jinxed_07

jinxed_07 t1_j2djpfk wrote

I feel like John Wick goes too far in the other direction: I enjoy watching a guy that gets some injuries but keeps on through determination and sheer will, but past a certain point, the damage should be too much and they should have to take time to get medical care and a considerable amount of time to heal. I think the John Wick sequels would be much better off if a lot more time had passed during them to reflect this.

This isn't to say I don't enjoy the John Wick films, but they really do strain the suspension of disbelief.

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jinxed_07 t1_j2dj52y wrote

I don't even think you need to kill off superheros, you just need to give them space to lose or get pyrrhic victories. All of Captain America's movies are great at this: Cap always gets a win (at least compared to the alternative playing out) but at a huge cost to himself or a large impact to the greater storyline.

If you know that the good guys are always gonna win with no serious consequences, then it makes you wonder why you should bother watching the same tropes play out over and over. I feel like a lot of the latest Marvel series/movies are suffering from this: not necessarily because the whole no consequences thing is new (because it's a valid criticism for some of the older marvel flicks) but because we're tired of it and we need a reason to watch something new.

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jinxed_07 t1_j2d7ivn wrote

I think Airplane! doesn't really deserve an R rating since the nudity is just a blip of 5 seconds compared to the run time, and the alcohol/drug use is shown in a comedic light and also for brief periods of time, so there's not a compelling argument that the film promotes or glorifies it in any way

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