🐞🍋🍊Bullet Train Book vs Movie
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2024
- Brad Pitt's latest movie is Bullet Train, based on the book by Kotaro Isaka. In this movie review and book review, I compare the two and the changes that were made in the adaptation process. I absolutely love the book, and very much enjoyed the movie-but in the end, does the book still win?
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00:00 Intro/spoiler warning
01:27 Book review
02:59 Movie review
04:56 Book set-up
07:54 Movie set-up
08:46 The Prince and Kimura
09:33 The Prince in the book
11:25 The Prince in the movie
12:13 Kimura
14:43 Tangerine and Lemon
17:01 Ladybug in book
18:30 The Wolf in book
19:09 Ladybug in movie
19:42 The Wolf in the movie
20:15 The Hornet
22:56 Lemon and Kimura getting shot
26:11 Kimura Senior in book
30:40 Book ending
35:13 Movie ending
38:12 Book and movie tidbits
42:33 Book themes
44:32 Book vs Movie
Satoshi (Prince) was the most disturbing character in the book .
And they didn't include the teacher and "killed" Kimura's mother ( she and her husband tandem...... such an awesome couple).
I was so sad they got rid of Kimura Sr wife! I loved them so much
While I want to read the book only because of how much I adored Lemon and Tangerine in the movie, to me they were the best part of the movie especially Tangerine and I loved their banter it reminds me of the debates my friends and I get into. So mad they killed Tangerine, but hey, when he was bleeding out of his neck he seemed pretty pissed before he died. And my favorite part in the film is that scene that you didn’t like with Tangerine climbing on the outside of the train and he head butts through the glass to get back on, it’s just his pure stubbornness that I loved at that moment. I’m going to buy the book just so I can get more lemon and tangerine!
Haha you make a good point about it showing his stubbornness and determination! And Lemon and Tangerine are even better in the book (in my opinion) so I think you'll love it 😁
@@WhytheBookWins awesome, can’t wait to read it!
It probably would have been tough to make Satoshi so similar, since he was such an internal character, everything was kind of going on inside his head, but yeah, I agree, not nearly as interesting as the book Satoshi. I also preferred how Satoshi had no familial relationship to the crime lord, the idea of not knowing what the other passengers are thinking/doing was a fun element in the book, and making Satoshi related to a the crime boss kind of detracts from that.
I did wished that we get to see more of an in depth story on the Prince, Kimura, and the Elder in the movie. Their story in the book sounded so much more interesting with a message behind it. I mean it was kind of implied in the movie? I feel like the characters were cut short. I've never read the book, but your review and comparisons between the book and the movie is the best one I've seen. Thankyou for doing this.
Oh and yeah I agree that Sandra Bullock did looked a bit weird in the movie. I like her, but her face seemed very soft focused. Lol
Glad you found my comparison helpful! I definitely agree about wanting more backstory with those characters
Finished the book last week!
They are quite different, although they have the same core. They try different things and each one does its own thing really good. I would say they are more or less on the same level, but the absolutely insane third act of the movie is what makes the book win.
Glad you enjoyed both book and movie!
Your analysis is phenomenal, and I'm so grateful that I discovered your channel (I subscribed!)
I also love the book and liked the movie, while preferring the book. While the movie was entertaining, the book was as well, while having deep emotional resonance. My favorite part of the book were the interactions between Kimura, his family, and The Prince, including the deep dive into The Prince's horrifying mindset during those interactions.
Thank you so much! That's so kind of you. And I agree, everything with Kimura and the Prince were some of the best parts of the book!
Suspension of disbelief was even more difficult for the movie because I live in Japan and know the rail system. It was easier and more enjoyable to think of it more like I thought of John Wick... another reality (or video game) where it is just that way.
- bullet trains are electric... it would have stopped the second they crashed into the other train
- reporters get blown over in hurricanes and yet Tangerine and other baddies can stand on a bullet train going over 200kph
- Passengers on the train with loads of luggage and then suddenly it's empty like not one person booked the entire trip... which is actually less than two hours and not the overnight trip they make it. Bullet Trains don't run overnight. So even if White Death bought all the tickets from a certain station there would Still be loads on a ten car train (or was it 12).
- Two workers on the train... no one in "First Class". There aren't a lot of workers on a train but...
- A BAR? On a Japanese bullet train? With no bartender.
- trains need drivers to stop at each station. This one dies sometime on the trip. Maybe after Kyoto but still one would assume White Death planned to live so... who stopped the train at each station?
I enjoyed the movie well enough. I just had to suspend disbelief a lot more than usual to do it :)
I'm not sure if I'll read the book or not. Maybe if it goes on sale with Kindle.
That's so interesting! Thanks for sharing! I think you would prefer the book since it doesn't have those plot holes haha.
@@WhytheBookWins I'll think about dropping ¥1,000 on the Kindle book. It's a Monday AND a national holiday today in Japan so the coffee shops where I'd usually spend that money are closed. The money for the "cake set" (coffee and dessert) I'd usually get in independent coffee shops might go to that :)
Or maybe I should wait and see if you think I should read "Three Assassins" first.
I'm reading an older book now. The original longer version of "Stranger in a Strange Land". I'm only 1/3 into it but I like it so far. I wonder whether the author wrote it like that or actually thinks it about women but I'm only 1/3 through. I'll look things up when I'm done.
@@wendyon4517 I recently read three Assassins and really liked it! But I prefer bullet train. I have a book vs movie for three Assassins coming out early November.
And I've heard of stranger in a strange land but have never read it, you have me curious about it now
I'm interested in the book tangerine and lemon were favorites of mine because it shows even though there are visual differences they care for eachother
I saw the film this week with my wife and daughter and really enjoyed it. Now I need to get the book. One thing that bothered me at time was when the news report from the zoo aired, the addition of subtitled would have helped me understand the missing snake bit.
Glad you liked it!
I don't know if you'd be interested, but I created a bullet train book tag based off the characters in the movie, and I'd love to see what your responses to the questions would be.
Oooo that's awesome! I'll check it out later this evening!
@@WhytheBookWins Awesome. I'm adding everyone who does it to a special playlist.
At least I get what that bit at the end about Carter was about now was confused about that that’s actually so funny love this movie
Love your channel, had to finish reading the book before I could watch this video.
Thank you! How did you like the book?
It was much better than the film. I really don't want to discredit the movie, because it was a really fun watch, but predictably, the book goes into greater insight. The one thing I really loved about the film though, was Aaron Taylor Johnson, he really gave the role 110%.
Thanks again!
Agreed, the book is far better but the movie is still a good time. And yeah he's a great actor! I just watched Nocturnal Animals where he plays a very different character but is so good in the role. So if you want more Aaron Taylor Johnson content, you should check out my Nocturnal Animals episode when it comes out in February!
@@WhytheBookWins Will do! Thanks.
Even though there is no real talk of lemon being immortal in the movie, when tangerine tells him that there is blood on his shirt, he says something along the lines of:
"Who did i kill? It can't be my blood, cuz i never bleed."
And then in the scene where tangerine confronts the prince he says:
"You made lemon bleed. And lemon never bleeds."
So in the movie, they kind of referenced lemons immortality thing from the book by saying that he never bleeds, which i kind of liked. But thats just my opinion.
Edit:
36:56 Kimura Sr. and Jr. both survive the train crash.
oh that's a good catch about Lemon in the movie!
Do lemon amd tangerine die in the book?
Nevermind, I saw your review, both twins die because of ladybug being gullible just Like in the movie
God damnit
Gosh now I wanna read the book but idk if my brain can keep up
It's worth it!
Finished this book one day ago. It's one of the best books that I have read this year. I want to watch the movie too
so glad you loved it!
2:10 Lol did ur dog get mad at u for not paying attention to him/her? Or did he/she see/smell the mailman?
lol, my other dog was growling at the white dog. Like halfway through I put them in their crates because they were too distracting 😆
@@WhytheBookWins LOL Do they not get along or is it more of a sibling thing where its "I can't stand u right now"?
@@davidfitzpatrick6535 it's a sibling thing haha
The movie would have been way better with more Asian actors, more of the book details you pointed out. And more of a Kill Bill feel, so Quentin Tarantino I guess.
Ooo yeah I can see the Tarantino vibe.
David Lych is a good director
9:54
So I know I’m kind of late to the game but i just read the book and I feel like the entire premise in the book with prince was his psychological undertones in everything he does and how everything was meticulously planned where as in the movie the prince is just some little girl that somehow got everything to go her way. I also believe that they did nanao dirty in the movie because the whole idea with his character is that he is highly trained and extremely dangerous when he’s cornered but in the movie he is just some incompetent dude saying self help lines throughout the whole movie and I hated that they didn’t add his signature neck break skill in the movie. Lastly I hated the fantasy elements in the movie, it almost pissed me off because it was supposed to be about something that really happens in criminal Tokyo but the goofy scenes where they hang on to the door of a train going 180 miles per hour were so unrealistic. And the ending was awful
Yeah the movie was a fun time but it didn't come close to the book!
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Well the novel adaptation is quite bad in movie... I don't like it... But enjoyable movie for the people who don't know or read novel.
Again I don't like the movie because I love the novel more.
Understandable!
I found the book really BORING! Too long and complicated.
Oh wow haha. Even though i loved it, i definitely don't think it is a guarantee 5 star for every one who reads it. Did you see the movie?
Book ruined it for me purely for its transphobia and subtle bits of fatphobia. Even though they were surprisingly small, it left a bad taste in my mouth, especially since it was completely unnecessary. The plot and characters are - for the most part - better in the book, I would never read it again because of that while I would absolutely watch the film again a dozen times over
The book sounds lame compared to the movie
I personally thought the book was way better, but that's just me. I'm so sad they didn't include Akiko Kimura in the movie, she was a badass
@@bogih21 completely agree!
Wish l had never read it. Too boring.