John Wick (2014)

Homsar_sl said:

you talking about ian mccshane/deadwood lol? weird movie to remember him from

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I don't get out much ;-)

First movie I saw Ian Mcshane in was that awful Dark is Rising movie. He was excellent in it, similar to how Jeremy Irons was amazing in the appallingly bad Dungeons and Dragons movie. The movie might actually have been better than the book, which is funny given how bad the movie was.

I mainly think of Ian Mcshane as Tai Lung from Kung Fu Panda.

I want a prequel more than a sequel to this movie. Make a trilogy, with this first movie being the final one.

It's obvious that Keanu is a Time Lord, he even revealed his time traveling phone booth in Bill and Ted.

Keanu should star in the highlander reboot.

Homsar_sl said:

Well that could work since Keanu doesnt age. I was worried when I saw the fat keanu photos that obviously didnt last long. He did look like Harlan williams in 2013

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You forgot to include the picture, when Keanu decided to be a woman for a bit.

yay
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spronk_sl said:

yay
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Very nice.

I am an outlier here. I thought this movie was very repetitive and dull and the characters were more like caricatures. I know it wasn't long but it felt long to me. Wick was just too invincible. Something like the Bourne movies capture the realistic feel while still having the lead guy be a badass; it felt like there was struggle/effort in Bourne's actions. Here it all came so easy and never felt like Wick wasn't in godlike control; I felt like I had seen it so many times before. Maybe I'm just burned out on action movies that are pure action.

I know I saw all three bourne flicks, but I can't for the life of me remember the plot of either of the sequels. It was the shady CIA guy in the first one, who gets cut off, then the lady CIA leader overstepping her bounds in the second, and they kill his girlfriend.. and then.. uh, I have no idea. After the first they sort of just meld together, because it was basically just sad rehashes of the first. First bourne was an enjoyable flick, the others really screamed "Fuck you pay me" at how little they cared for the audience. Shaky cam is terribad.

spronk_sl said:

yay
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Bourne? shaky cam bullshit

I don't really recall moments in the Bourne films where he's taking on a dozen people with guns in a small confined space. It's been a while since I've seen them, though. I mean, every action movie has unbelievable stuff but there were just so many moments in John Wick where guys clearly could have shot him from 10-12 feet away but instead decide to walk up to within 3-4 feet and then try and shoot, just so he could do some martial arts. I just think they could have framed all the situations in a more believable way; that realism would have made him seem even more impressive in my mind. Clearly with all the negs I'm getting you guys disagree and just want the pure unadulterated action.

Another scene where I rolled my eyes is at the club where Theon Greyjoy is chilling in the pool, he comes in and kills everyone he fires at in 1-2 shots, many of them direct head shots. Yet, Theon goes running in pretty clear view (just behind some glass) and not only does every shot miss, but every shot is below the chest. It's like he suddenly became a Stormtrooper for that one scene. Is that not a bit silly?

Or why does he get a room in that hotel with an obviously clear view in from the outside? If you are outside I don't see how you'd be bound by the hotel rules. He's marked for death and he should be a little more cautious than having the curtains wide open. Obviously, that lack of judgment only existed to provide Dafoe a chance to save him but that's basically making the character inconsistent from the way he's talked about and portrayed just for plot purposes. He's rusty, not supposed to be stupid.

On a side note, I thought it was kind of odd that Payday 2 had a John Wick character you could play. I wonder how that tie-in came about. Is Payday 2 really that popular?

I think DickTrickle is the CinemaSins guy.

Sometimes I read critiques and wonder how people could be bothered by such minute stuff, but then I remember that probably 40% of this board are high functioning autistics and it all makes sense.

Sorry I don't like your favorite movie. That definitely means I'm a high-functioning autistic. Or maybe what works for you doesn't work for everyone else. I can watch an obviously 10x more ridiculous movie like Con Air or The Rock and love the shit out of it but that's because it had a much funnier script, memorable characters, and doesn't try to create the atmosphere of relative realism that Wick seemed to strive for. Meanwhile, I can also love something like Ronin or Heat that actually does strive for realism. Wick just fell short for me on both ends of the spectrum. I'm surprised how many of you like both John Wick and Dredd when I found Wick utterly forgettable but Dredd one of the best action films in years. But, yup, high functioning autistic.

All the minute stuff adds up and I didn't see anything in the action that I hadn't seen before. I just hate non-characteristic actions that exist only to serve a desired plot point. The plot should follow from the characters, not the other way around. It's like plot armor in comics.

The film did have a largely appealing aesthetic and the acting was solid for an action film, at least. I like Keanu a lot even though he usually just seems to play Keanu.