Wanted movie looks like ass...and will bomb

[P. Gorath]

that is all.

[Grog]

I'm trying to decipher the secret message here....

[kane_warhead]

I agree

[Are_you_okay?!]

Yeah this movie looks like shit, I have no idea why Hollywood is going crazy over this scot kid, looks like someone took a shovel to his fucking face.

[The_Gunslinger]

looks nothing like eminem...

[Buz]

its only better when the trailer is russian

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgyiRveYZ18

[specs]

that is all.

Agreed!

[SMS Team]

Agreed!

Doubled! I mean, you already break physics by CURVING A BULLET AROUND ANGELINA JOLIE'S HEAD!

[Buz]

ummm comics rarely follow physics

[Ghostal]

Fucking purist.
The comics weren't even very good, what do you expect?

[Buz]

you dont ever hate on millar

[angelpalm]

never read the comic, but it already looks better than shoot em up.

and also, all the white guys in movies look like ass, what, you trying to fall in love with dude or something, ya'll sound homo, says the guy with the pink av

[Are_you_okay?!]

"I was once normal like you, but then I learned I was to be inducted into a secret organization of fraternal assassin brothers who kill one to save only a thousand people. Also, I can curve bullets with my mind, which is totally possible."

[Wellman]

I never read the mini but the covers and the initial premise looked more badass than what I am seeing in the trailer. In fact it feels/seems like the story is basically a sort of Matrix, the world you know is shit and we'll train you to be badass. Was the original like that or is it a bit of movie adaptation?

Either way, I agree it looks like ass and will probably bomb.

[Apathy-Inc]

It's predicted to catch on like 300.

[Are_you_okay?!]

It's predicted to catch on like 300.

I doubt that, when the 300 trailer hit at the theaters people were screaming and couldn't stop talking about it. When I first saw the Wanted trailer everyone was pretty much laughing, one guy yelled out asking if this was another crappy Matrix flick.

[Apathy-Inc]

I doubt that, when the 300 trailer hit at the theaters people were screaming and couldn't stop talking about it. When I first saw the Wanted trailer everyone was pretty much laughing, one guy yelled out asking if this was another crappy Matrix flick.
It was predicted by people who have already had a screening of it.

My theater had a bunch of people going "whoa" and "holy shit" especially at the scene when Jolie is picking up the main character by swerving and opening the passenger side door.

I have yet to see a trailer and think that the movie will automatically suck, so I'm not sure where all the bandwagon hate is coming from.
It'll be a decent campy summer popcorn movie at worst.

[Are_you_okay?!]

Between gas prices and outrageous ticket prices these days, I'm more picky about which flick I see. So far the only one's I remember seeing are Iron Man and Hulk lol.

My list of flicks to see are Hellboy 2, Thunder w.e (Ben Stiller one), The Dark Knight, The Spirit, and Punisher: War Zone.

I just never liked Wanted, Angelina Jolie, or Mr. Thomas. I do like Morgan Freeman, but I got him covered in Dark Knight.

[Apathy-Inc]

I saw the Hulk and Iron Man, and I'll see Dark Knight.
Maaaaaaaybe Hellboy 2.
Maybe.

Matine prices are above 7 bucks here so I shudder to think what people are paying outside of Ohio.

I don't honestly care that much about Wanted, but then again I didn't care much about the comicbook version either.

[Are_you_okay?!]

I think my tickets are like 9.50 to 10 bucks. I go to Tinseltown though in the Woodlands, it's classy and not ghetto by any means.

I usually just sneak food and shit in, prices on that shit is ridiculous. I was going to get a coke from a vending machine in the theater and it was $3.50 for a bottle. It was the same fucking one I could get at a gas station for a 1.29.

[kane_warhead]

The director is aiming for realism in this movie...

[Pablo_the_Mex]

The whole "Angelina Jolie flailing around doing some wack ass acrobatics" comes across as low budget shitty movie making.

[box]

Early reviews have been positive for this film.

Rotten tomatoes has it at 100% currently based on 8 reviews so far.

We'll have to wait and see if that holds up come release date.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wanted/

[Ashenwraith]

Early reviews have been positive for this film.

Rotten tomatoes has it at 100% currently based on 8 reviews so far.

We'll have to wait and see if that holds up come release date.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wanted/

I just lost 100% respect for rottentomatoes...

I'm really sick of the cg overkill - at least the Lord of the Rings had some good seamless scenes, watching the Hulk trailer felt like a rendered cutscene out of a game and Wanted...

Well let's just say Angelina Jolie was a lot better in Hackers... which was also probably a (much) better movie.

It seems like the demographics for this movie are comic fanboys who wish they could be Neo and screw Angelina Jolie, but they can't even get their fat ass into a cartwheel and find a girl on WoW.

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I kinda want to see ironman, but as soon as his mask goes over his face he becomes just a computer model to me.

They should have made him less shiny and got rid of the glowing eyes (like how iron man is supposed to look).

Kinda like what they did with Transformers and Godzilla -- man they really jacked up their style.

All of these hot IP floating around with crappy pop-culture interpretations that just simply suck.

Oh hey and how come MK the movie got it about right, but Street Fighter came out like it was made on a $2 budget?

Man movies piss me off.

On the plus side the upcoming HALO movie looks pretty damn decent (though I wish they would cut down on the HUD/IRAQI invasion display).

If they screw-up that too I'm not going to be watching any new movies for a while.

[pherai]

This shit looks fuckin bunk. Matrix style shit was played the fuck out mid way through Matrix 2, and this shit is no exception.

[DavDz]

I'm really sick of the cg overkill - at least the Lord of the Rings had some good seamless scenes, watching the Hulk trailer felt like a rendered cutscene out of a game and Wanted...

Well let's just say Angelina Jolie was a lot better in Hackers... which was also probably a (much) better movie.


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I kinda want to see ironman, but as soon as his mask goes over his face he becomes just a computer model to me.

They should have made him less shiny and got rid of the glowing eyes (like how iron man is supposed to look).

Kinda like what they did with Transformers and Godzilla -- man they really jacked up their style.


Oh hey and how come MK the movie got it about right, but Street Fighter came out like it was made on a $2 budget?



The only time you should really be complaining about CG in a movie is if it's a movie done by George Lucas, because there, the movies have the "Reverse Roger Rabbit" effect where the people are real, and everything else looks CGI.

Funny you mention Hackers, because Hackers was Angelina Jolie's least dignified role....until Alexander that is.

Dont talk about the Transformers movie, I still can't get over the way they fucked over Megatrons and Optimus Prime's appearance.

Even though the MK movie got it right, it still had some issues and inaccuracies thanks to Paul "I like to change everything" W.S Anderson. And the reason the Street Fighter movie looks like a low budget comedy movie is because the director actually intended for it to be a "serious movie". Mortal Kombat Annihilation was just a piece of shit though.

[P. Gorath]

ok so it still looks like ass but it is definitely not going to bomb...and i will see it opening weekend

[ShinjiGohan]

it was filmed in the parking lot of where I work (that car scene in the trailer). as well as the football field behind the parking lot.

so I wanna see that just for the parking lot. outside ofthatI don't care too much.

[DavDz]

They're actually planning a sequel for this stinkbomb?

[nGuman]

I think the producers are overestimating, like what kind of lame talent is curving a bullet? How the hell will that help you in life being able to curve a bullet.

EDIT: Well then again the comic did rock.

[Ashenwraith]

The only time you should really be complaining about CG in a movie is if it's a movie done by George Lucas, because there, the movies have the "Reverse Roger Rabbit" effect where the people are real, and everything else looks CGI.

Funny you mention Hackers, because Hackers was Angelina Jolie's least dignified role....until Alexander that is.

AcidBurn married ZeroCool in REAL LIFE haha, so it must not have been too bad for her.

Oh and the prequel star wars movies 'look' pretty good - especially the first one.

At least it's not like most super hero movies where the characters obviously become a 3D model that animates like Gumby (ie all of the spidermans).

I think the backgrounds in 2nd one started to look a bit odd, but it's not too bad.

[DavDz]

Dude, superhero movie cgi does not compare to George Lucas CGI. George Lucas's cgifests are in a category of their own.

And by George Lucas cgi, I'm not just talking about the prequel Star Wars movies, I'm talking about the recent Indiana Jones movie as well

[DavDz]

AcidBurn married ZeroCool in REAL LIFE haha, so it must not have been too bad for her.


Hence why I said it was Jolie's least dignified role until Alexander

[Adam Warlock]

The commercials look like it has nothing to do with the book other than having the same name. The miniseries was awesome, and they've already fucked up the best part if they're not keeping the original theme.

[angelpalm]

The commercials look like it has nothing to do with the book other than having the same name. The miniseries was awesome, and they've already fucked up the best part if they're not keeping the original theme.

that seems to be trend nowadays....

[PersonaDark]

The commercials look like it has nothing to do with the book other than having the same name. The miniseries was awesome, and they've already fucked up the best part if they're not keeping the original theme.

Nowadays where PC Watchdogs get pissed about something they can't babysit their kids with, of course Hollywood wasn't going to go with even a fraction of the things in Wanted.

Look at Golden Compass for example. If that got the catholic church on a rampage about the real plot of the story, a walking pile of shit and a woman admitting she loves the cock would give the soccer moms a heart attack.

[Apathy-Inc]

13 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and it's at 92%.
The 1 rotten review was from a "New Yorker" critic who's main complaint was it was "too violent"...

Interesting to see how it plays out as the week goes on.

[DavDz]

Wikipedia did say it was "loosely" based on the comics, which is a good indicator of how shitty this movie is gonna be.

[Frankfurt]

This thread has just been owned. Everybody, including critics, loves the hell out of this movie.

Only people whining are the kids that can't accept changes (yeah, like shithead and raping celebrities for fun would fly).

Whiners can go fuck themselves (because they clearly didn't understand the message in the comic - like the last few pages weren't clear enough :rofl:).

[mylthazz]

I just lost 100% respect for rottentomatoes...


uh what did RT do? They just compile reviews from hundreds of websites and make a % of those who liked it vs how many people reviewed it

i saw this last night at midnight, awesome movie

and i usually hate popcorn flicks

fuck ironman, hulk, indiana jones, etc.

wanted is the movie of the summer

[ducvader]

Walle and Kungfu Panda >>>>> Wanted

Gotta see them all though.....

[The Chief]

lol Is Wall-e really that good!?!?

[Buz]

umm why is duc do posting in comic book forums?
baffled!

[mylthazz]

after i left wanted they had a showing of wall e starting in a couple mins so i watched that

its a pretty adult movie which was surprising

there's no dialogue either for first half of the movie or so

both were pretty good

[Pablo_the_Mex]

I think the whole problem is how the movie/trailer were packaged. If you know nothing of the comic, the trailer makes it seem like some corny ass movie about Jolie jumping up and down and curving bullets with the Morgan Freeman's voice assist.

[mylthazz]

51.1 mil

[Sano]

This thread has just been owned. Everybody, including critics, loves the hell out of this movie.

Only people whining are the kids that can't accept changes (yeah, like shithead and raping celebrities for fun would fly).

Whiners can go fuck themselves (because they clearly didn't understand the message in the comic - like the last few pages weren't clear enough :rofl:).

No reason to curse members out. If this kind of talk persists I'll hand out infractions and lock this thread in a heartbeat. Keep it civil or else. Carry on...

[Pained Auron]

i'll post my review once my downlo...i mean once i go to the theaters to watch it. gottaa be careful. i almost gave sano a heart attack

[Sano]

i almost gave sano a heart attack

From now on I will picture your voice sounding like the MVC2 announcer. :rofl:

Saving my money for the upcoming Batman and Hellboy movies so I'll pass on Wanted for now. I'll see it on cable later on. Much bigger fan of Batman and Hellboy I guess... Maybe I'll see Hancock since that seems fun, not sure though.

[Overworld]

The commercials look like it has nothing to do with the book other than having the same name. The miniseries was awesome, and they've already fucked up the best part if they're not keeping the original theme.

I think this is the first movie the deviates heavily from source and is no worse for it. It was a fun story, it takes the premise of Wanted but beyond that doesn't really follow anything but the initial plot points. It was just a fun action movie, the humor was good, the action was good, and really my only complaint are some of the scenes don't make sense with the plot. (One glaring scene that me and my friends tried to figure out after the movie ended.)

Course this is just my opening. The CG was largely relegated to things that look okay computer generated (cars, bullets, etc) there are a few scenes were the people are, but it's not near as much as some other movies.

I'd recommend it. (Though I must say I went back to see the comic after seeing the film.)

[FreddyL0c0]

loved it


over the top, but awesomely so

[zerodotjander]

I haven't read the comics but I noticed this thread and just wanted to chime in that the movie was great. Plot holes all over the place and a really stupid storyline, but the action was just awesome. That whole introduction sequence from the Convenience Store all the way up to the keyboard scene was top-notch, I could watch it over and over, and the end of the movie was on par with Equlibrium's Hall of Mirrors.

Edit:

I think this is the first movie the deviates heavily from source and is no worse for it. It was a fun story, it takes the premise of Wanted but beyond that doesn't really follow anything but the initial plot points. It was just a fun action movie, the humor was good, the action was good, and really my only complaint are some of the scenes don't make sense with the plot. (One glaring scene that me and my friends tried to figure out after the movie ended.)

Totally agree with this. There's other movies that deviate from their source but turn out great though, except maybe not from a comic books. But for example, all the Bourne movies basically only have character names in common with the books, but are great.

[maxx]

im reading the comic now....jesus this thing has some real racial overtones. the boss has no name just african american boss..and pretty much everyone normal is identified as a race. movie>comic at the moment..im only in issue 2..will be done in a half n hour.