What the corpus says about John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)

You are a clerk at Video Culture, a video store. A customer just finished John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) and wants to know what to watch next.

Below is what people who love movies said on three podcasts (Blank Check, The Rewatchables, The Big Picture) about John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) and the films around it, one line each. Every line starts with where it came from, in brackets: [show · episode · time · speaker (how sure we are it was them)]. A [pairs] line says how often two films were put side by side. A [speaker] line says what that person likes. A [bits] line lists a show's running bits: a format, not an opinion.

[Blank Check · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind · 1:50:07 · Griffin Newman (0.55)] John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum ↔ Thor · contrast · Gun fetishism in Thor's ending bothers Griffin, but John Wick's cartoonish violence does not. · "Gun fetishy stuff, I just get really uncomfortable, right?"
[The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:41:09 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum ↔ Alita: Battle Angel · verdict · The dog fight wins best action sequence on the strength of unprecedented design and what the director said was the hardest thing he had done. · "That feels like it has to be the winner."
[Blank Check · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind · 1:48:54 · David Sims (0.50)] John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum ↔ The Farewell · industry · Both are named as the only films that did not underperform in 2019, with John Wick as the highest-grossing non-Disney release. · "one of the only films to not underperform at the box office, along with the farewell."
[Blank Check · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind · 1:50:14 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] Keanu Reeves ↔ John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum · career · Griffin argues the film is a masterpiece of survival that mirrors Keanu's own loss and repeated comebacks. · "it's maybe the best work of Keanu's entire career."
[The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:41:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum ↔ Chad Stahelski · people · Stahelski called the dog fight the hardest thing he had ever done, on this podcast. · "the director of the movie was on this pod, he said that that was the hardest thing he had ever done."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards · 0:53:26 · Joe Reid (0.45)] Keanu Reeves ↔ John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum · verdict · Joe's nominee for best actor, defended impassionedly on an earlier episode. · "Keanu Reeves and John Wick chapter 3, Parabellum."
[The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:40:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum · fun · The dog-fight sequence took six months to design and train, and director Chad Stahelski told this podcast it was the hardest thing he had done. Wins best action sequence. · "I took 6 months to design and train the dogs to execute this fight."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:38:25 · David Sims (0.60)] Thor: The Dark World ↔ Alita: Battle Angel · theme · Griffin's line from his Alita review frames this film: he is defenseless before silly sci-fi epics that dump lore through a simple hero's journey, like Jupiter Ascending, Valerian, Aquaman. · "Think of films like Jupe, ascending, Valerian, Aquaman, colorful mega budget, nonsense splash into a grand canvas."
[Blank Check · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind · 0:41:13 · Lulu Wang (0.80)] The Farewell ↔ Hayao Miyazaki · lineage · Like Miyazaki keeping the film identical to his manga, Wang wanted to carry the pure tone of her radio story into the feature without inflating the plot. · "how do I maintain the spirit that's in the manga, the purity of it and transfer it to film, which is something that I thought a lot about with the farewell"
[The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:13:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] The Avengers ↔ Thor · programming · Thor was treated as a loss leader, a stepping stone to the Avengers. · "Thor was treated as a loss leader, essentially."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ · 0:50:54 · Chris Ryan (0.40)] Reservoir Dogs ⇒ The Farewell (the host's read) · lineage · The slow-motion group walk in The Farewell echoes the Reservoir Dogs shot, which remains influential. · "And that shot is still really influential."
[The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:33:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Justice League ↔ Thor · programming · Justice League must make Cyborg, Aquaman, and the Flash into linchpins the way Thor and Captain America are. · "They have to be the Thor, they have to be the Captain America."
[Blank Check · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind · 0:17:05 · Lulu Wang (0.60)] The Farewell ↔ Red Sorghum · theme · Wang and her father sang a song from Red Sorghum a cappella at the real family wedding that inspired The Farewell. · "the song that she's singing as she's walking away and it's like, there's subtitles."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 2:08:10 · David Sims (0.45)] Captain America: The First Avenger ↔ Thor · programming · Cap opened to about 65 million like Thor, finished near 176 worldwide domestic and around 370 vs Thor's 450. · "Cap opens pretty much exactly the same as Thor, 65."
[Blank Check · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind · 0:40:20 · Lulu Wang (0.85)] Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind ↔ The Farewell · theme · Lulu Wang felt the same make-it-now pressure on her second film as Miyazaki did on his second film. · "I felt that way about the farewell, which is my 2nd film as well."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 1:02:12 · Griffin Newman (0.35)] Thor ↔ The Avengers · programming · The Hawkeye cameo, with no interaction, made the speaker doubt the Avengers team-up would work. · "The thing you want to see is how they talk and interact with each other."
[Blank Check · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind · 0:13:58 · Lulu Wang (0.85)] The Farewell ↔ Harry Nilsson · craft · The film's song 'Without You' was a cover recorded with Wang's friends because the Nilsson foreign-language version could not be cleared. · "I wanted the, an Italian version of uh, without you."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 1:50:54 · David Sims (0.50)] Thor ↔ Fast Five · programming · Thor's opening was the Memorial Day-season release, with Fast Five as the number two film in its 2nd weekend. · "Number 2 is one of the best movies of this year."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 2:07:38 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Thor · programming · Its post-credit scene is called the weakest, existing only to announce Thor's film, much like the Captain Marvel tag after Infinity War. · "Because essentially it's just like Thor, Thor, will be the star of a new movie."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:48:57 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man ↔ Thor · programming · The hosts preview the next trio: Thor, Captain America, Avengers; one hates Thor. · "So what our next three is going to be Thor, Captain America, Avengers."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:03:54 · Griffin Newman (0.65)] Masters of the Universe ⇒ Thor (the host's read) · lineage · Thor is described as essentially a remake of the live-action Masters of the Universe. · "It's mostly just a remake of the live action masters of the universe movie."
[speaker] Sean Fennessey · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · Loves gory, funny, fast genre movies with craft and confidence, especially 87-minute films that never overstay. Can't stand ponderous elevated horror that fills out its runtime with introspection and sad family history. A sucker for the Carpenter-era lineage, Die Hard homages, and directors who break studio dogma. · stances: Resident Evil is one of the best films of the year; Horror movies have become a drag; fun genre experiences are needed; Short running times are a virtue; Video-game films work best when great filmmakers get creative license
[speaker] Griffin Newman · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Calls Last Temptation his college-era favorite Scorsese; loves Scorsese's smaller 80s and the film's closing transcendence and Gabriel score. Cannot stand fundamentalist outrage at it. A sucker for casting trivia and Tom Cruise-silliness. · stances: Hot take: Last Temptation structurally mirrors New York, New York as a better version; Outrage over the film is stupid; it is respectful to Jesus; Scorsese's smaller 80s work beats his later baroque phases
[speaker] David Sims · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Prepares history: novel, casting, budgets, box office. Reveres the film and thinks it reads as a normal ground-level story. A sucker for Hollywood deal backstory and box office game. · stances: Praises Keitel and Dafoe casting; Respects Scorsese's persistence and Corman discipline; The film is now well regarded though not 'canonical Marty'
[speaker] Joe Reid · latest sketch, Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards · Loves performance-driven work (Elisabeth Moss in Her Smell, Paul Walter Hauser in Richard Jewell) and likes Toy Story 4 less than Frozen 2. Defends Frozen 2's queer subtext and Wild Rose. · stances: Frozen 2 deserved nominations for its Elsa storytelling; Hauser's lack of judgment as the best acting; Gendered acting categories exist because winners matter
[bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)
[bits] Blank Check: The box office game (Guessing the film's opening weekend and what it was up against); The sung theme ("Blank Check with Griffin and David", sung; the transcriber garbles it)
[bits] The Rewatchables: Apex Mountain (The moment a star peaks; where on the mountain a performance sits); Who Won the Movie (The hosts name the person who came out of the film best off); The Ebert review (Roger Ebert's original review and star rating read aloud. Ebert is cited, never on the show); Casting what-ifs (Who was almost cast, or who should have been); Most rewatchable scene (The scene each host would stop on while flipping channels); Aged best / aged worst (What holds up and what does not); Picking Nits (The little things in a film the hosts love that they don't think totally work: the nits); Double feature (The film each host would pair it with; a programming pick)

Recommend three to six films, and only films that appear in these lines. A series, a TV film, or a franchise counts too when a line recommends it or pairs it with John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) itself. For each one, give one short reason in your own words and say whose reason it is: the show, named exactly as the brackets name it, and the speaker when the line names one (an "unknown" speaker is just the show). If the lines are thin, say so plainly rather than stretching them.

Keep a contrast a contrast. When a line sets two films apart, the reason is how they differ; never turn it into a way they're alike. A line with ⇒ puts the source first and what drew on it second, and one marked "the maker said so" is still the host reporting it: say who said it, and never state an influence as fact.

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