SuperStiltzkin
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Nah, Initial D did. Tokyo Drift was just cashing in on the craze.
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John Wick: Chapter 2 |OT| I Know Gun Fu
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Nah, Initial D did. Tokyo Drift was just cashing in on the craze.
SolidChamp
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Oh look, here's another one:
http://geektyrant.com/news/review-j...close-to-perfect-as-a-john-wick-sequel-can-be
I think you need to accept that you're in the minority on this one, dude.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
/vomits
PrivateWHudson
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Wish streaming services would take advantage of hype and have the first one airing this month. Not on hbo go, Netflix, or Amazon prime.
x Power Pad Death Stomp x
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I also just saw it. 5/5, awesome, awesome movie. Like part one turned to 11.
Hero_of_the_Day
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Huh you posted a review of John wick 2? not sure if I am missing something. Glad it got a good score. the movie seems be a big improvement on the first.
why do you need to have your opinion validated by so many random review sites though? just curious. Film buffs don't do this.
your snippet reminds me how studios pull the best sentences from reviews and post them on their boxes and trailers hoping people will latch on.
Saw it tonight.
1) Best action movie I've seen in years. Screw that gif that's going around of the two guys saying that upcoming 2017 movies are all trash.
2) I really hope someone takes snippets of the first set piece and makes a gif for when there's the next Uber vs NYC Taxis argument.
3) There's a fight that feels like a spiritual successor to the famous brawl from They Live.
It's so damn good.
1) Best action movie I've seen in years. Screw that gif that's going around of the two guys saying that upcoming 2017 movies are all trash.
2) I really hope someone takes snippets of the first set piece and makes a gif for when there's the next Uber vs NYC Taxis argument.
3) There's a fight that feels like a spiritual successor to the famous brawl from They Live.
It's so damn good.
Glad to read and every year is a great year for movies
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Tickets bought for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday's 9:00 showing. I'm not even joking.
demosthenes
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Ugh.
Some friends that never saw the first want to see this. My schedule is booked. Going to watch the first Sunday night here and then see this Tuesday. The wait is hard.
Some friends that never saw the first want to see this. My schedule is booked. Going to watch the first Sunday night here and then see this Tuesday. The wait is hard.
crimzonflame
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OMG cant wait to watch it this weekend.
Enthusiasm? Friends' schedules don't sync up? Can't appreciate everything a movie has to offer in one viewing? Watching movies you like more than once is pretty normal, I think.
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
Point 3 got me chubbed up
- the action never made me care. It just happened, with no emotional payoff
-I found neither the world nor its inhabitants interesting. The latter in particular were one dimensional
-true, but it also never achieved something.
-true
-the comedy itself was forgettable.
-Keanu, yeah. Dafoe could have been
I'm not saying the first one was bad. It just never made me emotionally involved.
Kid Kamikaze10
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This movie was... Amazing!
It works very similarly to The Raid 2, minus the Raid 2's bloat.
And the ending was everything I wanted in this John Wick universe.
It works very similarly to The Raid 2, minus the Raid 2's bloat.
And the ending was everything I wanted in this John Wick universe.
John Wick > The Raid imo
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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They Live homage is especially wonderful sounding.
Not sure what to tell you. You don't go into a movie like John Wick expecting significant emotional returns - JW doesn't deal in that kind of payoff. You watch it primarily for the visual spectacle delivered by studied and talented filmmakers that understand how invaluable good choreography, camera work, etc.. are in an action film. The kind of visual spectacle they offer is in very short supply in western action cinema, and that's reason enough for people to rave about it.
This is the appeal of John Wick.
Not really sure why you think the sequel would be more interesting than the first considering the emerging consensus is that it's more of the same from the first movie but better, though.
action scene wise both the raids over wick.
sounds like Wick 2 is about to pull a terminator 2 though so it could definitely beat out the raid for me.
Jeremy Jahns review.
- He liked it, but likes the first movie better.
- He didn't quite buy into the motivation the film gives John to continue on with his assassin escapades after having essentially accomplished his mission by the end of the first film.
- Apparently a good chunk of the first half of the movie is setting up said ^^ motivation, which can makes things feel too slow at times.
- It does an excellent job of expanding on the "world of assassins" mythology set up by the first film.
- Keanu is great despite having to deliver quite a few cheesy and cliche'd action movie one-liners.
- The action is "damn exciting".
- He liked it, but likes the first movie better.
- He didn't quite buy into the motivation the film gives John to continue on with his assassin escapades after having essentially accomplished his mission by the end of the first film.
- Apparently a good chunk of the first half of the movie is setting up said ^^ motivation, which can makes things feel too slow at times.
- It does an excellent job of expanding on the "world of assassins" mythology set up by the first film.
- Keanu is great despite having to deliver quite a few cheesy and cliche'd action movie one-liners.
- The action is "damn exciting".
SinCityAssassin
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I'm into it.
john wick nightclub scene was amazing, but the final fight was a letdown
both raid movies have their best fight scenes as final fights, i appreciate that more
More_Badass
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Now Chris Stuckmann
In sum and substance: an action movie lover's wet dream, Kind of a Raid 2 versus Raid 1 situation, where the first was just relentless action and the second takes some time to explore the criminal underworld more
Except here the worldbuilding is pretty fascinating and it has "a lot more action than even The Raid 2"
GasProblem
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I loved the movie. During scenes where a lot of people are coming at Wick though, I do feel his moves became a bit repetitive after while. Throw guy on the floor, two guys run in, shoot them in the legs/stomach then in the head, repeat.
Some scenes are pretty brutal, made the audience gasp. Its a fun movie to watch when you have a good audience.
Some scenes are pretty brutal, made the audience gasp. Its a fun movie to watch when you have a good audience.
Sevket-Erhat
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I will be watching it with my wife and my son on Valentine's. That is quite rare
Probably in a couple of months. It hasn't even been submitted for classification yet.
Given that Australia had the third highest box office takings for the first film, it's kind of a baffling decision.
Pretty good interview with Keanu and Chad Stahelski: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaX6Lnu_TP0
That talk about a prequel series TV show is worrying...
That talk about a prequel series TV show is worrying...
Yeah. Someone other than Keanu playing Wick is something I'd have an extremely hard time adjusting to. The part was built around him, and I'm not confident anyone else could deliver as satisfying a performance.
Equally worrying is that all bets are off in terms of other directors adhering to the same strict and efficient methodology Stahelski's developed for the movies. Hard to see this playing out well, either.
Honestly, I don't really have high hopes for the TV show.
Sevket-Erhat
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Depends on how they plan to handle it
If only we can have Chow Yun Fat and John Woo in this...
Fahzgoolin
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I'm amazed and excited this is reviewing well. Expected a Taken 2 situation.
Yea it does. I feel the same way about the first one but chapter 2 is relentless and better paced.
It's unbelievable that this movie isn't going on the theaters in Sweden
Yeah about that, weird thing in Norway too. My local cinema doesn't seem to run it, but my nearby town (Bodø) will be running it. Why?
AgentOtaku
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That Every Frame a Painting vid has to count for something. Surely more than making claims you are incapable of backing up?
But if I've not contributed anything of worth thus far, let me change that:
Expertly choreographed action sequences and adept camera work are a given in a John Wick sequel, but I don't really see many people talking about how pretty John Wick: Chapter 2 is.
Rome is stunning, of course, but it's not just that.
It's like the club aesthetic was taken from the first movie and draped over the second. Everything is so colorful, vibrant, and modern-looking - it's a great eye-catching complement to the highly kinetic and energetic nature of the movie. The set designs are really gorgeous, too. This movie's a real looker in every respect I can think of.
See. I'm not all snark.
Reminds me of the direction Del Toro took with Blade 2. Very vibrant and colorful, whereas Stephen Norrington went with a very monochromatic look with Blade1.
SolidChamp
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I know it is highly unlikely...but I would lose my shit if they use another Kaleida song for the soundtrack contrast to another bloodbath.
That song "Think" accentuated the fuck out of the Red Circle bathhouse scene.
That song "Think" accentuated the fuck out of the Red Circle bathhouse scene.
It's unbelievable that this movie isn't going on the theaters in Sweden
That's weird. Nordisk Film seems to be distributing it in Northern Europe and we are getting it in Finland the day after tomorrow. Usually it's Finland that get's shafted with a lot of releases. Nice to see you guys get the short end of the stick once in awhile. ;P
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