Magic Murder Man

[ironymaiden]

finally caught up on John Wick tonight (only recently did we agree that home video with lots of cuddles and the ability to pause would allow C to get through the wife and dog death in the first film). I didn't love the third one. the action was brilliant, love Keanu, but the emotional punch has faded away.

i do love beautifully creative violence. i think i have my mother to thank, for introducing me to Tom and Jerry at a tender age and teaching me that it was fine to laugh because it wasn't real (little me was initially horrified). still chewing on that thought.

Comments

[buhrger]

i've still only seen clips from the first. it seems like a nonsequelable premise?

it would seem that way, but

[ironymaiden]

Wick has determined that he needs to live in order to remember his wife, and that animates him.

i thought they did a good job in the second film, which deals with the calling in of a favor done to achieve his retirement. the third film is a direct continuation of the second. they continue to slowly reveal the mechanics of the underworld, which is fun.