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  • 11 months ago
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    I loved John Wick: Chapter 4, btw.
    https://youtu.be/7jrffqyLaSY
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    • Nodley
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      Editing … We were discussing the series last night. I just didn't get it. The guy is a one man army but it plays like it's serious. Arnie waa also a one man army but his films are never too serious and for me it worked. John Wick makes me want to turn off half way through and I sit through Frozen 12 times a week.
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    • DJ_JJSlider
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      Editing … I mean, it's a different style of action that has more to do with fast-paced hong kong action. And it's also gritty and...stuff. It's one of those Keanu franchises where the movie-goer has to get immersed in the dark crime underworld in the film if they want to enjoy it, I guess? Keanu action films tend to have that same type of quality...Except for Speed.
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    • Nodley
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      Editing … The bus that couldn't slow down https://youtu.be/DIrIvKKT_nk
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  • 1 year ago
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    Normally I'd bash this film for making Keanu impossible to kill, among other things. However, it inspired a number of action films and shows based on the same ridiculous assassin antics. Including the anime Lycoris Recoil. So yeah, a 7, I guess?

    (Remember, he murdered all these people because they killed his dog)
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    • Nodley
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      Editing … I didn't particularly like the film and I love all the 80s Arnie films where he is invincible and has a gun with a bottomless magazine. It's a poor mans action movie imo.
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    • Nodley
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      Editing … I'd give it a 6
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    • DJ_JJSlider
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      Editing … I mean, it has Keanu Reeves. He's very...Keanu. At least his catch phrase wasn't "Whoa" in this movie. However, this whole movie's assassin hotel system was such a freaking joke. And pbbbt, William DaFoe was trying so hard not to look like a Green Goblin. He really tried...
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    • DJ_JJSlider
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      Editing … I'm way too generous with my 7. If John Wick's dog was an assassin though, I might give it an 8.
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    • Sudertum
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      Editing … Really enjoyed the action, so i am generous with my rating. Only rant about the blue-ray the flick is on, it denies to work running in german crashing then the dog is in fullscreen, had to watch in english then recogniced some translation inaccurancies this way also...
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    • DJ_JJSlider
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      Editing … Geez. I thought Blu-Ray publishers had figured out video formatting by now...Thanks for teh warning.
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    • Sudertum
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      Editing … Seems to be an issue from my blue-ray player (from 2015 i think) though, one other flick denies to play at all, cd's purchased after 2020 similar problem, it began with John Wick.
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  • 3 years ago
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    I don't get the hype.

    5.o / 1o.o
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    • Silent Gamer
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      Editing … Whaa? But it has a delightfully silly plot and enjoyable action scenes. Sadness! :'(
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … I also don't get the hype. Saw all three cuz a friend wanted to show me.
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    • WoodrowShigeru
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      Editing … SpoilerMaster-Shooter McBambam. No character development whatsoever. He is already a bad-ass from the start, he just didn't show before and then decides to turn on God Mode. Flawed characters are more interesting than perfect ones. Girlfriend dies within the first two seconds of the movie – tell me why I should care. Was she likable? Was she a dick? I don't know. It was more heart-breaking when the dog died. Thank you, filmmakers, for first establishing a relationship worth grieving over. You got it right the second time. Visually unappealing too with all that fucking teal & orange everywhere. Sickly green faces with orange vomit all over, that's what it is. The action is well choreographed and I wasn't bored by the movie overall; but not engaged either.
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    • WoodrowShigeru
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      Editing … Look, if you or anybody else liked it – good on you. The last thing I want is to ruin the experience for you. I just don't find the hype justified.
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    • Silent Gamer
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      Editing … Nah, other people's opinions don't influence my enjoyment of things. I just wanted to comment. I don't even remember the first movie, lol.
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    • Explojin
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      Editing … Yea, the John Wick's aren't cinema masterpieces but they scratch that badass action itch when you need it.
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    • DJ_JJSlider
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      Editing … All I gotta say is, he did all this s**t because they killed his dog? Something like that?!? This is such a dumb premise, but I guess it inspired a number of parodies and films...
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  • Ulty wrote his opinion about John Wick
    7 years ago
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    I had very high hopes for this film. People were saying it was the very best Keanu Reeves performance, the action was great and the story was compelling...they got two of those right.

    But it must be said, John Wick is a good film. It's very well made actually, the action is exciting and well shot, the cinematography is beautiful, the performances are very good and the main character had a strong motivation for doing what he did which helped me care about him and want him to succeed. It's also a very stylistic film, the combination of lighting and composition really made this movie gorgeous to look at.

    It's with the story that things start to fall apart, in my opinion. This is a very basic, by-the-numbers revenge story where some evil dudes are ridiculously evil for no good reason just so the movie can happen. The movie is very gritty as well, which was one of the aspects I was looking forward to, but the story and the action scenes are so ludicrous that it was very hard to take it seriously.

    A movie like, let's say, Expendables 2 was much easier to believe because the tone of the movie WAS ludicrous. Stallone was just hamming it up, having all these action starts shouting funny one-liners with crazy and unrealistic action on top. It had some dramatic scenes, but only during the beginning to set up the motivation for the characters. This is how you make an action movie with crazy action scenes in my opinion, it's much more fitting due to the tone it sets up.

    John Wick is played almost completely straight. It has it's funny moments, and they are indeed funny, but with such a gritty tone it feels out of place. And the action, while certainly more grounded than something like Expendables 2, can get so over-the-top that out of place doesn't even begin to describe it. You're telling me one guy - ONE FUCKING GUY - can murder armies of men wielding machine guns? This is not Commando, where you have Arnold Schwarzenegger in a campy movie killing hundreds of people effortlessly, this is a movie that is trying to take itself seriously. Don't get me wrong, the action is indeed very good and well shot but I just think it was a bit exaggerated.

    Keanu Reeves is excellent in this film. Anyone who says he's not a capable actor...watch this movie and shut the fuck up! Such an intense performance, by looking at him you can tell he's burning inside with rage...but also emotional, hurting due to the horrible things that happened to him. I was instantly connected to his character, the performance was that good.

    Anyway, it's a good action movie and it's fun to watch. In the end that's what matters I guess. I'm sure most people won't have the same gripes as I do, and I can understand that.
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    • Sandvich
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      Editing … Hahaha, you're gonna fuckin' HATE the sequel.
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    • Ulty
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      Editing … Damn, I had high hopes for that one since everyone's praising it :(
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    • Sandvich
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      Editing … Chapter Two is awesome, but if the tone or style or "one man army" aspects of the original bothered you they're going to annoy the crap out of you in the sequel. Hell, they bothered me and I didn't have any of those issues with the original.
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