Wanted - Angelina Jolie

[jagsfans]

Does anyone have any expectations on this. I'm looking forward to it because I understand it's based on a great graphic novel.

[blackout-]

this and new batman are the only summer movies i care about this year... trailers look awesome.... almost bought the comic but decided to just wait for the movie.

[GLENN_THE_TOOL]

Does anyone have any expectations on this. I'm looking forward to it because I understand it's based on a great graphic novel.

it takes a few liberties as far as staying true to the graphic novel. in the graphic novel, they're not assassins, they're supervillains who rule the world after they teamed up and defeated all the superheroes. and the main character lives a very mundane life, unknowing that he is the son of a supervillain who has recently been found murdered, so he is recruited by the supervillains to take his place and find his father's killer.

[jagsfans]

Only 7 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes but all positive so far. I like that they are screening it for critics so far in advance. It shows they have confidence.

[Hudson]

it takes a few liberties as far as staying true to the graphic novel. in the graphic novel, they're not assassins, they're supervillains who rule the world after they teamed up and defeated all the superheroes. and the main character lives a very mundane life, unknowing that he is the son of a supervillain who has recently been found murdered, so he is recruited by the supervillains to take his place and find his father's killer.Well, Way to Roon both for me!
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[silentbob8201]

this and new batman are the only summer movies i care about this year... trailers look awesome.... almost bought the comic but decided to just wait for the movie.

Both were also filmed in Chicago at the same time and both featured Morgan Freeman that would be coincidental if he wasnt in every other movie now a days. WE GET IT MORGAN YOU LOVE MONEY!

[jagsfans]

Both were also filmed in Chicago at the same time and both featured Morgan Freeman that would be coincidental if he wasnt in every other movie now a days. WE GET IT MORGAN YOU LOVE MONEY!

Not as much as Samuel L. Jackson. Those two are some stereotype breakers.

[NeonTaster]

What the American trailers don't show is that this will be a violence fest. Check out the Russian trailer. It has a nice scene that you don't see in MPAA-castrated America.

It's directed by some Russian dude who made a couple of movies I dig (Night Watch and Day Watch).

I think I'll check it out.

[Aizazzle]

it takes a few liberties as far as staying true to the graphic novel. in the graphic novel, they're not assassins, they're supervillains who rule the world after they teamed up and defeated all the superheroes. and the main character lives a very mundane life, unknowing that he is the son of a supervillain who has recently been found murdered, so he is recruited by the supervillains to take his place and find his father's killer.

Wanted was a fantastic comic, but the thing is that it was so moral free, that there was no way they could have stayed true to it in the movie. Let's just use Fox's entrance in the comics as an example. She just showed up and killed every person in a store (can't remember what it exactly was). There is no way they could have that in the movie.

Besides they couldn't have made Wanted into a movie if they didn't change them from supervillains to assassins. My only regret is we don't don't get to see Shithead or Johnny Two-Dicks

From what I have heard they have kept much of Wesley's initiation true to the comics though. They have the wings being shot off the fly in the trailers. Supposedly they have Wesley being left alone in a room to fight Fuckwit, much like the comics. Unfortunately they don't have Wesley killing his old Geography teacher or what he did to an actress (it starts with r and ends with e), in the comic.

I do wonder if they have that little twist at the end though. I doubt they would have kept that, but it would be fucking badass if they did. I suggest that you guys get the Wanted comics (they are only about 6 or 7 issues). The money is well spent.

I like the fact that they are doing it a bit differently than the comics. It doesn't rooooone the surprise element.

Edit:
Neotaster, Linkage please?

[Vyce]

Wanted was a fantastic comic,

No it wasn't.

Wanted was a complete piece of shit, and exhibit number one in the case for why Mark Millar hates comic book superheroes as well as comic book fans. He's a fucking hack.

[Aizazzle]

No it wasn't.
Yes it was

Wanted was a complete piece of shit, and exhibit number one in the case for why Mark Millar hates comic book superheroes as well as comic book fans. He's a fucking hack
You are not a fan of Millar, I take it. I don't care if he is not a fan of superheroes. Wanted was something different than the usual same shit we get (Superhero shows beats up bad guys). Wanted was a comic where the villains won, and it showed the world after that,

[WhiskeyWhispers]

Don't know about the comic, but the whole "curb the bullet" thing is corny as hell, and I hate the whole slo-mo bullet shit. I might check it out but only if the word of mouth is good.

[GLENN_THE_TOOL]

Wanted was a fantastic comic, but the thing is that it was so moral free, that there was no way they could have stayed true to it in the movie. Let's just use Fox's entrance in the comics as an example. She just showed up and killed every person in a store (can't remember what it exactly was). There is no way they could have that in the movie.

Besides they couldn't have made Wanted into a movie if they didn't change them from supervillains to assassins. My only regret is we don't don't get to see Shithead or Johnny Two-Dicks

From what I have heard they have kept much of Wesley's initiation true to the comics though. They have the wings being shot off the fly in the trailers. Supposedly they have Wesley being left alone in a room to fight Fuckwit, much like the comics. Unfortunately they don't have Wesley killing his old Geography teacher or what he did to an actress (it starts with r and ends with e), in the comic.

I do wonder if they have that little twist at the end though. I doubt they would have kept that, but it would be fucking badass if they did. I suggest that you guys get the Wanted comics (they are only about 6 or 7 issues). The money is well spent.

I like the fact that they are doing it a bit differently than the comics. It doesn't rooooone the surprise element.

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Neotaster, Linkage please?

that's bullshit. they could have done all that in the movie. hell, they're making Watchmen into a movie, and there's :rap: and a huge body count in that one. and Snyder is known for staying incredeibly true to the comics, so i have little doubt that all of that will be in the movie.

[Vyce]

Yes it was


You are not a fan of Millar, I take it. I don't care if he is not a fan of superheroes. Wanted was something different than the usual same shit we get (Superhero shows beats up bad guys). Wanted was a comic where the villains won, and it showed the world after that,

Millar is probably the worst "name" writer working out there today. I've never seen a man who has such utter disdain for the medium he works in yet has his fair share of fanboys.

The guy shouldn't be allowed anywhere near superhero comics. Outside of maybe Superman, because that's about the only comic book character he has any respect or reverance for, and thus doesn't royally fuck up the character whenever he writes him (as Millar does with just about every OTHER comic character he writes).

[DR. Jimcy M.E.]

Don't know about the comic, but the whole "curb the bullet" thing is corny as hell, and I hate the whole slo-mo bullet shit. I might check it out but only if the word of mouth is good.

Same here, never seen the comic and the commerical looks like a shitter version of that movie with Sam Jackson where they teleport around the world. Enough with the secret society bullshit that always has one hot female member in charge like that goth film about the vampires fighting werewolves.

[Aizazzle]

Millar is probably the worst "name" writer working out there today. I've never seen a man who has such utter disdain for the medium he works in yet has his fair share of fanboys.


I'm not defending Millar, in fact I could really care less about the guy. I just think Wanted, as a stand alone book is fantastic.

[WhiteHonkyDevil]

No it wasn't.

Wanted was a complete piece of shit, and exhibit number one in the case for why Mark Millar hates comic book superheroes as well as comic book fans. He's a fucking hack.

Interesting. The movie looks like a complete piece of shit to me. I'm surprised it's getting as much love as it is around here.

[silentbob8201]

Mark Millar the Genious who made Collosus a Fruit in Ulitimate Xmen. Although the first story line from that book would of made a bad ass movie, it just went to shit after that first story arc.

[Bill Lehecka]

What the American trailers don't show is that this will be a violence fest. Check out the Russian trailer. It has a nice scene that you don't see in MPAA-castrated America.

It's directed by some Russian dude who made a couple of movies I dig (Night Watch and Day Watch).

I think I'll check it out.

America just got some Red-Band trailer love. It's on http://www.wantedmovie.com/ You have to verify your age.

[Rob D]

I gotta agree with Vyce that Millar is dogshit. His characters all have the same voice, and he keeps writing the same fucking story with the same character set.

That being said, if the Wanted that made it to the screen was the Wanted that was in comic form I'd go see it. If only to see analgoues of DC villains take over and blow shit up with a totally amoral protagonist as the center of it all. I'm not down for this faggoty Matrix horseshit, even if they throw a twist in at the end.

[DR. Jimcy M.E.]

I gotta agree with Vyce that Millar is dogshit. His characters all have the same voice, and he keeps writing the same fucking story with the same character set.

That being said, if the Wanted that made it to the screen was the Wanted that was in comic form I'd go see it. If only to see analgoues of DC villains take over and blow shit up with a totally amoral protagonist as the center of it all. I'm not down for this faggoty Matrix horseshit, even if they throw a twist in at the end.

BUT THATS NOT A HAPPY ENDING! HOLLYWOOD WANT HAPPY ENDINGS OR ME FEELINGS HURTY BAD STOP PAIN NO WANT! <--- the average mainstream viewer, they should be sprayed with napalm and kicked off a building. The best comic movies are the ones that stick really closely to the comics, there also the most critically acclaimed. The comics are both a story board and script in one so to not use them is only something a fucking fool would do.

[BIV]

Same here, never seen the comic and the commerical looks like a shitter version of that movie with Sam Jackson where they teleport around the world. Enough with the secret society bullshit that always has one hot female member in charge like that goth film about the vampires fighting werewolves.
This looks absolutely nothing like Jumper which was, BTW, a highly underrated movie.

[LiddyRules]

This looks absolutely nothing like Jumper which was, BTW, a highly underrated movie. Or Underworld.

[DR. Jimcy M.E.]

This looks absolutely nothing like Jumper which was, BTW, a highly underrated movie.

Same fucking premise, black guy who runs some shitty secret organization and douchebag falls of the jumper girl.

[LiddyRules]

Same fucking premise, black guy who runs some shitty secret organization and douchebag falls of the jumper girl. No.

I was pretty underwhelmed by the whole thing. Did the comic book start with a pretty obvious Fight Club ripoff? I didn't notice it in Atonement but James McAvoy looked oddly like Zach Braff throughout.

I'll write more later. Or not.

[queeby]

I didn't think it was too bad. I liked it more than The Hulk. It's a summer movie, and you kind of have to be willing to immerse yourself in the world.

[LiddyRules]

I didn't think it was too bad. I liked it more than The Hulk. It's a summer movie, and you kind of have to be willing to immerse yourself in the world. Yes. I know. I tried. Sometimes it worked. Then sometimes I just felt meh about the whole thing. The problem wasn't that I was sitting there saying "Hey! Wait a minute! I don't believe he can curve bullets like that!"

[Warfarer]

I checked it out this afternoon and for a far-fetched, shoot em up flick, it wasn't bad. Jolie looked sexy in the face but really skinny though.

[Sidekick Dave]

Angelina Jolie is wanted...








FOR BEING A CUNT.

[Bill Lehecka]

Excellent flick. I enjoyed it very much. I never read the graphic novel. sp [erhaps my view isn't tainted, but on it's own, I really enjoyed this movie.

[maxeypad]

i remember seeing Angelina Jolie in Hackers in 6th grade...and...yeah....i was hooked.... :D

[ZeoVGM]

This movie was fucking awesome.

[Bill Lehecka]

This movie was fucking awesome.

On one side of the spectrum: Wanted.

On the other side of the spectrum: Sex and the City

Never the tween shall meet.

[Cunt Smasher]

I just read all 6 of the comics and liked them pretty well.In the comics Fox is black,and NO bullet curving bullshit.And everything else is different (by only looking at trailers).We'll see if it works as a stand alone,but looks like it's nowhere near the comic as far as sticking to the story.I looked on IMDb and I didn't recognize 99% of the characters 5 minutes after reading the comic.Typical hollywood.Anybody read the Stephen King story "Lawnmower man",then see the movie? Only good one I ever saw was "Clockwork Orange" I read the book a dozen times and Kubrick's movie was almost word-for-word.

[Chimp Pembry]

I liked it. It didn't take itself too seriously, and the over the top action was sort of fun in its own right.

[jagsfans]

51 million opening weekend. This will undoubtedly be ruined by numerous unnecessary sequels.

[Jables2002]

Just read the comics. SOOOOO different from the movie. I'm not even sure why they even decided to make them connected. They could have not given credit to the comic, and no one would have noticed.

And I actually liked the movie a little better. An assassin group from 1000 years ago, killing to keep balance in the world is better than a bunch of super villains causing havoc just because they can. IMO.

[Cunt Smasher]

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[Zona992006]

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:Mhp0U0bXUxpShM:http://www.visualpharm.com/wallpaper/angelina_jolie_wallpaper_1024x768.jpg

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I almost forgot how hot she was...

[Bill Lehecka]

I almost forgot how hot she was...

I temper her hotness with how psychotic she is...

[BIV]

I checked it out this afternoon and for a far-fetched, shoot em up flick, it wasn't bad. Jolie looked sexy in the face but really skinny though.
How is skinny ever anything but good? You a chubby chaser or something?

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:Mhp0U0bXUxpShM:http://www.visualpharm.com/wallpaper/angelina_jolie_wallpaper_1024x768.jpg

I almost forgot how hot she was...
I don't know why, but she just doesn't do it for me like other chicks. Don't get me wrong, she's hot as hell, but...eh I don't know.

[Chimp Pembry]

No, she did look skinny to the unhealthy point. There's a scene where she walks away from the camera naked and it was intended to be sexy, but just looked...unsettling. She still has a pretty face though.

[DR. Jimcy M.E.]

I temper her hotness with how psychotic she is...

Exactly, shes going to fuck one of her negro children in the future after she has a melt down. Theres house full of third world dick that when they hit the age of 13 will start lusting after white ass. "MAH MAH, I TEACH YOU HOW WE CURE AIDS IN AFRICA" and he starts mashing squirrel bones into a paste, slaps it onto his dick and just fucks her face.

[Zona992006]

I temper her hotness with how psychotic she is...

psychotic is more hotter..

[JMCC]

I enjoyed the movie, it was very fun, sure it had its over the top scenes(the bullets hitting each other in mid air was kind of overdone) but it was still cool, it also had a very good narrative.

I think that the last lines spoken by James McAvoy sum up the movie beautifully. It's somewhere along the lines of:

"This isn't about me getting revenge for my dad or saving the world or getting back at my boss. This is about me taking control of my life. What the fuck have you done lately?"

In the same way that the movie is about special effects, crazy action sequences, impossible stunts, etc. It's also about a dude who lives an existential, uncontrollable life that is redundant. He's wasting away. And finally he learns to just fucking break free and do shit. Take control.

[Dre]

Just got back from seeing it, and I really enjoyed it, I've been planning on reading the comic series, but I think I'm glad I saw the film first, so I didn't get disappointed.

I thought the action was awesome, it was very balls to the wall and intense in that way, and you don't see that too much in film anymore, everything is watered down, and marketed to a PG-13 audience, it was refreshing to see, a violent, yet highly stylized action flick, for a change.

On the side of acting and all the other nitty gritty, I think the director among others did a very good job of not only making a great, although over-the-top action flick, and making characters that you'd actually like and care about, but having actors, actually, ACT. James McAvoy is fast becoming a great actor, (after other good jobs in The Last King of Scotland and Atonement), Angelina Jolie was herself, hot, and asskickingly good, and Morgan Freeman was suprisingly my favorite character, he did quite a good job. The script, also, wasn't bad, it was all very well put together, and probably the best summer movie, SO FAR, and I'm saying that, because I know Batman will R A P E the comptetion.

So, do yourself a favor, if you haven't seen this, check it out, suspend your disbelief for about 2 hours and just have fun at the movies.

[burky79]

Exactly, shes going to fuck one of her negro children in the future after she has a melt down. Theres house full of third world dick that when they hit the age of 13 will start lusting after white ass. "MAH MAH, I TEACH YOU HOW WE CURE AIDS IN AFRICA" and he starts mashing squirrel bones into a paste, slaps it onto his dick and just fucks her face.

nominated for post of the year.

i couldn't stop loffing and loffing.
:clap:

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As far as the movie...

Just watched it and thought it was a great secret organization, normal guy turned badass, all with a hot chick, shoot em up flick.

I took it for what it was and it wa immensely enjoyable!

I haven't read the comics... but, meh; why roon it?!

Solid A from me. not an A+, just and A. I agree with an earlier post too, countless douchey sequels coming...

[Shadow812]

I saw it, and it I enjoyed it.

[Steam]

The problem wasn't that I was sitting there saying "Hey! Wait a minute! I don't believe he can curve bullets like that!"

But but, if you didn't know that bullets just went straight.....


Anyway, I enjoyed the fuck out of this movie. Saw three movies in the span of four days and this was the best of the bunch. (Other two being Hancock and Indy).

[DocSavage]

saw it. Great FUN-adreniline movie and it goes further to prove that Agelina is straight out the best action star around and is simply the hottest thing on the screen today. She has a look in this film that simply is to die for and it screams "I am the shit...the best piece of bad ass you will ever see ...don't fuck with me!..."

I will pay to watch her in anything at this point.

[DR. Jimcy M.E.]

it goes further to prove that Agelina is straight out the best action star around and is simply the hottest thing on the screen today. She has a look in this film that simply is to die for and it screams "I am the shit...the best piece of bad ass you will ever see ...don't fuck with me!..."

I will pay to watch her in anything at this point.

:douche chills:

[DocSavage]

:douche chills:


:huh:

Must be a mule sucker I supppose. "Not that there is anythign wrong with that..." Just saying.

[SaltyDelights]

This movie is very reminiscent of The Matrix. Almost every plot advancement in the first hour has a direct thematic parallel to the Matrix. The special effects are like the Matrix. The "fraternity" is made up of characters like the Matrix. Etc...

[BIV]

Just saw this movie. Fuck the haters, this flick ruled. Haven't left a theater that pumped up in a long time.

[Aizazzle]

Just saw this movie. Fuck the haters, this flick ruled. Haven't left a theater that pumped up in a long time.

Watched it over the weekend, and enjoyed it immensely. Angelina Jolie was very hot throughout the movie. I liked the twist they had with Cross, but I still like comic book twist better. The only thing I was kinda bummed about was the ending. I appreciated it, since you don't really see an ending like that in Hollywood, but it would have been nice if they kept Fox alive. I get the feeling they are going to try and make this into something resembling the Bourne trilogy with Weasley taking on the rest of the Fraternity, in the following movies. I just think it would have more potential if Fox was there with him.

[DocSavage]

Watched it over the weekend, and enjoyed it immensely. Angelina Jolie was very hot throughout the movie. I liked the twist they had with Cross, but I still like comic book twist better. The only thing I was kinda bummed about was the ending. I appreciated it, since you don't really see an ending like that in Hollywood, but it would have been nice if they kept Fox alive. I get the feeling they are going to try and make this into something resembling the Bourne trilogy with Weasley taking on the rest of the Fraternity, in the following movies. I just think it would have more potential if Fox was there with him.


Yep...Luv that Fox. Shame.

[Zona992006]

Just saw this movie. Fuck the haters, this flick ruled. Haven't left a theater that pumped up in a long time.

x5

That movie rocked. Yes, angelina is skinny as all hell, but her face is perfect.