Yes, it's an action movie people like because of the action in the movie. It's brilliantly filmed and the stunt work is immaculate. It is what it is and that's why people love it.Decided to watch John Wick since I had some free time and nothing to do. I maybe had too high of expectations, but I found it pretty derivative, very very predictable, and boring. Pretty disappointed.
But it has pretty much every trope from every "ultra assassin" movie I've ever seen. Moody retired ultra-assassin with a grudge? Check. Multiple references to his almost supernatural awesomeness, his name spoken in fear and reverence? Check. Secret stash of weapons and money? Check. Essentially bulletproof (never gets hit for real)? Check. Friend helping on the inside? Check. Friend dies? Check. Escalating video game-esque "bosses" to fight? Check. Perfect aim with a thousand guys running from every angle but unable to shoot a single man running in a straight line? Check. Unlimited ammo in a single gun until the "plot" required him to run out so he could Bruce Lee everyone showing his otherworldly hand-to-hand fighting skills? Check.
Very little of this was original in any way. Even adopting a new dog I called in the first 5 minutes after his was killed. Too bad, I'd thought it would be fun to get into the franchise.
Yeah, you definitely shouldn't expect the John Wick franchise to be genre subverting films. They are interested in doing two things, crazy fight scenes and world building, and they do both perfectly.Yes, it's an action movie people like because of the action in the movie. It's brilliantly filmed and the stunt work is immaculate. It is what it is and that's why people love it.
Fitzcarraldo (1982) - 11/10. Legendary. Masterpiece. Amazon Prime has it. Werner Herzog directed, my favorite of his vast catalogue. The boat is a spectacular prop. Here's the trailer;
Well I had a great time but I couldn't really hear it much so I can't give it a fair shake. I saw it at the drive in the radio we brought couldn't get the station so we were listening to the movie via the people around us.
Ya I took her. She must have loved it cause she watched 80% of it and that's incredible for her. It was much better watching in my truck at a drive in rather than a theater cause at a theater she just wants to run around the place and won't stay still.Take your girl? I took mine. Loved it. Cried. Me, not her.
Ya I took her. She must have loved it cause she watched 80% of it and that's incredible for her. It was much better watching in my truck at a drive in rather than a theater cause at a theater she just wants to run around the place and won't stay still.
At the drive in she is trapped in the bed of my truck lol. It's too high for her to get out so she is forced to stay by us
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Don't expect the same level of "horror" in Midsommar, it's definitely just as bizzare as Hereditary though.I really want to see midsommar (I think that's how it's spelled)
Same director that did Hereditary
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