What the artist says is worth taking into consideration, but not the final word."Trust the tale, not the teller" - Neil Gaiman (though he may have been quoting someone else).

Right, Typo. I think I'd have preferred the deer, just for clarity. Like I said, the polar bear would have confused me as to what it meant for the story. I think I'll be totally okay with "and then they died, the end" in this case, though.

What the artist says is worth taking into consideration, but not the final word."Trust the tale, not the teller" - Neil Gaiman (though he may have been quoting someone else).

This. I hate to say the filmmaker is wrong about what they think they presented on the screen, but there is a huge difference between a deer and a polar bear.

It should have been a penguin. Plausibly able to survive in this climate, and not likely to eat the last two humans alive.

right? something. crazy.

It never occurred to me that the bear was supposed to be a direct threat to them.

Me neither, Dana. I interpreted it as the creator intended, a hopeful sign of life. My main concern was that they would try to kill and eat it but maybe it was the LAST POLAR BEAR EVER so they should wait. My friend put forth another idea that I hadn't considered: that the polar bear is a Kronol-induced hallucination.

I really liked the movie, but I don't think it's the Second Coming of science fiction or anything. It's every dystopian movie you've ever seen but ON A TRAIN. The worldbuilding is simultaneously clever and fascinating, delivered piecemeal throughout the movie, and completely puzzling, failing to explain how many things could possibly exist on this train after all this time. It's entertaining and compelling, with strong performances, and it has fabulous action scenes. Plus some weird kookiness here and there that may or may not be meant to make the audience laugh. Also, though the protagonist is a white man, there are plenty of women and PoC in key roles. It doesn't quite live up to the hype, but it does stand out in this market, and, like with Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, summer blockbusters could stand to learn from it.

(This may be the only movie ever made where all the white people die and the only remnants of humanity are two PoC. )

I'm with Dana. I took it simply as a sign of life and didn't think any differently.

I guess it didn't make a lot of money stateside? Wiki says its budget was $40 million and it made more than double that in Korea alone, so despite the lackluster US box office, I'm guessing it's considered profitable.

Personally, I loved the film. Sure, it was not large with logic, but it had gumption and momentum and this weird off-beat sense of humour, and I didn't think it was grimdark despite the subject matter and the violence. I particularly loved the structure of the film, where every time a door opened, there was this "what next?!" type anticipation. Kept me on my toes, it did.

I guess it didn't make a lot of money stateside?

It was barely released, though!

Snowpiercer is a perfect example of why I really like tv shows and films from overseas. I just like a WTF quality to some of the movies I watch.