I instantly got a crush on the trans gal with the snakebites in the secretary pool
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Friday, 5 July 2019 15:20 (four years ago) link
Huh, did not read them that way.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 5 July 2019 15:28 (four years ago) link
they're shown operating an actual old-timey phone switchboard!
― mh, Friday, 5 July 2019 19:37 (four years ago) link
I am watching the 2nd movie for the first time right now and the secretary pool scene really got to me
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Saturday, 6 July 2019 04:10 (four years ago) link
The scene of Common and Keanu casually walking down crowded hallways firing silenced pistols at each other was hilarious
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Saturday, 6 July 2019 04:14 (four years ago) link
^^^ amazing scene
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 6 July 2019 04:18 (four years ago) link
Iirc that was directly inspired by a filming experience from the first one?
― Simon H., Saturday, 6 July 2019 04:23 (four years ago) link
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"
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Saturday, 6 July 2019 08:32 (four years ago) link
kinda disappointed we never got a djp jw3 update
― provisional ilx (darraghmac), Thursday, 19 September 2019 15:46 (four years ago) link
Wick 3 was awful
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 05:27 (four years ago) link
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.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 05:28 (four years ago) link
yr awful
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 05:36 (four years ago) link
I irl lol’d for “I get it”
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 05:59 (four years ago) link
it's missing 99% of the humor of the first one.
John Wick horsefights a bunch of dudes in the face
― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 06:24 (four years ago) link
is this the one where they have a big fight in a knife museum?
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 06:27 (four years ago) link
Yeah
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 06:29 (four years ago) link
also a library fight where Wick gets shushed and murders the shusher with a book
― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 07:16 (four years ago) link
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.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 07:49 (four years ago) link
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.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 07:55 (four years ago) link
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
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 15:24 (four years ago) link
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.
― closed beta (NotEnough), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 15:26 (four years ago) link
The dog stuff was distracting. I kept trying to analyze how each shot was set up and executed
― calstars, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 17:09 (four years ago) link
tshot
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 17:10 (four years ago) link
a lot less of Berry's dogs than I wanted, which is the exact right amount there should be.
otm
― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 20:46 (four years ago) link
Dogs scene was great. By far the best film in the series.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 14 February 2020 20:31 (four years ago) link
I like when he does the finger to pay obeisance to the assassin king
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Friday, 14 February 2020 20:32 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZti8QKBWPo
....what?
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 20 December 2020 01:03 (three years ago) link
https://64.media.tumblr.com/e4519dd57da2cab6efecb4ef612e5ea1/tumblr_noryc5GWgW1u5vpdco2_250.gif
what?
― huge rant (sic), Sunday, 20 December 2020 01:07 (three years ago) link
honestly it doesn't look great
A History of Violence except maybe in the Wickniverse this time? eh
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Sunday, 20 December 2020 01:26 (three years ago) link
Wickstended universe, surely
― spruce springclean (darraghmac), Sunday, 20 December 2020 01:30 (three years ago) link
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/
― H in Addis, Sunday, 20 December 2020 09:14 (three years ago) link
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.
― onlyfans.com/hunterb (milo z), Sunday, 20 December 2020 09:19 (three years ago) link
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.
― for all the good it'll do ya (Noel Emits), Sunday, 20 December 2020 12:23 (three years ago) link
iirc you had seen the book fight and the horse fight by then, so who knows why you stopped
― huge rant (sic), Sunday, 20 December 2020 19:55 (three years ago) link
I don't like Bob Odenkirk and I don't understand why anyone does. Pass.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 20 December 2020 20:03 (three years ago) link
Def start watching trilogies third movie in and give it a good 35 mins
Thats the fuckin ticket
― spruce springclean (darraghmac), Sunday, 20 December 2020 20:04 (three years ago) link
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?
― for all the good it'll do ya (Noel Emits), Sunday, 20 December 2020 20:20 (three years ago) link
Cmon mayne own yr aggravating saunter in, in same context
― spruce springclean (darraghmac), Sunday, 20 December 2020 20:21 (three years ago) link
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
― spruce springclean (darraghmac), Sunday, 20 December 2020 20:25 (three years ago) link
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.
― for all the good it'll do ya (Noel Emits), Sunday, 20 December 2020 20:49 (three years ago) link
Nah we're all friends again
Watch john wick!
― spruce springclean (darraghmac), Sunday, 20 December 2020 20:50 (three years ago) link
watch them in sequence & bask in their batshit splendor that’s an order
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 20 December 2020 20:54 (three years ago) link
#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.
― huge rant (sic), Sunday, 20 December 2020 21:36 (three years ago) link
Watched 1 last time I was at folks' and will be bubbling with them at Xmas. Will demand 2 and 3 tbh
― imago, Sunday, 20 December 2020 21:38 (three years ago) link
2 was grand fucken Christmas fare. 3 tomorrow maybe
― imago, Saturday, 26 December 2020 00:11 (three years ago) link
think 2 is maybe slightly better than 3? obv 3 starts and continues amazingly & the halle berry w/ dogs bit probably the zenith of the whole thing, but all the sudden voltes-face right at the end of 3 were a bit silly? the adjudicator suggesting a 'parlay' just v weak stuff and subsequent betrayal didn't ring true at all, pls advise
― imago, Friday, 1 January 2021 13:40 (three years ago) link
I dont think any of it holds up if you pause to think
They keep you from doing that after the first hour of one
Id personally not have much patience for the corny worldbuilding service stuff that makes up much of two but you cant rate pure energy and fun vs dry perfection after the fact imo, or at least you cant without killing the goose
― spruce springclean (darraghmac), Friday, 1 January 2021 14:00 (three years ago) link
that's fair, and 3 had a lot of phenomenal sequences
― imago, Friday, 1 January 2021 14:08 (three years ago) link
Also all of Keanu's career has been leading up to "I get it"
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 1 January 2021 15:36 (three years ago) link