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It’s the last John Wick. Why not go out with a bang
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High Warlord Zog posted:Walter Hill directing Hard Times, then The Driver and The Warriors, then producing Alien, then directing The Long Riders, Southern Comfort, 48hrs and Streets of Fire is the best run of films from any Action/Suspense filmmaker.
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May 27, 2023 02:34
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High Warlord Zog posted:Chad Stahelski could do a incredible remake of Streets of Fire I misread this post as, “Streets of Rage.” And yeah, that’d be amazing, too.
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May 27, 2023 02:39
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Apparently his next project is a Ghost of Tsushima adaptation 
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May 27, 2023 03:02
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MacheteZombie posted:The last 45-1 hour kicked so much rear end Your three posts taken in a row are so perfect
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May 28, 2023 01:04
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It's funny when John shows up in NY after the long Osaka sequence and talks to Deadwood and he tells John to go to Berlin, because, like, he just took a 20 hour flight there! gently caress I'd be annoyed
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May 28, 2023 03:12
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Mantis42 posted:It's funny when John shows up in NY after the long Osaka sequence and talks to Deadwood and he tells John to go to Berlin, because, like, he just took a 20 hour flight there! gently caress I'd be annoyed He probably has a lot of frequent flayer miles.
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May 28, 2023 05:37
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Wonder how that actually works in-world. Continental Airlines? Not that he would be able to use them, being excommunicado and all.
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May 28, 2023 06:28
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Well John's excommunicado so he has to fly the airline all the npc nightclub dancers use. Probably has strobe lights. There should be a blu ray extra that's just all the travel shown in real time. He goes from New York to Morocco to Osaka back to New York to Berlin to Paris.
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May 28, 2023 06:33
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Gatts posted:John Wick 4 ruled pretty hard. They've given the go ahead for John Wick 5. This doesn't sound promising. quote:“What is official is that, as you know, Ballerina is the first spinoff that comes out next year,” states Drake. “We’re in development on three others, including [John Wick 5] and including television series, “The Continental”, will be airing soon. And so, we’re building out the world and when that five movie comes, will be organic — will be organically grown out of how we’re starting to tell those stories. But you can rely on a regular cadence of John Wick.”
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May 28, 2023 14:19
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Probably should just take all those dumb forced ideas and shove them in a pelican case and bury them under the basement concrete. You made four pretty good movies. Now do something else. Not everything has to be answered and explored in a giant cinematic universe to the Willrow Hood level.
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May 28, 2023 14:56
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The frazzled and angry woman finally relents and is escorted off the plane after her unhinged rant about the overhead storage compartment. John Wick grumpily growls just one word, "Consequences."
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May 28, 2023 14:59
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Wick puts on his neck pillow and earbuds as he starts to watch a romcom, when a kid starts to kick the back of his seat. He stares at his in flight movie menacingly. E: Wick having to go through TSA multiple times because they keep finding guns. Jehde fucked around with this message at 16:03 on May 28, 2023 |
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May 28, 2023 16:00
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Jehde posted:E: Wick having to go through TSA multiple times because they keep finding guns. I always envisioned him doing variants of this to the mook in front of him then sneaking his poo poo through with the distraction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt9IdPttScQ
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May 28, 2023 19:14
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I figured john probably walks up to the security checkpoint and the agents look at him and say "Morning John, where you off to?" as he strolls through
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May 28, 2023 19:57
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“I’m going to bomb..a plane.” “Well make sure you wear your parachute, John.” “Thank you Daniel.”
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May 29, 2023 02:19
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If it's John Wick 1 world, they let him on the plane and discreetly get the passengers off leaving just his target . John Wick 4 world it's 400 assassins traveling on the plane.
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May 29, 2023 02:24
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Maybe they just agree that there’s no business on the plane. People need to be able to get safely to a cool fight location.
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May 29, 2023 03:29
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also in related news I watched the warriors for the first time because of this movie. Cool stuff, but Parisian gangs need more distinguishing colors.
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May 29, 2023 03:31
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checkplease posted:Maybe they just agree that there’s no business on the plane. People need to be able to get safely to a cool fight location. Possibly too much risk of civilians getting injured. The semi-secret contract killer society only works if the normies can trust they aren't going to become collateral damage in public super assassin combats Watch The Driver and Streets of Fire as well. The other Walter Hill movies John Wick takes a lot from
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May 29, 2023 11:20
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John Wick has never once had a relaxing plane ride in his entire life. Every flight is a non-stop thrill ride filled with assassins, engine failures, and the emergency door will always open at least once.
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May 29, 2023 12:27
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The secret homeless society also run their own airline that John uses
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May 29, 2023 14:06
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On Continental airplanes, all business may only be conducted in the bathroom.
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May 29, 2023 14:20
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CharlestonJew posted:The secret homeless society also run their own airline that John uses Insert hacky joke about it's still better than (whatever airline you hate most, I've never flown in the US)
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May 29, 2023 14:42
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Frontier. gently caress frontier. Nickle and dime the hell out of you and have the most uncomfortable seats of all time. It’s the only drat plane I’ve flown for years and it sucks. Plus the bag poo poo they do at the gate is horrible and cruel. I’ve seen them pull every poc out of line and make them check their bags but didn’t even look at me. How can those people sleep lol
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May 29, 2023 15:55
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Spirit. 'nuff said. High Warlord Zog posted:Possibly too much risk of civilians getting injured. The semi-secret contract killer society only works if the normies can trust they aren't going to become collateral damage in public super assassin combats Yeah, I've started to associate the Wickian way of assassins doing things like Murim-type organizations in Korean fiction. An entirely separate power structure of martial artists with fantastical powers, who are charged with governing themselves, and dealing with their own little politics, or else the state government steps in and governs them for them. SwissArmyDruid fucked around with this message at 18:04 on May 29, 2023 |
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May 29, 2023 18:02
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Flying Zamboni posted:John Wick has never once had a relaxing plane ride in his entire life. Every flight is a non-stop thrill ride filled with assassins, engine failures, and the emergency door will always open at least once.
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May 30, 2023 01:51
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Just saw 4. I think I’m way in the minority here but some of these fight sequences just went on for too long. Like the sequence in the Tokyo hotel had me picking up my phone towards the end of it because it was just getting boring. What in the gently caress is a marquis
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Jun 1, 2023 05:35
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Boris Galerkin posted:What in the gently caress is a marquis A ranking among the nobility.
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Jun 1, 2023 06:58
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Bugblatter posted:A ranking among the nobility. I didn’t know France still had nobles, what with all the beheadings and all
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Jun 1, 2023 11:22
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Those were just assassins taking out their targets. The revolution is the cover story.
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Jun 1, 2023 12:06
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checkplease posted:Those were just assassins taking out their targets. The revolution is the cover story. John Wick still haven't reached the audacity levels of the Sleepy Hollow TV show that made every important event surrounding the American Revolutionary War about fighting demons and ancient death cults.
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Jun 1, 2023 16:09
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makes sense since anglos are demons
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Jun 3, 2023 16:38
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I enjoyed this edition a lot, and will probably like it even more on a rewatch. But oddly, as good as the last hour was action-wise, it had the worst missteps of the series for me. We did watch this over 2 evenings so perhaps that colored my perception, but the stair falling gag - specifically the 2nd part - did not land at all. I actually loved the first segment, but, as others have mentioned, falling down the second set of stairs felt too video gamey. I have upgraded this opinion after seeing it described as the moment he starts to take advantage of having friends (and they did summit the stairs fast enough the second time to not get frustrated) but it still felt like a cruel joke given how punishing that would actually be. Then the dog pissing on the bodyguard happened. Again, did not land at all because the guy didn’t seem especially hateful towards dogs - he simply reacted, and it didn’t feel like he was enough of a dick to deserve that. If that guy is a few steps slower, the dog goes for John. Are we then supposed to root against John Wick? He’s been trained to be a tool and does his job, it’s not personal. The final headshot was good enough for me. Either way, the ending landed it for me, though I could give a poo poo about the stakes by the end. I mean, they try to prevent John from making the duel, the punishment for which is summary execution - except that’s exactly what everyone is attempting as they block his way to making it by dawn. And the Marquis’ point was a little too accurate - who cares if he lives or dies? Is he going to open a boat rental shop or write the next great American novel? But the duel was interesting enough that I let that lie to the side and just enjoyed it. I realize this reads like I hated it, but I just noticed some of the excesses that come with a decade long 4 part series. You fall a little too in love with the subject. The actions scenes were superlative - loved the overhead fight (mixing dragons breath with the overhead view to give it visual interest as brilliant), Osaka battle, the fight with Killa, rave central, and especially the Mario kart roundabout scene - and my only complaint is you could cut a minute or two from each. There was always a, like, fifth wave of mooks you could cut and get this thing down to like 2:05 as befits the end of a quadrology. My favorite part, though, was Donnie Yen (2nd place to Adkins and his kicks). I haven’t seen anything by him before, though I knew the name, and the halting, limber but sloppy, insanely quick sword jab style was like nothing I’ve seen before. Cartoon like yet precise. Playing a blind character must make this so incredibly difficult because you’re often looking away, or off into the distance, from your opponent and still he nails the choreography. Overall, pretty good. I immediately started discounting the lore when the sequel hit, but the action, sets, talent, and cinematography made me an ongoing fan. Even with a whole series worth of world building and ridiculous lore weighing it down a bit, I think this has the best version of the good stuff about this series.
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Jun 21, 2023 00:33
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Looke posted:The action just went on and I loved every minute of it. Just opened this thread and I'm gonna try not to scroll past too much but I immediately need to respond to this. YES. Made the effects of the dragon's breath rounds really POP! Wish they'd used Genesis by JUSTICE in that scene but using Shots Fired · Le Castle Vania was a good choice. Also, can't help but scroll down from the post window to read some and The MSJ posted:John Wick still haven't reached the audacity levels of the Sleepy Hollow TV show that made every important event surrounding the American Revolutionary War about fighting demons and ancient death cults. I told my bf if he had any disbelief in the action scenes that Wick is literally a murder demon in the murder for hire(cult) world of this movie series. He earned absolution. He only dies because he's at the acceptance point of his mourning for Helen. I mean, this is outright stated as canon in the first movie so...
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Jun 27, 2023 01:20
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Oh and I would have LOVED if they had cast Till Lindemann as Killa Harkan because I immediately got Keine Lust vibes from his character and the setting being in Berlin night club. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M4ADcMn3dA e; I had to check the imdb cast info to be sure it wasn't him lmao
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Jun 27, 2023 01:28
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Alan Smithee posted:The Arc is further proof of my theory that the world of John Wick is a libertarian hellscape and people just sorta keep their noses out of the gig economy hitman business Libertarian Hellscape =/= Helping people, especially with damages from said hellscape assassin shenanigans. LMAO
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Jun 27, 2023 01:41
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Nothing against you or what you said but it's a weird coincidence that in two action movie threads today two different goons have legit triple-posted.
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Jun 27, 2023 03:10
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Lobok posted:Nothing against you or what you said but it's a weird coincidence that in two action movie threads today two different goons have legit triple-posted. Thems fightin words.
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I must've been out traveling or something because I somehow managed to miss this movie in the theaters. I liked it but I think the first one might be still my favorite, though I haven't seen it since it first came out. They just get sillier and more bloated, though there's good stuff too. Cons Some of the action stuff gets a bit stale and repetitive, particularly constantly being in close quarters where John will grab someone, toss them around and then shoot them point-blank. The Table stuff is dumb but not in a fun way The movies are very grimdark and the comedy stairs falls and dog peeing feel out of place Have we seen Donnie Yen's character before? They were supposed to be good friends but I was like whatever I don't care about this guy. Pros Hotline Miami shot was fun In fact most of Paris stuff was good Yen's fights were fun but also stretching the disbelief a bit too much even for this dumb movie.
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