Wanted - the movie

[Antares]

I agree with you on most of that, but actually I thought the story was disappointingly bad. Predictable and full of problems, even with the suspension of general knowledge of anatomy and physics.

That's part of the fun of comic book movies. But let me say, this was quite differnet from the Wanted comic (which I picked up after seeing the movie). In the Wanted comic, the characters had superpowers. I like the direction that they went with the movie.

And what a lot of people seem to miss, is that the loom has deep analogies to the Fates of Greek mythology...cutting and spinning thread to guide/end people's lives.

 

[benmrii]

That's part of the fun of comic book movies. But let me say, this was quite differnet from the Wanted comic (which I picked up after seeing the movie). In the Wanted comic, the characters had superpowers. I like the direction that they went with the movie.

And what a lot of people seem to miss, is that the loom has deep analogies to the Fates of Greek mythology...cutting and spinning thread to guide/end people's lives.

I didn't have issue with any of the "fantastic" things like the loom or the the physics/anatomy defying action. My main problem was the rather illogical ending. It's a spoiler, so below in white:

So here's the situation. Your boss has just been outed as a bad guy... the bad guy. Proof is presented from the loom, and while you haven't had a chance to look at it yet he admits to it... admits to manipulating the named hits for his own whims, his own will. Then he throws some papers down on the ground and says, "Dude, your name came up too." Call me crazy, but I'm going to sit down with a magnifying glass and sharpie and figure that s^%& out for myself before I put a bullet in my head, particularly considering the only indication I have that my name really did come up is the word of the lying, manipulative bad guy who has every reason to try and cover his butt.

It's a fun and entertaining movie, but even aside from being more than a little predictable, that problem of the story made me groan.

 

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