tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369610344911858466.post8345669646456186239..comments2024-01-09T04:01:00.672+00:00Comments on Breakfast In The Ruins: October Horrors # 7: Train To Busan (Sang-ho Yeon, 2016)Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14951955227326548340noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369610344911858466.post-86150263027092138482018-10-14T11:12:17.584+01:002018-10-14T11:12:17.584+01:00These are very good points Ian, and thanks for tak...These are very good points Ian, and thanks for taking the time to comment. <br /><br />I've not watched the prequel yet, but, now that I've been made aware of it, I would definitely like to do so if I can.<br /><br />Actually, since writing the review above a few weeks ago, I have spoken to several friends about the film, and have watched it a second time... and I now think that many of my initial criticisms were quite unfair, and reveal a failure on my part to properly interpret certain aspects of the film the first time around. <br /><br />In short, I now think it stands up as a far better film than this initial review would suggest.<br /><br />When I get a chance after this October review marathon is over in fact, I'd really like to do a second update / amendment post on 'Train to Busan', looking at some different interpretations of the film...Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951955227326548340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369610344911858466.post-8196724922335468762018-10-14T05:37:03.709+01:002018-10-14T05:37:03.709+01:00To be fair, I think there is some anti-establishme...To be fair, I think there is some anti-establishment anger in 'Train to Busan', though it's done with an East Asian focus not on the authorities themselves but on the hierarchical / patriarchal system where you have to unquestioningly kowtow to your older but not necessarily wiser superiors. This is embodied in Kim Eui-sung's company-executive character, who makes obviously immoral and self-serving decisions but whose orders are unthinkingly obeyed by the train attendant and train driver (with the ultimate result that both of them, and a lot of other people, get killed). I imagine at least some of this was inspired by the sinking of the MV Sewol ferry off Donggeochado in 2014, which caused some 300 deaths and was blamed on the actions of the captain, crew and ferry company. <br /><br />That said, 'The Host' the film is not!<br /><br />Incidentally, Yeon Sang-ho's animated prequel to 'Train to Busan', 'Seoul Station', is worth checking out because it does take a more damning approach to the authorities and their treatment of the less fortunate in society. There's a lot in it about the plight of the homeless people living around the station when the zombie outbreak happens. Indeed, Choi Gwi-hwa's homeless man in 'Train to Busan' is probably the main thread linking the two films.Ian Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895092159128758361noreply@blogger.com