The Accountant, revisited:

February 12, 2017, 03:44 PM

I watched The Accountant after seeing Wick and enjoyed it just as much. I had never seen it in the theater so it was fresh and exciting to watch. The character Affleck portrays, Christian Wolff, is more of a brawler than a martial artist like Wick but he utilizes some of the same grappling and shooting techniques. He's just a little sloppier at it. Where Wick takes one shot at someone's head, Wolff needs two or three.

I laughed long and hard at a couple of scenes, such as him killing the hitmen sent to the farmers' home, then waving goodbye and wandering off. His final kill of the movie was hilarious, too. "Sorry..."

I hope there's a sequel for this movie.

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February 12, 2017, 09:20 PM

Dusty78

The bathroom kill scene in the Acountant was great. The scene when she ask if he lives in the Airstream and he scoffs "no that would be weird" was funny.

February 13, 2017, 09:53 AM

apprentice

I was late to the party on this movie, just watched it last week on demand from Directv.

Very pleasantly surprised at how good it was.

February 13, 2017, 11:05 AM

dbuck47

I also re-watched this one. I find it very entertaining. Some of it is cheezy but I like the story and also am hoping for a sequel.

February 13, 2017, 05:20 PM

mikeyspizza

quote:
Originally posted by Orguss:
He's just a little sloppier at it. Where Wick takes one shot at someone's head, Wolff needs two or three.

I took it as being thorough. Mozambique drill.

February 14, 2017, 09:52 AM

Paragon

I rented it and was pleasantly surprised. Seemed like a new take.

I did not see the ending coming.

February 14, 2017, 12:14 PM

henryarnaud

I saw it in the theater and liked it so much I bought it on Blu-ray when it came out. The bonus features are pretty cool, including one featurette about the martial arts training and firearms.

My favorite scene, by far, is the farm house fight with the wave at the end. Cracks me up every time.

Regarding the final scene when Affleck's character has all the tactical gear on, I noticed he had a small knife mounted on the front of his vest. Anyone happen to know what knife that is?

February 14, 2017, 12:17 PM

newmexican

quote:
Originally posted by Orguss:
I watched The Accountant after seeing Wick and enjoyed it just as much. I had never seen it in the theater so it was fresh and exciting to watch. The character Affleck portrays, Christian Wolff, is more of a brawler than a martial artist like Wick but he utilizes some of the same grappling and shooting techniques. He's just a little sloppier at it. Where Wick takes one shot at someone's head, Wolff needs two or three.

I laughed long and hard at a couple of scenes, such as him killing the hitmen sent to the farmers' home, then waving goodbye and wandering off. His final kill of the movie was hilarious, too. "Sorry..."

I hope there's a sequel for this movie.

That hitman he killed is my old joy jitsu coach fair fletcher. He was in breaking bad, sicario, westworld....a bunch of stuff.

February 14, 2017, 01:10 PM

guardianangel762

I loved this movie, it was not ruined by some awkward love scene thrown into it. He remained wonderfully awkward throughout.

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February 14, 2017, 03:15 PM

jsbcody

quote:
He remained wonderfully awkward throughout.

Except when he was killing...or doing the accounts.

February 14, 2017, 03:46 PM

Aeteocles

I freakin' love the awkward interactions between Wolff and Dana.

February 14, 2017, 03:56 PM

md-lucky

I've watched it twice now - I was amazed at how many things I didn't catch the first time through I caught the second time through.

*spoilers*

The first time I watched it I didn't catch at ALL that the girl who only communicates through the computer was his handler on the phone throughout. Completely missed that, and it made me enjoy the end even more.

Very good movie!

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February 14, 2017, 08:23 PM

Orguss

quote:
Originally posted by md-lucky:
*spoilers*

The first time I watched it I didn't catch at ALL that the girl who only communicates through the computer was his handler on the phone throughout. Completely missed that ...

I didn't even realize this. No wonder she always spoke "heavy sigh".

February 14, 2017, 08:25 PM

sigarms229

quote:
*spoilers*

The first time I watched it I didn't catch at ALL that the girl who only communicates through the computer

Same here. I didn't catch that on the first viewing and went "holy shit" during the second viewing.

February 14, 2017, 09:56 PM

bushpilot

We bought the Blue Ray for our library. Wife and I enjoyed it and will watch it again.

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February 15, 2017, 03:19 PM

SIGnified

Flew home last night on a Delta flight and had super low expectations - from the trailer I thought Affleck would be his typical weak self ... but surprisingly, I really liked the movie.

SPOILER: I figured his brother would show up in some fashion, or that he was his brother (if you know what I mean), and that the London phone girl was a computer, but was still pleased with the ending/twists.

I'll likely wacth it again.

Really liked the Father saying that the 1st decision anyone ever has to make is whether or not you'll be a victim; the 2nd decision is to act or not (e.g. action).

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February 15, 2017, 05:00 PM

Rey HRH

quote:
Originally posted by Orguss:
quote:
Originally posted by md-lucky:
*spoilers*

The first time I watched it I didn't catch at ALL that the girl who only communicates through the computer was his handler on the phone throughout. Completely missed that ...

I didn't even realize this. No wonder she always spoke "heavy sigh".

I think things like that are what made the movie great. For example, I saw the innocuous scene in Aliens where Riply was moving cargo. I figured that was going to show up later and it did when she fought the alien.

With the accountant, I didn't see it coming. BUT it made sense looking back at when they first met.

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