i liked it! it was fun. chalamet so the wrong cast for this tho, was not good. can i just say... ryan gosling woulda absolutely smashed this to timeless levels rip (him being too old woulda only added to vibe)
strays too much into twee britishness at times for me, but also enjoyed lots of the british actors - peep show johnson genuinely stole the show for me
this does capture the genuinely mindblowing serenity of central tokyo - it absolutely baffled me that *the* megacity, the biggest on earth, is for the most part extremely chill due to incredible city planning.
i'm going to digress to talk a bit about tokyo city planning, which was the best i have ever seen and better than i could have imagined. i was genuinely thrilled by it. i feel compelled to try to describe it in my amateurish terms as…
spoiler alert: the winner of the 1976 paris-roubaix was the abominable march of capital, who left its fierce competitor, the striking workers, consigned to a dusty hell. vive la lutte finale!!
possibly the silliest movie ive ever seen? attempts about a laugh every 15 seconds. i'd say around 1 in 20 landed for me but a laugh every 5 minutes is still good. i admired the silliness throughout, my biggest issue was how formulaic the story was which i think doesnt work when the comedy is this silly as u dont care about the characters so sillier story angles would have freed it up a bit and made it funnier i think
