Wanted


I think I would have like Wanted the movie far more if I had never read the comic book by Millar. They removed the deconstructionist-but-let's-still-have-some-fun superhero mythos from the source material and what they substituted is pure ass.

Which isn't to say the movie is terrible. It's not. There are some very fun, exciting sequences. The movie looks great and director Timur -- from Nightwatch/Daywatch fame (or is it infamy?) -- did a very nice job rendering this as a very hard R, violence-filled action flick. CGI was usually quite good and the stunts looked nice.

But, oh my gosh, this movie is STUPID. Tons of inescapable plots holes get you questioning -- during the movie -- your enjoyment of it. Remember in the Matrix when you heard about "a kind of fusion" and, while you might have filed it away at the time, later you were like... wtf? But you filed it away because you were having a blast with the flick. Here, much of the movie explores idiotic ideas like the fusion thing and we can only ask what the hell were the filmmakers thinking as we see it unfold.

I think the flick will be a hit because the pop-culture will try to embrace it as a new Matrix. Don't believe it. Matrix was politely silly. Wanted is idiocy.