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TheMelv t1_j9m0v2p wrote

Reply to comment by adamircz in What are some of your favourite spiritual successor films? by theg721

I always found them way more inspired by late 80s early 90s HK action movies. I've always felt the name John Wick was an homage to John Woo. The suits, the crazy choreography, the gun-fu, the almost mythical nature of the universe they inhabit all point more to the heroic bloodshed scene than Hollywood action movies.

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ZackNappo t1_j9lrw4j wrote

Reply to Favorite diner scenes? by LadyLurkerHandz

The opening convo between Denzel and Ethan hawke in training day. Filmed in the same diner as the scene in old school when the manager guy says the godfather gets everything on the house, much to Mitch’s chagrin lol. Probably wouldn’t add the old school one to a “best diner scene” list but the training day one belongs for sure.

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__Universal-Gleam__ t1_j9lrgu2 wrote

Reply to comment by riegspsych325 in What are some of your favourite spiritual successor films? by theg721

world's end was a bit of a miss really, it's watchable but it's really nowhere near the perfectly paced classics of Shaun of the dead and hot fuzz. It doesn't have that same grounded humour and the writing seems weaker.

I think they tried to do too much in world's end and the antagonists also came across like a poor rehash of hot fuzz but with generic aliens instead of eccentric villagers. It doesn't click very well and lack's it's own personality. None of the characters are even that likeable really.

I also don't think Pegg and Frost worked so well in the flipped positions, as a result the dynamic is kind of lost between them because Frost is trying to play a more mature / serious character compared to Simon Pegg. Something that is not an issue in "paul" where the character dynamic remains the same as Shaun of the dead and Hot Fuzz.

I don't think it helped either that "world's end" was a bit too close to "this is the end" which came out around the same time, the latter generally did the apocalypse comedy a lot better imo.

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JolietJake92 t1_j9lp4xz wrote

Reply to Favorite diner scenes? by LadyLurkerHandz

The Big Lebowski

"You want a toe. I can get you a toe. Believe me, there are ways. You don't want to know about it, believe me. Hell I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon, with nail polish. Fuckin amateurs. They send us a toe, we're supposed shit ourselves with fear. Jesus Christ."

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