tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post5726626431890286574..comments2024-03-28T11:58:42.109-07:00Comments on Raconteur Report: Movie Review: John Wick III - ParabellumAesophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-43304992823956306502019-05-28T12:19:37.958-07:002019-05-28T12:19:37.958-07:00I could not help but think the female "adjudi...I could not help but think the female "adjudicator" with the bad haircut and wide ears was "Dewey" from Malcolm in the Middle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-51525790203580656212019-05-26T11:31:29.770-07:002019-05-26T11:31:29.770-07:00Saw it yesterday. Felt I had to respect the first ...Saw it yesterday. Felt I had to respect the first two but as many of you said I feel the same. All the hype on Berry and she disappeared early. I think they knew most of us would have these thoughts presented here and so added her #-list presence. Somehow I knew early in there would be lots of breaking glass dub overs. Still liked it that was about it. Won't pay to see the next one but yes bullet to the forehead on her would have made the movie twice as good.Bear Claw Chris Lapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01190524236686025884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-46545101604063926722019-05-26T08:38:10.415-07:002019-05-26T08:38:10.415-07:00@Mike_C:
1) Yeah, sorry (sort of). But really, h...@Mike_C:<br /><br />1) Yeah, sorry (sort of). But really, how much plot was there to reveal?<br />2) Almost as plausible as a multi-national conspiracy of intelligence agencies at the highest levels of their governments attempting to subvert an election and bring down a duly-elected President ... Umm, come to think of it, you have a point there.<br /><br />I'd pay full price to see John Wick 4: The Comeuppance if that smarmy butch with the neck tat gets whacked early on.<br /><br />There's an interesting behind-the-scenes video on YouTube of Keanu prepping for his role at a gun range. The best part is at the end, when he grabs a broom and sweeps up his own brass. Pretty regular-guy stuff there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-52190584333687489252019-05-26T06:57:37.019-07:002019-05-26T06:57:37.019-07:00Wife had free tix. It was not as good as the firs...Wife had free tix. It was not as good as the first two. It was very gratuitous in its violence and the plot was thin. Violence for violence sake. Movies that make me give up too much reality become silly. When you know someone couldn't survive something, it's over for me. Sequels try to capture the original formula and almost never meet expectations. They left the door open for a fourth installment, unless it's free it'll be a renter. The toys they use are nice, but that is all.Frogdddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-655922691216639522019-05-26T03:11:51.822-07:002019-05-26T03:11:51.822-07:00Unto. Unto the breach. Apart from that, pretty muc...Unto. Unto the breach. Apart from that, pretty much agree. I saw the thing for $5.75, late-afternoon matinee price in Michigan, so I'm not complaining. But if I'd paid Boston evening show prices I'd probably be a bit annoyed.<br /><br />@Anon 2035:<br />1) spoilers! (of a sort)<br />2) who's to say that there aren't highly intelligent inbred desert-dwellers wreaking havoc at the highest levels in this fallen world? Mike_Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-65191772181522690582019-05-25T21:21:38.273-07:002019-05-25T21:21:38.273-07:00It’s extremely rare for me to go to a movie, but I...It’s extremely rare for me to go to a movie, but I had a movie-buff guest in town. <br />On the way out, I was asked what I thought (I’ve seen the first two). My reply “the coMic book was probably better” was taken in stride.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-37051375019176946492019-05-25T21:11:28.754-07:002019-05-25T21:11:28.754-07:00True fact: Director Chad Stahelski was Keanu's...True fact: Director Chad Stahelski was Keanu's spittin' image stunt man/stand-in from <i>The Matrix</i>, and before.<br />Somewhere I have a picture of me w/Chad, and the <i>Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon</i> Chinese kung fu masters when we were all doing zero-G stunts for <i>Matrix II/III</i>. Fun times. (To be clear, I was the medic, they were doing the stunts. There's no pulling over and calling 9-1-1 at 40,000'.)<br /><br />So if anything, bet that the stunt guys on these flicks are treated as royalty, not expendable items, by both director and star.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-64433532072961062002019-05-25T21:01:41.465-07:002019-05-25T21:01:41.465-07:00Yet...
It, as Aesop noted, still far better than ...Yet...<br /><br />It, as Aesop noted, still far better than most of the dreck out there.<br /><br />If you want a movie where really bad people die, and you don't have a collection of old Clint Eastwood spagetti westerns, this whole series will do.<br /><br />Music is good. Guns are realistic. Blood is gratuitous. And Keanu plays someone, much like Clint did in the aforementioned spagwesterns, who is actually personable. Rough, but personable. Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-43310413962239506092019-05-25T20:53:45.496-07:002019-05-25T20:53:45.496-07:00Really all of Keanu's movies are just the matr...Really all of Keanu's movies are just the matrix with different backgrounds. Either you like his modern take 70's marshal arts movies or you don't. Although there was a lot of dogs biting dicks in this one. Watching the movie I thought that had to hurt the stuntman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-60316864063615522062019-05-25T20:35:02.011-07:002019-05-25T20:35:02.011-07:00Oh, and the guy at the very top, the one OVER the ...Oh, and the guy at the very top, the one OVER the High Table, is . . .<br /><br />(wait for it)<br /><br />a Bedouin.<br /><br />Right. The Supergenius Top Criminal of the World comes from a region with a mean IQ of 75 because of generations of inbreeding.<br /><br />Even accepting the John Wick series veering into fantasy Kung Fu territory, that was just a bridge too far.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-88874642295979961042019-05-25T20:00:20.349-07:002019-05-25T20:00:20.349-07:00And nobody takes multiple kicks to the chest over ...And nobody takes multiple kicks to the chest over and over and keeps fighting. Or walks away from a fall like that one at the end, either. Shark jumped.ASM826https://www.blogger.com/profile/04017388670319590449noreply@blogger.com