ol, yes see 2
― deemsthelarker (darraghmac), Wednesday, 15 May 2019 13:54 (four years ago) link
fwiw i didn't think the first one was satire. just crap.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 May 2019 13:57 (four years ago) link
How about the first one, is that necessary for the other two? I think the only way I could watch this with my partner would be to skip the puppy murder.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 17 May 2019 15:03 (four years ago) link
look
i cannot in any faith recommend anyone to not see john wick
― deemsthelarker (darraghmac), Friday, 17 May 2019 15:08 (four years ago) link
insofar as plot matters youd have to seem em all in order but happily.....prob plot is a nice-to-have in these movies
****SPOILERS*******SPOILERS*******SPOILERS***
John Wick 3 as the 2016 election/Pro-Bernie propaganda
--The high table is the democratic party, obsessed with rules and norms to their own detriment--The adjudicator is Hillary, a seasoned professional fighting a broken system just trying to keep everything normal.--John Wick is Bernie Sanders, the rogue veteran, a little old but still a scrapper. He's already got the young fighters obsessed with him (Zero), but has to win over older voters who are set in their ways/routines (Anjelica Huston) and the women who still claim fealty to the high table (Halle Berry)--Visiting Berrada was the DNC kneecapping him in the primaries--Winston is Trump, whose only concern is himself and maintaining status/money/power and his HOTEL--Lawrence Fishburne and his crew are the mobilized lower class electorate who is going to help Wick and Bernie rise to victory in Part 4 (2020)
― dragged across concrète (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 17 May 2019 15:38 (four years ago) link
wheres biden
― deemsthelarker (darraghmac), Friday, 17 May 2019 15:39 (four years ago) link
sorry, meant to post that to the twin peaks thread with a fuller theory that it itself is a 2020 allegory
― deemsthelarker (darraghmac), Friday, 17 May 2019 15:40 (four years ago) link
This was so violent it was almost hallucinogenic at times.
― Simon H., Saturday, 18 May 2019 02:25 (four years ago) link
The least of the three but only really cause the last 10 minutes is a bit enh
― Simon H., Saturday, 18 May 2019 02:29 (four years ago) link
― gbx, Saturday, 18 May 2019 03:05 (four years ago) link
seeing this tomorrow at 10:00. ANTE MERIDIEM!!
― husserl gang (rip van wanko), Saturday, 18 May 2019 03:08 (four years ago) link
also i would posit that the excessive world-building in this one is Bad -- the first is the best because it's just about a retired assassin going after a spoiled brat for killing his dog
― gbx, Saturday, 18 May 2019 03:23 (four years ago) link
Debating whether or not I'll see this in the theater. All I know is, after having one guy dispatch basically dozens if not hundreds of highly skilled assassins in the previous two movies, what idiot assassin would try to take him on in John Wick 3?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 18 May 2019 03:25 (four years ago) link
quite a few it turns out
(spoiler a lot of people try to kill john wick)
― gbx, Saturday, 18 May 2019 03:25 (four years ago) link
It's kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy in this ridiculous world. They will never run out of assassins because apparently half the world is an assassin.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 18 May 2019 03:26 (four years ago) link
spoiler-light, incomplete list of things I greatly enjoyed in this one, in no order
dogshorsesknife museumHalle BerryMark DacascosLance Reddickall that glass"I get it"
― Simon H., Saturday, 18 May 2019 03:34 (four years ago) link
One half of the couple behind me hit her partner with her purse and walked out after Wick stabbed that guy slowly in the eye
alas, twas not meant to be
just a story about two people who love their doggos
― dragged across concrète (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 18 May 2019 03:55 (four years ago) link
spoiler-light, incomplete list of things I greatly enjoyed in this one, in no orderdogshorsesknife museumHalle BerryMark DacascosLance Reddickall that glass"I get it"
― gbx, Saturday, 18 May 2019 03:57 (four years ago) link
although how he met his end was eeeeegh
― gbx, Saturday, 18 May 2019 03:58 (four years ago) link
I had to look up who that was, but yeah, that was a hell of a first action sequence. Actually, the movie suffered a bit for being frontloaded with a few of its standout sequences.
― Simon H., Saturday, 18 May 2019 04:04 (four years ago) link
Mr. Wick needs to adjust his library etiquette, though.
please never reshelve your books at the library! even if you didn't check it out, the desk still needs it! why? well i'll tell ya in this thread!— gloombot.exe (@lesbianchaos) April 20, 2019
― Simon H., Saturday, 18 May 2019 04:05 (four years ago) link
I’m pretty sure this movie is satire and was gonna make a joke about it being Starship Troopers with a dog (“Starship Poopers”) but I googled it and that was already a Simpsons joke and an old one too
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 18 May 2019 04:35 (four years ago) link
loved this and the ending action was very close to doing the Keanu finds new strength, gestures with hand bit but he rallied without obvious posing
appreciate they did no obvious “this other guy loves death, John Wick wants life” dialogue
― mh, Saturday, 18 May 2019 06:15 (four years ago) link
I don’t think anything is satire as much as it is a continuous commentary and homage to convention and predecessors! A lot of the martial arts sequences referenced were humorous or ott and they play well to that
― mh, Saturday, 18 May 2019 06:19 (four years ago) link
Many thoughts but mostly how much I was not expecting Kyary Pamyu Pamyu to show up on the soundtrack. Almost like they literally googled 'ninja music' and this was the first thing that showed up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teMdjJ3w9iM&feature=youtu.be
other than that, I'm just very, very, very glad that this franchise and Keanu Reeves found each other.
― Roz, Saturday, 18 May 2019 06:38 (four years ago) link
otm
― Roz, Saturday, 18 May 2019 06:39 (four years ago) link
also in this movie, John Wick utters a couple of words in Bahasa, instantly killing two guys... and the entire Bahasa-speaking audience I was with. (Hey guys, if you haven't seen The Raid, you should!)
― Roz, Saturday, 18 May 2019 06:45 (four years ago) link
I only just realized who Dacascos is and tbh I love that he was cast as the lead baddie in a huge movie, and that he's even older than Keanu (and similarly ageless)
― Simon H., Saturday, 18 May 2019 06:48 (four years ago) link
and yeah seeing the Raid guys in this was a treat as well
― Simon H., Saturday, 18 May 2019 06:49 (four years ago) link
Re-posting my Kyary link since it didn't work the first time:
https://youtu.be/teMdjJ3w9iM
― Roz, Saturday, 18 May 2019 07:07 (four years ago) link
― Simon H., Saturday, May 18, 2019 3:29 AM
I thought this by the best of three by miles and wonder how they will try to top it.
The previous two really don't prepare you for how violent this is.
Halle Berry and her dogs were great.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 18 May 2019 10:38 (four years ago) link
Actually wasn't too bothered about seeing it but my brother offered to take me to cinema and I'm really glad I went. Will definitely be there for the next film.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 18 May 2019 10:39 (four years ago) link
Wonder how far this series will go and will we get John Wick in space. How far will he have to travel?
Funny how a guy is clearly killed in the train station and nobody cares. Supports the feeling of this being a cartoon world where assassins could be everywhere.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 18 May 2019 10:54 (four years ago) link
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/05/17/geof-darrow-drew-a-john-wick-3-poster-so-violent-it-can-never-be-seen/
― WmC, Saturday, 18 May 2019 11:42 (four years ago) link
Wonder how far this series will go and will we get John Wick in space
We wondered aloud about how in the hell they could ever "top" this, and this very idea was raised.
― Simon H., Saturday, 18 May 2019 12:59 (four years ago) link
release the Geoff Darrow poster, you cowards!
― mh, Saturday, 18 May 2019 15:34 (four years ago) link
Saw it todayI love the opening, him going from neon times square to ye olde pistol/gun/knife emporium to fkn horse stables ...i love how much they love juxtaposing modern vs antique so muchkeanu on horseback is everything bcs he can actually ride (of course he can he can do everything)motorbike swordfight was dope af. do we know if that was keanu’s bike brand? i meant to look that up. halle berry & her rad dogs were RAD AS FUCK those dogs flying through the air was awesome, such amazing trainers they must have angry halle is good halle. the GLASS room fascinated me, because of the different strengths. it’s kinda genius in the design, creating tension just from not knowing when/if it will shatter & wheni still love first movie the best for sheer simplicity of plot & economy of dialogue but they could make 50 of these, i’ll love em all if Keanu keeps doing his thing
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 19 May 2019 23:52 (four years ago) link
Yup! Plot’s not as trim as the first, obviously, but I think the action scenes were the best of the series
― mh, Sunday, 19 May 2019 23:57 (four years ago) link
motorbike swordfight was dope af
chopped-off arm blocking up one of the motorbikes' wheels was one of those moments I thought my brain made up as I was watching it
― Simon H., Sunday, 19 May 2019 23:58 (four years ago) link
yeah that was insane
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 20 May 2019 00:09 (four years ago) link
Things I liked a lot:
• Keanu getting horses to kick people to death• The ninjas-on-motorcycles scene (even though it was stolen straight from The Villainess, which is also amazing)• The dogs• Knife fight in the weapons warehouse
Things I found genuinely upsetting:
• The dude getting knifed in the eye in slow motion• Keanu shotgunning people's heads off
Minor quibbles:
• Part 2 ended on a sunny afternoon in Central Park; Part 3 begins in a massive black-sky downpour• The actor playing "The Elder" was too young to be playing someone called "The Elder"• How are you gonna stage a fight in a room full of cauldrons of molten gold and not dump one goon into the molten gold? Boo, I say
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Monday, 20 May 2019 00:12 (four years ago) link
Keanu getting horses to kick people to death
When they went into this stable I thought to myself "it's too bad they're probably just gonna fight around the horses and not, like, have Keanu get them to kick them" and then he did it a bunch of times
The dude getting knifed in the eye in slow motion
I don't remember this being literally in slow motion, just agonizingly paced compared to the rest of the sequence. But yeah even for a movie like this, explicit ocular trauma seems like a bridge too far for some reason
― Simon H., Monday, 20 May 2019 00:23 (four years ago) link
nah its all great imo
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 20 May 2019 00:24 (four years ago) link
new & exciting ways to off ppl
Italian horror movies love eye stabbins
― dragged across concrète (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 20 May 2019 01:40 (four years ago) link
we’re in a nu-eye stab era, transitioned right there from the recent eye gouge era
― mh, Monday, 20 May 2019 02:35 (four years ago) link
• Keanu getting horses to kick people to death
this was hilarious. also killing someone with a book which seemed like a particularly Keanu-specific way to off someone.
― Roz, Monday, 20 May 2019 06:32 (four years ago) link
The fuck is happening on the JOHN WICK Wikipedia page? pic.twitter.com/uRC9zv1OKf— Griffin Newman (@GriffLightning) May 20, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 20 May 2019 18:08 (four years ago) link
exactly
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 3 June 2023 00:01 (ten months ago) link
I heard there might be shooting and kicking in part 5, but at this stage I think that's just a rumor.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 3 June 2023 00:09 (ten months ago) link
The five stages of kicking and shooting.
five stages of fucking your shit up
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 3 June 2023 00:29 (ten months ago) link
five stages of tactical fashion
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 3 June 2023 00:30 (ten months ago) link
five stages of gun-fu
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 3 June 2023 01:16 (ten months ago) link
Wait, this Finnish sort of WWII-set Wick movie came and went already?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGbr-aAnKTo
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 June 2023 21:11 (ten months ago) link
Watched SISU tonight - it’s totally OTT, gory as fuck, kinda funny, definitely fun.
― just1n3, Saturday, 10 June 2023 04:16 (ten months ago) link
I thought it was pretty slight. He's basically a superhero and there isn't enough impressive fighting technique or quality spectacle to make it feel substantial. Wish I hadn't bothered.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 10 June 2023 20:00 (ten months ago) link
i’ve been down a Buster Keaton rabbithole lately & read a great interview w Chad Stahelski and critic Dana Stevens (author of Keaton bio “Camera Man”) about the silent film/Keaton parallels in John Wick https://slate.com/culture/2023/03/john-wick-4-keanu-reeves-buster-keaton.html
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 15 June 2023 02:47 (ten months ago) link
Some woman in the seat across from me on the airplane watched this twice in a row so, so did i. Worked without any sound obviously
― calstars, Tuesday, 5 September 2023 22:48 (seven months ago) link
the stairway scene with the falling definitely had its parallels
― mh, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 00:19 (seven months ago) link