Snowpiercer
トーク情報- honemaki
honemaki Other often criticized things I see as less of a problem: Yes, it doesn't seem logical to create Wilford's "Ark" in the form of a train instead of something stationary (would also be more energy-efficient) but it doesn't *need* to be logical: After all, Wilford is depicted as some rather nutty zillionaire who just happens to like trains very much, so it's thinkable that he simply *wanted* to use this train, despite more sensible possibilities. There's nothing particularly implausible with the ending. It is puzzling and one might wonder what the director is trying to say, but we can simply accept it as it is: The train wrecked, the girl and the boy alive, and the last thing they see is a polar bear. So, maybe they get eaten by the bear soon. Or there are more survivors in the train (quite possible) and the next thing that happens is that one of them shoots the bear, and a group of survivors manages to create the start of a new society by building igloos etc. in a thawing world - after all, that's something also explicitly stated in the movie: the snow is gradually melting, the world already becoming warmer again. It's a very open end that could even leave room for a sequel. But maybe it's really just meant as an ending of dark irony, along the lines of "that's the end of humanity, and the temporary survival of these two means nothing, see the polar bear? We don't know, and that's fine for me.
- honemaki
honemaki Major spoilers ahead, you've been warned. Yes, this movie has some glaring flaws in its logic, and some things remain unexplained. Indeed: The train's track would need maintenance - if the passengers are all what is left of humanity and the train never stops for maintenance work, sections of the track should have quickly become impassable. The engine remains a mystery. The whole biological cycle / ecosystem of the train is implausible: As others have noted, where does the massive amount of cockroaches used for producing the protein bars come from? Well, there might be a car with a big cockroach breeding facility in the train, but then, these would also need nutrition, and where does *that* come from? As well as nutrition for all the fish, chicken etc. we see in the first class cars. the allegedly self-sufficient system of the train doesn't seem really viable