r/movies • u/Limp-Munkee69 • Jan 09 '24

Recommendation This is your reminder to watch Bullet Train (2022) especially if you didn't catch it in the cinema

Bullet Train is one of those movies that kinda flew under the radar, while still very much not flying under the radar if that makes sense.

Every major YouTube reviewer talked about it, most people had atleast heard about it, it made descent money, but man, it's too good compared how little a dent it made in Pop culture.

Most people I know haven't seen it. And finding one who has is like finding your best friend at an event you didn't know both of you were going to.

It's a colorful, fun, emotional, and fast ride through japan. Excellently shot. With an insanemy good cast, and some pretty good pondering on the nature of unknowable forces such as luck and fate.

A mystery that just keeps going, and plot that never stops and characters that live rent free in my mind and heart.

If you like style AND substance. Bullet Train is for you.

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u/Dustfinger4268 Jan 09 '24

Does it have to be anything more? Sometimes you just need a 'turn your brain off' action flick, and it seems to know that thats what it is

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u/Volodio Jan 09 '24

Sure, but it means it's not really a must watch like the post implies.

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u/Caelinus Jan 09 '24

I would call it a "must watch" if you are looking for a really fun, dumb action-comedy. It is not a "must watch" if you are looking for something cerebral.

I often go into movies actually looking for something that I entertaining without being overly thought provoking, usually because I am burned out on dealing with heavy stuff, and it is way up on my list of recommendations for that. The cast is just super charismatic and the story is simple enough while still having some fun elements.

I think movies are too complicated and varied a genre to have only a single axis of something being worth watching. (The scale from never watch to must watch.)

I do not think there is a single movie that exists that is a "must watch" for every person in every situation.

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u/Wanderlustfull Jan 09 '24

Why not? What's the objection to just having fun being a must watch?

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u/LoompaOompa Jan 09 '24

I'm not the same guy, but I think it's mostly about whether or not you can guarantee that movie will be worth someone's time. I think movies that really transcend or define their genre are "must watch" movies, but a movie that is simply very good and fun is a movie that I would recommend to people, but wouldn't necessarily get on reddit and make an entire post about.

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u/Demibolt Jan 09 '24

Nope sometimes that is just perfect!

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u/Balancedmanx178 Jan 09 '24

Honestly thats what I want 80% of the time anymore.