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

this is going to to be the wickiest of the icky

figured this was about life after death

The first review I read was negative, but it was by David Edelstein, who's a dipshit.

Edelstein was complaining about John Wick being pretentious, idk. i mean that's part of the joke.

the movie or the character

I don't think Edelstein knows what "pretentious" means.

sometimes I think about this series and how they added a bunch of content that seems portentous and maybe a little overwrought, but then I rewatch one of the movies and it's a bunch of well-shot action scenes with a somewhat goofy backdrop of a plot and I love the hell out of it

I mean, if you're seeing Laurence Fishburne's appearance as completely in-context and not noticing it's a metatextual joke at the same time...

I just saw John Wick for the first time a month ago. I think I always had it confused with John Carter.

I was amazed a little about the lack of plot, but I was sad about the dog so what do I know.

imo these movies are improved by the addition of a dense network of deeply silly supporting characters so the new one sounds like my ideal

I bought the first two movies this weekend as a 4-disc set (each movie comes on DVD and Blu-Ray; I'm probably gonna slip the DVDs into envelopes and give them to my brother). I don't actually know how interested I am in the third. The first one is better than the second, because the more you learn about Wickworld the more ridiculous it becomes, and not necessarily in a good way. It's kind of like the Jason Bourne movies in that way - the first could have stood alone, and the deeper into the series it got, the less fun it was.

the series so far has been action movie heaven for me: basic plot, enjoyable set-pieces & Keanu being awesome
#2 more baroque & def more story than i needed but thats forgivable bcz the action is still A+

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

...

― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 2 March 2017 17:33 (two years ago)

A tastevin.

the setpiece stills/clips from the new one look great. I also like that they're *relatively* low-budget as far as these things go - good model for other filmmakers to imitate.

it can't be said often enough

the 'action' genre is stupid, and that is not good

like any genre, there is stupid and there is glorious.

sorry but nothing in JW1 matches the giddy absurdity of the hilariously deadpan subway "shootout" in the second one

― resident hack (Simon H.), Saturday, January 19, 2019 12:15 AM (three months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

absolutely otm. love common in jw2

it can't be said often enough

the 'action' genre is stupid, and that is not good

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, May 14, 2019 10:25 AM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this could actually be said less

"stupid" or not imo these movies actually serve pretty well as a metaphor for living through the disintegration of the neoliberal consensus but I will spare you all from that take because you've all put up with more than enough of my bullshit

vg otm

the plot does not get in the way of the action (which is good), the fun, the style or the meta (all great)

the 'action' genre is stupid, and that is not good

stupid and not good movies: John Wick. Fast Five. Transporter 2. MI - Fallout. Crank. Die Hard. Mad Max 2. Fury Road. Django. Desperado. Get Carter. Bullitt. The French Connection. Kung Fu Hustle. Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Drunken Master 2. Police Story. Police Story 2. Pedicab Driver. The General. Sherlock, Jr. Steambot Bill, Jr. Trafic. Children Of Men. Oldboy. Violent Cop. Hard Boiled. A Better Tomorrow. The Taking Of Pelham 123. North By Northwest.

sic I am fond of you and will not berate you at length for shitting on Buster, Chan and Hitch that way

at least you agree that Spielberg and Tati are stupid and not good, I guess

some of those are stupid OR not good, let’s keep our logical conditions straight

I just rewatched the subway scene, and when (a little while before boarding the train) he passes the violinist, she shoots him several times in the back at close range. So um, why he not died lol

he's been outfitted with the fancy ultra kevlar thing at that point, no?

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All of them are good! Even the ones that are kind of stupid re plot (basically Raiders and Violent Cop) are smart about storytelling through action.

okay, I figured so. but he weathers this event with extraordinary aplomb. I guess that's what makes him john wick

xp

I mean yeah, but part of what I love about JW2 in particular is how Reeves makes every step, every motion seem both graceful and painful

I would love Star Trek world building background books on the Wickverse - is the libertarian letters of marque fantasy limited to just these hitmen or is it global and the way everything is run? I have suspicions that this is also a world where the Reformation never happened.

Wick 1, Bourne 1 and Man on Fire for my ultimate modern stupid and glorious program

Xps stop shitting up the Keanu Appreciation Thread

sic's list is great, loved seeing crank appear

morbz you need action movies in yr life - too many smart movies makes you boring
it’ll make u a better person

AND COSIGN JUSTIN3

MORE KEANU TALK ITT

waiting for My Own Pvt Idaho 2

it would take a special person to fill the role of smoking hot narcoleptic w good hair. unless keanu played both roles...

MORE KEANU TALK ITT

look it's not my fault there was no john wick thread

I was being silly and I can't think of anything in the list that isn't good, but some are the best kind of stupid

i've rewatched six keanu movies in the past six weeks (matrix trilogy, point break, both john wicks), and honestly, he is so good

trying to get my friends to watch dracula now

K himself admits he had no character to play in Dracula

such ornate dreck

Dracula is fantastic, but River's Edge is one of Reeves' best performances (in one of the best movies about teenagers - and THE best movie about metalheads - ever made).

I love Dracula

And yeah, Keanu didnt have much to work with. even as written in the book Jonathan Harkness isnt much of a character

River's Edge is one of Reeves' best performances (in one of the best movies about teenagers - and THE best movie about metalheads - ever made).

^^^this is the one

"Motherfucker! FOOD EATER!" is permanently lodged in my lexicon

Just saw the second John Wick. There are 100 stupid things about this movie, and they pretty much all make it better than the original.

^^^gets it

I've recently watched that movie where he is an eating disorder therapist and one where a bunch of teens housesit his beachhouse, only because he's in it.

from what I've read, I'm expecting 3 to be a slight step down and overlong, but still a blast

fwiw sic, Bullitt is a policier with one "action" sequence that everyone recalls