Post by miike80 on Aug 24, 2017 4:47:35 GMT
Aug 24, 2017 1:08:53 GMT Nora said:
But if you mean "they are the same scene" - that I cannot agree with. Because literally none of them were the same, or even had the same sequence, style and weapon of killings. I have actually devoted a lot of time to "studying" (and reviewing) both John Wicks. I know the body counts in both (shot on film vs actually used in the movie too), I know most of the action sequences by heart including the ways different people were killed. And what I found truly remarkable was actually how diverse YET skillfully it was done.
Take just the club scene from first John Wick. Thats a pure martial art/killing ballet art. The way he kills some of those man is a real expert in this field. He actually uses military / hitman style, and no I don't man just the fact he shoots them repeatedly and both in head and chest. Just look at the knife death here at 0:50. The way its done is so beautiful! And I don't only mean that there is the sexy music and good timing but I mean how realistic the stabbing sequence is, how a real pro would do it. So I was told, not that I have killed people before.
And in my eyes nothing in Atomic Blonde comes even close with it. In Atomic Blonde you can actually see guys kinda "waiting around" to be hit in a few scenes. And her fighting style while decent is nothing compared to the one Keanu pulls off. Plus she is too small to be delivering punches and kicks as powerful as they make it seem in the movie…
The story is simple, yes.
The ridiculousness is there too, yes, but to me it is a big part of the appeal of John Wick. Because in no way was John Wick trying to convince the viewer this is the real world. They enjoyed the ridiculousness. They went all out on it and made it the movies point. Whereases Atomic Blonde tries to convince the viewer "this is how things really were in East Berlin and in the Spying world" but then they pile up a scene after scene that doesn't hold up with the concept…
Just my 2 million cents :-)