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Author Topic: Wanted (2008) Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 06-19-2008 04:20 AM                     Interesting movie. I don't want to give anything away, but this is the first Matrix-type movie that has worked since...well, The Matrix. (And no I do NOT consider the Matrix sequels to be worth anything other than a waste of time.) I will just leave it at that, but suffice to say I enjoyed it. 4 out of 5  |  IP: Logged Todd McCracken Master Film Handler Posts: 263 From: Northridge, CA, USA Registered: Mar 2008 posted 06-19-2008 01:51 PM                    Darn non-disclosure agreements  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 06-19-2008 03:06 PM                     No studio will ever get pissy about a non-spoiler review with a good rating.  |  IP: Logged Todd McCracken Master Film Handler Posts: 263 From: Northridge, CA, USA Registered: Mar 2008 posted 06-19-2008 03:30 PM                    Unfortunately being in distribution we have a gag order complete with "no posting on the internet" clause. However I agree completely with your star rating  |  IP: Logged Ben Goodman Film Handler Posts: 32 From: Danbury, CT Registered: Apr 2008 posted 06-28-2008 12:36 AM                     Great action, great acting, decent plot, fun twists. This is what summer movies are all about. 4/5.  |  IP: Logged Kurt Zupin Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 989 From: Maricopa, Arizona Registered: Oct 2004 posted 06-28-2008 06:27 AM                     This is another one of those that I'm not sure about. I liked the gun play and the idea. I don't think it had great acting, but I like McAvoy playing a badass. I didn't think the plot was great, nothing we havn't seen in a million other action movies. Angelina looked good as always, nice shot of her ass. Over all I would say this is a watch once but not a buy. 3/5  |  IP: Logged Lyle Romer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1400 From: Davie, FL, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 06-28-2008 08:23 PM                     I thought this movie was really good. It was over the top but fun and had a pretty original concept. It's kind of like The Matrix meets Batman Begins. It had a good plot with some cool twists and visually it was very well done. 4 out of 5  |  IP: Logged Mike Schindler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1039 From: Oak Park, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 06-29-2008 03:28 PM                     What I found to be most entertaining about this movie was that most of the film was shot in locations that I am very familiar with. Probably more than any other movie, WANTED utilized the areas of Chicago that I go to most often. It's one thing to look and say, "Hey, that's Lake and Wabash!" But the first car chase in the parking lot outside of the grocery store was shot at Cermak Plaza, which was formerly home to the Car-Kabob, made famous by WAYNE'S WORLD (you can even see it briefly in one shot). I'm there at least a couple times a week. Aside from that, I wasn't very impressed. The action sequences are fairly well made, and the movie is fun enough to watch. But the writing was incredibly bad. [ 06-29-2008, 07:07 PM: Message edited by: Mike Schindler ]  |  IP: Logged Robert Crabtree Film Handler Posts: 91 From: Largo, FL Registered: May 2008 posted 07-01-2008 12:04 AM                     I quite liked the director's previous work on Night Watch and Day Watch, and felt that there were plenty of similarities with Wanted, particularly the quality of the visuals, the guiding hand of destiny, and underground organizations fighting to preserve a "balance". The Exterminator, btw, is played by Konstantin Khabensky, the lead from the Night Watch franchise (which will end with Last Watch). I call it a 4 of 5 stars, and a fairly impressive English-language debut for director Timur Bekmambetov. Anyone who gets James McAvoy hot and sweaty is aces in my book  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 07-04-2008 05:11 PM                        CINEMA: 13th Avenue Warren, Wichita, KS AUDITORIUM: 11 PRESENTATION: 35mm/Dolby Digital/THX PRESENTATION PROBLEMS: None RATING: Two stars (out of four) THE PLOT: Flippy bullets! Wackiness ensues About all I can get motivated to say is...It's an incredibly stupid script with some great action sequences. It was fun, I guess, but I'm betting by the time the DVD hits stores, I'll actually have to look up the synopsis to remember what it was. Morgan Freeman's last two words at the end pretty much say it all.  |  IP: Logged Jaime Tuzzio Film Handler Posts: 50 From: Salem, OR, USA Registered: Apr 2008 posted 07-05-2008 04:19 AM                 I saw this movie just over 24 hours ago and I cannot for the life of me recall what those two words were. I guess that tells you the impact it had on me. It was fun, but I don't need to see it again.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 07-06-2008 08:07 PM                        Today at Regal 15 in Eugene, #14, 35mm. Xlnt presentation, very steady and sharp image, really looked and sounded good. The movie rates very highly with me for its eye candy and well-done action sequences. The CGI is mostly very good, and the story is sort of an interesting twist on The Matrix. So why didn't I like it more? I don't know. I'll give it 2.75 out of 5. Can't strongly recommend it but didn't hate it either.  |  IP: Logged Jack Theakston Master Film Handler Posts: 411 From: New York, USA Registered: Sep 2007 posted 07-07-2008 02:21 PM                     Fun, mindless entertainment.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 07-09-2008 04:58 AM                     ..be kinda tough to 'shoot the wings off of a fly...' - with a .45  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 07-09-2008 03:50 PM                        Easy! Just put the bullet close by the fly and let the wake turbulence strip the wings off the little bastard. If you can't do that you don't need to carrying around a .45 or any other handgun for that matter.  |  IP: Logged

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