Finally watched it all the way through, and boy howdy did Keanu steal the entire movie right out from under Jack Nicholson's feet. Granted, Nicholson was giving an incredibly lazy, undisciplined performance (and, not for nothing, Keaton was oddly and annoyingly histrionic at points). But even if Nicholson had been in top acting form, a la "As Good as It Gets," I still would've wondered why Diane Keaton's character made the choice she did at the end of the movie. Keanu was absolutely perfect in this, and he was so much more emotionally awake that he made Nicholson appear half-dead. I can recommend this one for Keanu scenes only.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBt9zuvZxIc

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While he's more flawed in a way, I also feel really, really bad for him by the end of the film.

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I wouldn't say he's more flawed, because he's just as morally bad in the first film as he was in this one. And I admire the fact that the story doesn't try to sugarcoat that. I feel less bad for him this time around - consequences come back for him as they do for us all - but I'm excited to see what happens next.

My favorite moment in the film is still the moment he broke the unbreakable rule. I really did not think that would happen, so it was one hell of an emotional payoff when it did.

Don't know if it's the same as previous trailers, but there looks to be more Keanu.

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If you really watch the first and second one, there’s only one place it can go

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Oh, my.

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I don't even know how that story would start.

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Web of lies! You always know. It's the question that drives us, after all, and you do the same thing I do - make up stories to find the answers. Because seeing the pieces refuse to fit together really is like a splinter in the mind.

I finally figured it out. You, Anakin, are the Oracle.

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"Personally, it's tough trying to balance playing a cold-blooded assassin and being an actual cold-blooded assassin."

It's also believed that Reeves has to return to the Fountain of Youth every 129 years to rejuvenate himself, and that taking on John Wick: Chapter 3 would have clashed with it.

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Whereas, even if the Wachowskis screw it up, they'll do so gloriously.

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Accurate.

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this is an amazing crossover waiting to happen :D

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Well START WRITING ALREADY.

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If I were going to recast Keanu Reeves, I would cast Keanu Reeves.

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DAMN SKIPPY.

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One day, Keanu walks in and goes, 'What are you stressing about?' He was like, 'What did you love about the first one? Just write about that'."

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Why. Isn't. This. Man. Writing. Scripts???

I have yet to see another actor with such accurate, repeatedly reliable storytelling instincts. He could do it all - if he wanted.

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The Matrix being rebooted

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Aw, hell. I was hoping I'd be dead before this happened. It's not even been a generation since the first one. And part of the whole point, I think, is that what was futuristic then is not at all so now. I find the thought of making it all catch up with modern times more than a little disheartening.

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this guy from Forbes has always been the voice of reason.

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Yep. Loves him some Keanu, that one - at least judging by his John Wick 1 & 2 comments.

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the fans like the trilogy as it is, and the ones who dislike Reloaded and Revolutions will never be satisfied with the intentions of the directors.

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Excellent point.

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I'm sure she knew

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That is a fanfic I'm dying to write, but I'm not sure it's within my power. Have to leave it to Ani, I guess. ;)