I was a HUGE John Wick fan after I and II. HUGE. III was ok. But this was dark, the entire 1st half was shot at night, or indoor hotel/bar type lighting. Which made the largely gratuitous wholesale slaughter hard to follow. I didn't count, but maybe 75 deaths. And please understand, I'm far from anti violence. It just seems to me in the first 3 films, the violence was more developed, the characters getting killed were fleshed out. And sure, those evil guys had a cadre of protectors., but some of them had an identity. Here we have guys fighting and dying, like "avatars" in a video game. Worse maybe avatars on a loop.
Think about movies where the protagonist is a killer. I believe there is a finite number, of deaths at which point it becomes numbing, or worse, silly. Add to that the lighting and cinematography and at times it was hard to tell who was killing whom. I wonder if this could be a Wick send off, a kill fest for his finale? I've deliberately stayed away from anything in the spoiler arena. Simply commenting on my overall takeaway.
Imagine this.dark, murky fight scenes, in which you can do 30 second skips, and nothings changed. Henchmen, nameless, faceless, are dying wholesale. A very real exaggeration of the first 3 movies. I'm going to rate this 5/10. A conflicted rating. I like John Wick. I like the character and loyalty of some of his friends. It just seems lazy, to substitute fight scenes, for further character evolution. I honestly thought this was scripted for a cartoon, or written by A. I.
Maybe they are zooming in on what they perceive their target audience. Which is fine, just don't ignore the rest of us 'fans.'
Think about movies where the protagonist is a killer. I believe there is a finite number, of deaths at which point it becomes numbing, or worse, silly. Add to that the lighting and cinematography and at times it was hard to tell who was killing whom. I wonder if this could be a Wick send off, a kill fest for his finale? I've deliberately stayed away from anything in the spoiler arena. Simply commenting on my overall takeaway.
Imagine this.dark, murky fight scenes, in which you can do 30 second skips, and nothings changed. Henchmen, nameless, faceless, are dying wholesale. A very real exaggeration of the first 3 movies. I'm going to rate this 5/10. A conflicted rating. I like John Wick. I like the character and loyalty of some of his friends. It just seems lazy, to substitute fight scenes, for further character evolution. I honestly thought this was scripted for a cartoon, or written by A. I.
Maybe they are zooming in on what they perceive their target audience. Which is fine, just don't ignore the rest of us 'fans.'