Judging John Wick on its story and dialogue is the same as saying there aren't enough action scenes in Pulp Fiction so its boring.

Troll or GME/ Crypto guy, can’t tell which

Over the top fights are kind of the point.

This has got to be a shitpost

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Pride and Prejudice (Keira Knightly Movie)- Pros: adapts the meandering book structure into a powerful and affective 3-act-movie structure which managed to connect with modern audiences, no easy feat!

Cons: has the feeling of a shlocky modern romance novel rather than the subtlety and humor of the original. WHY IS DARCY SO BORING AND MEAN? WHY IS ELIZABETH SO BORING? AUGHHHHHH

Pride and Prejudice (90s series): Pros: A more faithful adaptation technically and I’m fully rooting for this Elizabeth, who captures the wit and charm of the original.

Cons: again…why do you all make Darcy so darn boring?!?! There are places in the book where he reacts with clear emotion where these adaptations will have the actor just sit there like a space cadet. He is RESERVED not fully CHECKED OUT. PLEASE.

Emma (2020?): haven’t finished the book honestly but… Cons: just a little too much modern-feeling humor. A little cartoony at points.

Pros: the best adaptation of the tone, structure and subtlety of an Austen novel I’ve seen! The focus on the interpersonal relationships and the ways they evolve and interact with issues of marriage, class, wealth, plus all the annoying (funny) quotidian issues of fussy family and such- so good. Such a great adaptation of austen’s subjects and style.

Anne of Green Gables on Netflix: nooooooooooo

Bridge to Terabithia (90s): haven’t seen it in a while (I was a kid) but I remember being very disappointed. Very 90’s corny where the film could have been as beautiful, artistic and melancholy as the book. From what i remember they also completely gloss over the wealth and gender topics of the main characters in favor of Relatable 90’s Boy and Manic Pixie Dream Girl. Blegh. Wish they remade this one with a good director sometime.

Tuck Everlasting: damn good, maybe even almost better than the book? I liked how they aged Winnie to be older and added a little more of her romance, it made it feel like a more impactful growing-up story. Every actor breathes life into their roles, and Angus especially kills it.

"...I can do anything!"

"Oh yeah? CLAP."

The whole movie is an embarrassing mess, but man, I love that line.

Did you watch John wick 3? Lmao

A biopic doesn’t have to be cliche. You can tell a story about a real person that is structured in a unique, unexpected way. My expectation is that the movie do something unexpected.

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Dude that move is dope

What's Digesting Gilbert Grape?

Misery

Pros: Kathy Bates

Cons: Left out basically everything that made the book great

A little ironic, given his involvement in basically doing the same to Zack Snyder.

You would find someone with the filmmaker prominence of Spielberg, the industry prominence of Katzenberg and Geffen and raise billions from banks. So team up Nolan with Bob Iger and say Charles King.

Even then you’ll probably just be successful enough to sell it off to a bigger studio, as happened with Dreamworks SKG.

The other thing to keep in mind is TV is as or more important than film these days.

A24 is the wrong comparison because it’s a speciality brand. Even when they make poppy movies it’s still aimed with a certain type of film audience in mind.

oh, i realaised that i misread the entire title :X

i thoughts its "a movie your country is known for".

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It's probably "Muttertag" "Indien" "Das finstere Tal" then. And its NOT the sound of music xD

Yes, yes it is. This is studio interference in a nutshell, plus some inexperience. Luckily, the TV show was significantly better, because he was able to maintain more control over it and make it (mostly) HIS show.

It's just too bad that he ended up a major jackass (was he always like this, but it was kept under wraps, or did his personality "evolve" into this over time. Does it even really matter?). His works make up a significant portion of my favourite shows and movies, and I will pretty much check out any show/film featuring any of the major cast members of Buffy/Angel/Firefly, just because of how much I enjoyed those shows.

Pretty much the answer is always Dolby. You get atmos sound. If it’s shot IMAX then maybe Imax but also maters if it’s IMAX laser or xenon.

Personally I always just go Dolby if I wasn’t the best

My favorite short film on the subject - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HgbSAL8OKY

As someone who is: an adult, and a serious fan of the series; the movie is still great fun. OP is being a stick in the mud.

I mean it seems like he's agreeing with my post, that there's some similarity to the very endings but otherwise they're totally different movies that play out very differently.

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I think he was just trying to forget about his little romp at the movie theater.

I remember thinking the Leon/Mathilda relationship was odd. Then I saw an extended cut and it was flat out pedo creepy. Besson is a creepy groomer. It kind of ruined the movie for me. I can’t even watch the American edit.

And that vampire is none other than Pee-wee Herman