WHY I LOVE THE JOHN WICK FRANCHISE

ONE OF THE BIGGEST MOVIE FRANCHISES IS THAT OF JOHN WICK.  

IT DIDN'T START THAT WAY. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO START SMALL. EVEN DIRECTORS OF THE FIRST FILM,  CHAD STAHELSKI  AND DAVID LEITCH, THOUGHT THE FIRST WOULD BE THE LAST ,BUT OF COURSE, THEY WERE WRONG.  THE STUDIO WANTED MORE BECAUSE RELATIVE TO ITS BUDGET , IT MADE A LOT OF MONEY. LATER, STAHELSKI WOULD MAN  CHAPTERS 2 AND 3 BY HIMSELF AND LEITCH MOVED ON TO HOBBS AND SHAW SUCCESS.

STAHELSKI STARTED AS A STUNTMAN. I EVEN READ SOMEWHERE THAT HE ACTUALLY STARTED SCHOOL AS A MED STUDENT. HOWEVER, HIS ABILITY IN MARTIAL ARTS, LED TO STUNT WORK, INCLUDING THE REPLACEMENT FOR VARIOUS SCENES IN THE CROW WHEN BRANDON LEE WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED AND OF COURSE, KEANU'S STUNT DOUBLE IN THE MATRIX TRILOGY. THEN THAT LED TO LEADING 2ND UNIT DIRECTION AND THEN DIRECTOR AND EXECUTIVE ABOARD THE WICK MOVIES AND OTHER RELATED VENTURES. HE SEEMS TO BE A SMOOTH BUSINESSMAN.

BUT LET US NOT FORGET THE CENTRAL FIGURE, JOHN WICK HIMSELF, MR. KEANU REEVES. MR. REEVES HAS A COMBINATION OF VULNERABILITY, TENACITY, AND STEEL THAT HE CAN SHOW IN HIS FACE. HE HAS HONED HIS SKILLS WELL AND IT HAS MADE HIM A SUCCESSFUL ACTOR.  I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT HIM. THERE;S ANOTHER LAYER. I THINK IT IS THAT HE SEEMS SO MYSTERIOUS. YOU DON'T REALLY HEAR ABOUT HIM IN THE TABLOIDS. HE IS SEEMINGLY QUIET AND PENSIVE, SEXY IN REAL LIFE, YET HIS MOVIE ROLES SHOWCASE WELL, I GUESS, HIGHLY EXTROVERTED PEOPLE?!

NOW, THE STORY, THAT IS THE MYSTERY. IT HAS A LOT OF ACTION, BUT LITTLE DIALOGUE AND YET YOU GET IT. YOU GET WHAT THE  PEOPLE ARE FEELING AND HOW EACH ACTION BUILDS THE STORY.   A LOT OF WOMEN LIKE THESE MOVIES.  I THINK IF YOU SAW IN THE FIRST MOVIE: HOW MUCH THE CHARACTER LOVED HIS WIFE AND WHAT THE DOG MEANT TO HIM, AND HOW HIS LIFE SEEMS SO TRAGIC, YOU FEEL FOR HIM. THE STORY LED TO A PLACE THAT HE COULD NOT CONTROL. MOVIE NUMBER ONE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO NUMBER 2, BUT OTHER PLAYERS WERE INVOLVED, NOT JUST THE JOHN WICK CHARACTER. HE IS A VICTIM OF HIS PAST.

IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THESE MOVIES, PLEASE DO. THEY ARE ODDLY COMPELLING. IF YOU HAVE, WATCH THEM AGAIN FROM THE BEGINNING. I WAS COMPELLED ENOUGH BY THE LAST STORY TO WRITE MY OWN VERSION OF  THE NEXT ONE. I REALLY THINK THESE MOVIES ARE COOL!

PET-A-PET ZOO - ROER'S ZOOFARI - RESTON , VA!!!!!!

I LOVE ANIMALS!!!!!

I LIVE IN NEW YORK NOW , BUT I AM FROM RESTON, VIRGINIA.  I WENT TO VISIT.

MY SISTER AND I WENT TO A PETTING ZOO CALLED ROER'S ZOOFARI. IT USED TO BE CALLED PET-A-PET ZOO.  THEN IT CHANGED HANDS AND NOW IT IS WHAT IT IS. 

THE FIRST THING I DID WAS TALK TO THE CAMEL GUY WHILE I WAITED FOR THE ZOO BUS TO TAKE US TO DIFFERENT ANIMALS WHO ATE THE VEGETABLES WE HAD IN OUR CUPS (CARROTS!!!). WE FED BISON, LLAMAS, AND MINIATURE DONKEYS.  THE EMUS WERE ELUSIVE!  THE ZEBRAS WERE IN THEIR OWN ISOLATED PENS BECAUSE APPARENTLY THEY BULLY OTHER ANIMALS!  WHOA!

AFTER THE BUS RIDE, MY SISTER AND I DECIDED TO DO THE CAMEL RIDE.  IT WOULD HAVE BEEN KIND OF SCARY IF IT WASN'T FOR THE FACT THE CAMEL LIKED ME BECAUSE I FED HIM EARLIER WHILE I WAS WAITING FOR THE BUS. I LOVE YOU CAMEL!!!!!!

WE WENT TO FEED AND PET THE GIRAFFE. HE WAS CUTE AND CUDDLY AND HUNGRY.  HE WAS SO EAGER TO BEND DOWN AND TAKE OUR CARROTS. MY SISTER FORCED ME TO TAKE MULTIPLE PICTURES OF HER FEEDING IT.

WE FED AND PET THE GOATS. THEY WERE LOUD. OVERLY EAGER TO EAT ALL YOUR FOOD AND TO BE SURE THAT NO ONE , INCLUDING OTHER GOATS, WOULD GET IN THE WAY.

WE COULDN'T FEED THE WARTHOG OR CHEETAH (FOR OBVIOUS REASONS).WE TRIED TO GET CLOSE TO KANGAROOS, BUT THEY WERE'N'T INTERESTED IN ANYONE BECAUSE IT WAS JUST TOO HOT. THEY STAYED IN THE SHADE.

I WANTED TO SEE THE LEMURS, BUT MY SISTER WANTED TO LEAVE. 

BY CUTIE ANIMALS!  YOU WERE GREAT HOSTS!!!!!!

I WENT TO LONDON BEFORE BREXIT!

I WENT TO LONDON BEFORE THE BREXIT. 

I DON'T KNOW IF THINGS WILL CHANGE AFTER BREXIT, BUT I REALLY LOVED IT BEFORE . THIS IS NOT MY FIRST TIME IN LONDON. I FEEL SO COMFORTABLE IN THIS COUNTRY. I LIKE THE PEOPLE AND THE VIBE. SO, I WENT AGAIN!

THIS VISIT WAS A COMBINATION OF BUSINESS AND A STAYCATION.  THAT WAS THE LEVEL OF COMFORTABLENESS THAT I FELT. I WANDERED THE STREETS, SIPPED COFFEE, CHOMPED ON ENGLISH FARE, ET AL.  

I DID NOT LIKE THE FACT THAT NO ONE HAD TASTY SALAD DRESSING. YOU SEE, I AM A RANCH DRESSING LADY. I PUT RANCH DRESSING ON EVERYTHING AND ENGLAND WOULD NOT LET ME DO THAT.......WHY??!!!!!!!!!!!!

I LIKE THE PARKS AND THE SUBWAY. I LIKED THE SHOPS IN PLACES LIKE COVENT GARDEN. I LIKE COOL CAFES AND MYSTERIOUSLY DARK BARS.

I NEEDED TO BE REJUVENATED AND LONDON REALLY HELPED WITHOUT ASKING TOO MUCH OF ME TO DO IT.

THANKS, LONDON!!!!!!!!!!!

C'MON NOW GAME OF THRONES FINALE!!!!!!!! YOU CAN DO BETTER!!!!!

WARNING!!!!SPOILER ALERT!!!!!

WELL, THE END OF GAME OF THRONES CAME AND WENT...IT WAS TERRIBLE!!!!! 

IT WAS VERY ANTI-CLIMATIC AND UNSATISFYING FOR THE MOST PART. 

I'M HAPPY THAT BRAN BECAME KING, BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE MADE IT A LITTLE MORE SINISTER, LIKE HE PLANNED EVERYTHING SO THAT HE WOULD BE KING AND THAT EVERYONE WAS A CHESS PIECE IN HIS GAME THE WHOLE TIME. HE WAS THE REAL HERO OF THIS WHOLE THING.

ALSO, I LIKE THAT THEY KNEW THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO BE SURE THAT THE INCEST DUO WAS DONE. SO, THEY SHOWED TYRION (WHO REALLY SHOULD HAVE REALLY DIED- HE WAS A JERK!) FINDING HIS BROTHER AND SISTER DEAD UNDERNEATH BRICKS IN A ROMANTIC  EMBRACE.  THEY ARE REALLY THE CHARACTERS WHO HAD AN UNDESERVED HAPPY ENDING. I MEAN, WHAT ELSE COULD HAVE HAPPENED THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE? THEY HAD TO DIE (AT LEAST CERSEI DID) AND THEY WERE PASSIONATELY AND GROSSLY IN LOVE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO JON SNOW AFTER HE KILLED DAENERYS AND WAS SENTENCED TO A LIFE AT NIGHT'S WATCH. THAT WAS KIND OF BORING AND DUMB. 

HE SHOULD HAVE SAID,"I AM THE REAL KING. DAENERYS SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU THE TRUTH. SHE WANTED TO KEEP ME FROM THE THRONE, SO I HAD TO KILL HER BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT BE A JUST AND MERCIFUL RULER!!" THEN HE WOULD BE HAPPY AND BE THE KING. SO, MAYBE HE JUST WASN'T SMART ENOUGH TO BE KING. OH, WELL.

ALSO, I WISH THE DRAGON HAD EMBRACED JOHN AND BECOME HIS DRAGON. THEN SEE IT THROW DAENERYS OFF THE SIDE OF THE CASTLE OR GIVE HER A NICE FUNERAL. I MEAN THE FACT IS SHE DID HELP THEM WIN THE WAR AGAINST THE NIGHT WALKERS, BUT IT WAS EVERYONE'S VICTORY BECAUSE THE BLUE BADDIES WEREN'T GOING TO STOP UNTIL EVERYONE WAS DEAD. I JUST WISH THEY HAD MADE A BETTER CASE FOR HER DEATH,NOT JUST OVER ZEALOUSNESS THAT COULD BECOME MEGALOMANIA... IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH.

THERE WAS AN INTERESTING TWIST THAT SANSA WAS ALLOWED TO BECOME THE OFFICIAL QUEEN.  IT WAS BORING THAT ARYA JUST WENT OFF BY HERSELF TO EXPLORE. I MEAN SHE KILLED THE NIGHT KING. DOESN'T SHE GET A THRILLING ENDING?!

SO, I AM UNENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE ENDING, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF ITS THRILLING BEGINNING. BUT IF YOU WANT TO JUDGE FOR YOURSELF THEN GO TO THE ON DEMAND SETTING AND.........TRY IT!!!!!

CHRIS PINE! LET THE TRANSFORMATION ......CONTINUE?

THE NEW CHRIS PINE.......WOW!!!!

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH CHRIS PINE?  HE CAME ON THE SCENE AS .A CUTE GUY WHO WAS A DECENT ACTOR. HE GAVE US A HANDSOME ALTERNATIVE TO THE CAPTAIN KIRK FROM THE ORIGINAL STAR TREK.

OK, HE WAS OK. HE FILLED THE ROLE NICELY AND HE DID SOME OTHER FILMS AFTER THAT WHICH SHOWED THAT HE WAS GOOD ACTOR, BUT I WASN'T FLOORED.

FAST FORWARD FROM THE LAST STAR TREK TO WONDER WOMAN. I AM WATCHING THE LASSO SCENCE IN WHCIH THE AMAZONS WANT TO KNOW STEVE'S STORY AND HE DOESN'T WANT TO TELL THEM BECAUSE, AS HE SAYS IT, HE IS A SPY!!!!!!
I JUMPED AT THIS PART. THEN I REALIZED, "WAIT!  AM I REALLY GETTING EMOTIONALLY INVOLVED WITH A CHRIS PINE ACTING SCENE?  IS HE MOVING ME SO MUCH THAT I FORGET THAT I AM WATCHING HIM AND I AM WATCHING A MOVIE? HOW DID HE KIND OF STEAL BACK SOME OF THE MOJO OF THE FLICK FROM GAL GADOT???? WHAT'S GOING ON HERE????"

I THINK LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CHRIS HAS GROWN UP AND GROWN INTO HIS PAWS.  HE IS THE FULL FLEDGED INTELLIGENT ACTOR THAT YOU THOUGHT HE MAY BE , BUT YOU WEREN'T SURE, IF YOU EVER THOUGHT IT WAS POSSIBLE AT ALL. HIS MATURITY HAS CHANGED HIS LOOK TO A THINKING WOMAN'S SUPERHUNK!!! HE HAS FINALLY DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF FROM THE SEA OF MULTIPLE STARS NAMED CHRIS TO BECOME THE BEST CHRIS????!!!!! 

NO LONGER ARE WE LOOKING AT MUSCLES, ALTHOUGH HIS WELL TONED PHYSIQUE IS QUITE NICE TO WATCH AND HIS WREATH OF HAIR THAT HAS MANY INCARNATIONS IN HIS VARIOUS FILMS.  HE HAS BECOME CHARISMATIC AND COMPELLING IN JUST A FEW YEARS.

BUT WHY? IS IT PATTY JENKINS, HIS WONDER WOMAN DIRECTOR? DOES SHE HAVE THE KEY TO THE TALENT OF CHRIS P.? CUZ SHE SURE SEEMS LIKE IT FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN OF THEIR NEW JOINT PROJECT, "I AM THE NIGHT".  AGAIN, CHRIS IS COMMANDING THE SCREEN WITH A PERFORMANCE THAT HAS A RIDE OR DIE BRAVADO THAT IS SHOCKING ME.

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. HE SEEMS MORE MATURE AND FOCUSED, LIKE HIS HORMONES FINALLY CALMED DOWN. 

 GLIMPSES OF THIS GUY WERE IN THAT, I GUESS, THE COMEDIC PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT, CALLED "IF CONGRESS WERE YOUR CO-WORKER"(2016) 

IN WHCH HE SHOWS ALL THE NAUGHTINESS THAT THE CONGRESS WAS (IS) UP TO AND THAT PEOPLE WERE PUTTING UP WITH IN THE GOVERNMENT, BUT PUT INTO THE CONTEXT OF YOUR JOB. HE WAS A HOOT!!! 

( GO WATCH IT ON YOUTUBE.COM.) 

ALSO, THERE WERE A FEW INTRIGUING  GOOD PARTS IN THE FILM "STRETCH", ALTHOUGH I DON'T WANT YOU TO NECESSARILY TAKE THAT AS A RECOMMENDATION.

I THINK NOW, HE'S THINKING ABOUT HIS LEGACY.  I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S MAGICAL AND THRILLING. KEEP GOING CHRIS!!!!!!!!!!

THIS NEW GUY IS PHENOMENAL!!!!

IF YOU ARE CURIOUS ABOUT THIS NEW CHRIS WHITELAW PINE THEN ........WATCH HIM!!!!!! (IN WONDER WOMAN AND I AM THE NIGHT) TRY IT!!!!!!

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