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For exactly that reason. Sometimes people just want mindless action and fun setpieces, and John Wick movies respect that. Many action movies try and force in so
by mholm 4y ago
For exactly that reason. Sometimes people just want mindless action and fun setpieces, and John Wick movies respect that. Many action movies try and force in some inane plot, or add a romance subplot, or digress from the actual point of the movie: Action and spectacle.
It's not my cup of tea, but I certainly respect it for knowing exactly what it is.
- ghostpepper 4y agoNot only that but the action itself is superb. The way the hand to hand combat and gunplay is choreographed, performed and filmed is miles ahead of many films with much bigger budgets.
- roelschroeven 4y agoGood to know, now I can remove those movies from my to-watch list. I don't mind some action, but it has to serve a purpose in the plot. Action just for the action is just so boring, IMO.
- macintux 4y agoGive the first one a try. You might be surprised.
- roelschroeven 4y agoThanks, I might. Is there much difference in style between the first one and the others?
- germinalphrase 4y agoNot much - but the second and third do suffer from “Bigger, Better” syndrome to a certain degree. The first has the most general appeal.
- bart_spoon 4y agoNot really, I actually think the continuity in the series is better than most series these days. I think that how you feel about the first movie will be a pretty good indication of how you feel about the sequels.
- roelschroeven 4y agoSo I watched John Wick yesterday evening, and unfortunately I didn't like it. I didn't feel invested in the main character at all, let alone any of the other characters. Was it the camera work, or the editing, or the acting, or the way the story was told? I don't know. In any case as a result I found the whole movie extremely boring. Someone here mentioned Kill Bill which in a way has a similar story and over-the-top fighting scenes. But I do love Kill Bill (even though I think the fight with the Crazy 88 would have been better if it were not as long). I also found movies like The Transporter or Taken entertaining (which I think are more or less in the same genre as John Wick). Then what exactly is it that makes me like some of these movies but not John Wick? I'm afraid I don't have the answer to that.
- jon-wood 4y agoThere is a plot to the John Wick movies, it's just not very deep. The plot can largely be summarised as "Wick was an assassin, but gave it up because his wife died, then some Bad People killed his dog. Wick is very upset by that, and will now express that via the medium of choreographed fight scenes". Also, there's a whole assassin sub-culture, which is wonderfully executed, if completely mad. Overall the plot doesn't really make any sense, but it also doesn't need to, it's just a hook on which to hang some spectacular set pieces.
- Izkata 4y agoI haven't seen any of these, but sounds like it has about the same depth as Kill Bill, which I remember also being pretty popular.