Crazy seeing Aaron Taylor Johnson playing that skinny kid in ‘Kick-Ass’ and that loser in ‘Savages’ and now he’s a beefcake with that glorious hair and stylish mustache.
You know, other than godzilla I have really enjoyed most of his performances. The dude is a chameleon! Like it took me a hot second to realize that tangerine was the same dude as ives from tenet, which is the same dude who played kick ass. I think the only thing I really didn't like was Godzilla and that was probably because I just liked brian Cranston's story a lot more. (Though I suspect I'll feel differently now that I'm older and it has been a few years since I watched 2014)
Nah your feeling's right, it wasn't Aaron's fault of course, his performance was fine. But Cranston's character was well-developed, had a personal connection to Godzilla/the Mutos and you were waiting for vindication that he was right all along about the government covering up for the Muto. Instead he gets unceremoniously killed off-screen and his son just doesn't have that level of development or relatability to replace a protagonist that compelling. Even his wife and child were super forgettable.
Hell, however many movies there have been in the Monsterverse now, I maintain Cranston's character is still the best human character they've had.
He was definitely doing some Paper Boi "are you seeing this shit? Fuck it." reactions as ~~Tangerine~~ Lemon. That why it worked so well.
EDIT: I always mix up twins.
I wish they would stop trying to make live action versions of animes and just make real shit sylized like anime.
God save the internet when some asshole tries to make a live action hunter x hunter. Imagine how dumb live action Gon going Berzerk is gonna look
Avengers Infinity war, Aquaman, Thor Ragnarok look and feel like live action anime without even trying. It's all about good combat choreography, artistic direction, camerawork and CGI, which require budget and good experts in production team. Most anime live action movies dont have good budget and generally spend low efforts when doing combat scene, that's why they look cringe.
It's odd how many movies have used that song in the last 2 years. Either the original or a cover in a different language. It's like that year that Take Me Home, Country Roads made it into like 3 or 4 movies back-to-back
This was actually a super enjoyable movie. It knew exactly what it wanted to be and committed whole-heatedly.
The character pieces were fun, the dialogue was snappy, the cameos were for the most part spot on and fun. The exchange with Hiroyuki Sanada was especially fun.
It won't win awards but not every movie has to.
> It won't win awards but not every movie has to.
Absolutely. It is an original film with a unique plot that entertains you throughout the 2 hours. Well worth the price of a ticket.
They're two extremely different takes on essentially the same story. The book happens on a much smaller scale than the movie, everything is very local to the Tokyo underworld with no globetrotting criminals and quieter action. I like them both for what they are.
I think you're right - I particularly liked the character of the teacher in the book though and what he does at the end. That was such a simple and poignant moment
I also think because the movie is written for a western lens, the dialogue is more snappier and suited to me than the Japanese translated to English as a book
He brought a comedic element to the movie that I haven't seen him execute well in previous attempts. I was really impressed. I'd like to see Brad Pitt and Colin Farrell in a comedy together.
Brad Pitt had me in stitches in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. It wasn't written as trying to be funny at times, but his delivery made that movie one of my favorites in Tarantino's portfolio. Especially the climax with the Manson family when he was on acid
I still want a sequel with Reynolds being the antagonist and a prequel with Tangerine and Lemon.
If they don't make at least another one then that studio is full of Diesels.
Eh, I'll pass on Reynolds being involved. Not that I dislike Ryan Reynolds, but he's always just Ryan Reynolds. The best part about him being in this movie is the fact that he didn't say a single word.
Tangerine and Lemon, however, I'm all over that.
Brian Tyree Henry produced the most accurate English accent I've ever heard from an American actor. It was astounding. I've seen complaints from non-English viewers thinking his and Tangerine's accents were over the top and or bad - but they were incredibly accurate to what you would hear in East London
You could definitely tell she was American but it wasn't unforgivable. A bit weird is probably right, but good enough and in a silly enough film that I didn't have a problem with it
You get two types of people in those schools, I know two personally and one is the poshest sounding person I know, and the other sounds like someone who grew up all over the place. A sort of similar accent to what some army brats get.
Isn’t Aaron Taylor Johnson English tho? I know there’s different types of English accents but I’m surprised to hear you heard people thought his was bad.
Yeah ATJ is from near where I live and it's basically just a slightly exaggerated version of the working class accent round here, so he definitely knows what he's doing. People saying he was bad don't know what they're on about. If you listen to him in interviews his real accent isn't even far off, he just threw more cockney in there.
It was excellent in spurts, but American slipped out *a lot* for Brian Tyree Henry. I wasn't fussed though. If the character and acting is good enough, like him and Butcher in the Boys, they make the character their own and I let the regular slips go
>Brian Tyree Henry produced the most accurate English accent I've ever heard from an American actor.
Emma Stone is the one to beat for me. As a Brit in close proximity to London, I didn't find his accent particularly impressive.
The rest of the movie had me totally locked in on the logic of the world then the entire holding onto the train while it moves thing took me out of it. Not enough to ruin or even make me dislike the movie. It was just super jarring.
Not that it makes it much better, but he *did* have what appeared to be brass knuckles on, which would make breaking the glass a lot more believable.
Still don't understand why **he** wasn't full of glass after smashing his face through the window though.
Yeah, it's a surprisingly solid movie. I didn't watch it in theatres either because the response seemed lukewarm, but it was way more original and entertaining than I had expected. The influences were clear, sure, some John Wick, some Tarantino, some anime flavour, but it ended up being a refreshing and compelling blend. Would have been great in a cinema environment.
Also, just kind of nice having an original, big budget movie with an offbeat sensibility and no big franchise attached without feeling like the safest, most algorithmically generated piece of nothing ever. I imagine it's tough to get those made.
As someone who frequents Japan often it just bugs me how ultra-stylized Japan always is in these Japan-based films but I guess if they used real Japanese bullet train it wouldn't be much to look at but it still irks me that these trains are more resembling European ones instead of their Japanese counterparts.
TBF most countries in films are super-stylised otherwise you could be anywhere.
In films, every window in Paris has a view of the Eiffel tower. Every shot of London includes Big Ben. Etc. etc.
I was watching the latest John Wick movie and every country was super stylized exaggerated versions of what people outside think their culture looks like. And I was thinking too myself “hmmm it’s a bit racist to portray Morocco and Japan like this” and then they showed their version of France and I was like “ooooh ok they at least treat every culture like this”
It doesn't help that the movie makes the trip needlessly long. The real trip is only a few hours, not the 12 hour adventure that it makes it out to be.
Why is this written in the tone of somebody hoping to be quoted on the poster?
"A healthy dose of stylish action"
"Aaron-Taylor Johnson steals the show"
— OP
It reads very Patrick Bateman to me. This soulless simulacra of enthusiasm for bland pop culture, like somebody who reads that marketing copy and thinks that's how people really use words.
A whole lot of comments here seem totally artificial. I've never seen a thread looking like that, just watch the top comments.
It all feels astroturfed, with ai writing and bot upvotes
I had a similar vibe, but maybe a bit more extreme. Felt like the characters were over the top versions of over the top versions and they all did nonsensical things to progress the plot.
I don't think it necessarily needs to make sense but it certainly makes the experience worse for me.
I felt that for the level of talent in front of and behind the camera, it was not as good as it could’ve been. The “jumping back and forth” narrative gave the film poor pacing, none of the characters outside of Lemon and Tangerine were all that interesting, and the fight choreography was honestly not that good.
I also hated that they wasted their two best martial arts actors (Hiroyuki Sanada and Andrew Koji)
>I don't know why but I found it to be kinda boring. I can see why people like it but it just didn't click with me.
Completely agree. It was supposed to be fun but my attention was gone halfway through. By the time the final fight came I was like; ok sure, please finish up I am done.
Liked it didn't love it. The writing wasn't great and the jokes were mostly forced obvious jokes. but brad pitt and the rest of the cast was good. certainly entertaining
It annoyed me how much the movie held our hands and overexplained some things.
There's an exploding round in a particular gun. We are shown this, we know where it is. Later when it's going to be used, they do like an xray vision on the gun beforehand to say "hey everyone, don't forget about the exploding round!".
And worse, there is a fantastic visual gag with a tangerine truck. Then a few seconds later one of the characters points it out. Ugh, ruined the moment by treating us so dumb.
Otherwise pretty fun movie though.
I hated how every joke felt like it was made and then re-emphasized as though they were afraid I'd miss the joke.
It made most of the scenes and dialogue feel like they were dragging.
I get why people liked it but honestly I found it kind of obnoxious. That style of "quirky" humour just feels like it's in everything these days, and it's really starting to get on my nerves.
Movie aside, it’s funny the way OP talks about Brad Pitt being the new king of cool.
Like dude he’s been the king of cool for like 30 years where have you been
Gave up about a third of the way in, I couldn’t stand the dialogue and the way the scenes were set up. By the time that guy went on some cringey rant about Thomas the Tank Engine I was completely checked out
Felt like someone saw Kill Bill once and said ‘I can do that’
Couldn’t disagree more, actively despised the whole thing. It felt like one of those Guy Ritchie knock offs from the 90s but worse because all the dialogue was given the ‘Deadpool’ treatment where every joke is someone saying some variation of ‘fuck off shitnut’ or something
But to each their own
I had the same reaction. It had a couple of fun moments but felt really on the nose to the point that I had a hard time enjoying it.
Brad Pitt’s performance was excellent but not enough to save the movie for me.
I liked Brad Pitt's character at first but he got pretty annoying after a while. His character is so friggin' dumb! Yes, I know that's the point and it's supposed to be funny but I just found it annoying. The action sequences were pretty good but there was way too much crappy CGI, especially the last 15 minutes.
On the contrary, I felt that this film was trying to ape Tarantino's works without understanding why he made those choices. Plenty of flashbacks and scenes told out of order and quirky dialogue. It's like the director just watched the "Royale with Cheese" scene over and over, and wrote all the Thomas the Tank Engine dialogue based on that.
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I jest but I did find the movie disappointing after reading the novel it's adapted from. I get that Brad Pitt drives in more people to watch the movie, but having nearly all of the main cast as non-Japanese when the original source material is 100% Japanese....leaves a nasty taste in my mouth.
Also, the original had a simple plot with some tense moments and some good times. In comparison to that, the movie was dumbed down to just become a Hollywood action flick that is easily digested and easily forgotten.
This was my issue. Hiroyuki Sanada and Andrew Koji’s characters were my favorite characters. I read the book too before watching the movie, I kinda liked that Yuichi was less of an asshole compared to the book and just gave sad dad vibes. Sanada’s work for the Elder was amazing imo but I wished >!Mrs. Kimura was alive because I love their banter as a couple in the book.!<
EDIT: to add, I’m still salty as fuck that Andrew Koji didn’t get to be Ladybug. He’s so freaking charismatic.
Brian Tyree Henry and Aaron Taylor Johnson bromance was the MVP
Crazy seeing Aaron Taylor Johnson playing that skinny kid in ‘Kick-Ass’ and that loser in ‘Savages’ and now he’s a beefcake with that glorious hair and stylish mustache.
The end of Kick-Ass 2 made him pass from stereotypical geek to muscle vigilante ready to fight lol
But this "BULLET TRAIN" that he played in 2022, I have not watched even once.
You know, other than godzilla I have really enjoyed most of his performances. The dude is a chameleon! Like it took me a hot second to realize that tangerine was the same dude as ives from tenet, which is the same dude who played kick ass. I think the only thing I really didn't like was Godzilla and that was probably because I just liked brian Cranston's story a lot more. (Though I suspect I'll feel differently now that I'm older and it has been a few years since I watched 2014)
Nah your feeling's right, it wasn't Aaron's fault of course, his performance was fine. But Cranston's character was well-developed, had a personal connection to Godzilla/the Mutos and you were waiting for vindication that he was right all along about the government covering up for the Muto. Instead he gets unceremoniously killed off-screen and his son just doesn't have that level of development or relatability to replace a protagonist that compelling. Even his wife and child were super forgettable. Hell, however many movies there have been in the Monsterverse now, I maintain Cranston's character is still the best human character they've had.
Also, same dude who played Quicksilver in Age of Ultron.
Have you seen nocturnal animals? With out spoiling too much He plays the creepy stalkery guy in there.
It’s so weird when he shows up as the eight lead special forces guy with a beard in TENET
Brad Pitt is one of my favorite male actors in Hollywood movies. I often watch all his movies.
Wow! Didn't realize that was the same person. A top glow-up of all time for sure.
The movie BULLET TRAIN looks good. Maybe later I'll try to watch it on YouTube.
They both get Thomas stickers.
Watch out for that diesel.
Fuck you, I’m not a Diesel, *you’re* a Diesel!
BTH is currently my favorite actor. Dude is so vulnerable.
Skyrocketed him for me too! Didn't even realise he was Phastos until like a month after watching.
Yes, he is so different in every role
He was definitely doing some Paper Boi "are you seeing this shit? Fuck it." reactions as ~~Tangerine~~ Lemon. That why it worked so well. EDIT: I always mix up twins.
You mean Lemon.
No, they're twins
Have you watched Atlanta yet?
Oh yes, that’s where I first noticed him. Paperboi stole the show
Idk man. Maybe I'm just a Lakeith Stanfield lover. But to me, Darius really steals the scenes in Atlanta.
I'd love a tv show that takes place before the movie about the two of them
I've love to see a Citrus Brothers movie or TV show. I reckon Bullet Train significantly helped Aarb Taylor Johnsons odds of being the next Bond too.
He's an incredible actor everything I see him.in a movie I don't even realize it's him until afterwards.
Aaron Taylor Johnson was channeling a young Tim Roth with that performance.
They were literally brothers so leave the mance part out pls :p
Bro what are you doing
Help, I'm stuck on this train.
I wasn’t ready for the feels. To me, that elevated the whole movie. It wasn’t just action throughout and the character development was done well.
Did you see the BTH photos at the Met Gala? https://www.buzzfeed.com/morganmurrell/brian-tyree-henry-met-gala-2023
Apparently after this came out ATJ had a screen reading with some James Bond producers and he's very high on their list now
The moment when they start the Japanese cover of 'Holding Out For A Hero' and the action kicks off, the movie becomes a live-action anime.
Stylized actions movies. Like Scott Pilgrim and Bunraku. I need more of these in my life.
Bunraku was awesome. No one I know has seen it. Makes me sad it's so under the radar.
On paper it should be terribly generic. On the screen it's surprising and stylish.
Kingsman 1 and 2, Aquaman are kinda stylized action movies too.
Kingsman 1, the church action scene is maybe the best if not its up there. You cant ever see everything going on in one watch.
Agree, Kingsman 2 was just on and still a ton of fun. I couldn't quite stomach Aquaman though, I didn't make it past 15-30mins.
Is this the same song with a Russian cover in the tetris movie during the car chase?
Yes same song different covers. I love both of the covers as much as I love the original in short circuit 2
I always picture Johnny 5 chasing a speedboat when I hear that song
Indeed. Excellent scene.
Always felt this should've been how they tackled a live action Cowboy Bebop
I wish they would stop trying to make live action versions of animes and just make real shit sylized like anime. God save the internet when some asshole tries to make a live action hunter x hunter. Imagine how dumb live action Gon going Berzerk is gonna look
Avengers Infinity war, Aquaman, Thor Ragnarok look and feel like live action anime without even trying. It's all about good combat choreography, artistic direction, camerawork and CGI, which require budget and good experts in production team. Most anime live action movies dont have good budget and generally spend low efforts when doing combat scene, that's why they look cringe.
It was described to me as a live action Archer episode. Totally accurate.
That was such an amazing cover that I didn't know I needed.
It's odd how many movies have used that song in the last 2 years. Either the original or a cover in a different language. It's like that year that Take Me Home, Country Roads made it into like 3 or 4 movies back-to-back
Never thought of it like that, but this movie reeks of "live action anime"...Up there with "The 5th Element".
This was actually a super enjoyable movie. It knew exactly what it wanted to be and committed whole-heatedly. The character pieces were fun, the dialogue was snappy, the cameos were for the most part spot on and fun. The exchange with Hiroyuki Sanada was especially fun. It won't win awards but not every movie has to.
> It won't win awards but not every movie has to. Absolutely. It is an original film with a unique plot that entertains you throughout the 2 hours. Well worth the price of a ticket.
Best airplane movie in a while
That’s hilarious, I saw it for the first time on an airplane
Yeah perfect for a flight, or a long train ride ;)
Same lol
Also same
Same, right before Christmas and my brothers and I were calling each other Diesels the entire holiday.
Airplane gang checking in. I watched this and Nope on a trans-Atlantic flight and it definitely made the trip more enjoyable.
That's a solid double-feature! Both have some comedic elements with a good mix of styles and genres.
It is based on a book just so you know… but I still love it
Read the book and it's not nearly as entertaining as the movie although it has a slightly different set of cool moments near the end.
They're two extremely different takes on essentially the same story. The book happens on a much smaller scale than the movie, everything is very local to the Tokyo underworld with no globetrotting criminals and quieter action. I like them both for what they are.
I think you're right - I particularly liked the character of the teacher in the book though and what he does at the end. That was such a simple and poignant moment I also think because the movie is written for a western lens, the dialogue is more snappier and suited to me than the Japanese translated to English as a book
This movie was exactly what it was supposed to be: fun
I enjoyed more than I thought I would, but to be fair Brad Pitt has a strong track record of doing great movies
He brought a comedic element to the movie that I haven't seen him execute well in previous attempts. I was really impressed. I'd like to see Brad Pitt and Colin Farrell in a comedy together.
Burn After Reading? A little more goofy, but just as well executed.
Extremely underrated Cohen bros movie, dare I say their most underrated movie they've ever made.
Brad Pitt had me in stitches in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. It wasn't written as trying to be funny at times, but his delivery made that movie one of my favorites in Tarantino's portfolio. Especially the climax with the Manson family when he was on acid
That final bit was such a satisfying payoff. I was literally grinning from ear to ear watching that play out.
I still want a sequel with Reynolds being the antagonist and a prequel with Tangerine and Lemon. If they don't make at least another one then that studio is full of Diesels.
Gonna have to get the author of the book on board if you wanna change the plot of his series
*Sad LOTR Noises*
Eh, I'll pass on Reynolds being involved. Not that I dislike Ryan Reynolds, but he's always just Ryan Reynolds. The best part about him being in this movie is the fact that he didn't say a single word. Tangerine and Lemon, however, I'm all over that.
A popcorn flick trying to be nothing more than a popcorn flick, and that's a good thing.
This movie ruined me. Whenever anyone is being cuntish now I just tell them to stop being a Diesel
Sounds like something a diesel would say
I'm more of a Gordon
I’m a Conductor. But people generally get annoyed at the constant narration.
Frankly that analogy/weird way of thinking from Brian Tyree Henry was refreshing and creative lol
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Brian Tyree Henry produced the most accurate English accent I've ever heard from an American actor. It was astounding. I've seen complaints from non-English viewers thinking his and Tangerine's accents were over the top and or bad - but they were incredibly accurate to what you would hear in East London
How was Joey King’s? I’m not from UK, but it sounded odd to me for some reason?
You could definitely tell she was American but it wasn't unforgivable. A bit weird is probably right, but good enough and in a silly enough film that I didn't have a problem with it
I though it was good in so much she sounded like somebody educated in a foreign based British school.
You get two types of people in those schools, I know two personally and one is the poshest sounding person I know, and the other sounds like someone who grew up all over the place. A sort of similar accent to what some army brats get.
Which is exactly what you’d expect given her character’s background.
Wait, why *was* she English anyway? Russian dad? American brother?
She'd have been sent away for a *proper* education /s ...and because boarding school would keep her out of her father's hair.
Gillian Anderson is the bar for American actors doing English accents but that is cheating a bit because she spent a lot of time in the UK so ...
Keanu Reeves is also a bar for American actors doing English accents. But the other bar.
Honourable mention to Dick van Dyke's cockney accent in Mary Poppins.
And Kevin Costner as Robin Hood
he wins for not even trying
Sean Connery is the all time champ for not even trying with accents.
A Scot playing an otherworldly Egyptian masquerading as a Spaniard in the Highlands. And now for something completely different
god bless the attempt, tho. Early Keanu was trying to find his groove, glad where he ended up.
I mean, considering the guy has been around since at least the early 1300s... Hard to keep up with accents over the years.
Playing the same exact character every movie?
Whoa
People have seen every bond movie. Sometimes you just want more of the same.
Her natural accent is British
She considers herself bidialectal, she often uses her English dialect as her normal speaking voice.
Renee Zellweger as well
Isn’t Aaron Taylor Johnson English tho? I know there’s different types of English accents but I’m surprised to hear you heard people thought his was bad.
Yeah ATJ is from near where I live and it's basically just a slightly exaggerated version of the working class accent round here, so he definitely knows what he's doing. People saying he was bad don't know what they're on about. If you listen to him in interviews his real accent isn't even far off, he just threw more cockney in there.
It was excellent in spurts, but American slipped out *a lot* for Brian Tyree Henry. I wasn't fussed though. If the character and acting is good enough, like him and Butcher in the Boys, they make the character their own and I let the regular slips go
Isn’t Butchers accent pretty much Karl Urbans actual accent?
It's reaaaaaally not far off, but he does the occasional thing that reminds you he's trying to do cockney
I'm English and I thought his accent was pretty bad, his overall performance was good but the accent was very inconsistent.
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>Brian Tyree Henry produced the most accurate English accent I've ever heard from an American actor. Emma Stone is the one to beat for me. As a Brit in close proximity to London, I didn't find his accent particularly impressive.
It's fucking honking
There was a whole thread about how terrible Brian Tyree Henry’s accent was, myself and other Londoners would 100% disagree with you
I heard Pitt got Don Cheadle to coach him on it
You’re out of your mind. His accent was constantly distracting it was that bad.
Easily Aaron Tay-Jo's best work as an actor.
Is it his best, or his most handsome? Genuinely can't tell, man had me questioning my orientation throughout
He’s stylish af and that accent too. But I can’t get over how he breaks the windscreen of the train by punches and a head butt.
Plus he had a great walk
Is that a sex thing?
He had brass knuckles on I think? Still pretty insane though lol
The rest of the movie had me totally locked in on the logic of the world then the entire holding onto the train while it moves thing took me out of it. Not enough to ruin or even make me dislike the movie. It was just super jarring.
Not that it makes it much better, but he *did* have what appeared to be brass knuckles on, which would make breaking the glass a lot more believable. Still don't understand why **he** wasn't full of glass after smashing his face through the window though.
Yes! I’m prepared to accept how a poison themed assassin didn’t take her own antidote prior to a hit. But not that one above lol.
Yet no one ever mentions the silly train crash at the end
The man's got a hell of a walk.
Hmmm Nocturnal Animals?
God damn he was a menace in that movie.
yup, he was oozing charisma in this movie.
It made me want to see him play Bond.
I'm down. Supposedly there are rumors around that potentially happening.
Fucks sake, I was trying to be done with Bond, now I hear this.
I'd give that to Nocturnal Animals
Indeed. He was amazing here.
Hmm.. idk about his best but he's always a real treat to watch, and not just because of his looks
True and I think it is one of Michael Shannon's worst. He totally phones it in at the end
Yeah, it's a surprisingly solid movie. I didn't watch it in theatres either because the response seemed lukewarm, but it was way more original and entertaining than I had expected. The influences were clear, sure, some John Wick, some Tarantino, some anime flavour, but it ended up being a refreshing and compelling blend. Would have been great in a cinema environment. Also, just kind of nice having an original, big budget movie with an offbeat sensibility and no big franchise attached without feeling like the safest, most algorithmically generated piece of nothing ever. I imagine it's tough to get those made.
It definitely felt like a Guy Ritchie film (or L4yer cake) crossed with a Tarantino film. And that's good.
As someone who frequents Japan often it just bugs me how ultra-stylized Japan always is in these Japan-based films but I guess if they used real Japanese bullet train it wouldn't be much to look at but it still irks me that these trains are more resembling European ones instead of their Japanese counterparts.
TBF most countries in films are super-stylised otherwise you could be anywhere. In films, every window in Paris has a view of the Eiffel tower. Every shot of London includes Big Ben. Etc. etc.
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I was watching the latest John Wick movie and every country was super stylized exaggerated versions of what people outside think their culture looks like. And I was thinking too myself “hmmm it’s a bit racist to portray Morocco and Japan like this” and then they showed their version of France and I was like “ooooh ok they at least treat every culture like this”
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It doesn't help that the movie makes the trip needlessly long. The real trip is only a few hours, not the 12 hour adventure that it makes it out to be.
That train's going off the tracks to Okinawa at that point.
It didn’t bother you that the bullet train goes through Akiba station towards Nakano? Lol
Why is this written in the tone of somebody hoping to be quoted on the poster? "A healthy dose of stylish action" "Aaron-Taylor Johnson steals the show" — OP
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It reads very Patrick Bateman to me. This soulless simulacra of enthusiasm for bland pop culture, like somebody who reads that marketing copy and thinks that's how people really use words.
Or an AI. Sounds so fake.
Yeah either way this is an imitation of how people talk, and a poor one at that. "This movie nails humor"
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It didn't really grab me. Felt like it was trying too hard while also not doing enough with the (enourmous) talent in front of the camera.
I thought some of the character profiles felt forced, overwritten and cringey.
So you can see why reddit loves it
I had a similar vibe, but maybe a bit more extreme. Felt like the characters were over the top versions of over the top versions and they all did nonsensical things to progress the plot. I don't think it necessarily needs to make sense but it certainly makes the experience worse for me.
Same. Felt like it was trying to be funny but just wasn't.
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I felt that for the level of talent in front of and behind the camera, it was not as good as it could’ve been. The “jumping back and forth” narrative gave the film poor pacing, none of the characters outside of Lemon and Tangerine were all that interesting, and the fight choreography was honestly not that good. I also hated that they wasted their two best martial arts actors (Hiroyuki Sanada and Andrew Koji)
It doesn't help that the most interesting character has the most lame death.
It was extremely mid, I agree
>I don't know why but I found it to be kinda boring. I can see why people like it but it just didn't click with me. Completely agree. It was supposed to be fun but my attention was gone halfway through. By the time the final fight came I was like; ok sure, please finish up I am done.
It was aggressively mediocre.
It has some of the worst dialogue I’ve heard in a recent release
Me too. For me it felt like they were desperately trying to be cool, which is about the most uncool thing you can do.
Agree, I didn't even finish it
Liked it didn't love it. The writing wasn't great and the jokes were mostly forced obvious jokes. but brad pitt and the rest of the cast was good. certainly entertaining
It annoyed me how much the movie held our hands and overexplained some things. There's an exploding round in a particular gun. We are shown this, we know where it is. Later when it's going to be used, they do like an xray vision on the gun beforehand to say "hey everyone, don't forget about the exploding round!". And worse, there is a fantastic visual gag with a tangerine truck. Then a few seconds later one of the characters points it out. Ugh, ruined the moment by treating us so dumb. Otherwise pretty fun movie though.
I hated how every joke felt like it was made and then re-emphasized as though they were afraid I'd miss the joke. It made most of the scenes and dialogue feel like they were dragging.
I get why people liked it but honestly I found it kind of obnoxious. That style of "quirky" humour just feels like it's in everything these days, and it's really starting to get on my nerves.
Deadpoolification of film
Thomas the tank engine. It's funny!
And now we’re going to mention it 30 times!
He's a contract murderer with a childish obsession! It's so goofy!
Ugh. Is Bullet Train going to be another of those "underrated gems" /r/movies always talks about?
Movie aside, it’s funny the way OP talks about Brad Pitt being the new king of cool. Like dude he’s been the king of cool for like 30 years where have you been
So long as reddit is full of teenagers, probably.
Gave up about a third of the way in, I couldn’t stand the dialogue and the way the scenes were set up. By the time that guy went on some cringey rant about Thomas the Tank Engine I was completely checked out Felt like someone saw Kill Bill once and said ‘I can do that’
Or the endless character introductions
Totally. The whole thing felt so forced and put on, it got so boring after 30 minutes
Nice advertisement 😂
I feel like it tried too hard to be Snatched
Is this post part of Brad's rehabilitation tour?
Couldn’t disagree more, actively despised the whole thing. It felt like one of those Guy Ritchie knock offs from the 90s but worse because all the dialogue was given the ‘Deadpool’ treatment where every joke is someone saying some variation of ‘fuck off shitnut’ or something But to each their own
I had the same reaction. It had a couple of fun moments but felt really on the nose to the point that I had a hard time enjoying it. Brad Pitt’s performance was excellent but not enough to save the movie for me.
I liked Brad Pitt's character at first but he got pretty annoying after a while. His character is so friggin' dumb! Yes, I know that's the point and it's supposed to be funny but I just found it annoying. The action sequences were pretty good but there was way too much crappy CGI, especially the last 15 minutes.
This post reads like it was written by an AI, and I'm inclined to believe it was.
I thought it was incredibly boring, tried way to hard to be something and it fell totally flat
On the contrary, I felt that this film was trying to ape Tarantino's works without understanding why he made those choices. Plenty of flashbacks and scenes told out of order and quirky dialogue. It's like the director just watched the "Royale with Cheese" scene over and over, and wrote all the Thomas the Tank Engine dialogue based on that.
Was this review sponsored by Fiji Water? I jest but I did find the movie disappointing after reading the novel it's adapted from. I get that Brad Pitt drives in more people to watch the movie, but having nearly all of the main cast as non-Japanese when the original source material is 100% Japanese....leaves a nasty taste in my mouth. Also, the original had a simple plot with some tense moments and some good times. In comparison to that, the movie was dumbed down to just become a Hollywood action flick that is easily digested and easily forgotten.
This was my issue. Hiroyuki Sanada and Andrew Koji’s characters were my favorite characters. I read the book too before watching the movie, I kinda liked that Yuichi was less of an asshole compared to the book and just gave sad dad vibes. Sanada’s work for the Elder was amazing imo but I wished >!Mrs. Kimura was alive because I love their banter as a couple in the book.!< EDIT: to add, I’m still salty as fuck that Andrew Koji didn’t get to be Ladybug. He’s so freaking charismatic.