Review of Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) by Jdx_Awesome — 21 Oct 2018

I’ve heard people call this movie one with inspiration from Tarantino, with which I completely agree. That’s probably why I like it so much, I’m a huge Tarantino fan. It reminds most of probably ‘Pulp Fiction’ if the general idea was taken even further then it that movie.

I’m not saying this movie is better than ‘Pulp Fiction’, by the way, I’m saying it’s the same sort of idea that ‘Pulp Fiction’ toyed with. There are a lot more parallels between this movie a Tarantino movie.

Great characters, great visuals, great dialogue, a ton of unnecessary violence, and the movie is even split into chapters, but sadly, I don’t think that aspect was executed very well. Usually, when a movie is split into chapters, it focuses on one character, one storyline, or just one thing in each.

In this movie, it feels like they just put the title card into there for no real reason for a few of them. It works for the chapters starring Jon Hamm’s character (forgot the name), Miles, and Billy Lee.

Otherwise, not really. I heard a few people complain that the plot doesn’t move fast enough because they keep showing the same scene over and over again just from different perspectives. I noticed that, and I see that it’s a big flaw of the movie, but it didn’t really distract me or ruin my enjoyment in any way.

All the acting was really good except for Dakota Johnson. I personally don’t think she’s a great actress in general, and she wasn’t great in this movie. The scenery and visuals were great, I loved that they show what time it is through almost exclusively visuals and music.

It’s very interesting. I liked pretty much everything. In the end, a lot of things work, but some things feel out of place or just done poorly. Despite that fact, I still highly recommend this movie.