Something Wick This Way Comes

Also yeah, I have come to terms with with the fact that quantity rather than quality is my forte. But enough about my belly.

After watching JW2 the night before seeing JW3, me and my gf got into a big discussion about what we imagined the backstory for the Lance Reddick's concierge character would be, which basically came down to 2 options - either he's an ultra-elite concierge and the nyc continental is like the ultimate job in the ultra-elite concierge world (what better test of your skills than maintaining yr composure & decorum while serving a bunch of people who are violent mass murderers, often literally splattered in their victims' blood), OR he's an ex assassin who has transitioned into the concierge position in his retirement (who better to know & anticipate the every need of NYCs assassins than a former assassin).

In JW3 when he begins grabbing huge guns and expertly offing people without batting an eye, we excitedly looked at each other and were like well, I guess that settles that question

Oh and the fact that the entire administrative staff for the serial killer underworld are tattooed alt types dressed up like 50s secretaries.

I want to say this was there from the beginning? At least the second one. It was a really striking choice. Made it seem like a combination of secretary pool, bookie's den, and roller derby recruitment office.

Oh yeah it was definitely in the second, slightly more striking in this one just because we see a lot more of them.

I instantly got a crush on the trans gal with the snakebites in the secretary pool

Huh, did not read them that way.

they're shown operating an actual old-timey phone switchboard!

I am watching the 2nd movie for the first time right now and the secretary pool scene really got to me

The scene of Common and Keanu casually walking down crowded hallways firing silenced pistols at each other was hilarious

^^^ amazing scene

Iirc that was directly inspired by a filming experience from the first one?

yep

keanu was walking down a corridor after lunch and who comes walking towards him but common and they drew silenced pistol and fired upon each other and they both thought "that would make a good scene if this movie were to require a sequel"

kinda disappointed we never got a djp jw3 update

Wick 3 was awful

Ian McShane does some quality work hamming it up but they wasted Halle Berry and her dogs and it's missing 99% of the humor of the first one.

yr awful

I irl lol’d for “I get it”

it's missing 99% of the humor of the first one.

John Wick horsefights a bunch of dudes in the face

is this the one where they have a big fight in a knife museum?

Yeah

also a library fight where Wick gets shushed and murders the shusher with a book

NBA's Boban Marjanovic gtfo with that shit MZ. the boss fight at the end of 3 is so fucking good. wick getting thrown through glass followed by iron chef fight is never going to disappoint.

also, rewatching 3 now and the scene where he shoots the doctor twice had me wanting a miniseries on that guy because he clearly has stories in the wickverse.

The non-gun fighting was worse than in the other two, the library fight was super stilted and they were obviously making pro wrestling-contact.

halle berrys dog mauling like 30 guys wasnt enough dog action?

think this was my favorite one yet, he goes on a vision quest in the sahara ffs

Cool side characters are only cool when they're not in the movie very much. There was a lot less of Berry's dogs than I wanted, which is the exact right amount there should be.

The dog stuff was distracting. I kept trying to analyze how each shot was set up and executed

tshot

a lot less of Berry's dogs than I wanted, which is the exact right amount there should be.

otm

Dogs scene was great. By far the best film in the series.

I like when he does the finger to pay obeisance to the assassin king

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZti8QKBWPo

....what?

https://64.media.tumblr.com/e4519dd57da2cab6efecb4ef612e5ea1/tumblr_noryc5GWgW1u5vpdco2_250.gif

what?

honestly it doesn't look great

A History of Violence except maybe in the Wickniverse this time? eh

Wickstended universe, surely

TOR had a long piece a while back positing Wick as a Portal Fantasy https://www.tor.com/2020/05/20/what-if-i-told-you-john-wick-was-a-portal-fantasy/

I think it’s a Catholic-libertarian-monarchical dystopia where the Reformation never happened. Hitmen function like privateers, the steampunk HQ the source of all the letters of marque.

I was looking for a thread about this franchise. I have absolutely no context for it but tried watching 3 last night and what did I just see? Got about 35 minutes in.

iirc you had seen the book fight and the horse fight by then, so who knows why you stopped

I don't like Bob Odenkirk and I don't understand why anyone does. Pass.

Def start watching trilogies third movie in and give it a good 35 mins

Thats the fuckin ticket

Thanks for help with context. I didn't realise there was a touchy, partisan fanbase on this board for one thing ;-)

I stopped watching because I was sleepy, and noted it was 35 minutes because I planned on watching the rest another time.

And the reason I was looking for thusnthread was to ask if it was a good idea to se the first two first.

Anyone else want to get weirdly judgemental?

Cmon mayne own yr aggravating saunter in, in same context

nb these movies are a bizzarre but wonderful trip, do in all seriousness give yourself a fair run at them sometime

Sorry missed the q

I think yeah the first say half of the first movie are vital context, real slow burn for the madness that comes

I did get that "wtf" is part of what it's about so I thought my reaction was actually a desired one. Didn't mean to imply I'd dismissed it when I said I'd shut it off but I can see how it might have read that way.

Nah we're all friends again

Watch john wick!

watch them in sequence & bask in their batshit splendor

that’s an order

#3 picks up 1 second after the end of #2, and #2 starts a day or so after #1 iirc

The WTF?? factor escalates significantly with each movie though, so if you're revelling in that, feel free to carry on enjoying the increased alienation factor of zero context! You can work through all three later and have a different ride.

Watched 1 last time I was at folks' and will be bubbling with them at Xmas. Will demand 2 and 3 tbh

2 was grand fucken Christmas fare. 3 tomorrow maybe