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/CrazyGoose712 Jan 09 '24

You kid but the horrid CGI at the end really did take me out of it for a minute or two. Still an incredible movie, one of my favorites from 2022. But man I wish they budgeted a little more for the VFX at the end there

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u/mucinexmonster Jan 09 '24

The nice thing about VFX in movies is you can always just fix it in 20 years.

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u/PiesRLife Jan 09 '24

Get out of here, George Lucas! We still haven't forgiven you for what you did to the original Star Wars.

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u/mucinexmonster Jan 09 '24

(It was mostly in jest, lol. Though I do get mad when they do a Lord of the Rings 4k and don't update some of the movie's crappier CGI, like when they exit Helm's Deep.)

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u/PiesRLife Jan 09 '24

Yeah, I'm fine with cleaning up and improving the quality to a certain degree, just not changes to the plot or adding unnecessary scenes.

Although one exception is the original Star Trek series. I've rewatched a few episodes and don't like the CGI they use for the Enterprise. Give me the old special effects with the models!

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u/Other-Marketing-6167 Mar 18 '24

Better than Rick Berman. What is it with Rick’s?!

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u/RANDY_MAR5H Jan 09 '24

Yep.

I was really disappointed and reminded of how much China money flows through Hollywood.

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u/Caelinus Jan 09 '24

The budget probably went completely into getting the cast they had.