If you’re unfamiliar with it, Cowboy Bebop started as a sci-fi television series (which is also fantastic), and later had this movie made to cap it off.
You don’t need to have seen the show to watch the movie, and it’s not a bad way to introduce yourself to the series, as it does a good job of introducing the characters and works as a standalone story.
Thought this would be a good one to post for the halloween theme, since the movie takes place during halloween :D
Exactly how I felt although I do have to say. Jet in the live action is better than Jet in the anime. At least to me.
John Cho did a solid spike. Nobody could ever be a great live action Spike but he did a good job of it.
Mustafa Shakir does really embody Jet. He gives the character a lot more range of emotion.
I agree with you on Cho. I can’t think of anyone who could have done it better, but it’s a very hard character to translate. I think if they had a longer run of the show, he could have probably added a lot more to the character.
Daniella Pineda hit all the right notes with Faye, too. Like Spike, Faye is difficult to translate, but I think she got it essentially right. I think it helped that they added some more background to the character early in the series that didn’t necessarily come into play in the original until fairly late.