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knightgazes · 1 year

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FAMILY

-Natalia Tena as KATIA & Keanu Reeves as JOHN WICK

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rookie-critic · 1 year

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John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023, dir. Chad Stahelski) - review by Rookie-Critic

I love the original John Wick film. The mixture of high-octane action and the mystery of this secret underworld of assassins was just a winning formula, and Keanu Reeves was the perfect man to step into the shoes of the titular role. Also, the story of "man who used to be a badass returns to old ways after being wronged" hadn't been done to death yet. It felt very fresh and new. There was a relatable nature to the way Reeves played Wick; an empathy for the loss of his wife and death of his dog, Daisy (even if it was more about what the dog represented than the dog herself), that the second and third installments in the franchise just couldn't replicate. That's not to say that Chapter 2 and Parabellum are bad, they're still incredibly fun and amazingly choreographed action films, but that's really all they are. The wife and the dog from the original film are but mere excuses to fuel Wick into further turmoil within this world that, while a specter of Wick's old life in the first film, is now on full display here. Again, I'm not saying that as a criticism, I love this world and like getting to see more of it, the point I'm getting at more is just that, as the John Wick films dialed up the non-stop nature of the action, they started to sacrifice the story and what made the original something a little more than just a "zany action movie."

Chapter 4, however, does not have this problem. It somehow manages to find a wonderful balance of the breathtaking and edge-of-your-seat action that made the second and third films fun, and the empathetic, character-driven nature of the first film, and they accomplish this through the inclusion of a single new character: Caine, a Zatoichi-esque blind swordsman played with as much heart as physically possible by veteran martial arts actor Donnie Yen. Caine, who is a friend of Wick's from his days before getting out that has now been tasked with hunting him down, brings an element to Chapter 4 that 2 & 3 didn't have; a way to remind the audience that Wick, as a character, is more than just a mindless killing machine, and that his wife Helen didn't make him a kind person, she just made him want to accentuate that part of his personality that was always there. Sure, we've had characters in the franchise that could be considered Wick's friends from before, such as Winston and Charon, but as good of friends as Winston and Wick are, Winston still exists as an authority figure in this world, even if he is just middle management. The existence of a character like Caine gives us another fully fleshed out character in this world that's just as much a pawn of the system as Wick was (and is), and it brings the whole franchise back down from mindless action land to place where, while there is still plenty of mindless action, we have something to connect with on the screen, and due to the nature of the relationship of these characters as they fit into this story, we as the audience are conflicted: should the hunter win, or should we root for the guy we've been rooting for for three movies now? I'll also add that of the four John Wick films, this new one has the best fight choreography, hands down. It's honestly some of the best fighting/stunt choreography I've ever seen in a modern action film. This is a mammoth of a movie, at just 11 minutes shy of three hours. Most of that runtime is focused on the action, and there was only one fight sequence in the entire film where I felt bored. I don't keep a great sleep schedule, and most times I do fight to stay awake in the theater. That was never a problem during John Wick: Chapter 4. The story, the action, the characters, the world, it all gels and works in a way that only the first film really did for me.

I so badly want to give this a 10/10, you have no idea how badly I want to give this a 10/10. However, that sequence I mentioned where I did feel bored was very long, or at least it felt that way, and I feel they could have used that 15-ish minutes to develop a character, who goes by Nobody in the film, that never really got the development I feel he should have. He travels with his emotional support dog and they work together (something I wish John Wick himself had done in Chapters 2, 3, and 4), which gives him a way to relate to Wick, but that's never really explored outside of a moment towards the end of the film. That development really needed a bit more backing for the aforementioned moment to have the impact I feel like the film makers wanted it to, and he was the one character in the film that felt like a remnant of the way things had been done in 2 & 3. That aside, John Wick's fourth outing was phenomenal and, regardless of its runtime, is a film I believe needs to be witnessed on the biggest screen possible. So, if you can, make the time to go see this in the theater, it's a roller coaster ride you won't regret taking the time for.

Score: 9/10

Currently only in theaters.

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byronvera · 7 months

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painting taylor into john wick screenshots is therapeutic actually

#taylor hebert #worm web serial #worm #parahumans #my art #wormblr #ive never seen a full john wick movie but some of the lighting hits

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evangelifloss · 6 months

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#frothing at the mouth #ive waited so long for this #my husband my man my beloved #john wick #john wick 4 #keanu reeves #keanu my beloved #john wick series #lionsgate #hot toys

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munchboxart · 15 days

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Source (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/keanu-reeves-joins-sonic-3-shadow-1235874487/)

#i.... dont know how to feel #ive only known keanu from john wick...? idk i didnt watch the full movie. i was on a plane when i watched it #i feel like. keanu is too old for shadow #lets not forget that shadow is still a teen. he was just frozen in ice for 50 years or something #idk i cant imagine it. ill have to hear a voice teaser or smth #idk maybe... stop hiring celebs to do voice acting shit #etc

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calkale · 3 months

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I am once again asking to be put in charge of the mission impossible movies because I need Keanu Reeves to play a villain in one

#ive had this idea FOREVER #no one say john wick crossover ill kill you with my real gun #but ive been watching more Keanu and oh mygod #tom cruise I am shaking you #mission impossible #mi

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hoodie-prince-kid · 10 months

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petition to rename the John Wick series "Keanu Grieves"

#ive never seen john wick

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thatsgonnaleaveamark · 7 months

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whumptober 2023 - day 1 ↳ drugging (alt prompt) The Continental 1x01

#whumptober2023 #no.1 #drugging #altprompt #the continental #video #fight #punched #drugged #needles #injection #making whump gifs and videos is so funny like this episode is 90mins long heres my favorite part: guy getting punched in the face lmao #its a john wick prequel i think? but i havent seen the movies #the show is actually called the continental: from the world of john wick but im not typing all that out in the post lol #takes place in the 70s in nyc #but man this first episode hit all the right notes #at least in the whump category lol #second ep is out now and third is coming next week i think but thats gonna be it bc its a mini series #ive got some stuff ready for this month and im v happy about that bc i havent been posting/creating much #and it feels nice to just get into it a bit without the pressure of wanting to be completionist #same as last year i enjoyed that

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n1ckelpistol · 6 months

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Figured i could post my beading work here too!!

#ive been an active beader for a LONG time but #these past months i lost all motivation #a friend asked for a necklace so i had to unearth the needles john wick style #its not really gentle on damaged wrists but i love seeing it finished so much #beading #3d beading #beading tag

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kretsketch · 14 days

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my partner suggested shadow in iconic johnny silverhand gear after telling them about the keanu va announcement, blacked out and woke up 8 hours later to this

#shadow the hedgehog #sonic fanart #sonic movie 3 #kretches #im gonna need all shadow fanartists to draw him in the outfits of any of keanu reeves roles plz and ty <3 #ive already seen a couple john wick shadow fanart and they've all been SO GOOD #im tempted to draw some of the other samurai outfits for him but getting good quality references of any of thecyberpunk gear was so hard

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knightgazes · 11 months

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Keanu Reeves as JOHN WICK

-JOHN WICK IV dir. Chad Stahelski

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rookie-critic · 1 year

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Rookie-Critic's Film Review Weekend Wrap-Up - Week of 3/20-3/26/2023

Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023, dir. David F. Sandberg) I think that this Shazam! sequel is really just a dialed up version of everything that worked in the original. More Zachary Levi, more Jack Dylan Grazer, more funny jokes about the fact that he's a kid in a super-powered adult's body. It makes the film a very fun watch, but at the same time, a lot of the jokes don't land because it really feels like they're trying too hard. Also, because they went so heavy with Zachary Levi's screen time, Asher Angel (who actually plays Billy Batson in his normal teen-form) is barely in the film. It kind of creates a disconnect with the kid-adult dynamic that's at the core of the film's humor. That being said, a lot of it is till very funny, the acting is good, especially from Levi, Grazer, Grace Caroline Currey, and of course Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu (who are honestly so good they feel like they're from a different movie), and I had a fun time, even with the myriad of problems the movie had. A nice, turn-your-brain-off distraction.

Score: 6/10 Only in theaters. You can read my full review of Shazam! Fury of the Gods here.

John Wick (2014, dir. Chad Stahelski) [REWATCH] I'm not ashamed to admit that I adore Keanu Reeves. I think he's a fine actor given the right material, and he clearly found his niche the day he decided to star in John Wick. I'm of the, for some reason, unpopular opinion that the first John Wick film is the best in the franchise. The story is engaging, and while the action might not be as balls-to-the-wall crazy as the later installments' would be, it's still some of the most tightly constructed, well shot action choreography modern action filmmaking has given us. There's also an allure to the mystery of the assassin underworld the we barely dip our toes into in the first film that, of course, doesn't exist in the later films. It's just a fantastic action film that covers all its bases.

Score: 10/10 Currently streaming on Peacock.

John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017, dir. Chad Stahelski) [REWATCH] This is probably my least favorite installment. The story is less interesting. Santino D'Antonio is a wholly uninteresting villain, and the fights largely feel very generic (although they're still insanely well-designed fights). This film has two saving graces. One, it gave us Laurence Fishburne's The Bowery King, who is my personal favorite character in the franchise (possibly second, we'll get into that in a minute). Fishburne plays Bowery King with the perfect amount of gravitas and bravado to make it the character wonderful. The second saving grace is a particularly brilliant fight scene between John Wick and Cassian, a character played by Common. This fight, which takes place in part in a crowded subway station, is easily one of the more memorable of the franchise and keeps this from being a middling ho-hum sequel to an amazing first outing.

Score: 7/10 Currently streaming on Peacock.

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019, dir. Chad Stahelski [REWATCH] I remember not being a big fan of Chapter 3 when it first came out. I remember thinking that the second film had written its successor into a corner that said successor doesn't really do a great job of digging itself out of. I can definitely see why the me of 2019 thought that about Parabellum, but really the me that rewatched this on Thursday night thinks it's a really fun entry into the John Wick franchise that contains a few fantastic set pieces and houses another handful of greatly-choreographed fight scenes. Mark Dacascos' Zero also makes for a vastly more engaging and interesting nemesis for Wick than Santino D'Antonio was in Chapter 2. Their final fight and the ensuing madness that descends upon the New York Continental at the film's end were awesome and, needless to say, I have a higher opinion of this one now than I did when I first watched it back in 2019.

Score: 8/10 Currently streaming on Peacock.

John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023, dir. Chad Stahelski) This one comes so close to achieving the greatness that the original had. The John Wick franchise's biggest issue has always been that, with each new installment, as the action gets bigger, the story is sacrificed. Thankfully, Chapter 4 subverts that pattern and almost is able to find that perfect balance. I won't say too much, because a full review of this will be dropping at some point this week, but what I will say is that the fight choreography in Chapter 4 is, hands down, the best in the franchise, and Donnie Yen's Cain is quite possibly the greatest character of the franchise, as well, even more John Wick himself. It could have been maybe 20-30 minutes shorter, though.

Score: 9/10 Only in theaters. FULL REVIEW COMING WEDNESDAY.

Waterworld (1995, dir. Kevin Reynolds) You know, I've always heard that this is one of the worst films of all time, and that it was one of the most famous flops of all time, and I gotta say the latter is just factually incorrect, and the former is, in my opinion, not even close to the truth. It's not a good movie, by any means, but really it was kind of, just, ok. There's a lot here that makes absolutely no sense, and the story just kind of chugs along, uncaring as to whether or not the audience has the tools necessary to chug along with it. My friends and I watched the theatrical cut of the film, and I understand that there is a 3-hour cut called the Ulysses Cut that would probably explain a lot of the more confusing holes in the film's story line, but, honestly, I don't think I could sit through 3 hours of Waterworld. I just didn't find it that interesting and I can guarantee it didn't even need to be as along as the version I did watch to make everything make sense. I'm glad I finally watched it, it was a huge film history blindspot for me, but I'm good not having seen the "ideal" version, I'll be able to live with the fact that I'll never get more info on why Captain Joe Hazelwood is idolized by the Smokers, but no one even knows that there are cities beneath their feet at the bottom of the ocean.

Score: 4/10 Currently available to rent/purchase on digital (iTunes, Amazon, Vudu, etc.) and on 4K, Blu-ray & DVD through Universal Studios (I believe this disc does include The Ulysses Cut, for those interested. If it doesn't, I know it exists on the Arrow Video Blu-ray from 2015).

I also watched Scream VI again with my older brother Sunday morning, but y'all have heard me rant about how much I love those movies enough for now. Just know that, yes, even upon a second viewing, it still rocks.

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redpool · 1 year

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Why do I love Hiroyuki Sanada so much??

#i honestly have no idea why considering that ive only watched like 4 movies hes been in #hiroyuki sanada #john wick chapter 4 #john wick 4 #mortal kombat #bullet train #47 ronin #ōishi yoshio #hanzo hasashi #scorpion #the elder #shimazu koji

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magiwou-meowvin · 1 year

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dont forget to rb etc etc

#so many johns #havent finished johnny mnemonic and ive never seen point break but theyre goin in the poll its required #keanu reeves #john wick #johnny mnemonic #cyberpunk #dc #point break #polls #b posts

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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 6 months

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"WE PUSHED IT EVEN FURTHER. WE WENT BOLDER, WITH DEEPER BLACK AND REALLY STRONG COLOR SEPARATION."

FILM: "John Wick: Chapter 4"

DIRECTOR: Chad Stahelski

SCREENPLAY: Shay Batten & Michael Finch

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Dan Laustsen

PRODUCTION DESIGN: Kevin Kavanaugh

SENIOR COLORIST: Jill Bogdanowicz

"Company 3 Senior Colorist Jill Bogdanowicz recently completed work grading "John Wick: Chapter 4." She has handled grading duties on the "John Wick" series since "Chapter 2," which also happened to be when Dan Laustsen joined as cinematographer. The two have collaborated with director Chad Stahelski on the stylized Keanu Reeves-starring series since. All "John Wick" films have impressed audiences with their strong, expressive looks, but Bogdanowicz says of "Chapter 4":

“We pushed it even further. We went bolder, with deeper blacks and really strong color separation.""

-- COMPANY 3, "The Color of Revenge: "John Wick Chapter 4,"" published April 24, 2023

Source: www.company3.com/the-color-of-revenge-john-wick-chapter-4, X, MUBI, various, etc...

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souplups · 3 months

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in john wick: chapter 3 - parabellum, john wick stores his precious items inside a copy of a fake alexander afanasyev’s book called “the russian folktale”.

however, this is a stupid idea because afavasyev is one of the most notable russian folklorists and his very real books of russian fairytales would be one of the first places you would look if you went looking for literally any info on the baba yaga. not to mention, he has a book called “russian folk-tales”. oh, i hear you say, maybe they went with just a slightly different name but noooo, afavasyev doesn’t even have a book released in 1864. the real book wasn’t even translated till 1916 and you can find at the new york public library.

john should have at least gone with someone who can’t be found on the baba yaga wikipedia page, like come on, man. i think mr. jardani jovonovich could probably come up with a pytor polevoy’s skazki or maybe even take it out of a library context and it could be ivan snegiryov with a lubok?!?? hell, if he doesn't mind going a bit british with it then edith hodgett’s is credited with an early english translation of “vaselesa the beautiful” the very story which john wick hides his items behind.

anyway, it was cool when he killed that dude with that book in that one scene.

#this is very autism of me i know but also it was mildly infuriating during my watch through and ive been thinking about it for days #literally why would you go with an alexander afanasyev #both from a filmmaking perspective and from a in universe perspective #it feels like someone just googled a russian folklorist and afanasyev just came up and they were like cool good enough #it isnt particularly secure nor is it particularly difficult to find #anyway #john wick #john wick chapter 3 parabellum

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