What an utter MESS of a story.
And the worst part is how plausible it could be.
I have known some stupid people in my life; the crass, the lame, the feeble minded, lame brained, moronic, idiotic, unaware, flippant, bored, useless human beings. And the characters in this film have to be some of the "best" examples of those previously mentioned low "qualities". I havent seen such dumb people in a serious film this side of a cheesy C grade horror flick in a looong time. And I hope I never do again.
Bad enough the couple decide to go a trip to Siberia, Russia of all places, but it only gets worse from there. Going was the first dumb decision. Actually, maybe getting married to each other was the first mistake. The husband played by Woody Harrelson was simple and lame enough, but the wifes character took the cake.
She was so out of pocket that every move she made led things from bad to worse. To be honest, I wanted to stop watching the movie, but I have to finish what I start. My own brand of idiocy, I suppose. And yet every time the characters in this film kept making bad decisions, it just reminded me of far too many times where stupid decisions I have seen people make led to worsening consequences for all involved. I swear I was getting headaches and flashbacks from all the fools I have known. And all just from experiencing too many situations where idiocy led to drama. Drama that sometimes led to things they shouldnt have. Thankfully, it was never quite as bad as the story in this film or I might have lost my mind from being around such endlessly lame and dumb people. But it was close enough that Transiberian was making me hate it every second of the way.
This movie was just a typical American misadventure tale about stupid people doing stupid things and others suffering for it. 4/10.
And the worst part is how plausible it could be.
I have known some stupid people in my life; the crass, the lame, the feeble minded, lame brained, moronic, idiotic, unaware, flippant, bored, useless human beings. And the characters in this film have to be some of the "best" examples of those previously mentioned low "qualities". I havent seen such dumb people in a serious film this side of a cheesy C grade horror flick in a looong time. And I hope I never do again.
Bad enough the couple decide to go a trip to Siberia, Russia of all places, but it only gets worse from there. Going was the first dumb decision. Actually, maybe getting married to each other was the first mistake. The husband played by Woody Harrelson was simple and lame enough, but the wifes character took the cake.
She was so out of pocket that every move she made led things from bad to worse. To be honest, I wanted to stop watching the movie, but I have to finish what I start. My own brand of idiocy, I suppose. And yet every time the characters in this film kept making bad decisions, it just reminded me of far too many times where stupid decisions I have seen people make led to worsening consequences for all involved. I swear I was getting headaches and flashbacks from all the fools I have known. And all just from experiencing too many situations where idiocy led to drama. Drama that sometimes led to things they shouldnt have. Thankfully, it was never quite as bad as the story in this film or I might have lost my mind from being around such endlessly lame and dumb people. But it was close enough that Transiberian was making me hate it every second of the way.
This movie was just a typical American misadventure tale about stupid people doing stupid things and others suffering for it. 4/10.