@player8472 "that just because people like us", f**k the Godwin's law. That's so Nazi.
@attianesi You should check what National Sozialism was about.
If you didn't sleep during your history class you would know, that they killed people based on arbitrary features (namely race).
Even in a lesser form, it requires a racial hierarchy. So far I see no evidence of that on the train and I certainly don't judge anyone on something stupid as ancestry or skincolor.
Judging someone by the job they have and the reputation within their field, thats something different.
In addition: There is a difference between a balanced system which can only sustain a certain amount of people, making bad choices necessary to avoid worse ones and killing people because they are different than you (or even worse because you believe they are different).
If anything the society on the train is capitalistic with people not contributing anymore at the top (actually not true, since "Mr. Wilford" is actually contributing a lot - also they serve as a buffer of people very unlikely to rebel right before the most important part of the train: The Engine) in 1st class, an unknown quantity in 2nd, the main workforce in 3rd and the ones doing the shi**y jobs with no rights (basically traditional slaves) in the tail.
Which is an actual representation of a capitalistic society.
By the way:
I didn't make any comparisons with nazis, that was you.
Godwins law states: “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.”
I don't think that Godwins law is true though - in my experience non-germans make comparisons with Nazis pretty fast, although they seemingly have no idea what they are talking about.
The documented attrocities of the third Reich are WAY worse than anything we have seen on the train so far.
The school-trips to former concentration camps (now memorials) every german school class made (at least when I was in school every class did) are borderline child-abuse. And the things shown there are just scratching the surface of what really went on.
Review by Marc FriedolinVIP 6BlockedParentSpoilers2020-05-18T18:12:36Z
I'm kind of intrigued.
Yes, the concept of a train which essentially runs for all eternity and may never stop doesn't make much sense, since a perpetum mobile isn't possible and its obviously not fueled via solar or other renewable energy - but its acceptable as a universal truth of the story.
What I like about the story in general is, that the villains aren't really villains.
Divisions into classes of people with low chances of advancements are found in all societies and all experiements getting rid of them (democracy, socialism) ended up creating new class systems.
So you will always have people having more and other having less.
The system was designed to feed and cloth a certain amount of people. Having to feed additional people disrupts the balance of the system.
I'm kind of wondering how the antagonist (I actually like her better than the protagonist, but she is portraied as bad, so I'll run with it...) actually hired a police rookie, but no one able to investigate crimes.
Criminal behaviour is an anthropological constant, as far as I know there isn't a single society in which no crimes were committed.
Regarding the cast:
Connelly is a great choice!
She is convincing as a rationalist. And the final scene shows beautifully that just because people like us are able to make hard choices and can seem heartless when we make decisions seemingly bad in order to keep a system running, that doesn't mean that we don't have feelings (although very subtle, which makes me like the scene even more).
To sum it up: It was a good start, we will see what they make of it.
I'm expecting more sociological study than action show though (which I would have wished the movie had more of) :)