John Wick | First Time Watching | My Brain is Overwhelmed!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ธ.ค. 2022
- Author Anna Alexander watches and reacts to the action drama John Wick.
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That short conversation between John and Officer Jimmy is so good at building the world.
It reminded me of Sam and Ralph in the old Warner Brothers cartoons.
John must be a model citizen of the community and generous supporter of local police fund.😎
For me there are the two phone calls.
@@rog2224 I NEVER thought of it that way, but yeah!
Jimmy takes his hat off when he asks if John is working again. That shows he's not asking as an officer, but for himself. Obviously he's aware of what John has done for a living, but also knows John isn't a danger to anyone outside the underworld of crime. He has no intention to arrest John (which he realizes would be futile), but merely wants to be aware to stay out of any lines of fire and let John be. And John respects Jimmy, knowing he's just doing his job, and since he understands Jimmy is not going to impede him, bids him a good night.
That scene is a masterpiece of mutual understanding and respect.
Killing the dog immediately gets the most ardent pacifist 100% behind Wick's killing spree.
From "do no harm" to "kill 'em all" with one blow.
Marcus only took the job because the contract was "open", he knew others would be after him, so it was his way to protect him.
I rather commend Helen's sense of timing. if I lost the love of my life... I do wonder how wisely I would spend my first night alone after the funeral. it would definitely be the correct time to provide me with a beautiful little soul to take care of.
I fully believe she didn’t include things like food for the puppy because it would give him an immediate mission.
The scene with Jimmy, and scenes at the Continental, and John making dinner reservations do such a good job of building how this 'secret world' works. I love it
And then they ruined it in John Wick 2.
@@bloodymarvelous4790 how?
There's a fun fact about this movie that people who actually speak Russian find hillarious. You see, Baba Yaga is not really a Boogieman. The part "baba" actually means "old lady". And Baba Yaga is a character from Slavic folklore. It's an ancient witch that lives deep into the forrest in a hut on chicken legs. However, there's another character in Russian and Slavic folklore who is called "Babayka". And Babayka is like this spirit, or some sort of spiritual entity. He comes for kids who misbehave and snatches them. The word comes from "babay" wich means "old man" in the Tatar language. The fact that this spirit has no description plays on the imagination of kids making him even more terrifying. That being said, I believe the creators of John WIck probably meant to make John a Babayka rather than Baba Yaga. But.. oh, well. We got what we got.
By the way, the actors are not even trying to sound Russian. I mean if I had no subtitles I would barely get what they're saying. In addition they keep messing up the grammar. :D However it's quite typical for American movies. The only project where they speak Russian believably is the Daredevil tv series. (Another one could be "Nobody" but the actors who speak Russian are actually russians and the director of this movie is Russian himself).
but seriously, how surprisingly good was Nobody. "eto kruto", I believe is what they say?
@@Fraxxxi yup! :)
I'm glad you noticed how the gun lights gave away the assassins in John's house, most miss that
Jimmy took his hat off and covered his bodycam with it after seeing the body in John's house (took me several viewings to notice that)
All the gunshots on the dance floor were on beat with the song
Viggo's death was slow and painful. John stabbed him behind the collarbone, most likely severing the right subclavian artery. That's a major trunk off the Aortic arch, bleeding from there will cause blood to pool in your chest so every time you exhale your lungs collapse a little more and can't refill with air, very painfully suffocating someone over the next few minutes
Pay attention to the way Marcus accepts the job from Viggo. He’s scrambling for time and masks it by taking a deep, noticeable, breath. I see it all over his face now. Love this movie. Cheers!
He also made sure it was an open contract so that he wasn't tied to it
@@Cthulhuvong not just that.. knowing it's an open contract means that he knows others are going to try.. and he has to watch his friend's back
Francis the bouncer actually told John how many guards there were inside disguised as his weight. Over 60 pounds(subtitles) around 28 kilos = 28 guards.
38:19 Actually, he mainly guided the knife so he didn’t get stabbed in any vital organs but also to take the knife.
It was also the same area he got hit earlier that the doctor patched up.
"Where's he gonna go?" she asks at the end... He told you... home.
It is nonstop action, fights, killing, mayhem, etc. there is no story except revenge.
Still a fun reaction to watch.
Chad Stahelski, the director of _John Wick_ (and its sequels) was Keanu Reeves' stunt double in _The Matrix,_ as well as being one of those films stunt coordinators, so it's no surprise that the fight scenes take such a prominent focus of the film. It's also why - at least IMHO - there are so many fine details in the film which pay off for the observant viewer (like Vigo's death, which occurs because, given the angle and length of the blade of the knife, John severed his spinal column - the result of which is inevitably death)
The John Wick house is out here on Long Island in a very exclusive town called Mill Neck.. (At the end of Horseshoe Road) -- The runway John practices on is at Republic Airport, Farmingdale, NY.
Smartest guy in this movie is Jimmy, the security officer. Observed and reported. ''Dispatched to John Wick residence, noise complaint. Mr. Wick was informed of complaint, apologized and stated there would be no further noise from his residence.''
The 2nd muscle car he gets is NOT some "older camaro", its a 69-70 Chevy Chevelle SS
This is delightful, Deadwood is winding down and John Wick ia winding up. Anna does the best 'I'm not looking', with one eye squinting. FYI the pittie puppy he rescued had 'To be put down' on the paperwork on his cage door.🤗
Letting Vigo live in the shotgun scene was prolly because he couldn't pull the contract if he was dead.
No cause he swore he’d let him go and he is a man of his word
"...oh." one of the greatest examples of excellent storytelling in cinema.
That’s when I really got intrigued. 👍🏼
The Ancient Greek playwrights would create great dramatic plays around the emotion behind that simple "oh".
She didn't want him to be alone, and go down a dark road. Give him something to care for and love.
The puppy was to give him a reason to live. Something to take care of.
It's about him grieving her while not being alone. Hence, the puppy. Not to replace the wife. Just keep him company.
I see Anna knows her Ford's, but a little hazy on her Chevy's. It was a Chevelle, not a Camaro. Would have been better if it was a Camaro. We get Al Swearengen as a bonus.
Camaro is overdone, and Chevelle is slightly more deep pull. Now a Nova would have been excellent. Especially if they could get ahold of a Yenko.
A Chevelle SS to be precise.
Yes. My first car was a 67 SS396 Chevelle. Of the one in the film is a 68 or later.
I'm glad someone said it
“I once saw him kill three men in a bar…with a pencil. A bloody PENCIL.” Got more chills out of that than “the one you would send to kill the freaking boogeyman”
my favorite is "oh" by Vigo
@@jasonskeans3327 My Dad, brother, and I loved that. We had a big laugh
Best character set up... period. A man of conviction.
@@redviper6805 best laugh in the whole movie I think
Francious got the night off. That's compassion and respect.
Love your reactions.
Just as in your novels.. the backstory comes throughout the series - with more and more revealed and teased as you progress through parts 2, 3, (4).. What is this world in which John inhabits? What are the rules/duties? What is this hotel? Who are his friends? His enemies? His childhood. His past relationships. The pencil. Watch on to find out more.
Adding "the pencil" to the list got me.
The club scene is a great example of visual storytelling. When the light is blue, John is featured. When the light is red, the bad guys are featured. Purple is a combination.
Wow, didn't think about dat
@@greedog47 Yeah, for a stuntman, Chad Stahelski knows his fuckin shit about directing. He's pretty amazing, and I'd love to see him take on some projects in big franchises just to see how he handles them.
Oh RGB-pretty lights...
Keeanu did all his' own stunts in this movie, except the fall to the club floor. In the sequels, the studio limited some of his other stunt "activities".
For good reason. No matter how good you are, or how many precautions are taken, that shit is dangerous, and the wrong kind of injury could be a disaster. I'm all for letting actors do what they can, and I'm nothing but impressed by Keanu's abilities in that regard, but I probably would've limited him quite a bit too.
I'd rather fudge some scenes a little...than risk his well-being for it. If I were a stuntman, and Keanu (probably inevitably) said he wanted to do the stunts himself because he's uncomfortable risking someone else's safety to preserve his own, my response would be, "Don't worry about it, Mr. Reeves. It's my job to protect you, just as it would be for any bodyguard. I do it because it's what I want to do, what I choose to do, and thankfully I'm good at it. It's alright. I got this."
Even if Marcus had been planning to kill John, he couldn't have taken that shot at the hotel. The Continental is essentially "neutral ground" and everyone on the property is protected. What matters is if the target is on the property, not whether the attacker is. So even though Marcus wasn't in the hotel, he still would've been breaking the rule.
Ironically, that means the safest, cleanest, most comfortable hotels on the planet...are run by the criminal underworld. And because they're meant to operate as a legitimate front, they also allow normal people to stay there. So someone could actually take their wife and kids on a vacation, and unknowingly stay in a really great hotel filled with assassins and possibly worse...and be safer there than literally anywhere else on the entire planet.
That whole notion is just awesome, and hilarious. And yet, when you really think about it, it makes so much sense. They'd NEED rules like that, or their whole web of organizations would just fall apart. It's really genius, honestly.
Actually it was a Chevelle Super Sport, not a Camaro and I think it was a 1970 model year. Easy mistake to make though. Good reaction! Subscribed! 😁
The place where Ms. Perkins gets her comeuppance is the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. NYC
When Jimm took off his hat, that was symbolic.
Hi, that was a nice looking Chevelle. I like that he chose the Staffordshire Terrier because it was destined to be executed otherwise.
That's what makes the trilogy so great, the backstory keeps coming in pieces, leaving you wanting more. As far as plot I think it's simple but brilliant, I think it's a realistic reaction to what would happen if you go after head mob guys son , there's going to be a lot of fights , not just for fights. Wait for the 2nd and 3rd films though. This is the 3rd best of series...
32:32 -- Oh no.. The Continental is a very safe place. One of the ONLY places where everyone is safe.
The Hotel Doctor is the "Keymaker" from "Matrix 2".
19:52 someone left, but he's not per se, a monitored person. 19:55 isolated position guards with no check-ins it might seem to might not be missed.-Ernie Moore Jr.
37:06. You miss him, even if he’s right there, because shooting through glass is tricky, especially angled glass of composite construction. It tends to deflect by quite a bit from the angle it impacts.
Btw the reason why Jimmy just leaves John be because in the John Wick world, the government and The High Table (The ones who are over the criminal organizations and assassins) have some form of agreement. As long as no civilians are caught in the crossfire of any of their dealings, they’re free to operate as they please.
During the last fight with Viggo, you commented about strategy and John getting stabbed.... Obviously it's dramatized, but the principle is controlling the weapon. John accepted the stab into his abdomen, but controlled it with both arms to ensure it wasn't fatal. His return attack to Viggo was to break his arm followed by a stab that more than likely severed the sub-Clavian artery/vein. It was the equivalent of taking a body shot to deliver the knockout punch.
John intentionally inserted the knife into his existing wound. So other than cutting stitches (that were already breaking), he really didn't inflict any additional damage... and it let him take the knife.
"Can he take the night off? They'll know he left his post."
'They' are about to be a non-factor.
"It's just a story. It's just a story. It didn't really happen to the dog."
The reason John didn’t take the shot and kill Yosef was because he wanted him to know that death was stalking him.
30:33 If John killed Viggo he wouldn’t have been able to have the contract pulled.
Keanu did the fighting stunts. He trained with guns on a range and obstacle course. That is why they through that scene in where he runs out of bullets, and he reloads on the fly. There are a few vids of him doing this it is quite awesome.
From what i understand the gold coins are a symbol of services earned. So the way you make it in that world is to help others enough to get the coins so you can live the way you want. There are also bigger coins signed with a bloody fingerprint. It is a debt not yet paid for (i.o.u.). Refusing to make good on that debt and a hit is placed on you.
Lastly a prequel is something i would like too. Although when you know who is alive later on it takes the suspense out of it. Keanu could play his younger self cause we all know he is an immortal.
Chevy Chevelle SS not a Camaro.
Oops I posted a spoiler earlier, i hope i deleted it before it might have been read by Anna. I just wanted to say I apologise. I enjoy seeing people watching this show and got the timeline mixed up. I hope i did not get to ruin the experience, thanks for informing me.
9:52 comment-react. Car call-out...chills given.-Ernie Moore Jr.
I agree, it was a stupid way to disarm him. I dont see how he can tear through 77 trained hitmen and yet the old guy gives him problems. Also, as i am typing this out, i am thinking that maybe he stabbed himself so he would die. That way he could be with his wife. But that fighter spirit clicks.
That dog he stole was scheduled to be put down.
Watch it twice,
You'll understand that he needs that puppy to keep him from the old life he had.
He did trade it for a Chevelle SS and it looked to be a 454 LS6,not a Camero, my favorite Chevelle.
I don’t get why anyone wouldn’t trust Marcus. He never did any wrong in this movie. Not one. Or maybe it’s just because of Williams natural villain look.
Willem, not William.
The funny part is... that's a pretty accurate portrayal of the Russian Mob. They are a bit more partial to explosions, but other than that.
If you liked this, try The Hunted. Which is set in the PNW for a bonus!
For the shootout in the club scene, keep in mind that what we see on screen is quite different from what people inside such a club would see. It's considerably brighter to us because of cinematography constraints, and our perspective reduces what our brains have to process with all the flashing lights and music, and crowds of people. Actually being there in it, would be such chaos that almost everything would actually be consciously tuned out. That's part of why it's popular...it's a way of overloading the brain so it basically just ignores everything, and they get to be mindless for a while.
On top of that...in such a club, nearly everyone on that floor would be on some kind of drugs, and or drunk.
Now, they're not using suppressors on their guns, so firing one would still be loud as fuck, but it wouldn't really start a panic simply because nobody would understand WHY the loud cracks were happening. And anyone who saw Iosef running in the towel would probably just think someone was on one too many drugs down in the bathhouse. They probably didn't even see the black gun in his hand in such a dark room. But, after enough guys get dropped after a bunch of those loud cracks, people finally noticed and got the fuck out. Hence, the empty dance floor when John got tossed off the balcony/mezzanine.
And then in the lounge area outside the dance floor, all that changes, and everyone reacts accordingly, right away.
I’m going to watch more of this but not a great start. Why can’t you understand that she knew that he would need something to help him to get over her passing? He can love a pet to help fill the void. I think it was a great thing she did for him. Even in the midst of dying she loved him so much she understood and anticipated his loneliness .
Your mayhem joke was incredible and timely! You should look into standup comedy! I missed it, I think you've got it. Somewhere, buried deep beneath you is a comedian! Let it go!!
John Wick always has a solid mythic feel to me - it's almost Sophocles rather than a modern tale
Indeed. This thing screams ancient Greek tragedy with a modern skin on it. Almost like some of those bad modern retellings of Shakespearean plays...but not bad.
11:17 scene to a react...11:20 eyes widen.-Ernie Moore Jr
Anna
As you ventured into the World of John Wick from this chapter to 2 and then 3, Keanu has return for Chapter 4 releasing in next year. I wish that creators of this movie franchise developed a prequel of John Wick. Like how John Wick became most feared man as well-known in his world. How he was a little kid raised? So many questions in his past.
To ease your mind, puppy is trained by its handler on how to play dead. Puppy wasn't really hurt in the making of this movie. Humane Society monitored Puppy treatment especially in that brutal scene.
Allstate point man in these ads is Dean Winters who played Viggo's assistant
I just noticed, after how many viewings, the guards in the club are Red Shirts and automatically dead.
awesome review 🤠 proud ya made it through
I absolutely love your reaction and the humor you bring to it❤
He has a house so he went home. Look his wife died, the person who he gave up his assassin life for. She got him a puppy because she was dying and just like Vigo said; a couple of days after his wife died your steal his classic car and kill his puppy that was going to keep him sane. That was enough for him to kill everyone. . No car chases, not a camaro it was a old classic dodge charger or challenger. Movie is awesome the way it is. Good reaction
Chevelle not a camaro...... at least you didn't say charger like another reactor thought .
The car you referred to as a Camaro is actually a Chevelle.
I loved your disclaimer in your intro. lol. It is in fact my first time here and I wanted to say hi🤠.
OK, you're about to watch the movie! I loved the entire intro to, very well said.😉
Incredible movie making and storytelling. But the one big flaw I see in this movie is if everybody knows who John Wick is, don't you think the son of the crime boss would certainly know who he is as well?
I don't know how to explain what makes an entertaining reaction but this was an entertaining reaction.
"That's all he needs. Well, besides the pencil." 😀
As I start viewing your reaction, my prediction is that -- like most of us -- you'll be so caught up in the story that the violence not only will not bother you, you'll actually be cheering it on. But we'll see how well I know your tastes. ;).
36:15 I think that's the first time I've ever heard you "snort-laugh" -- adorable. ;)
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That wasn't a Camaro, it was a Chevy Chevelle.
It took me multiple watches to realize Daisy dragged herself over to John so she could die next to him! 😭😭😭😭😭😭
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Virtual hugs!!!! 💗 You unfortunately knew the plot before coming in, literally, you labeled every part of the story in under a minute.
Aside from the mysteries of the shadowy underworld, this is a pretty straightforward plot.
@@Stevarooni I'm really looking forward to watching the ballerina series
It's veigo fault for not telling him who was John wick is in the first place Soo basically it his father fault
The knife in Vigo is in a very fatal location.
ejecting magazines blows my mind
Arellio gave John a big-block Chevelle, not a Camaro. #Upgrade
yes, I believe they had put a little bacon grease on his cheeks to get the puppy to jump and kiss at his face. My first time stopping by, ..love your vibe/reaction. ..Much love
17:48 comment.-Ernie Moore Jr.
Just so you know. JW2 is actually better than this one. And JW 3 is better than two. JW 4 is due out March of 2023 and JW5 is in production.
Love your reactions as always.
Y'all be safe.
It wasn't a Camaro, it was a Chevelle
Don't take things from people that are irreplaceable. If it was just the car it might have been ok.
The puppy is to help him grieve
Since you asked so nicely, I couldnt turn down subbing :) You earned it champ!
We all need our own cop named Jimmy
Sorry, not a Camaro, it's a Chevelle Malibu but still a cool car.
If you want two funny action movies, try Kung Fu Hustle or Shaolin Soccer with subtitles. Hustle is violent as it involves a gang trying to take over a poor community. Unbeknownst to them, the community has some martial arts masters trying to live a normal life. Soccer is about monks living away from the monastery who needs to raise money to save it. They decide to join a soccer tournament. There's a lot of wire work and CGI that's still entertaining.
lmfao...'oh, she died of health related reasons'. haha, don.t we all?
Handcuffs necklace, looks good ma'am
Wow! You nailed the plot in it's entirety in your intro. I wish there were more complexity for you, and i'm afraid the whole franchise is pretty much.. rinse and repeat.
This is sad as Keanu Reeves is such a sympathetic character on-screen.
I really liked him in
POINT BREAK (1991)
Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze and
THE REPLACEMENTS (2000)
Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman
This was fun till it became redundant.
4:03 comment-react.-Ernie Moore Jr.
You will get some back story in the third instalment.
I don't know why, but I love that thing to your temples thing! Had to be when you were a little girl. Funny as hell though!
Hello, this is a good selection. I like this story about a man and his dog.
I have always liked your channel but I ever more respect for you now that I know your car girl. However, watch the scene again where he gets the loaner car given to him it was 1969 Chevelle SS still a nice ride.
Did you notice who the doctor was lol its the key maker from the matrix
12:51 react: ongoing.-Ernie Moore Jr.
The Camero as you say, is either a Chevelle SS or a GTO. They were new when I was a teen.
You got 2 more sequels too go so you will understand #4 trailer wich is out already ps somebody has his mustang that Joseph dropped it off at I'm not gonna spoil it for you 😂😂have fun n a nice day