Am I the only one who thought the original John Wick was mediocre at best?

[gypsyman]

+2 and echod. JW was great.

+3. It will be difficult for the second to equal or surpass the first one.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

you know what i want to see?

"john wickerman"

starring keanu reeves and nicolas cage

Boy, that would be the ultimate example of differing acting styles. Cage would run around the sets chewing on every bit of scenery he could find and Keanu would just stand there like he was asleep.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

All these stupid fucking action movies are the same. Professional killers with automatic weapons who cant kill the star since the movie would be over.

 

[MongGrel]

The original JW did what it was supposed to well, not like it was a rom/com

I'll be watching the second.

 

[Harrod]

Sometimes when I miss Alchemyst, I come to these threads like this and laugh.

 

[Paladin3]

I just watched it again for the 3x and it really is a well filmed action movie. No, it wasn't realistic, but that's not what I watch movies for. I've got no trouble suspending my disbelief in order to enjoy a movie.

If your time is so valuable that any film less than a 10/10 is a waste, but you have plenty of time to posting about your time being wasted, maybe you should just avoid movies.

 

[TeeJay1952]

A Gopro ,a woman without a shirt, 19 guns with blanks, 19 Extra's, a real gun with unlimited bullets. Action!
I think I will go to Hollywood.

 

[angminas]

Didn't care for it much either. The over the top one man kills an army flicks were cool when I was like 13. Just mindless boredom to me now. Same thing with straight shoot em up fps games. Loved those growing up, now boring as shit.

And if Wick was such an unstoppable badass, he never should have got jumped like a bitch in the first place to start the movie.

Totally agree. The worst part was when Wick gave away the fact that he speaks Russian just so he could tweak a brat's nose. No real badass would give up that kind of advantage just to flex.

The Russian boss guy was a moron. Doesn't teach his son who John Wick is, and that he should be avoided? Leaves two guys to finish him off and walks away, after Wick has already killed eleven million people? His son kills Wick's dog and steals his car, then SHOWS HIS FACE, but doesn't kill Wick?

John Wick has nothing on The Replacement Killers.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

No you aren't the only one OP. I thought the original John Wick was unwatchable. Plot is basically summed up as "someone kills John Wick's dog, so John Wick kills everyone in sight." I enjoyed those types of movies 25 years ago, but have no interest in them now. I turned it off after watching the first 25 minutes and have never had the urge to watch it again.