I never heard about this movie and think that it looks interesting. If I understand correctly, it was released in theaters last year (in Spain, at least).
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Trailer for The Platform - On Netflix the 20th of march
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You see, there are certain people who live "lower" than others because they are a "lower" class. It's really quite clever.
So many important questions I have about this concept. Like what's preventing any of them to just pull some food onto the floor aside from the platform, so they can eat what they've put aside later?
That looks all the good kinds of interesting
Yeah but the deal appears to be going down ?
Yeah but the deal appears to be going down ?
nothing I guess, that would still leave less for the people below wouldnt it?
Nothing, I guess (then again there's a sci-fi-element to it, so there might be something preventing it).
But if you're keeping it for yourself, those below don't get anything. And they might try to come up.
It didn't seem from this trailer that anyone was too concerned about prisoners below them. The drama seemed to be more along the lines of not being able to eat quickly enough to sustain you for the whole day, so people get mad from hunger and jump to their death.
In any case, I'm really curious what kind of scenarios all this will lead to. I'm kind of hoping for some unintentionally comedic terribleness of Snowpiercer, because the concept is so transparent and banal, and yet interesting.
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Or they are pushed down, to leave more for the other person in that cell.
And we see one prisoner trying to get up in the trailer.
Yeah, I didn't really get that either, because they clearly didn't have time to eat enough of what was there in the first place - but I guess it could be an issue on lower levels where there's very little food left!
i'll take an unsubtle class allegory instead of another fucking sequel or remake
sometimes subtlety is not the vibe
sometimes subtlety is not the vibe
Yeah, I'm not sure what to make of the "allegory"-posts.
Always trust the member with the best Destroyer-album as an avatar, people!
How have I never seen this before? It's incredibly well made.
And I'll always be grateful for that.
But I think that I might have listened to "Have we met?" more times already. It's just something about that album that captivates me.
I did not expect to find out about the amazing short made by Villeneuve, and the new album by Destroyer in the same thread.
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Why wouldn't you just push the food you need off the platform and into your cell? Then there is no need to rush.
Solved the movie!
Solved the movie!
Yeah I was poking fun at it, but for the record I'm DEFINITELY going to watch this
Just watched it and can very much recommend it though it slogs a little in the middle. When it comes to netflix movies this imo a standout though.
Currently at 86% on rotten tomatoes
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Currently at 86% on rotten tomatoes
The Platform
In the future, prisoners housed in vertical cells watch as inmates in the upper cells are fed while those below starve.
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That's actually addressed pretty much right away. They don't let people hoard any food.
I just finished it and, yeah, it's a movie you need to see.
I loved it.
Agreed. Tied with Invisible Man for my current favorite film of 2020
I went into this not seeing the trailer or anything about it. It was amazing. Felt a lot like a really dark Snowpiercer to me. Also felt a lot of Bruno Ganz in this with a particular Spanish actor in it.
One of the best ive seen in a while.
One of the best ive seen in a while.
Concept wise definitely reminds of Parasite but even less blatant, however what Parasite towers is in the filmmaking from the cinematography to the direction and acting ensemble. Gonna watch this today and see how this fares.
two words: inertial dampers. the movie is pretty good, it reminds me a lot of Cube. The best part is that it doesn't try to explain everything like in Cube. Although i dont understand why there's a 500 foot cave for a basement. And where did the main character go at the end.
I would give it a 8/10.
Isn't it in Snowpiercer they're horizontal in class structure with the train? Here it's up and down like Parasite.
lol, that's a bit silly. I mean, yeah it's "horizontal", but the back of the train is the dirt poor and the front is the rich, just as how this goes vertically with the food.
Just finished watching it
I'm not a sensible person by any means, but some scenes were gory. So if you are sensible to this kind of stuff, don't watch it. It's worse than many Saw movies.
The message is not subtle at all, but the concept's execution is awesome. Cinematography is really good, and so are the performances. The soundtrack is also perfect, really unsetling.
It's not an excellent movie, but it's a really entertaining one. You can tell that it was a labour of love from the director/scriptwriter.
Good job, Netflix
I'm not a sensible person by any means, but some scenes were gory. So if you are sensible to this kind of stuff, don't watch it. It's worse than many Saw movies.
The message is not subtle at all, but the concept's execution is awesome. Cinematography is really good, and so are the performances. The soundtrack is also perfect, really unsetling.
It's not an excellent movie, but it's a really entertaining one. You can tell that it was a labour of love from the director/scriptwriter.
Good job, Netflix
