentioned this to my mom who asked if he had been on Doctor Who.

"Twice, he's Stormagaeddon's father!"

Then, she laughed.