*Wanted * just opened in Bangkok, too. We’ll see it next weekend.
I could hang with a stupid movie if it at least had some cool SFX and all that, but Wanted didn’t even have that going for it. Bad FX and an epically stupid script reminded me why I almost never see movies in the theater.
Did anyone else think, “Yahp, this is definitely Lower Wacker Drive.”?
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I’m kind of in the same boat. I understand why they made the changes (Wanted was too comic “insider” to risk 100 million), but I really loved the TPB.
The part that disappoints me most is that despite the changes, it seems as if the protagonists are not scumbags. I liked that best of all.
I want to see it, but I don’t know when I will get to.
I caught it today and winced at the boot camp that Wisely had to go through. The movie is excellent once you accept that all laws of physics can be broken. The stunts and actions are memorable and it’s quite humorous at certain parts.
Alas, I find the ending a bit lacking. How did he go from a guy wounded and broke to be ‘in control’ at the end when he took out the main villain with a curveball sniper shot? The lack of a real ‘final show-down’ makes the ending weak, and the gun-fu action before that isn’t really satisfying (it doesn’t top the first Matrix movie).
Other than that, it’s all good for a summer blockbuster film.
As someone who didn’t have a clue that it was based on a Comic. Could anyone please tell me what the main differences where?
(or should I post this in a new thread?)
The comic’s Wiki entry. It’s spoilery, so beware, if you want to read it. Stop reading after the second paragraph of the body of the article…that should be enough to get an idea of the major changes, without spoiling the bulk of the comic.
Thank you!
hey ho, hey ho, off to Wikipedia I go
The wife and I saw it yesterday (Saturday) and give it the thumbs up. Good fun.
Ms. Jolie was sexy as hell and the action scenes were fun, but the story sucked the ol’ Y.C. And I simply could not abide the scene where the hero fires a pistol with a metal rod jammed down the barrel. In real life that would cause the pistol to explode, and you could very well be killed. I think some idiot would be more likely to attempt that, than the bullet curving stuff.
I do have one lingering question:
If he only had 14 dollars in his account at the end of the movie, how the fuck did he afford that giant sniper rifle and scope that he used to knock off Sloane at the end? Unless he was given that during his assassin training and had just been keeping it in his room the whole time.
Just a guess, but I think maybe:
He must have found some sort off unding among his father’s stuff. Maybe cashing in the plane ticket Terence Stamp gave him, too.
My question is:
How did he persuade that kid to take his place and be crept up on by the bad guy?
If I were worried too much about what would have happened in real life, I’d not be able to enjoy films like The Lord of the Rings or Narnia. (I do wonder, though, about the distinct lack of blood in the Narnia battle scenes.) The movie worked for what it was, we felt. We found ourselves able to suspend our disbelief for crucial scenes.
My guess is that the Franternaty was more of a cell-like organization. So the old guy that was making the special bullets just set him up with a different francise. shrug…sure it’s a stretch, but it worked for me mentally.
Nightwatch seemed like a terribly dumbed-down version of the book. I turned Daywatch off after ten minutes. I might enjoy Wanted, though, since I haven’t read the source material.