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Author Topic: Wanted (2008) Tom Mundell Expert Film Handler Posts: 120 From: Silver Spring, MD, USA Registered: Nov 2007 posted 07-09-2008 10:07 PM                        Saw this this past weekend at Regal Majestic 20 in cinema 7; overall I didn't like this one much. Wasn't too bad to sit through, but not as good as I had hoped. Definitely some good action scenes though. I'd say 5/10.  |  IP: Logged John Lasher Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Newark, DE Registered: Aug 2001 posted 07-11-2008 11:49 PM                        Cinemark Movies 10, Newport, DE, Auditorium 4, DTS Not enough killing. OK Presentation. Kept dropping to analog for some reason during trailers, but stayed in for the feature. COME ON, Cinemark, a common-width screen in one of your 2 largest houses, in a complex that seems partial to common-height... tsk, tsk. Base side scratch lasting for about 20 seconds at one point. [ 07-13-2008, 12:10 AM: Message edited by: John Lasher ]  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 07-28-2008 03:48 AM                        Enjoyable movie, far more entertaining than useless tripe like "There Will Be Blood". You have the typical training scenes which take up a large portion of movies like this which kind of does kill the replay value a bit. As a gun-loving American, all I want to see are people getting shot in the face from start to finish for absolutely no reason whatsoever. I don't think I have ever seen the main actor before, maybe he is from Scrubs or something? This one would be great to rent or buy for cheap on Blu-ray... definitely not DVD. Only homeless people enjoy DVD.  |  IP: Logged Michael Barry Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 584 From: Sydney, NSW, Australia Registered: Nov 1999 posted 08-01-2008 08:52 AM                     I pretty much loved this for what it was. Tight pacing, crazy hair-raising action sequences and a script that makes sense within the structure of the movie-world in which this was set, with only one or two 'huh?' moments. This Russian director is a fantastic talent and sure knows how to make a movie that keeps you riveted from the first frame to the last. This certainly cannot be said of all filmmakers out there. I love that 'this director knows what he's doing' feeling from watching movies like this. Awesome!!!  |  IP: Logged Pravin Ratnam Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 844 From: Atlanta, GA,USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 08-01-2008 07:38 PM                     I enjoyed the movie for what it was - a fun action movie. james Macavoy is always fun to watch even if his american accent seemed very forced in the narration. Maybe they should have let him keep his natural accent. Jolie was fun too but she got way too damn thin. Nice to see a movie based on a comic book that is not widely read and not based on some tired old costume.  |  IP: Logged Stu Jamieson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 524 From: Buccan, Qld, Australia Registered: Jan 2008 posted 08-04-2008 07:10 AM                     Wanted begins with a written prologue regarding a 1000 year old group of weavers who form an assassination organisation. Okay then, clearly we are not meant to be taking this story seriously! With this ground rule set, the film launches into an action offensive and, true to director Timur Bekmambetov's style, physical laws are sacrificed on the alter of outrageously fun entertainment. On this score, the film succeeds. Tying an assassination group to a bunch of mediaeval weavers is a curious choice but it's clear where the story writer is going with it. The weavers' loom is an allegory for the weaving of the strands of time, an analogy of the way in which our lives are intricately woven together. This concept is not new. The idea was previously explored in the early 90's Loom, a LucasArts adventure game about a society of exiled weavers who discover that their revered loom is capable of influencing reality. In the context of the video game the idea works. The beauty and artisanship of the weavers' craft marries effortlessly with the magic and music which forms the core of the story; there's a natural synergy between these three artistic elements. Wanted's shotgun wedding between a group of fine craftsmen and a fraternity of brutal killers, on the other hand, is completely incongruous and therefore never believable. But this is of minor consequence as the film never aspires to be anything more than an outrageous action flick. Any film which includes such impossible elements as bending bullet trajectories, feats of superhuman strength and agility, and coaxing the word "motherfucker" from the lips of Morgan Freeman is clearly just having a bit of fun and not begging to be taken seriously. Even when the hero breaks the fourth wall and issues a verbal life challenge directly to the audience at the films end, it comes across as more cheeky than intentionally thought provoking. Admittedly, though, the movie does blow its load in its first half, the action being less spectacular in the second. Bekmambetov is a much better visualist than a storyteller and it's fair to say that Wanted plays to his strengths. As a result, this film demands a large box of popcorn for maximum enjoyment. 7.5 out of 10  |  IP: Logged Damien Taylor Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 08-04-2008 09:13 AM                     The movie stood up ok in its own right, but it had nothing on the comics, which are amazing. I wouldn't recommend reading the comics before seeing the movie, unless you want to be disappointed yet again by Hollywood's lack of balls to do something different.  |  IP: Logged

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