Throughout the movie, the director allows the viewer to create an image in their mind for what the ending will play out like. He leads the viewer to believe, through Curtis’s actions, that once the rebellion reaches the front of the train and Mr. Wilford, that all the oppression will be gone. When Curtis finally steps into the eternal engine room and talks with Mr. Wilford, Joon-Ho shows a very different result. By eliminating all possible solutions to the problem, he addresses how a foreseen freedom does not always match up with the result. Joon-Ho purposefully withheld all the relevant information until the end so that the audience could feel what it would be like in Curtis’ shoes. By not knowing the reasons behind why the train was run as it was, the rebellion was in essence trying to solve an unsolvable problem. Joon-Ho displays that the only result is killing everyone, but two people, and trying to start over again. He is saying that there is not always a simple solution to a problem that will please everyone. With all the facts not on the table, a protest is useless. Joon-Ho uses Snowpiercer to point out that flaws of Americans protesting authority without knowing all the
Throughout the movie, the director allows the viewer to create an image in their mind for what the ending will play out like. He leads the viewer to believe, through Curtis’s actions, that once the rebellion reaches the front of the train and Mr. Wilford, that all the oppression will be gone. When Curtis finally steps into the eternal engine room and talks with Mr. Wilford, Joon-Ho shows a very different result. By eliminating all possible solutions to the problem, he addresses how a foreseen freedom does not always match up with the result. Joon-Ho purposefully withheld all the relevant information until the end so that the audience could feel what it would be like in Curtis’ shoes. By not knowing the reasons behind why the train was run as it was, the rebellion was in essence trying to solve an unsolvable problem. Joon-Ho displays that the only result is killing everyone, but two people, and trying to start over again. He is saying that there is not always a simple solution to a problem that will please everyone. With all the facts not on the table, a protest is useless. Joon-Ho uses Snowpiercer to point out that flaws of Americans protesting authority without knowing all the