http://nextprojection.com/2014/09/21/fantastic-fest-john-wick-review/

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...Sorry, the hotness shook me to such an extent that it took longer than I thought. And all these amazing reviews...

I LOVE EVERYBODY AND NOTHING HURTS.

Another review, which I don't like as much:

http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/john-wick-review-fantastic-fest-2014/

Just adding some counterweight:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/09/22/john-wick-review?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ign%2Fall+(IGN+All)

http://www.firstshowing.net/2014/fantastic-fest-review-to-put-it-succinctly-john-wick-is-fing-awesome

http://filmschoolrejects.com/reviews/john-wick-review.php

http://www.austinmonthly.com/Austin-Amplified/September-2014/Wick-ed-Game/

The Action Elite, video interview
http://theactionelite.com/2014/09/keanu-reeves-talks-john-wick-at-fantastic-fest/

Just for the sake of another poster (the review is positive but...)
http://geekleagueofamerica.com/2014/09/22/fantastic-fest-2014-movie-review-john-wick/

But Lord, that review. Idiocy abounds. The writer calls it a "charismatic star performance" by a star of "blank-faced Zen passivity." A blank-faced, passive person can't give a charismatic star performance. These critics are so unwilling to go against the Prevailing Critical Wisdom on Keanu that they contort their logic into unrecognizable shapes to avoid acknowledging his talent.

He can act. Deal with it already.

Yeah, People need to deal with all of this and of course the fact that he has a library (for God's sake why is that even a news, someone broke in and they are debating about a library!!)

I think that Keanu does not speak lightly (except when that's his intention, in settings where it's appropriate). Words matter,and he chooses them with great care. I also think he is, like many great actors, a bit of an introvert.

His acting style seems to me much more naturalistic than the full-blown method that is the unfortunate norm. Most of us don't go through our days at an absurdly, melodramatically high emotional pitch. Overwrought emotion (aka scenery-chewing) is NOT good acting. He comes across onscreen as a normal guy and I find that very refreshing. People also express emotion, even profound emotion, very differently. The idea that there's one way to convey emotion is absurd. I believe that Keanu wants to convey genuine emotion, and if he doesn't feel it, he won't do it. He's being truthful, and I love that.

http://www.nerdist.com/vepisode/exclusive-is-speed-3-happening-with-keanu-reeves/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD-tYPTelcw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

What about my Constantine?!! :-(

It occurs to me that I should clarify something. I didn't mean to say, nor do I think, that he's one of those actors who plays himself in every role and that's why so much of his best work is nonverbal. The precision and elegance I see in his acting is completely absent from his real-life mannerisms. (Not a slam, just a thought.) That tells me that onscreen and off, he's a guy with much to think and little to say, which I'll always find intriguing.

And I really don't get how no writer mentioned the guy reads Proust for fun. But nope, it's easier to go for the stupid Bill & Ted jokes.

10am PST/1PM EST

‘John Wick’ filmmakers and veteran stunt performers Chad Stahelski & David Leitch will be here in /r/movies September 30th at 10am PST for an AMA, where they’ll debut an all new poster & trailer for their Keanu Reeves film (self.movies)
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I have to say, there's something oddly satisfying about being excited again for a run-and-gun revenge film. Especially one made by veteran stuntmen.

Should be good.

If anyone needs assistance to use reddit or navigate during an AMA, mention it here. Myself and Ani can probably help - maybe others as well?! [sorry to volunteer you Ani but you're good with reddit too]

Cheers

No idea on the film budget BICto22 <--like how I shortened it? heh.
I'm sure the info is in one of the links. Digital?! It does allow more $ for other aspects of the film that used to go towards film and developing costs.

"I love John Wick's grief and his power," said Reeves. "For me, when I really first felt that was in The Lord of the Rings and you would read about Strider, and you'd think, 'Wow, here he comes.'"When Wick kills, it is for good reason, and with merciless efficiency, Reeves explained, "which I think helps him be not the reprehensible, pathological, sociological killer that he could be. He's just really capable."

Reeves is a Fantastic Fest veteran, unveiling his directorial debut Man of Tai Chi there in 2013. That was about a good man trying to save his soul; with the bloodstained Wick, "there's a bit of a swing in the pendulum here," he said. "For me, it was fun telling this mythological, Old Testament, revenge tale. But I don't quite think of it as revenge. I think of it as reclaiming."

In the mean time, click around the page and the site overall. Explore by using 'search reddit'

you won't break anything. ;)

Does it work that way?