History YMMV / Snowpiercer

* EsotericHappyEnding: The shackles of tyranny have been cast off, and life is returning to Earth, but, [[spoiler:humanity might be effectively wiped out, and that beautiful polar bear sure seems awfully interested in our two remaining heroes...]]

* RewatchBonus: Watch the movie again [[spoiler: with the revelation that Curtis killed Edgar's mom.]] it really puts their interaction in a new light.

* MoralEventHorizon:
** When [[spoiler: Gilliam is killed]], it focuses [[spoiler: Curtis and his follow insurgents]] to take the engine at all costs.
** Curtis almost [[spoiler: succumbs to Wilford's HannibalLecture and takes his place until he realizes that Wilford is using Timmy and Andrew as slaves to keep the engine operational.]]

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Wilford]] is a [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] and megalomaniacal [[TheSocialDarwinist social Darwinist]] who seeks total control over what’s left of mankind. Despite knowing the risks of using CW-7 to combat global warming, Wilford doesn’t bother doing anything about it and instead takes advantage of it to design and create [[TitleDrop the Snowpiercer]]. When [[CoolTrain the train]] begins its trip, he tries starving out stowaways inside the tail section of his train, forcing them to [[ImAHumanitarian resort to cannibalism]]. For the next 18 years, Wilford installs a caste system where the poor inhabit the tail section and the elite inhabit the front. The poor are frequently tortured, force-fed bars that are [[IAteWhat made out]] of [[{{Squick}} cockroaches]], bullied by psychos such as Wilford’s [[TheDragon Dragon]], [[SinisterMinister Mason]], and occasionally have their children abducted. The front section cannot escape Wilford’s iron fist either, as their kids are brainwashed with propaganda promoting a cult of personality that [[AGodAmI treats him as a living god]] and as a savior of humanity. As Curtis Everett learned the hard way, Wilford will also not hesitate to meddle with facts and pull {{breaking lecture}}s on his victims. Wilford tells Curtis that revolutions in the tail were pre-planned by him and his [[TheMole mole]] Gilliam to keep the tail section population in check, only then to reveal that Wilford had no problems [[YouHaveFailedMe ordering his friend’s execution for failing to control Curtis’s rebellion]]. Wilford then spites Curtis by "tallying up the numbers," by which he means ordering a henchman to kill everyone but 18 people in the tail section and putting the ensuing massacre on speakerphone. When Yona pulls up the floor to reveal Timmy, a [[WouldHurtAChild 5-year-old boy]], being used as slave labor to replace the train’s parts, Wilford declares that children under 5 are "parts of an engine." He then calls Timmy "a replacement" and thanks the tail section for having a "steady supply of kids."

* EsotericHappyEnding: Life may now be sustainable again on Earth, but [[spoiler:it might not be for the last two survivors of the train. Also, that polar bear might be hungry...]]
** [[spoiler: Well at least it means humanity didn't destroy all other life along with itself.]]
* HarsherInHindsight / RewatchBonus: Watch the movie again [[spoiler: with the revelation that Curtis killed Edgar's mom.]] it really puts their interaction in a new light.

* MoralEventHorizon: When [[spoiler: Gilliam is killed]], it focuses [[spoiler: Curtis and his follow insurgents]] to take the engine at all costs.
** Curtis almost [[spoiler: succumbs to Wilford's HannibalLecture and takes his place until he realizes that Wilford is using Timmy and Andrew as slaves to keep the engine operational.]]

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Wilford]] is a [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] and megalomaniacal [[TheSocialDarwinist social darwinist]] who seeks nothing less than total control of what’s left of the human race. Despite being aware of the risks of using the CW-7 chemical to combat global warming, Wilford doesn’t bother doing any thing about them and instead uses them to his advantage to design and create [[CoolTrain the Snowpiercer]]. When the train begins its trip, he tries starving out the poor men, women and children who stowed themselves inside the tail section of his train, forcing the tail section to resort to cannibalism. For the next 18 years, Wilford installs a caste system where the poor inhabit the tail section and the elite inhabit the front. The poor are frequently tortured, force-fed bars [[spoiler:that are [[IAteWhat later revealed to be]] [[{{Squick}} made out of cockroaches]]]], bullied and mocked by psychos such as [[TheDragon Mason]], and occasionally have their children abducted. Not even the exorbitantly wealthy elite can escape Wilford’s iron fist either, as their kids are brainwashed with propaganda promoting [[AGodAmI a cult-of-personality that treats him as a living god and as a savior of humanity]]. As [[spoiler:Curtis Everett]] learned the hard way, Wilford is also a master manipulator who will not hesitate to pull a HannibalLecture and meddle with facts to mentally break his victims. Wilford tells Curtis that revolutions in the tail were pre-planned by him and his [[TheMole mole]] [[spoiler:Gilliam]] to keep the tail section population in check, only then to reveal that Wilford had no problems [[BadBoss ordering his friend’s execution for]] [[YouHaveFailedMe failing to control Curtis’ rebellion.]] Wilford then spites Curtis by “tallying up the numbers”, by which he means ordering a henchman to kill everyone but 18 people in the tail section and putting the massacre on speakerphone. When Yona pulls up the floor to reveal [[spoiler:Timmy, a 5 year old boy, being used as slave-labor to replace the train’s parts]], Wilford declares that [[spoiler:children under 5]] are “parts of an engine” and calls [[spoiler:Timmy]] “a replacement” before thanking the tail section for having a “steady supply of [[spoiler: kids]]”.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Wilford]] is a [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] and megalomaniacal [[TheSocialDarwinist social darwinist]] who seeks nothing less than total control of what’s left of the human race. Despite being aware of the risks of using the CW-7 chemical to combat global warming, Wilford doesn’t bother doing any thing about them and instead uses them to his advantage to design and create [[CoolTrain the Snowpiercer]]. When the train begins its trip, he tries starving out the poor men, women and children who stowed themselves inside the tail section of his train, forcing the tail section to resort to cannibalism. For the next 18 years, Wilford installs a caste system where the poor inhabit the tail section and the elite inhabit the front. The poor are frequently tortured, force-fed bars [[spoiler:that are [[IAteWhat later revealed to be]] [[{{Squick}} made out of cockroaches]]]], bullied and mocked by psychos such as [[TheDragon Mason]], and occasionally have their children abducted. Not even the exorbitantly wealthy elite can escape Wilford’s iron fist either, as their kids are brainwashed with propaganda promoting [[AGodAmI a cult-of-personality that treats him as a living god and as a savior of humanity]]. As Curtis Everett learned the hard way, Wilford is also a master manipulator who will not hesitate to pull a HannibalLecture and meddle with facts to mentally break his victims. Wilford tells Curtis that revolutions in the tail were pre-planned by him and his [[TheMole mole]] [[spoiler:Gilliam]] to keep the tail section population in check, only then to reveal that Wilford had no problems [[BadBoss ordering his friend’s execution for]] [[YouHaveFailedMe failing to control Curtis’ rebellion.]] Wilford then spites Curtis by “tallying up the numbers”, by which he means ordering a henchman to kill everyone but 18 people in the tail section and putting the massacre on speakerphone. When Yona pulls up the floor to reveal [[spoiler:Timmy, a 5 year old boy, being used as slave-labor to replace the train’s parts]], Wilford declares that [[spoiler:children under 5]] are “parts of an engine” and calls [[spoiler:Timmy]] “a replacement” before thanking the tail section for having a “steady supply of [[spoiler: kids]]”.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Wilford]] is a [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] and megalomaniacal [[TheSocialDarwinist social darwinist]] who seeks nothing less than total control of what’s left of the human race. Despite being aware of the risks of using the CW-7 chemical to combat global warming, Wilford doesn’t bother doing any thing about them and instead uses them to his advantage to design and create [[CoolTrain the Snowpiercer]]. When the train begins its trip, he tries starving out the poor men, women and children who stowed themselves inside the tail section of his train, forcing the tail section to resort to cannibalism. For the next 18 years, Wilford installs a caste system where the poor inhabit the tail section and the elite inhabit the front. The poor are frequently tortured, force-fed bars that are [[IAteWhat later revealed to be]] [[{{Squick}} made out of cockroaches]], bullied and mocked by psychos such as [[TheDragon Mason]], and occasionally have their children abducted. Not even the exorbitantly wealthy elite can escape Wilford’s iron fist either, as their kids are brainwashed with propaganda promoting [[AGodAmI a cult-of-personality that treats him as a living god and as a savior of humanity]]. As Curtis Everett learned the hard way, Wilford is also a master manipulator who will not hesitate to pull a HannibalLecture and meddle with facts to mentally break his victims. Wilford tells Curtis that revolutions in the tail were pre-planned by him and his [[TheMole mole]] [[spoiler:Gilliam]] to keep the tail section population in check, only then to reveal that Wilford had no problems [[BadBoss ordering his friend’s execution for]] [[YouHaveFailedMe failing to control Curtis’ rebellion.]] Wilford then spites Curtis by “tallying up the numbers”, by which he means ordering a henchman to kill everyone but 18 people in the tail section and putting the massacre on speakerphone. When Yona pulls up the floor to reveal [[spoiler:Timmy, a 5 year old boy, being used as slave-labor to replace the train’s parts]], Wilford declares that [[spoiler:children under 5]] are “parts of an engine” and calls [[spoiler:Timmy]] “a replacement” before thanking the tail section for having a “steady supply of [[spoiler: kids]]”.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Wilford]] tries to sell himself as a WellIntentionedExtremist seeking environmental balance, but it is crystal clear that he is actually a [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] and megalomaniacal [[TheSocialDarwinist social darwinist]] who seeks nothing less than total control of what’s left of the human race. Despite being aware of the risks of using the CW-7 chemical to combat global warming, Wilford doesn’t bother doing any thing about them and instead uses them to his advantage to design and create the Snowpiercer, a train that goes on a year-long journey around the world. When the train begins its trip, he tries starving out the poor men, women and children who stowed themselves inside the tail section of his train, forcing the tail section to resort to cannibalism. For the next 18 years, Wilford installs a caste system where the poor inhabit the tail section and the elite inhabit the front. The poor are frequently tortured, force-fed bars that are [[IAteWhat later revealed to be]] [[{{Squick}} made out of cockroaches]], bullied and mocked by psychos such as [[TheDragon Mason]], and occasionally have their children abducted. Not even the exorbitantly wealthy elite can escape Wilford’s iron fist either, as their kids are brainwashed with propaganda promoting [[AGodAmI a cult-of-personality that treats him as a living god and as a savior of humanity]]. As Curtis Everett learned the hard way, Wilford is also a master manipulator who will not hesitate to pull a HannibalLecture and meddle with facts to mentally break his victims. Wilford tells Curtis that revolutions in the tail were pre-planned by him and his [[TheMole mole]] [[spoiler:Gilliam]] to keep the tail section population in check, only then to reveal that Wilford had no problems [[BadBoss ordering his friend’s execution for]] [[YouHaveFailedMe failing to control Curtis’ rebellion.]] Wilford then spites Curtis by “tallying up the numbers”, by which he means ordering a henchman to kill everyone but 18 people in the tail section and putting the massacre on speakerphone. When Yona pulls up the floor to reveal [[spoiler:Timmy, a 5 year old boy, being used as slave-labor to replace the train’s parts]], Wilford declares that [[spoiler:children under 5]] are “parts of an engine” and calls [[spoiler:Timmy]] “a replacement” before thanking the tail section for having a “steady supply of [[spoiler: kids]]”.

* MoralEventHorizon: When [[spoiler: Gilliam's is killed]], it focuses [[spoiler: Curtis and his follow insurgents]] to take the engine at all costs.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Marco Beltrami's fantastic score, complete with spots of electronica and haunting piano.

* [[spoiler:EsotericHappyEnding: Life may now be sustainable again on Earth, but it might not be for the last two survivors of the train. Also, that polar bear might be hungry...]]

** Curtis almost [[spoiler: succumbs to Wilford's HanibalLecture and takes his place until he realizes that Wilford is using Timmy and Andrew as slaves to keep the engine operational.]]

* MoralEventHorizon: When [[spoiler: Gilliam's is killed]], it focuses [[spoiler: Curtis and his follow insurgents]] to take the engine at all costs.

* MemeticMutation: It's been a thing for watchers of the movie to recommend others to bring "yanggaeng", a type of jelly sold in Korea, to eat during the movie, because of its similarity to the protein blocks within the movie. In the same vein, other foods recommended are sushi, eggs, steak, and [[spoiler:Coca-Cola.]]

* MemeticMutation: It's been a thing for watchers of the movie to recommend others to bring "yanggaeng", a type of jelly sold in Korea, to eat during the movie, because of its similarity to the protein blocks within the movie.

* [[spoiler:EsotericHappyEnding: Life may now be sustainable again on Earth, but it might not be for the last two survivors of the train.]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Grey has gotten a great amount of love for TheVoiceless.

* BrokenBase: Fans of Bong Joon-Ho's previous works are split about whether the movie was great or not.

* BrokenBase: Fans are split about whether the movie was great or not.

* BrokenBase: Fans are split about whether the movie was good or not.