Movies JOHN WICK Official Thread (Dragonlord's Review)

[JBSchroeds]

Wohoo! I'm glad it's getting good first reviews.

 

[chokeyou]

Cracking up after those movie clips. Def gonna see this drunk.

 

[Heisenberg]

Ive been walking around the house saying, "yeah...I'm thinking I'm back"

 

[Crono7]

Im glad Keanu has a good film out,

Especially after that terrible Ronin movie

 

[That209]

Wow, 100% from Rotten Tomatoes.. that's actually pretty crazy in my opinion. If Roger Ebert was still alive he'd find something to hate about it though, the guy seemed to hate everything unless the movie was from 1925 or some shit.

Anyway, yeah, this movie looks like it's going to be awesome. Honestly, I've always liked Keanu Reeves. He does have some lame ass movies, but he definitely has some pretty enjoyable ones in my opinion. He's not a bad actor at all, it's just that he sometimes takes the most ridiculous movie roles, kinda like Nicolas Cage does.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

I'm sold.

 

[deise69]

I've yet to really see a bad review so far. It might be this years Taken and if it does well at the box office, Keanu might have himself a nice new franchise.

 

[JBSchroeds]

Wow, 100% from Rotten Tomatoes.. that's actually pretty crazy in my opinion. If Roger Ebert was still alive he'd find something to hate about it though, the guy seemed to hate everything unless the movie was from 1925 or some shit.

Anyway, yeah, this movie looks like it's going to be awesome. Honestly, I've always liked Keanu Reeves. He does have some lame ass movies, but he definitely has some pretty enjoyable ones in my opinion. He's not a bad actor at all, it's just that he sometimes takes the most ridiculous movie roles, kinda like Nicolas Cage does.

That's not at all true. Of the big name critics he was one of the least snobbish and usually did a good job judging movies on what they were trying to be.

 

[Amerikuracana]

Did that preview say "all audiences?" I mean, I might go see it, but I think maybe ratings people might want to start paying attention just a little bit, imho.

 

[Lead]

I think that's a soft 100% on RT. Many of the reviewers pretty much say "It's a shallow action movie but that's all it tries to be so we will review it on that alone" which isn't bad. I am a fan of movies like that actually. Loved the transporter for keeping a minimal storyline and focusing all on the action and fight scenes.

 

[Lead]

Did that preview say "all audiences?" I mean, I might go see it, but I think maybe ratings people might want to start paying attention just a little bit, imho.

There's a doc about those people on netflix and it kinda makes you wonder. They really are just their own private group that are kind on the larger studios and harsh on the more independent film makers. They also seem to be fairly unclear on why a film goes too far when they give feedback to the producer. Seems like something that needs fixing but likely won't

 

[JohnSAFTAHess]

Wow, 100% from Rotten Tomatoes.. that's actually pretty crazy in my opinion. If Roger Ebert was still alive he'd find something to hate about it though, the guy seemed to hate everything unless the movie was from 1925 or some shit.

Definitely disagree with that. Not saying you should, but if you looked at what he reviewed you'd know that's not the case whatsoever. I found him fairly reliable, didn't agree with him all the time.. but the man knew his movies.

Anyway, glad to hear this is good. Saw the trailers and thought it could go either way.. I'll definitely have to get to the theater for it.

 

[That209]

That's so true. Of the big name critics he was one of the snobbiest and usually did a horrible job judging movies. I, too, found it weird that he seemed to hate every movie from the last 10-15 years and for some reason fucking loves all those really, really, really, really old movies from like the 1920's and all that shit. Pretty crazy, I must say.

Thank you, my friend.

 

[That209]

Definitely disagree with that. Not saying you should, but if you looked at what he reviewed you'd know that's not the case whatsoever. I found him fairly reliable, didn't agree with him all the time.. but the man knew his movies.

Anyway, glad to hear this is good. Saw the trailers and thought it could go either way.. I'll definitely have to get to the theater for it.

I never said he doesn't know shit about movies or anything like that, the guy's basically a fucking movie genius, but out of like.. all the reviews I've read, he always found some way to shit on the movie and I just find it kinda funny, then you see his reviews of movies from waaaaaaay back when and he absolutely loved them.

Then again, I understand that movies way back actually were kinda better in a way because there was so much more effort put into them whereas today it's mostly just CGI bullshit and a weak story. But even sometimes if it's a really good movie, he usually finds some sort of way to put it down. Not like it really matters or anything, seems like people are already blowing my original post out of proportion or something.

 

[JohnSAFTAHess]

I never said he doesn't know shit about movies or anything like that, the guy's basically a fucking movie genius, but out of like.. all the reviews I've read, he always found some way to shit on the movie and I just find it kinda funny, then you see his reviews of movies from waaaaaaay back when and he absolutely loved them.

Then again, I understand that movies way back actually were kinda better in a way because there was so much more effort put into them whereas today it's mostly just CGI bullshit and a weak story. But even sometimes if it's a really good movie, he usually finds some sort of way to put it down. Not like it really matters or anything, seems like people are already blowing my original post out of proportion or something.

I'll definitely agree that he was a little more starry eyed in his youth.. Probably a little harder to please the more movies he had to watch. I'm just not a huge fan of most critics but I always found him pretty consistent and fairly helpful. He's given mediocre reviews to things I've loved and vise versa..

Didn't mean to try to shit on what you said though.. and I liked Siskel better.

edit: and the dude has also been a critic since before the 70's.. Which to some is the best time for director driven movies and when some of the greatest directors of all time were in their prime. I can see it being hard to stay enthusiastic for stuff now if you've been watching since then.

 

[JBSchroeds]

Thank you, my friend.

You obviously don't know what you're talking about, but good job being snarky!

Ebert's scores for some big films of the last 15 years:
The Avengers: 3 stars
Iron Man: 3 Stars
Nolan Batman Trilogy: 4, 4, 3 stars
Avatar: 4 Stars
Pirates otC:tCotBP: 3 stars
LotR Trilogy: 3, 3, 3.5 stars
Minority Report: 4 stars
The Matrix: 3 stars
Transformers: 3 stars
The Harry Potter Series: 4, 4, 3.5, 3.5, 2.5, 3, 3, 3.5

 

[JohnSAFTAHess]

You obviously don't know what you're talking about, but good job being snarky!

Ebert's scores for some big films of the last 15 years:
The Avengers: 3 stars
Iron Man: 3 Stars
Nolan Batman Trilogy: 4, 4, 3 stars
Avatar: 4 Stars
Pirates otC:tCotBP: 3 stars
LotR Trilogy: 3, 3, 3.5 stars
Minority Report: 4 stars
The Matrix: 3 stars
Transformers: 3 stars
The Harry Potter Series: 4, 4, 3.5, 3.5, 2.5, 3, 3, 3.5

That list is making me rethink my position on Roger Ebert.

Regardless.. Did anybody watch Man Of Tai Chi??

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

 

[That209]

You obviously don't know what you're talking about, but good job being snarky!

Ebert's scores for some big films of the last 15 years:
The Avengers: 3 stars
Iron Man: 3 Stars
Nolan Batman Trilogy: 4, 4, 3 stars
Avatar: 4 Stars
Pirates otC:tCotBP: 3 stars
LotR Trilogy: 3, 3, 3.5 stars
Minority Report: 4 stars
The Matrix: 3 stars
Transformers: 3 stars
The Harry Potter Series: 4, 4, 3.5, 3.5, 2.5, 3, 3, 3.5

I was just messing with you, man, take it easy, lol.

 

[deise69]

Did that preview say "all audiences?" I mean, I might go see it, but I think maybe ratings people might want to start paying attention just a little bit, imho.

The rating just covers the trailer, not the movie. It's a green band trailer, whereas the red band trailer is meant for a mature audience ie it can include swearing, nudity etc