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

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

Last (x) movies you saw (II) - Yates' camera is watching McQueen's body the whole time, his action or inertness or frustration is doing 80% of the job of telling the audience where the investigation is at

on-topic:

Has Keanu played a light-hearted or goofy (or even expressive) character in the last two decades? the Wicks are the only things I've seen since the first Matrix on VHS, but I get the impression that he's pretty much all stonefaced all the time. RIP Parenthood Keanu.

(presumably Bill & Ted 3 is going to play on this, with sad dad Keanu finding how to get his mojo back)

Interrupting this (rightful) John Wick lovefest to reiterate an important point that shouldn't be overlooked:

Man of Tai Chi rules

― polyphonic, Sunday, February 2, 2014 1:21 AM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

As true today as the day it was posted.

Destination Wedding, a two-hander with Winona Ryder (no other character gets even a single line of dialogue, IIRC), was surprisingly funny.

Destination Wedding was weird. I remember laughing really hard one time but otherwise it was about two very attractive, miserable people that seem to give up on life and decide to be together.

It was a weird one for sure, ultra minimalist romcom. Not that memorable tbh

Maybe him screaming during the sex scene was what I thought was funny. I can't remember.

Keanu making his rom-com return (as the villain)

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— Netflix Film (@NetflixFilm) May 16, 2019

I am going to watch the shit out of that.

He must have a good netflix deal. He appears super briefly in a bunch of their movies now. Like SPF-18 (the one where the teens are housesitting for him and he appears right at the end).

Destination Wedding was bearable bc of the chemistry btw Keanu & Winona , but the script itself was pretty dire.

why does Netflix bother with MPAA ratings?

Why does Netflix make three minute trailers?

I'll also watch the shit out of that but I feel like I've seen the movie now (minus the ending where Wong and Park end up together).

Part of them reviving the romcom is feeling the necessity to do it in the most rote, by the numbers fashion possible so everyone recognizes what they're doing (and they can crank em out as fast as possible)

I will love Ali Wong forever because of her fancy asian/jungle asian joke.

I was going to watch that anyway (cause I too love Ali Wong) but yep, looking forward to it even more now that I know Keanu's in it.

why does Netflix bother with MPAA ratings?

A lot of people seem unaware of this but aside from the KID profiles, Netflix also has parental controls. You can set shows above a certain rating to be accessible only with a PIN.

Lol. That Keanu scene in the preview was filmed in my place of work. They shot it late at night/early morning so I never saw him but the security guards said he was super friendly.

MPAA ratings allow a movie to be shown in a big chain/“normal” theater which is important when ur trying to get nominated for AWARDZ

This movie, like 98% of Netflix originals, will never be screened in a theater

... except it says at the end of that trailer that it'll be screened on Netflix and in select theatres.

I still think it was a crazy leap to think anyone would be convinced Diane Keaton's character in Something's Gotta Give would choose J Nichols over Keanu. I totally forgot until now that they dated irl too.

except it says at the end of that trailer that it'll be screened on Netflix and in select theatres.

OK, I missed that. But the idea that more than 5-6 of the many movies they produce annually will ever be submitted for serious awards consideration is wrong.

99% of you wdnt get off the couch to see this in a theater if you could