KEANU REEVES: HE'S PRETTY MUCH Y TOO BUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN RUDD OR CUSACK

The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down ftw

I really dug JW2 - it's not as lean as the first movie, some of the set pieces are overlong but for the most part I think it's a worthy sequel & I liked it so much I saw it twice

Chris Hardwick said the Continental network of purveyors was like Diagon Alley in Harry Potter & I cant unsee it now, lol

What was the thing Peter Serafinowicz the Sommelier was wearing around his neck? It looked like a sink strainer

Somehow I missed the whole thing with stairs & descent first time round: literally every set-piece begins with or involves him "descending" - underground to the catacombs, staircases, escalators, elevators. Maybe too on the nose for some but I was into it.

And the "Reflections of the Soul" exhibition scenes looked fantastic I thought.

the Common & Keanu fight on the stairs, and in the train.... OMG SO GOOD

That sequence also contains the chillest gun fight ever

if John Wick 3 doesn't have Common return with the knife still in his chest, held in place by some kind of elaborate apparatus to keep him alive, i'll be vv disappointed.

Ruby Rose too - they have to keep pressure on each other's knives so they're always throwing knives/guns to each other.

I hope they are setting up Common to return, a la the Forest Whittaker character who helped John after being left in a similar state

Laurence Fishburne, innit? Though he was pretty Ghost Dog.

how is Keanu 52?

xpost uggh yes apologies to Larry Fishburne, talk about a brain fart

Keanu 52 is fiiiiiiiiiiiine

Keanu 52 is the kind of guy who quotes Shakespeare sonnets unprompted which is somehow both douchey and endearing. Or maybe it's just endearing cause it's Keanu.

http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/film/longform/a13033/keanu-reeves-john-wick-2-interview/

"Chill gunfight" maybe the rare joke that is too stoopid even for a film about assassin club, felt like true lies or something

I liked this film except for the boring bits. I wonder if each film will keep doubling down on "opening fire with an automatic weapon in a club is good"

That's p tiresome stuff in a thread about a Hollywood action movie maybe.

which the thought about the joke or the wondering if next film will have a similar scene

or the not liking the boring bits

Devastating combo of all rly

idk feels about on a level with "this film has stairs in it" but ok

Not gonna lie there's a certain lethargy to my protests so yknow maybe keanu just exudes this heavy vibe that reaches even unto threads on msg boards idk

Hollywood action movies are for children

This movie's legacy is only going to be burnished by the existence of Assassin's Creed.

oh is darragh not into tiresome posts

I seen both films recently. I think they're okay but I liked that they concentrated so much on the action because it seems to me most big action films get bogged down in a load of character drama and plot that they can barely muster or pretend they care. Maybe it's because Keanu is one of the few stars outside East Asia that can carry that much action.

Hyperbolic headline notwithstanding, this writeup p much nails what I dig about the John Wick movies in particular

http://www.vulture.com/2017/02/keanu-reeves-is-our-greatest-action-star.html

and it dovetails with Robert Adam Gimour's post somewhat re Keanu & Asian action

that's a good article. i think the John Wick flicks also resemble in some ways the Chow-Yun Fat movie Full Contact, with their revenge arcs, though latter movie doesn't have nearly as much humor. The world created for the movies and the casual way in which its depicted and the offhand manner in which its explained (which is to say not at all) is also pretty key. and the insistence on a color palette revolving around black and blue and red and purple vs teal and orange is vv nice.

oh is darragh not into tiresome posts

― r|t|c, Friday, 3 March 2017 15:04 (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Cmon man, in their place, in their place

xpost otm

fashion sidebar: there were some awesome tie arrangements going on itt, like Santino's tie tack style like ocean waves or something it was so fkn cool & John Wick's black tie on black shirt with the silver collar pin, so into it

My liege....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMB1EOnUwX8

<3

Marry me.

https://movieweb.com/john-wick-3-production-start-date-april-2018-montreal/

A report from February claimed that production on John Wick 3 will take place in Montreal has now been confirmed. This new report also confirms that the sequel's working title is Alpha Cop, with Montreal doubling for New York City. There will also be portions of the production that will be shot in the Big Apple, with other potential shooting locations including Russia, Spain, Morocco and Jordan.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DxIVtyLXgAUVIB7.jpg:large

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7XM597XO94

hell yes

couldn't get through the first john wick because the puppy getting killed upset me too much lol

honestly you can skip to the 2nd one which is much better and more fun

and features 0 dead dogs

once again, i love the color scheme

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

xxposts to Jim in Vancouver -- I'm not saying you should watch it if you're not feeling it. but, the best thing about the movie is that the indignity of that sweet dog's death is 100% channelled through the action of the entire movie, it's not just a throwaway gimmick. imo. so if you've ever wanted someone who did that to a dog to get a comeuppance on the biblical level, this movie sees that through to its excellent conclusion. if you want.

color scheme still a+, omar otm

also: ANGELICA!!! <3

whoever's idea it was for a series of movies featuring Keanu being a badass while wearing a suit deserves some kind of nobel prize because it is truly a service to humanity

garbage

get out before i throw you out

honestly you can skip to the 2nd one which is much better and more fun

― resident hack (Simon H.), Thursday, 17 January 2019 22:59 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

v much no

but it was still good

vg otm that pup lives on in all of us

I tweeted about the dog in the John Wick 3 trailer and the editor of the movie liked it!

https://i.ibb.co/cLNwmZ6/581-B2-E0-B-E6-AC-4-FB2-93-EF-A2311-F25692-D.jpg

I'll take the pulpy worldbuilding and almost supernatural elements of JW2 over the comparatively glum and straightforward original any day

understandable why they went with the world/mythology building in order to build a franchise but darragh is otm. second one's good, first is better as a standalone movie

whoever's idea it was for a series of movies featuring Keanu being a badass while wearing a suit deserves some kind of nobel prize because it is truly a service to humanity

― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, January 17, 2019 10:02 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes.

plus his car is so damn cool, & I don't give a shit about cars! these movies pwn me for 2 hours