Bill mistaking Theon Greyjoy for Theon Lovejoy for an hour just to have Craig finally chime in and say it’s Greyjoy. Not have it be heard and then Shea having to finally correct it is pure comedy 😂
Yes, Ian McShane played Lovejoy, a 'rogue antiques dealer' (?!) over 8 years on British telly, prime time Saturday night slots, repeated often since then. He's so associated with the role you get people watching Deadwood saying "Wow, Lovejoy has a filthy mouth in this', and so on. Whereas Alfie Allen, aka Theon Greyjoy, is known for being Lily Allen's brother.
@@Notmenoteverno its not, they just posted it on the audio podcast as well. And shea mentions john wick 4 which just came out last year. This is a new episode
Is there an award for "crank the volume this park fucking rocks" cause I would definitely nominate the nightclub sequence and can testify that I regularly maxxx out my volume
its really been 10 years? goddamn. My favorite scene in this was when the boss was like i heard you struck my son. may i ask why? well sir he stole john wick's car and killed his dog . " OH "
True story: my immigrant parents named me John and my brother Jonathan under the impression they were totally unrelated names. My mother didn’t realize it was the same name until we all watched John Wick on DVD at home and saw the Ian mcshane “Jonathan” scene in the jazz club
FYI, Arnis is a Filipino martial art style that uses sticks, swords, knives, boxing and ground. Been practicing for 25 years. FMA is in a lot of action movies but rarely gets called out. Awesome.
Couldn’t believe the half assed internet research didn’t discover Michael Nyqvist died a couple of years after this. Also, you recognise him from Girl with the Dragon tattoo, the Swedish trilogy
Most rewatchable scene in this movie is imho when Viggo tells the story about John to his son and the lawyer, mixed with John bashing the floor with the sledgehammer. Michael Nyquist was such a great actor sadly lost way too soon to the big C :(
Love this episode because I'm a huge "John Wick" fan. From the first trailer I was in and had to convince other people it was worth seeing and I still watch it a couple times a year. Best version of Keanu Reeves and currently still underrated as an action film.
One blink and you'll miss it moment that always stood out to me as insanely good is when John is in the bath house and looks right at "Theon Lovejoy" as he holds a dude down and shoots him in the head. Just such a menacing look right into his eyes and Theon looks so terrified. Its great.
I think I agree with Bill about the order of likability. In 1 he's really a sympathetic character. By the last one I openly wondered if Wick was the good guy anymore as he got so many people killed or I'm a fucked up situation.
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Guys!! Since the overacting award is usually pejorative, but CAN be positive - I think it should be the, "Goes to 11 award " in honor of spinal tap. I think that makes it so it's not so negative when you guys choose who gets the award.
Funny that you mentioned Lovejoy because Ian mcshane played a character called that in a show of the same name hahahaha i think it's what got him famous, i just remember watching it with my grandad
TOM CRUISE EASILY THE GREATEST ACTION STAR. SCHWARTANEGGER SECOND. WILLIS THIRD. KEANU VS STALLONE ID PROBABLY TAKE STALLONE OVER REEVES. REEVES OVER DAMON
The Big Kahuna Burger award going to the cereal is unforgivable. The fact that Blantons isn't even mentioned here is grounds for having your man card revoked. This film is directly responsible for Blantons being elevated to one of the most iconic bourbons in the world, and also making it harder to get than cocaine in church. I bet if it was Michelob Ultra you'd have noticed....
The raid is still better than John Wick. But it is clearly 1A and 1 B. Also, you should check "Monkey Man" with Dev Patel. It was surprisingly good as well.
Picky Nit: How do the coins stay in his pockets? He's rolling around, falling down and running the whole franchise. Haha. That shit would be jangling around and dropping out like Sonic the Hedgehog.
Yeah im shocked at CR at least didn't bring that up I totally see Mad Max Fury Road being a movie that Boomer Bill doesn't like To be fair, they did specify best ORIGINAL action movies this century
I haven't seen Wick 4 yet, but I agree with Bill that the Wick movies are best in order of release. HOWEVER: the "Q" homage/montage with the Tailor, Rome Concierge, Map Guy, Sommelier leading into the kill of the Mafioso Queen leading into the gun fight in the catacomb leading into the fights with Common is just an epic 30 minutes. Finally, Duck fat fries. Wick Chapter 2 is such good action and so much fun.
Watching John Wick makes me appreciate Mel Gibson's Payback even more. I like John Wick, but Payback is a bette/funnier movie with a good deal less karate.
Look, I love John Wick, but the "nobody's ever done", "I've never seen anything like" and "I cant think of another" hyperbole is off the charts in this podcast. It's a great great movie but its nothing you've never seen before, especially if you watch action movies outside of the US.
I love the John Wick franchise. That said...for 4 John Wick movies I have accepted a fantasy franchise where multiple families throughout the world run a network of assassins who can get shot at 1000 times and not die, fight 1 on 50 and win, hang out in hotels that somehow only cater to them without local authorities ever intervening, handle every weapon perfectly, know every form of martial arts, sometimes can defeat multiple guys with guns while fighting with a only sword and other times guys with swords can defeat guys with guns, carry unlimited ammo, dodge bullets (even a blind guy), drive at high speeds and have gun fights in heavily populated cities, fall multiple stories from buildings and live, and get hit by cars and bounce back up. BUT, I have never and will never accept this happens to people who do all this while wearing designer suits and dress shoes that never get destroyed, or barely even torn. They bounce back up and boom the suit looks great still and the shoes are tied and nothing falls out of the pockets. The whole franchise is just advertising for the expensive suit industry.
LA cap head guy might wanna slow his roll. Tom Cruise? Mission Impossibl movies, Edge of Tmw., Reacher, Top Gun movies, Collateral, Minority Report...Also, since when is "Point Break" some big action movie?
One more nitpick: John Wick was approached about selling his car while pumping his own gas in New Jersey…NJ is only full-service. You can’t pump your own gas.
God you guys are fucked. His career was not dead. Not at all. Slump for sure. But it was just like 5 years. Where his biggest shot waz 47 ronin and that bombed. He directed man of tai chi. Got acclaim for that. He experimented with genres like he has his entire career, like generation uhm, somethings gotta give with jack nicholson or knock knock by eli roth. Street kings by david ayer, henrys crime was delightful. Itvwas with vera farmiga. He was never just am action guy. In fact action was his 3rd genre after serious dramas and comedies.
