Never in my life have I been so sure about one thing: nobody associated with this movie…. writers, directors, actors… have EVER met someone that has visited Japan, much less visited personally. Tatooine has more in common with Kiev than this movie has with Japan.
>!Only the one scene about the JR receipt had even the slightest connection to Japan. (That scene was great for the 5 seconds it lasted.)!<
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So, basically, the movie was written for weebs.
So, basically, the movie was written for weebs.
So, basically, the movie was written for weebs.
i thought the movie was a great watch, and Sandra bullock at the end looked fucking amazing. That is all.
Have you ever heard of concept of “fiction”?
I thought it was a lot of fun. I am sure some who haven’t been to Japan thought it was an accurate representation of.. something.. but who cares? It was entertaining. I don’t think they set out to be authentic.
It’s based on a manga or something that was written by a Japanese person.
Ridiculous, and intended to be. The overblown portrayal of Japan fits with how crazy the rest of the movie is. From the trailer I laughed at how silly it looked, but in the context of movie it’s great fun!
It was an entertaining movie with a lot of artistic license.
It’s based on a Japanese light novel. Sure, in that one it was the Touhoku shinkansen, but still…
Great movie.
It was stupidly fun. The loud foreign lady on the train felt pretty authentic to my experience in Akiba today. I thought it was a great movie. Every character was animated, fun, and charming. Fantastic. I’m not sure the same story would be as fun in a more true-to-reality setting.
Also, this is a weird molehill to try to make into a mountain.
It was a great movie.
That’s the whole premise of the movie.
Saw it on Netflix a whole ago , just mehhhh. A lot of longwinded dialogue and style with little substance.
I’ve seen much crazier and over the top movies so maybe I’m desensitized to Hollywood movies.
Excellent fun, stupid to a fault, turn your brain off, eat popcorn and enjoy the special level of stupid.
Kyiv*
I found it funny that the train teleported to dotonbori after passing shin yokohama.
Everything I’ve heard about it sounds blatantly astroturfy and trying to overwhelm the domestic abuse allegations against Pitt that came out at the same time as the movie. Which is a bummer if it’s actually a funny story.
Watched it in the plane so I didn’t pay full attention…
Movie was okayish, although I felt it was quite confusing plot wise (still have no clue about the full plot but idc). Some fun scenes.
I guess it’s OK entertainment but at no moment did I feel “this is Japan”. In fact I thought they purposely made this stereotypical and theatrical image of “cool” Japan in this movie.
My husband is Japanese and he absolutely loved it. He watched it three times, twice in theater and once with my parents at their house when we visited them (he chose the movie)
It’s supposed to be a caricature of japan honestly. Don’t take it too seriously. It’s pretty funny if you don’t. My husband described it as “a foreigner’s view/image of japan” but like he liked it and thought it was cool and funny.
To be honest a lot of Japanese film and drama is the same, super exaggerated and over the top and not like real japan. We’ve just started watching Informa and that’s obviously ridiculously over the top and not like real japan but it’s a Japanese drama. So many of them have this massive powerful Yakuza and guns are all over the place and people are sword fighting in the streets or whatever. It’s just entertainment, not a documentary
Japan has always cultivated (internally or by outsiders) the image of being futuristic and/or ancient. But this happens to many countries.
The UK is certainly not epitomised by Bridget Jones, or pretty much every bumbling Hugh Grant love-story.
Paris is not so romantic when you deal with disgruntled taxi drivers, rude waiters and dog shit everywhere.
A visit to a post office in Japan will quickly disabuse you and of the fantasy that Japan is like this movie.
But it is a fantastical movie and a bit of fun. Living it though… I’ll stick with the awkward visits to city hall if I can avoid gangs and hitmen interfering with the trains running on time.