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bif

(24,501 posts) Fri Jan 5, 2024, 11:08 AM Jan 2024

I don't understand the popularity of the "John Wick" movies. [View all]

Don't get me wrong. I love a good revenge movie. But I just watched the first three Wick movies on Netflix and I thought they were pretty boring. They were so predictable and formulaic. And the fight scenes were practically the same in each sequence and each movie. How did they each get a 7.4 score on IMDb?

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I don't understand the popularity of the "John Wick" movies. [View all] bif Jan 2024 OP

Lot and lots and lots of guns? Traildogbob Jan 2024 #1

Gun nuts must get a hard-on watching these movies. bif Jan 2024 #2

They are top 10 on Netflix right now. jimfields33 Jan 2024 #3

Can you imagine Traildogbob Jan 2024 #4

Are they great movies? Of course not. Was I entertained? Yes. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2024 #5

That was the cutest puppy in the world! AZSkiffyGeek Jan 2024 #9

The Mrs and I have raised beagles for 40+ years... RainCaster Jan 2024 #10

I think the big appeal is the "alternate world" they created in it AZSkiffyGeek Jan 2024 #6

And all the rules that they just live by. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2024 #7

Exactly AZSkiffyGeek Jan 2024 #8

Opera/Ballet getting old in mke Jan 2024 #11