| Posted by: Spidey at August 7, 2008, 4:20 pm | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | 9/10 Very fun and entertaining movie, that is if you are in this kind of thing, where all laws of science are broken. *********SPOILERS************ Is his 'real' dad was working all alone, how did he get decoys working for him in the first scene ? A train with hunderds of people fall of a cliff, they all die, and the hero is sobbing about his daddy ? Haha I liked the final shot where Wesley shoots through the donut and the coffee cup into Freeman's head. Like that friend ,who was doing his girlfriend, said : He's the man ! | | Static Link |
| Posted by: < a c e > at August 1, 2008, 8:27 am | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | Caught this movie today. It was alright. Cool in portions. But it reminded me of so many movies! If fight club went on a date with the matrix, and later hung out with harry potter while fooling around with minority report and 'finally' had a one night stand with Star Wars, we would have- WANTED. It was cool though. 6/10 | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Rukas at July 31, 2008, 11:30 am | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | Just saw this, I agree it was great. Great over the top action with a somewhat real world setting. Dont think it has been done this well since the Matrix. Im kind of getting tired of mutants and superheros, I like real people doing unreal things like this. And well done for the ballsy finish.... *SPOILERS* Pretty much kills it's chances for a sequel, I admire them for wanting to tell a story and completing that story arch in one film without the usual Hollywood "lets set it up for a sequel before we even know if it's good" type thing a la Jumper for example. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: KCJ506 at July 29, 2008, 2:35 pm | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | Finally saw this and I really enjoyed it. 9/10. Most of the complaints I've been hearing is that the movie's unrealistic. I really don't understand this. It's a summer action flick. People actually expected total realism? People think it's okay for movies like Iron Man and Incredible Hulk to be unrealistic but not this? | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Danger^Cart at July 26, 2008, 9:40 pm | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | I was a big fan of the comic walking in and I enjoyed it just the same. People need to learn to differentiate between the two mediums. A movie doesn't have to be faithful to the source material to be good. It's not a comic or a novel. It's a MOVIE. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Captain Goliath at July 26, 2008, 9:27 pm | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | I remember when I first saw the movie I really liked it. Cinematography was great, action scenes were somewhat original and hearty, Elfman's score was eargasmic, and the storyline was actually very likeable (I know many people say there isn't one, but there is, trust me). I liked it so much, in fact, that I decided to pick up the graphic novel. It was so good I read it in one night. The movie is completely different from the graphic novel, the only same things are the names. I'm serious. In terms of an adaptation, Wanted fails hard, I'd probably only give it a 4/10 when compared to the source material. But as a movie itself, I'd probably give it a 7.5 or maybe even an 8. It was really fun, and, as long as you haven't read the comics first, you should be pleasantly surprised. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: RockThunder at July 26, 2008, 2:35 pm | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | omg, what are yall talking about.. wanted sucks.. it is just mindless action with ZERO PLOT! "We are the weapons of fate" " I am your father" " (morgan freeman) planted the names" "If you were to follow the rules, youd all be dead" so fucking stupid.. only thing that saved it from being absolutely terrible was the great action. but seriously, the message of go out and do something is so out of place and pretty much everything about the movie was bad 3 or 4/10 | | Static Link |
| Posted by: chinton at July 26, 2008, 10:30 am | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | I wasn't expecting a different movie. Ive never liked that excuse for people who don't like a film. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Monotreme at July 26, 2008, 9:24 am | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by shoe1985 A lot of people have said the movie was over-the-top and silly, well whatever it was, I enjoyed hell out of this movie, and all of my friends did. This movie started off great, and ended even better. In fact, I wanted more. This is my favorite movie so far this summer. I went in thinking this will probably suck, I am not a big Jolie fan, but I even enjoyed her performance. The movie set out to be a crazy, action movie, and in my opinion, it worked. I will give it a 9.5/10 I just wanted to say something about having no heart. If anything, I think it was great way for them to show this guy who lives quite a awful life: crappy job, life just sucks, and his girlfriend is cheating on him. Then he meets this group, and it helps him become what he should be, a man. He begins to stand up for himself, and nobody pushes him over now. Don't get me wrong, this was a shoot em up movie, but I thought it was done well. I can see some people not liking it, but they were probably expectin... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Sgizzy316 at July 22, 2008, 11:52 pm | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | a pure action movie that was interesting and unique | | Static Link |
| Posted by: AdNauseum at July 15, 2008, 3:49 pm | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | How many innocent people died in that train crash scene!? I'm thinking at least 100.. And who the hell where the gun-wielding people who worked in the weaver place - if they were assassins why were they so shit..
Stupid film, Jolie's combined dialogue probably clocked in under 5 mins, really disliked this. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: shoe1985 at July 14, 2008, 11:32 am | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | A lot of people have said the movie was over-the-top and silly, well whatever it was, I enjoyed hell out of this movie, and all of my friends did. This movie started off great, and ended even better. In fact, I wanted more. This is my favorite movie so far this summer. I went in thinking this will probably suck, I am not a big Jolie fan, but I even enjoyed her performance. The movie set out to be a crazy, action movie, and in my opinion, it worked. I will give it a 9.5/10 Quote: Originally Posted by Monotreme From my review:
So yeah... this movie is the shit, even if it has no brain and no heart! I just wanted to say something about having no heart. If anything, I think it was great way for them to show this guy who lives quite a awful life: crappy job, life just sucks, and his girlfriend is cheating on him. Then he meets this group, and it helps him become what he should be, a man. He begins to stand up for himself, and nobody pushes him over now. Don't get me wrong, this was a shoot em up movie, but I ... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Monotreme at July 12, 2008, 6:43 am | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | From my review: "the great action-thrillers of years past, like Die Hard or Lethal Weapon, worked so well primarily based on that strong human connection with the lead characters. The action movies of recent years, besides being quite generic and bland in terms of their plot and execution, featuring by-the-numbers cinematography and the same stunts and action scenes we’ve already seen, are sub-par primarily because they lack truly down-to-earth characters we can genuinely identify with. Wanted, after a dry season in the genre, gleefully brings us back to the first camp. Also, the film is so relentless in its over-the-top intensity, wild cinematography and haywire action scenes, I was so engaged in it that I didn’t even feel the need to use my brain even once. So sure, Wanted doesn’t have much of a brain nor much of a heart, but it delivers sheer, pure entertainment in its most absolute, heart-pumping, seat-grabbing, eye-popping form." In short, I guess I pretty much agree with the... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Monotreme at July 12, 2008, 5:49 am | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | (Timur Bekmambetov, 2008) At its peak in the late 1980’s and early to mid 1990’s, the action movie genre provided cinemagoers, perhaps for the first time since the Golden Age of cinema, with a broad, encompassing entertainment package that was impossible to resist: big-name movie stars, laughs, thrills, and excitement all wrapped up in an easily digestible package that doesn’t require too much work to unwrap. Not that easy accessibility is a bad thing, especially during those times, when despite the audience’s readiness to consume, filmmakers would still give it their all and each film was a labour of love. In recent years, though, with the novelty of the superhero movie increasing tenfold in popularity, the movie-going audience was provided with a new, easily consumable source for their excitement and entertainment which promised fantasy and science-fiction along with majestic action set-pieces, and the traditional action-thriller genre was reduced to shallow, bland fare such as xXx, Mission: Impossible III... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: KillaMyers at July 11, 2008, 3:53 pm | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | I loved this movie! - 8/10 It's goofy and completely over-the-top. But it's very impressive visually, and the action sequences are fucking spectacular. It's also got a great sense of humor aswell. My favorite scene, is at the beginning when Mr. X jumps through the window to the next building while shooting the assassins. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Tyler Durden4 at July 8, 2008, 8:53 pm | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | *SPOILER* Also laughed when Angelina's character died. I don't know why it just looked terrible. I was already laughing when Freeman said "SHOOT THIS MUTHA FUCKA!" and then just strolled out of the room. *END SPOILER* Oh, What could have been. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Tyler Durden4 at July 8, 2008, 8:49 pm | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by ElderPredator I cheered after he said that. It was a big "Fuck you" to the audience. Me and the rest of the people laughed. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: chinton at July 8, 2008, 7:44 pm | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by xseanymacx I thought it was a very big positive considering the source material. And the source material was true to its self. Theres a big difference between creating a deliberate anti-hero and then sticking to your guns or in the movie's case just being lazy. The idea that we're supposed to care about two characters having a conversation after hundreds have plummeted to their death becuase of them is silly especially when the movie tries play the morally superior card with kill one save a thousand. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Crazy Dud at July 8, 2008, 7:08 pm | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by Mr.HyDe807 OR.....make up your own mind if your interested, see it for yourself, then see if it was or wasn't worth the hype! That would be best, of course. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Buffmovie at July 8, 2008, 11:44 am | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | I enjoyed it but it was forgettable due to the story. I picked up the trade to see the differences. I wish they went more into the back story of The Fraternity. I don't know, it was missing something. I'll have to see it again on dvd. The last half hour did kick hard though! | | Static Link |
| Posted by: xseanymacx at July 8, 2008, 11:43 am | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | I thought it was a very big positive considering the source material. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: chinton at July 8, 2008, 10:01 am | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by xseanymacx I thought this was deeper than your run-of-the-mill action movie. **********Spoliers*********** Maybe not necessarily deeper, but in how many movies do they have the good guys more concerned with themselves and let hundreds of people fall to their death? I also thought Fox curving the bullet through everyone's head and then her own was bad as shit. She was the only one, out of everyone, who still lived by the code. And everyone came up Thats not a positive nor is it any deeper. Its just the movie being lazy about its own supposed sense of morality. As I said before the scene with Jolie that youre talking about was the only or one of the few genuine moments in the film. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Mr.HyDe807 at July 7, 2008, 8:33 pm | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by Crazy Dud It really would be better if you didn't! OR.....make up your own mind if your interested, see it for yourself, then see if it was or wasn't worth the hype! | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Crazy Dud at July 7, 2008, 7:23 pm | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by Bourne101 LISTEN TO THE BUZZ OR POSITIVE HYPE SURROUNDING THIS FILM! It really would be better if you didn't! | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Bourne101 at July 7, 2008, 9:14 am | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by Crazy Dud Do not listen to the buzz or positive hype surrounding this film. LISTEN TO THE BUZZ OR POSITIVE HYPE SURROUNDING THIS FILM! | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Crazy Dud at July 7, 2008, 1:47 am | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | Do not listen to the buzz or positive hype surrounding this film. Wanted is just another generic, gratuitously violent, pointless action film with NO redeeming elements. While I will admit the action sequences, and the directing in general, were quite solid, it does not make up for a story that has been told countless times before, and usually better. The movie is about violence, and how violent one can be to achieve one's goals, and nothing else. Most unfortunately of all, I could not care less about ANY characters in this film. Since I did not care if they lived or died, I had no personal investment in the film. Thus, it is nearly a complete and total failure. 4/10 | | Static Link |
| Posted by: xseanymacx at July 2, 2008, 9:07 pm | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | Wanted didn't take itself seriously either. Then ending proves that. Did you watch the same film as everyone else? | | Static Link |
| Posted by: hubbard_28 at July 2, 2008, 8:29 pm | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | The only word I can come up with to describe this movie is "stupid." I can't remember the last time I watched a movie this idiotic. The action sequences were basic, and its uniqueness is nothing to brag about. They could have plugged any hot chick into Jolie's spot and nothing would have changed. I love Jolie, but what a waste. And Freeman should be ashamed of himself signing on to do this. The only good thing to come of this was the main character. What a performance. I would give this a 2/10 because it provided a total of about 2 minutes worth of entertainment. I'd watch Hitman before this again. At least Shoot'em Up didn't try to take itself seriously. It was just fun. The story to Wanted is just about the dumbest, mind numbingest thing I've ever witnessed. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: thedudeman69 at July 2, 2008, 4:56 pm | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | 8/10 This one blew me away at how good it was. I guess I wrote it off as a bad matrix rip off, but it wasn't. It was actually better than I thought, and those were some of the best filmed action scenes I have seen in a while. Damn, the whole movie was just so fucking fun to watch. Over the top viloence, Jolie nudity, and a badass shoot out scene more than pleased me. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: xseanymacx at July 2, 2008, 11:19 am | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by bigred760 What was the other one? Se7en | | Static Link |
| Posted by: xseanymacx at July 2, 2008, 11:18 am | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | He was manufacturing the names BECAUSE all of their names came up. Most of them, I'm sure, preferred to keep on killing whom he said, instead of killing themselves. Everyone but Fox that is. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Preston_79 at July 2, 2008, 11:12 am | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | SPOILERS: If Morgan Freeman was making that shit up to kill whom ever he wanted, why didn't anyone in that circle question him when he handed them their names on that cloth? I'd be calling bull shit. I'd also figure my name maybe only came up because I was working for a dirty bastard. Kill Morgan Freeman and your problems go away. Better that that killing yourself. Why didn't this occur to anyone who was working for him. Why wouldn't they think he didn't just forge their names so it looked like they were in the same boat? Pretty fucking dumb. Still a good movie. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: bigred760 at July 2, 2008, 10:43 am | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by Strider Morgan Freeman has now appeared in two films featuring music by NIN. What was the other one? | | Static Link |
| Posted by: xseanymacx at July 2, 2008, 10:12 am | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | I thought this was deeper than your run-of-the-mill action movie. **********Spoliers*********** Maybe not necessarily deeper, but in how many movies do they have the good guys more concerned with themselves and let hundreds of people fall to their death? I also thought Fox curving the bullet through everyone's head and then her own was bad as shit. She was the only one, out of everyone, who still lived by the code. And everyone came up | | Static Link |
| Posted by: bigred760 at July 2, 2008, 5:25 am | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | It was a fun movie. The story wasn't anything to write home about, but there's something about Morgan Freeman saying 'mother fucker' that makes a movie more badass than it actually is. The action scenes were pretty cool - mostly because of their excessiveness and special effects. But it's your run-of-the-mill action flick . . . there are some memorable scenes, and I'm not talking about the action: the hitting the guy over the head with a keyboard and the letters 'f,u,c,k,y' and 'o' and the guy's tooth flying up finishing the phrase - cool. There are other similar funny moments that had the audience cracking up. I also liked the little 'turn' at the end, though a bit predictable, still made for a more interesting ending. 7/10 | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Strider at July 2, 2008, 4:46 am | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by Dr_Loomis That movie was awesom !! loved it !! One thing i need help with tho... I loved the soundtrack not the score the song that were in the movie but i can't find a soundtrack listing anywhere !! Can anyone help !! ???? "Every Day Is Exactly The Same" - Nine Inch Nails This just made me realize something: Morgan Freeman has now appeared in two films featuring music by NIN. That might make for a good trivia question. The use of that particular song was great and fit the sequence perfectly. And I don't know about the rest of you all, but I really liked Danny Elfman's score as well. Strider | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Dr_Loomis at July 2, 2008, 3:17 am | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | That movie was awesom !! loved it !! One thing i need help with tho... I loved the soundtrack not the score the song that were in the movie but i can't find a soundtrack listing anywhere !! Can anyone help !! ???? | | Static Link |
| Posted by: axel2k8 at July 2, 2008, 12:00 am | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | I saw this on Sunday, and as I expected, it was a fun time. All the action bits were cool, even though just about every one of them appeared in the trailers. What I enjoyed most was the humor (loved the ATM bit and the keyboard scene) and the turn of events in the last reel. The movie was okay up to that point but the story had been kind of ho-hum (oh great, he's avenging his father and trying to discover himself, whoopee!). The third act gives the movie a swift kick in the ass and thus raised my enjoyment level as well. The final shootout gave me all sorts of Equilibrium flashbacks and the taunting by one of the baddies (pussy pussy pussy) had us in stitches. On an unrelated note, I saw the 3rd TDK preview for the first time on the big screen (didn't play w/ my Iron Man showing). People were still chuckling from the Pineapple Express teaser or something else, and when Dark Knight started playing, the whole theater fell silent and no one said a word until a few minutes later. Glad to see it's already leaving... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: xseanymacx at July 1, 2008, 11:31 pm | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | ****Spoilers Within**** 8/10. I swore this movie off from the get-go because seemingly all it did was rip the name from the comic, and toss the meat of it to the side. For the most part, that is exactly what it did but thankfully, I didn't let this stop me from seeing it. The plot still ran well and the action was balls-out amazing. The "bullet time" was overused but the original action parts far outweighed that. I mean, come on, he used the hole in the guy's face as a gun holder Wesley running through the textile factory, taking out everyone, was one of the most badass scenes I can recall. The keyboard part, I agree, is probably the sweetest part of the film. I will definitely pick this up when it hits Blu-Ray and I see this being a movie I can watch 30 times and never get old with. Oh, and the ending to the comic could EASILY have worked in the movie. If he went, "This is me taking my life back. This is me taking control. This is my face...as I fuck you in the ass." It would've came ou... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: fooknasty at July 1, 2008, 9:41 am | | Topic: Wanted Forum: JoBlo | | I really had no interest of seeing this at all, but I found myself with some free time yesterday, so I thought 'what the hell'? It was suprisingly pretty good, I think in large part to the strong cast. McAvoy really seemed to be having a blast making this, and it showed. Jolie and Freeman were very solid as well. There were parts that seemed to drag in the middle, with the same training going on repeatedly. Also, they revealed too many of the cooler action scenes on the TV trailers. Overall, it was a pretty entertaining action movie, with a decent twist at the end. 7/10 | | Static Link |
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