The girl on the train

[zico]

9/10. Suspense thriller with Emily Blunt (who is terrific in this).

Saw this on a plane recently and thought it was great. There isn't really any way to review it or even to say why I liked it without some element of plot spoiler, so I won't, but just recommend you see it for yourself. A word of caution, film critics are lukewarm about it, though I think it may depend on how quickly or otherwise you realise what's actually happening in the plot.

[redsturgeon]

9/10. Suspense thriller with Emily Blunt (who is terrific in this).

Saw this on a plane recently and thought it was great. There isn't really any way to review it or even to say why I liked it without some element of plot spoiler, so I won't, but just recommend you see it for yourself. A word of caution, film critics are lukewarm about it, though I think it may depend on how quickly or otherwise you realise what's actually happening in the plot.

Have you read the book?

JOHN

[zico]

No, haven't read the book, so it was all new to me.

[LadyGagarin]

I have read the book and admire Emily Blunt but haven't seen the film yet. TBH I was a little put off by the casting director so blatantly going against the description of Rachel in the novel.

[zico]

I don't think the film would have anything like the same impact if you've read the book beforehand. The plot kept me guessing, but maybe I'm just slow on the uptake!

[nimnarb]

Blimey....

turned it off after 10 minutes...........stated to fall asleep.

[redsturgeon]

9/10. Suspense thriller with Emily Blunt (who is terrific in this).

Saw this on a plane recently and thought it was great. There isn't really any way to review it or even to say why I liked it without some element of plot spoiler, so I won't, but just recommend you see it for yourself. A word of caution, film critics are lukewarm about it, though I think it may depend on how quickly or otherwise you realise what's actually happening in the plot.

I really enjoyed most of the book, until I'd worked out the various twists and turns and then it just became run of the mill. So I am doubtful that, already knowing the plot, the film will be that enjoyable for me. Strangely I think I will be intrigued to see how they have managed the translocation from London to New York though and Emily Blunt is not how I imagined the main character from the book.

John

[JMN2]

Kindle book currently costs £4.99...I assume there is a twist in the plot, similar to Gone Girl Gone etc by Gillian Flynn?

[redsturgeon]

Kindle book currently costs £4.99...I assume there is a twist in the plot, similar to Gone Girl Gone etc by Gillian Flynn?

I think someone should write a crime thriller with no twists in the plot at all and call it "Obvious".

It would be a great read, you would be on tenterhooks during the whole thing...waiting for the inevitable twist in the plot that never comes.

John

[JMN2]

Kindle book currently costs £4.99...I assume there is a twist in the plot, similar to Gone Girl Gone etc by Gillian Flynn?

I think someone should write a crime thriller with no twists in the plot at all and call it "Obvious".

It would be a great read, you would be on tenterhooks during the whole thing...waiting for the inevitable twist in the plot that never comes.

John

Come on John, you know what I meant - not a twist like in a Father Brown novel, but a twist like these modern bestsellers seem to have, MASSIVE and MIND-BOGGLING and OH MY GOD!

[redsturgeon]

I think someone should write a crime thriller with no twists in the plot at all and call it "Obvious".

It would be a great read, you would be on tenterhooks during the whole thing...waiting for the inevitable twist in the plot that never comes.

John

Come on John, you know what I meant - not a twist like in a Father Brown novel, but a twist like these modern bestsellers seem to have, MASSIVE and MIND-BOGGLING and OH MY GOD!

It's not quite Sixth Sense though.

John

[JMN2]

Anyway, I bought it, I need a break from Bernie Gunther.

[simoan]

I've never read the book but my other half had and said it was brilliant. Watching the film I can see that it would make a good book but the film was terrible - at no point do you empathise with any of the characters which IMHO is essential in these kind of films. I can see why you may enjoy watching it on a plane, or if you had the sunk cost of having paid for a cinema ticket, but at home I had a load more interesting things I could do, so I left my other half to it and listened to some music instead.

All the best, Si