The trailers made it look sort of silly in a "Keanu Reeves kills a bunch of people because someone killed his dog" kind of way but it's the CUTEST DOG IN THE UNIVERSE and also it has personal significance that makes his actions make sense. It's still pretty ridiculous at times, but it manages to be over-the-top without becoming a parody of itself (as opposed to, say,
Shoot 'Em Up,
which was not grounded at all). And the worldbuilding is so solid; you can tell there's so much more to this world and these characters than what we see. Just in the way characters address each other, you can tell what their relationship is immediately. You hardly get any real details about anyone's past, but it's all so clear anyway, just based on their interactions and dialogue.
It's the sort of movie that reminds you that, dammit, we
do
deserve better from our action movies. It can be done. (Granted, we do yet again have a male character being motivated by a dead wife, and some more of the mobsters could have been women [Adrianne Palicki is having a badass time these days, though], so there's always room for improvement.)
If John Wick looks like the kind of movie you want to see, you definitely want to see it.
Everything I've read about it makes me want to see it and you just sold me P-C. Got to see Gone Girl first though because I just finished the book and am dying to see some of those actors in their roles (I'm looking at you, Kim Dickens).
Any fan of Sherlock or Elementary (or Holmes variations of any kind) should see Zero Effect. That's the first time I remember seeing Kim Dickens in anything and I've looked out for her in roles ever since.
I love Zero Effect. Also one of the few movies I enjoyed Ben Stiller in.
I remember really disliking Zero Effect but I can't remember why.
Kim Dickens I mostly know from Deadwood. Where she was wonderful.
Did anyone else see Book of Life? I thought it was pretty cool, what did you think?
We enjoyed it. My friend and I were talking about how even though Joaquin
isn't, "Our" hero, and he was backed by the evil guy
they didn't make him
a villain. Kind of not even an anti-hero. Even though his character was kind of a caricature, you never hated him.
Maybe because he never
twirled that moustache he was so proud of.
I remember really disliking Zero Effect but I can't remember why.
Well, Bill Pullman's Holmes equivalent was a deeply unpleasant character. But that's actually one of the reasons I liked the movie, so there you go.
I remember really disliking Zero Effect but I can't remember why.
Well, Bill Pullman's Holmes equivalent was a deeply unpleasant character. But that's actually one of the reasons I liked the movie, so there you go.
Oh, and agreed on Dickens in Deadwood. And Treme as well.
In A World: I know there's some meta-commentary about the narrative choices they made, but still, so gross with the misogyny, especially coming from incestuous sources. And I get it, this shit is gross, and what better way to highlight that than to have your dad and one-night stand talking about you like that.
I also think that married fathers who still go "hubba hubba" at younger women in public are gross and shouldn't have daughters. Probably because as a non-parent, I can't see that line between how you'd treat a younger woman and how you'd treat your daughter, and I also can't reconcile how you'd want your daughter to be viewed and treated and how you view and treat other women/girls. /Natter
