Submitted by inkscraper t3_zxfbwq in movies
My son loves the Bullet Train movie and has watched it over ten times. He was so excited the first time he saw it he couldn't wait to watch it with me. (He saw it first with his Grandmother). Tangerine is his favorite character but Lemon is a close second. We both like how all the "threads" come together at the end. Anyways, I made this review with him:
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That's charming. I just saw BT last week and man, it was a blast. Some people didn't like all the coincidences, but I found it all very amusing. The actor cameos were good too, although your son probably didn't pick up on all that stuff. Fun fact: this is the second time Joey King >!gets randomly killed by a car at the end of a movie.!<
Thank you! There are a lot of cameos for sure. We watched the the movie The Lost City with Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum and it was fun to see all three in Bullet Train, he picked up on that one and said Channing might have been reading one of the novels from the Lost cty movie ?
Funny reference if true
> Some people didn't like all the coincidences
It's clearly over the top but done on purpose, everything is ridiculous. The good guys, the bad guys, the insane coincidences (or not) of everyone ending up in a small confined space, the whole look of the movie, everything is crazy. It was a ton of fun.
It feels like another life time at this point but I'm pretty sure if 13 year old me saw it he would have also gone completely insane, in the best way possible.
This might be a spoiler, but if you stick to the credits, you can see that Lemon was still alive from jumping in the water. He found a truck which contains Tangerines, drove it and hit Prince.
Yeah I know. But it comes out of nowhere at first. And yes, that's clearly a spoiler.
I personally didn't like the movie but I love this review and I love that your kid loves it so much. Made me remember how that feels when you are young.
Thank you! It's fun to see him so excited about it! Like how I was when I was kid and watched Star Wars and Indiana Jones
I remember when video stores first started. I was about 6-8. I always wanted to rent Flash Gordon. I didn't know it was a silly, campy presentation. I took it as seriously as Star Wars. The scene when he sticks his hand in that thing was so scary and suspenseful to me. I thought his fight with Timothy Dalton on the floating disc thing was the most exciting thing ever.
Flash Gordon's pretty wild. Great soundtrack too!
Gordon's alive?!
I remember how I felt when I saw Star wars episode 1 in theaters as a child. I also remember how I felt when I saw the last of the new movies.
It's great! I keep trying to recapture those fun times
This is really good. I also enjoyed the movie.
Thank you!
Bullet train is so good
We like it!
Your son is adorable, and something is going right in your relationship.
Thank you so much!
This review rules! Great illustration style!
Thank you!
The movie has a lot of cool style, and I did enjoy watching it. The ending dragged for me, which is ironic given how it was the most destructive scene in the whole movie, but you know, I don't need widescale destruction for the sake of destruction. That wasn't the interesting bit, though it did end with a humorous "serendipitous" resolution.
It was goofy-fun where you could explain most anything with luck, but they really leaned into it. It's not just that Ladybug has good luck. He also has bad luck, such as with the crazy, random happenstance with the combination lock.
That said, I'm not too sad about missing it in the theatre. It was a fun watch, but I wouldn't go out of my way for it. The characters were interesting and cartoonish--almost like Snatch. But the interplay between Lemon and Tangerine was simply sublime. Those actors had a lot of with that, and I was feeling drawn toward their relationship, momentarily forgetting that they're amoral murderers.
I didn't care for the train wreck at the end, seemed a bit much but yeah, Tangerine and Lemon stole the show for me.
Totally agreed on the ending. The rest of the movie was so snappy, but then the train crash in slow motion and all the cars sliding around in the neighborhood for what seemed like forever was an odd change of pace.
Target audience must be the youngsters, my son is 13 and has watched it several times already as well.
There’s no way the target audience was 13 year olds with how many f bombs and gory scenes it has lol very good movie but that’s not the target audience haha
You think thirteen year olds aren’t used to hearing fuck and seeing violence? They probably say fuck more than the average person and see more violence in movies and games too. It’s fine for the vast majority
Maybe they are. That doesn’t make it ok. The target audience is not 13 when the movie is rated R. People get sliced open, one guy gets shot in the throat and bleed’s out with a gurgle, a man’s head is blown off, and they say “fuck” more than most other movies I’ve seen today. Idk why the original commenter thought the target audience being youngsters was a valid statement.
When I finally watched the movie with my son I was shocked his grandmother had taken him to see the movie. She didn't know anything about it. There are a lot of curse words and gore and he told me he hears the same at school, we just don't talk that way at home.
Geez, I made the comment in jest, but teenage boys love movies like Bullet Train. It’s nothing new. When I was 13 my friends and I loved Predator, Aliens, Full Metal Jacket, etc. Now teenagers love John Wick, play Call of Duty, etc. They will turn out OK still.
13 isn’t even young, in four years they’ll be getting ready to pay rent. They’ve already seen all that on daytime tv, nobody gives two fucks about curse words anymore because they don’t matter and are the same as every other word, get over yourself lol.
I found Bullet Train an enjoyable movie, but not something I could watch multiple times.
Ive seen it, it was a bit of fun, next.
After just watching it a second time this afternoon, it’s cool to look for all the stuff the movie flashes back to, but yeah 2 times is plenty. Great movie, not extremely rewatchable tho
This is brilliant, have you made others?
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No other movies yet but a couple Tv shows and several food reviews:
Awesome! Will check out
This is really dope 🔥
Thank you!
It might interest you and your son to know that Bullet Train was based on a book series — and that the Thomas the Tank Engine gag originated from there. The first book being titled Three Assassins, which was followed by the manga Maoh: Juvenile Remix and then the (second) book Bullet Train — with those being all the installments of the series currently available in English — to recommend them.
Thank you! We're actually reading the Bullet Train book right now. Interesting to see how it differs from the movie.
Of course — enjoy! As a heads up, Three Assassins (previously adapted as a Japanese film) was the first book (just translated to English after Bullet Train was), but it can still be read as a prequel (to Bullet Train, which was a stand-alone sequel anyway). While Maoh: Juvenile Remix would be a direct sequel to Three Assassins (also including characters from the author’s book Maoh). There is also another book (Ax) and manga (Waltz), but those have yet to be translated into English.
Are you thinking of doing a review of the book for r/books, à la your r/movies review?
I hadn't thought of doing a book review in this style- you've given me something to think about for sure!
Happy to (do so)!
Great movie, I like the Elder's sword cane mostly because its desing it's different from every other sword cane in films or series, very clever the way it was designed.
Yeah, my son thought it was cool too!
I thought that movie was a comedy cemetery but this is a great concept executed very well. Well done Padre.
Thank you!
I’m glad somebody enjoys this movie.
We enjoy it! It's got some fun action and some funny moments too!
I thought it was good but very unfocused movie. I got the same vibe from Kate.
Bullet train was a good movie, I just feel like they pushed the humor aspect of it so much that it wasn’t as funny as it could have been. I think they tried hard to make it have the humor that comes with watching Deadpool, but they failed. Still I enjoyed the movie, though it didn’t hit with me as much as it did with other people I guess.
Sometimes you gotta take off your Ebert glasses (Ebert is a personal idol and would have given this 3 stars) and sit back and enjoy… and boy did I.
Well that's just adorable.
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This is awesome. As was the movie. Well done! Brad Pitt is just so perfect as the goofy, self-deprecating action star. Lemon and Tangerine brought the banter and nailed it. Ideal combo. You almost get teary-eyed seeing them watch West Ham as kids. It’s just a cool funny romp. Exactly what I wanted from it and maybe subverted some expectations along the way. 7.5/10
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I too thought it was a fun, action, thriller comedy- perfect at being what it is
This is amazing and perfect, and though im a woman, i would like to come on this bullet train adventure but i want to be the elder!
Also Tangerine IS the best character.
Thank you! The Elder is awesome!
Loved the movie but real life bullet trains in Japan look NOTHING like the one in the movie on the inside lol.
Movies in general tend to make interior spaces much larger than their real life counterparts. Most of it do to with the fact that filming in small spaces suck ass and won't end up looking good, so you end up with TARDIS situations.
They basically look like airplanes inside, right?
Ehhh kinda, lots more leg room though.
this is absolutely adorable! do you & your son watch/review a lot of movies together? most of my favorite memories from my childhood are going to the movies with my mom or other family; one being when my mom, cousin, aunt & i saw Austin Powers Goldmember & my aunt was laughing so hard at the guaca-mole jokes she started crying & had to leave the theater to calm down hahaha.
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I spend a lot of time with him, watching TV and playing games.
We have some other reviews at:
I low key felt like this was a Tarantino movie
Our eyes were GLUED to the screen while watching this. I looked back at my Dad, and he was like.. in a trance, lol. SUCH a good movie, and cool review format!
Thank you! Reading the book now, may watch the movie again tonight!
Your son has great taste in movies.
Thank you! He also likes Ford vs Ferrari and 1917
Awesome! Good movie, and always pleasant to see content/format that is new - I've never seen an animated movie review like this, it's great! Well done sir!
Wish I had some artistic talent, I'd do something similar about when I took my 13-yo daughter to see Midsommar in the theater without thoroughly understanding what we were in for. It was... awkward :D
Thank you!
I hear you, i went with my mom to see Basic Instinct when I was younger- very awkward
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bullet_Train
Fun fact: there's a 1975 Japanese movie with the same title which inspired Speed (1994)
I'll have to watch that
It's like a 7.5/10 for me
okay then
I love this
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This is fuckin amazing. A1 job
Thank you very much!
That’s really cute.
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Movie was sick
show him this song Judas Priest - Bullet Train
will do!
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smitemight t1_j1zx870 wrote
What a cute review format.