Halle in John Wick/3

[olstyn]

They got Glocks and STI covered already, Taran needs to come up with something else.

Given that we long ago left reality land and went into competition-specific gear in terms of weapon choices, he might as well go full nonsense and move into a combination of Heavy Metal and Open divisions in 3-gun. I want to see an HK G3 in 7.62 NATO topped with a 1-8 optic and a red dot on a 45-degree offset mount, a Saiga shotgun with an Aimpoint on it, and a CZ Czechmate with a 170mm mag sticking out of the bottom and a C-more on a frame mount on the top.

[BigT]

I'm betting some of you don't get invited out much....


These films are violence porn. The bits of plot in the middle are just there to tie the actual reasons you are there to watch it together. They do a great job of being fun and entertaining. Life have sufficient seriousness that one is well served by finding as much joy as one can as often as one can.

[einherjarvalk]

Some of y'all must be fun at parties.

For those of you who thought that Zero (the ninja leader) looked familiar, a friend of mine pointed out it was because he's The Chairman on Iron Chef America. Knowing that makes the sushi scene make a bit more sense.

I personally thought the film was plenty of fun and appreciated seeing some "normal" guns at various points in the film (P30Ls make a comeback early on; some stock G34.4s pop up in the Morocco fight), but JW1 still has my heart for the sheer artistry of the club scene. I feel like I need to see 3 again before I judge it as superior or lesser than 2.

[RJ]

... JW1 still has my heart for the sheer artistry of the club scene.

That scene in JW1 is one of the best sequences I’ve seen in recent years.

https://youtu.be/CTJlmlZWWHA


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[LOKNLOD]

I finally got to watch it this weekend. I enjoyed it a lot. Thoughts... don’t think this really has any true spoilers, but spoiler alert: lots of people get murderdeathkilled

Iron Chef Zero is a fun character and I loved the humor he brought. The awkward couch LOL. I don’t know why he hasn’t been in more action films. Remember “Brotherhood of the Wolf”? No one else does either.

Fighting was brutal and really well choreographed. Lots more blade and empty hand fighting. John takes a lot of damage (no surprise given the whole world is trying to kill him) but there are a few moments they let him remind you just how scary bad he is.

Gun handling... the CAR style from the original has diminished a lot with Taran’s influence. On the one hand, its cool to see more realistic shooting with the completion influence, but honestly the unique style and integration with combatives was pretty visually interesting and part of what made the character.

Halle Berry didn’t ruin the movie, amazingly! She was actually pretty cool and the dogs were a fun touch. It was cool to see Lance Reddick in action. You knew that guy had to be pretty badass. The Adjudicator is someone I can’t wait to see take a bullet or 20 in the face.

The end annoyed me a bit for a couple reasons (no spoilers here). As much as I want more JW, now I’ve got to wait another 2 damn years.

I *need* a basement vault like Winston’s. Also, that new armor. Charter busses? Why would they have a logo on the door? Where do they keep them!?

Shotgun is the king is the battlefield.

Overall, I think it was probably a little better than 2. If nothing else because it doesn’t have that dumb “suppressors on the subway” scene.

Can’t top the original, though. The visceral revenge/you-dun-fucked-with-the-wrong-guy angle was just too good, and the world building was a lot more subtly interesting.

[JSGlock34]

My two cents...what the John Wick series (and especially the original) has is style. It is the Miami Vice of the day, with the same cocktail of guns, cars, clothes, and music that blends so that the whole is so much more than the sum of the parts. Le Castle Vania is the Jan Hammer of the Wick series, Taran Butler is its Jim Zubiena. American muscle cars take the place of Ferraris, and sharply tailored suits of black and gray are the order of the day instead of unstructured jackets and pastels.

It works.

[HCM]

Some of y'all must be fun at parties.

You can’t post a quote like that without the clip:

[Wondering Beard]

Remember “Brotherhood of the Wolf”? No one else does either.

*raises hand*

Had a lot of fun with it.

[Tamara]

They managed to get a Grayguns P365 in there, and came close to getting a fully Aridus Industries pimped-out 1301, too.

[Wondering Beard]

My two cents...what the John Wick series (and especially the original) has is style. It is the Miami Vice of the day, with the same cocktail of guns, cars, clothes, and music that blends so that the whole is so much more than the sum of the parts. Le Castle Vania is the Jan Hammer of the Wick series, Taran Butler is its Jim Zubiena. American muscle cars take the place of Ferraris, and sharply tailored suits of black and gray are the order of the day instead of unstructured jackets and pastels.

It works.

So ... this happened: