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Watched Glass on a plane last night. Perfect airplane movie. I loved Unbreakable and hated Split, so this one fits nicely right in the middle. I appreciate that M. Night still went with a twist, but it wasn't over-the-top like some of the other BS he's concocted.
 
Saw John Wick. It was awful. Amateur porn has better storylines and plots. The choreography would have gotten a freshman a D. I'm as graceful as Keanu Reeves. Most corpses have more emotion than Reeves.

The way people were talking about it I thought it could be as good as Boondock Saints (1 or 2) with stylized violence and story. I was wrong.

RJ, buddy, you gonna take me out of your will if I tell you that both Boondock Saints films are irredeemably shitty movies? Because both Boondock Saints films are irredeemably shitty movies.
 
If you went into John Wick 3 expecting some kind of cinematic masterpiece then I have as much sympathy for you as I do those dudes on Catfish.
 
we've been on sort of an investigative journalism movies kick since wife wanted to screen All the President's Men to see if appropriate to show in class (she hadn't seen it in about 15 years). also watched Spotlight and The Post. Spotlight is fine, but don't know how it won Best Picture. The story and acting are all fine, but there's nothing about the whole package to make it the best movie of the year. The Post is decent as well but All the President's Men is clearly the GOAT in this genre.
 
I watched All The President's Men somewhat recently, as well, and it was great. Jason Robards, powerhouse.

Kind of makes me want to rewatch The Insider, as well, for something with no real "action," but stays tense.
 
I don't think I've ever seen ATPM. Maybe I'll check it out this weekend.
 
2 of the movie podcasts I listen to have had ATPM eps recently -- Unspooled and The Rewatchables. On Unspooled they interviewed the screenwriter for The Post and she was saying how she basically wrote it as a prequel to ATPM, which on rewatch I def see.
 
If you went into John Wick 3 expecting some kind of cinematic masterpiece then I have as much sympathy for you as I do those dudes on Catfish.

I wasn't looking for a masterpiece at all. I was expecting professional action scenes not guys being stabbed in the heart several times still being able to do martial arts. I was expecting at least a minimum of a story. I didn't expect an Oscar worthy performance by Reeves, but I didn't expect him to make Stallone's line delivery to be Burton in Hamlet in comparison. I expected an action lead to have some ability to move with grace or even style not have the mobility of seventy year old.

There was more than one time I was waiting (hoping) for Charlie Sheen would drop in to make the movie into Hot Shots: Part Trois.

This was one of the worst movies I've seen in years.
 
Wouldn't see that....But at least The Rock has a range of motion and can do action. YOU are more agile than Keanu and we know that you make me look like Baryshnikov.
 
From everything I’ve seen on Keanu, he gets pretty involved with his prep and training for his movies.
 
From everything I’ve seen on Keanu, he gets pretty involved with his prep and training for his movies.

He does. I saw the first JW and it was pure carnage candy and pointless. I enjoyed it, but it didn’t give me a hardon to see multiple sequels. Not sure how or if his acting demeanor has changed since that one, but it shouldn’t have to. The whole idea is he is a killing machine.
 
MacGruber : Okay, so once we take out the guards, Vicki will walk in dressed as Hoss, and then we'll just, you know, see what happens. You ready?
Lt. Dixon Piper : Wait. Wait, so we're just gonna wing it?
MacGruber : Piper, there's a big difference between winging it and seeing what happens. Now let's see what happens.
 
wick 3 is awesome and completely satisfying. rj a fucking moron once again.
 
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