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New WANTED Trailer is up!

meh by Rocklover79	Jun 3rd, 2008 03:43:25 PM

Look at the pretty bullets! by Rocklover79	Jun 3rd, 2008 03:44:43 PM
Bleh. And thank God Jolie's got some baby weight on her now. She looks half-dead here.
Forgot one thing in that summer line-up: by coen_fan	Jun 3rd, 2008 03:45:13 PM
THE DARK KNIGHT!
I don't get this movie by IAmLegolas	Jun 3rd, 2008 03:47:22 PM
What am I missing? It just looks like an easy payday for Angeline Jolie, to be thrown among the other subpar girls-with-guns movies (Tomb Raider 1 & 2, Ultraviolet, Aeon Flux, Underworld 1 & 2, etc.)
movie called "kick-ass" by frankenfickle	Jun 3rd, 2008 03:47:40 PM
i'm going to get a burger at buttfuckers with mike judge and go see kick-ass. i'll tivo "ow-my balls!" that night.
Please tell me you didn't like Civil War, Harry by IndustryKiller!	Jun 3rd, 2008 03:49:09 PM
Because you seem to have a genuine affinity for a lot of Marvel's properties. I've never understood how people can simultaneously love those characters and watch a writer twist them into something they fundamentally are not without even the slightest bit of justification all to fit a horribly obvious and lazily written political allegory. You just can't have one AND the other.
I hope it's good... by Mr. Profit	Jun 3rd, 2008 03:49:32 PM
Because with this being a success and believe it or not the SATC movie making 55 million opening weekend makes the case to studios that R rated films can make money. BTW, Universal looks like they are going to have a good Summer. Sarah Marshall, Baby Mama, The Strangers, and now Hulk, Hellboy, Wanted, and Mummy 3. Good position to be in.
IndustryKiller by HEADGEEK	Jun 3rd, 2008 03:51:05 PM
I prefer Mark Millar's non established hero content.
What's left to do with bullets in movies? by Orionsangels	Jun 3rd, 2008 03:51:38 PM
Why not put a minature camera and film an entire movie from a bullets perspective. I'm sorry harry, but you're too positive for me. It's more fun to be the cynic.
WTF?? by earl of sandwich	Jun 3rd, 2008 03:53:08 PM
Are you guys fucking blind? There's more cool (but totally wacked out other world "yeah right"!) moments in that trailer than any other film this year. Yeah, it may not be shakespeare, but if you want to see a action packed "ride" movie this summer, this has to be on the top of your list. And the first person to bring up the matrix, needs to be kicked in the nuts with a steel tipped toe cap.
I prefer Robert Blake in Electra Glide in Blue by Orionsangels	Jun 3rd, 2008 03:53:25 PM

I'm sold. by acorvey25	Jun 3rd, 2008 03:55:05 PM
It took awhile, but that trailer just did it. Just now. Well done, trailer editor.
See that I can see by IndustryKiller!	Jun 3rd, 2008 03:55:20 PM
Cause if there is one thing Millar has it's ideas. I just hate that he let's his ideas get in the way of established character. Although in the Ultimates universe it's all good cause that's what that universe is for.
Check Out Russian Trailer by rickdeckard1	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:00:14 PM
We need to see a Red Band Wanted Trailer, for the time being there is a Russian Trailer which is bad ass out there.
I thought this was made by matalo	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:09:15 PM
by the guy that did the Night Watch / Day Watch movies. Looking at the trailers, I just got the vibe. Thanks for confirming. And if the international trailer has any indication, this movie will kick ass.
Okay, I''m sold. by drewlicious	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:10:41 PM
Definitely looks more entertaining than I originally thought. Anything's better than the comic book, possibly one of the most deliberately unlikable things I've read in years.
"he's been kicking ass and taking names..." by digitalcos	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:14:29 PM
"...with unknown actors from far away lands. And here... he has a full Hollywood budget and stars like..." ... John Travolta and Nic Cage. Coming here doesn't necessarily make one a better filmmaker.
FAce it, she has an eating disorder! by GQtaste	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:17:48 PM
And when will these chicks figure out it's not a turn on for the guys out there to watch a women who s afraid to eat an apple w/o looking like a tankass.
Mark Millar is a felch-sucking hack by Laserhead	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:19:47 PM
who ripped off anything of note he's done from Warren Ellis and Grant Morrison.
Sold!! by Gabba-UK	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:20:07 PM
I'm there opening day. There has to be one silly, over the top action film each year and this looks like its this one..
The way they handle the bullets is weird. by Frietag	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:20:07 PM
The carvings, the glow ... firing them out of that old gun next to his rifle; it's almost like they're magical bullets or something. It reminds me of the way they handled the "caster shells" in the anime series OUTLAW STAR. (I always thought those were cool.) That's probably coincidental. What's weird though, is that I've read the comic, and I don't remember there being anything special about the bullets at all. (Other than the fact that he could evidently fire dozens and dozens of them in less than a second, without reloading.)
I loved the comic but.. by Saracen1	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:22:47 PM
..the trailers show a movie that has very little to do with the original material. I'm dubbing it Wanted In Name Only.
789 by Laserhead	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:23:24 PM
7
I agree with IAmLegolas by uppercanuck	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:28:40 PM
I just can't bring myself to keep giving Jolie a chance anymore. I really tried.
Most generic title of all time by Liberty Valance	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:29:40 PM
Lee Donowitz would not approve. He has more taste in his penis.
SOLD!! by Dreadlock Holmes	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:32:55 PM
I was a lil unsure at first but this trailer got me. Wanted!
orionsangles.. by Wyndam Earle	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:36:20 PM
i think u were being sarcastic..but just in case u DID want to see a movie shot(a good portion of it, anyway) from a bullet's perspective..watch RUNAWAY with tom sellick and kirstie alley...lame movie, but the "bullet time" was kinda cool..
YOU ARE WRONG HARRY AND YOU KNOW IT by Kapowski	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:37:31 PM
I've read the script for Wanted, as you probably have to, and it is one of the most awful things I have ever read. If you're a fan of the comic, I can assure you that you WILL HATE THIS MOVIE. It is an utter travesty what they've done to the property. All this movie is is a few of Millar's one liners (most altered) and basic plot points manipulated into a new Die Hard stunt style movie. It is AWFUL on ever single level. And Harry, the Hulk being incredible? Give me and everyone else a break. That thing will be lucky if it escapes being a green shit stain on your underwear by the time people really start seeing it.
The curving bullets are... by redtom	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:40:24 PM
...annoying the fuck out of me, but angelina looks beautiful and the car crashing into the train is great... but, damn - them fucking bullets are making my eyes roll way out the back of my head...
Don't Understand... by ILostMyDrumSet	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:41:15 PM
I really appreciated the guy letting us know how much of a loser he is by Googling himself. In actuality, "Wesley Gibson" returns about 519,000 search results. I love a good rags to riches story and when people discover secret talents that let them into new awesome secret agent worlds, but this looks really ridiculous. The only thing it has going for it is the bullet curve thing, and even that is kinda lame. Plus, I really don't feel like sitting through two hours of watching this guy try to live up to his Father's legacy, taking crap for it, and then wowing us in the end when he finally does. I am going to pass!
The next Speed Racer by Laserhead	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:42:44 PM
in terms of box office. You heard it here first.
I loved the graphic novel by Boba Fat	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:43:32 PM
and the film would have to go a long way to capture the invention and geekery of the comic and the world it creates. But the visuals look great and maybe if the essence of the original is up there this could be OK.
HELLBOY by Kapowski	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:43:47 PM
Oh, I've also read the Hellboy 2 script and while it's not the epic movie that they could have done (since part one set everything up), it's still a well done representation of the source material, UNLIKE WANTED. Also, if you don't believe me that I've read these scripts, Harry, how about the love story centering around Abe and the Princess and the scene of Abe and Hellboy drinking beers talking about women before they get invaded. WANTED IS SHIT AND YOU KNOW IT YOU PUMPER
Looks like crap by fanboy71	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:44:56 PM
I already sat through one shitfest this summer (Indiana Jones and the quest for more cash) I'm not about to get burned by this one. Maybe I'll rent it.
Hmm... that sorta gave that away a twist no? by blindambition238	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:51:20 PM
The final scenes had him trying to kill Jolie and her 'client' in the limo. I really hope this means that she's supposed to be a 'good guy' and the organization is truly evil instead of the other way around. They already got rid of the superhero stuff, which I understand and don't mind, but turning the guy into a hero defeats the essential appeal of the property. It should be about an angry guy who makes a conscious decision to be an evil bastard. Nonetheless it still looks like it could be a fun action movie, only slightly more predictable than I expected. Also, "Mark Millar Licks Goats!" ;)
MR SAXON by Kapowski	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:51:21 PM
I know that I have the Watchmen script sitting on my desk (I have word that it's good) and I know that the Star Trek movie consists of Kirk cheating on the test (forget the name of it) by reprogramming it and Spock catches him and before disciniplinary action is taken against Kirk, the crisis erupts and the young spock gets a visitor...
Reading Scripts for movies by Dreadlock Holmes	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:53:08 PM
Before they come out is some of the dumbest shit i've ever heard. Can't you just wait to watch a film and THEN judge it? Shit.
An fucking use SPOILERS! by Dreadlock Holmes	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:54:29 PM
You dumb fucks!
DREADLOCK HOLMES by Kapowski	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:56:37 PM
It may be the dumbest shit you've ever heard, but I'd rather spend 30 minutes reading a script than two hours of my life being wasted watching a pile of shit made by the guy who made these other classics that Harry is PUMPING: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/ m/1148279-night_watch/ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/ m/day_watch/
Thanks Mr_Saxon! by ILostMyDrumSet	Jun 3rd, 2008 04:57:22 PM
Just keep it though. Seeing as how movies suck nowadays, I think we could all use a new hobby!
I want to see this movie by Series7	Jun 3rd, 2008 05:04:40 PM
But after having read the comic.... i don't know. Either way this summer has been awesome compared to last years nothing.
So Harry, no more DVD columns? by rhcp2sweet	Jun 3rd, 2008 05:09:30 PM
It's been two weeks c'mon.
Dunno about you guys... by Lloytron	Jun 3rd, 2008 05:13:39 PM
...but I'm sold! Popcorn please!
This is not WANTED by HExTeXly	Jun 3rd, 2008 05:15:00 PM
At least, it's not the book I read/loved. This is like that crappy STEEL movie they made with Shaq a few years back... "Let's take a comicbook and make it a movie...BUT LET'S TAKE OUT ALL REFERENCE TO SUPERHERO/VILLANS" Riiiight. How is this a comic book movie, again? Oh. It isn't, it's a lame-ass Michael Bay-flick (wanna-be). Can't wait. NOT!!!
Orionsangels by Lloytron	Jun 3rd, 2008 05:17:21 PM
Lord of War already did that, at least for the opening credits
int trailer was better by palewook	Jun 3rd, 2008 05:21:24 PM
but have to check out the movie since its Timur Bekmambetov
They had me at naked Angelina Jolie by O_Goncho	Jun 3rd, 2008 05:26:21 PM
...not really, I already thought it looked quite good, but seriously...
Boy, you fuckers are hard to please! by DEZDOONZ	Jun 3rd, 2008 05:40:17 PM
Do you guys even like movies? I mean, c'mon...that fucking trailer is great! I loved Nightwatch and Daywatch. I loved Millar's Avengers stuff. Never read Wanted or Kick Ass, but this trailer sure tells me I'm missing out on some cool shit, for sure!
by Spike3185	Jun 3rd, 2008 06:03:53 PM
The reason why I think this movie looks fucking terrible is that they COULD have made a faithful adaptation of the comic with all the action and crazy shit and could have actually made a credible excuse for "curving bullets" and whatever other crazy shit they wanted to do. The other thing they could have easily done was take the baseline concept of the book (ordinary guy discovers he has a superhuman ability to end lives), and just made a movie like that without calling it Wanted. Before I read the book (which was about a week ago, to be totally honest), I just wasn't interested in the movie at all. It pisses me off now because it looks like they took the single, exact wrong way to make the movie.
While I agree... by phaedrus007	Jun 3rd, 2008 06:07:44 PM
...that the international trailer made the movie look a little better, i have to say this movie, so far, looks less than thrilling.
Is there a link by Series7	Jun 3rd, 2008 06:15:20 PM
to the Harry/Millar battle?
I'd rather see a movie version of CHUCK by Riley Martin	Jun 3rd, 2008 07:08:54 PM
Cause that's really what this is, right? A geeky kid with a previously unknown ability gets involved with a secret agency and a hot secret agent. Except it's a drama. And sorry, but Angelina is old & busted now. Yvonne Strahovski is where it's at.
Pondscum by Mr.Meanie	Jun 3rd, 2008 07:13:44 PM
that was frakking hilarious.
Looked good to me by PornKing	Jun 3rd, 2008 07:21:33 PM
Dunno what you crackheads are babbling about, but it looked good to me, and I look at tits all day.
THIS REMINDS ME OF JUMPER by hollywoodsummers	Jun 3rd, 2008 07:30:13 PM
Looks kinda lame, but if it get's good buzz and reviews (of course Harry's doesn't matter) then I might buy a theater ticket. HULK looks like more of the same CGI shit, HELLBOY same, and HANCOCK lame. The only films I'm even loooking ofrward to now are WALL-E and DARK KNIGHT. The rest look like FUCKALL!
Harry, you are a moron. I can tell you everyone in RUSSIA thinks by Proman1984	Jun 3rd, 2008 07:30:20 PM
Everyone in Russia KNOWS THIS GUY IS A HACK. He is also universally hated for bastardzing one of the most beloved (Think Cassablanca meets fucking Star Wars) Sovier movies of all times (Irony of Fate). He is mediocre and it's an open secret. Welcome to the party.
blah blah woof woof by Xandar1977	Jun 3rd, 2008 07:32:13 PM
I loved the comic, so I wanted to hate this movie, but it looks pretty badass. Yeah, I wish they would have been superheroes instead of assassins, but I think that might not have sold so well. As jaded as I am with hollywood, I accept that a "new" assassin movie will fare better than a "new" superhero movie. A lot of regular people, (non-film/comic fans) are only turned on by names they know, i.e. batman, spider-man, etc. This is prabably the studios best shot at making a successful movie out of WANTED. Timur Bekmambetov has my f#^$&@cking blessing with this movie. f#^$&@ck all the haters, American action is such crap, this is so much better than Rush Hour or Alien vs. Predator, we should be sucking foreign #*$^@ to make more movies. Rant over.
Hulk won't make money by AlwaysThere	Jun 3rd, 2008 07:35:39 PM
Studio sponsored screenings for movies websites wont push people to see it in the theater.
I drive up Corvettes all the time. by wintocha67	Jun 3rd, 2008 08:00:08 PM
It's entirely plausible.
Proman1984 by Series7	Jun 3rd, 2008 08:06:15 PM
So if he's so hated in Russia then why does he have the highest grossing Russian movie ever?
Seth Rogan is the Green Hornet? by phaedrus007	Jun 3rd, 2008 08:49:49 PM
Ugh.
don't call it an adaptation by lex romero	Jun 3rd, 2008 08:53:36 PM
I think the film looks pretty cool adn could be an awesome action flick, but i think it's pretty pointless calling it an adaptation when the scriptwriters wrote the script for the film based off just the first issue of the comic series (hence the lack of superheroes). So really liking Millar's work is pretty irrelevent to whether you'll like the film or not.
and whats up with jolie's accent? by lex romero	Jun 3rd, 2008 08:54:24 PM
it sounds like she's putting on a fake american accent, really wierd. and you can still hear a lot of mcavoy's scottish twang in his american accent.
Yeah. by Evil Chicken	Jun 3rd, 2008 09:26:55 PM
I must admit it does look like a fun night at the movies - but I'm still smuggling in the snacks.
So there's no SHITHEAD in this movie?? by cloverfield-of-dreams	Jun 3rd, 2008 09:37:14 PM
Then why make it at all??
Series7 Read on if you want an aswer by Proman1984	Jun 3rd, 2008 09:46:20 PM
Because he made the sequel to the most beloved Soviet (that includes more territories than just Russia) called Irony of Fate. The movie is utter shit and utterly disrespectful. People thought it was shit but saw it because they had to see it for themselves. The Russian market is growing steadily though and I you can be sure his record will be surpassed.
earl of sandwich by uVa	Jun 3rd, 2008 09:58:05 PM
"And the first person to bring up the matrix, needs to be kicked in the nuts with a steel tipped toe cap." That'd be you!
i dont see the guy made of crap... by chainsaw1974	Jun 3rd, 2008 10:02:18 PM
that was in the comic series.whats that you say?hollywood changed it?noooooo?(sarcasm)
Proman1984 is dead on... by StraightToHell	Jun 3rd, 2008 10:42:06 PM
I was born in Russia and moved here in 87. However, I retained all of the culture, includind a rabid love for old Russian films. 99% of the stuff since the fall of Communism is utter shit. The only people of talent there now are gods of old - Nikita Mikhalkov (Burnt by the Sun), Yuri Norshtein (Tale of Tales) and Zeus himself Alexei Gherman (My friend Ivan Lapshin and the soon-to-be-greatest-movie-ever -made Hard to Be God). That's it. Maybe a few half-decent directors. All others are pure shit. And I still follow Russian culture too, so I have a pretty good idea of what people think in my former country. And most of them see Timur for the tool that he is. He knows his way around CGI, big fucking deal. So, let me get this straight Harry. Just because he can rip off other much better films and then stitch the stolen stuff into a movie, makes him future God to film-geeks? Huh? Say what you want about Tarantino, but the guy proved with Reservoir Dogs that he can do a breathtaking HUMAN story AND do so in style. The only thing that is human in Timur B's films is the fact that they were made by humans. That's it. He has zero understanding of anything approaching story, ability to generate tension or any itneresting new ideas on how to do something that hasn't been done before. Even for someone who jsut steals shit from others he's pretty clueless on what to do with it. Tarantino rips from others, but the man understands film and how to recycle old into new. I tried to make it through Night Watch and almost fell asleep. Whole scenes of CGI and actors just thrown at the screen without anything to tie them to the story. If there was a story, because I sure as shit couldn't tell. And do you want to know what the biggest selling point was of that sequel he made to Irony Of Fate, a movie that's a character study done almost entirely in one location? The producers of the sequel boasted about the crazy number of the CGI that was used in the movie and how expensive everything was. This is how they tried to sell a character drama to an audience. That would have been akin to selling Reservoir Dogs on the quality of the bullet hits and the pretty color blood they used during the violent scenes. As if there was nothing else of note there. So, he is nowhere near someone who should be admired or even causally liked. He makes Joel Schumaker look like Kurosawa for Christ's sake. I know you guys get all moist for anything with violence and CGI, but give me a break already. Even stupd shit can be great to watch if it's well made. But this idiot doesn't even know how to do that. Nobody will remember him in a few years outside of the DTV crowd.
Proman1984 - I totally agree by StanTheProgressor	Jun 3rd, 2008 10:46:46 PM
I've been trying to tell Harry that Timur's a hack for a long time. But, I can totally concede that he has a good "eye" and has picked up quite a few things from Fincher and Wachowskis. So, with some good actors (which James McAvoy certainly is) and a good script (which we will have to see about), he might actually make something that does not suck. So far, the trailers have been extremely well-crafted. I'll be there just to see if me and you are both right.
Postscriptum by StanTheProgressor	Jun 3rd, 2008 10:54:06 PM
So, I just watched the Empire featurette and it seems that the movie is going to be a verbatim adaptation of the comics book (80% they say?) I happen to trust Millar a whole lot more than Timur, so Bekmambetov ain't getting any credit for this one, even if it is good.
wow james mcavoy for bilbo? sign me up! by Warcraft	Jun 3rd, 2008 11:10:00 PM
i never thought of that casting choice! let's do it! he's got my vote.
i'm still against this movie though. by Warcraft	Jun 3rd, 2008 11:15:08 PM
just because of the fucked up translation from the graphic novel. this film is nonsense.
how can you call this an adaptation when only 2 characters from by Warcraft	Jun 3rd, 2008 11:19:10 PM
...made it into the film? actually I take that back. only one character made it, and that's the main one. no no wait, he's a good guy assassin? nope, NONE of the characters from the book even made it into the film.
Oh my bad by StanTheProgressor	Jun 3rd, 2008 11:20:20 PM
Sorry, I'm not familiar with this work of Millar. They do say the first 40 minutes of the movie follow the comic closely.
ROFL COPTOR 80 PERCENT LOLOLOLOL!!! by Warcraft	Jun 3rd, 2008 11:22:28 PM
i just read that post stan, trust me, this movie isn't going to be anywhere near "80 percent of the comic" faithful. god i fucking loled.
This movie will blow... by RetroActive	Jun 3rd, 2008 11:43:23 PM
and probably make a ton of money in its opening weekend, then sink like a stone to the bottom of the river. You heard it here first! (U.S. Patent pending) Seriously, if you heard it here first, I'd be shocked.
Angelina Jolie by RetroActive	Jun 3rd, 2008 11:44:55 PM
Is creepy. And despite a pretty nice rack, she has chicken legs. Plus, has she been cast as skeletor yet, or what?!! Creep Show!
How the fuck is that HD?! by judge dredds fresh undies	Jun 3rd, 2008 11:51:15 PM
I havent watched this new trailer yet because of the above but I am so fucking tired of this post matrix john woo slow mo bullshit. YAWN.
He's another one thats a midget. Where are all by GQtaste	Jun 4th, 2008 12:18:00 AM
the leading men out there over 5'6? This dude, the kid from Speed Racer and of course Shia. All three dudes are midgets.
Action star? by ebonic_plague	Jun 4th, 2008 12:48:13 AM
Magic bullets? sure, they had those in Texas in the 60's... Angelina Jolie kicking ass? okay, even with the anorexia she's probably got that psycho bitch/pissed off mother adrenaline strength... but I'm supposed to accept that scrawny Merchant Ivory fop as one of the heirs apparent to the mantle of Action Movie Star? FUCK YOU, disbelief can only be suspended so high.
All I want to know is... by ebonic_plague	Jun 4th, 2008 12:51:27 AM
...will Angelina be playing Amy Winehouse in the inevitable tragic biopic, or will Winehouse cross over to the talkies and usurp Angie's status as "action movie star" first?
Looks like it could be fun. by FuzzyWhisper	Jun 4th, 2008 12:52:25 AM
On the other hand, it'll probably turn out really, really bad. Oh well. At least it has Angelina.
That trailer showed way too much... by Motoko Kusanagi	Jun 4th, 2008 01:32:48 AM
...but it rocked and the flick is rated R. So, I'm gonna watch this in theatres.
Ultraviolet 2 by CuervoJones	Jun 4th, 2008 01:52:58 AM
Maybe?
I miss Walter Hill by CuervoJones	Jun 4th, 2008 02:01:44 AM
I kinda enjoy this kind of action movies like Crank or Shoot´em´up, but i miss real violent action like Walter Hill´s.
And meanwhile Ultraviolet got by StraightToHell	Jun 4th, 2008 02:28:15 AM
creamed by almost everyone who saw it, while the same people are drooling over this shitfest. I'll probably get eviscerated for saying this, but Ultraviolet was one of the coolest weirdo action films I've seen in a long time. I really like Kurt Wimmer (Equilibrium is a great film) and he really went to some fucked up visual places in Ultraviolet. Talk about a movie made for being watched while on pharmaceuticals. The colors, and camera angles, the action choreography were just jaw-dropping. But, apparently, that movie was a piece of shit. Now Night Watch/Day Watch/Who Gives an Fuck Watch, now THERE'S a class act! Boy, what a gift to cinema! Slow mo action, CGI-assisted stunts, Vampires, 2-second-long cuts editing! Holly shit! Where have we all been all these years? I mean, the last good action/sci-fi/horror movie that Hollywood made was The Forbidden Planet, right? Shit, sure glad ol' Timur came along just as we were losing faith in the future of movies and showed us the light! Wow. Glad to be alive to see this fucking dreammaker strut his stuff. Kubrick on his best day WISHED he had the vision and the originality that Timur has in his little pinkie! Fincher, Gilliam, Mann, Scorsese, Coppola, Friedkin and those other hacks better watch the fuck out! Here come Tim B to smoke their asses right off the goddamn screens. Wake the hell up whoever is even remotely interested in this dweeb! Tarkovsky he's not. He's not even good enough to shine Renny Harlin's shoes. And at least Harlin did make Die Hard 2 and Cliffhanger before faceplanting into irrelevance. What has Tim B done do earn this much street cred so quickly? Make a pile of screamingly terrible Z-level full-length commercials that even his own countrymen can't stand? Where is this genius coming from that I can't see? And whoever says that his movies make a lot of money is a cretin. Since when is THAT a hallmark of a brilliant film? Last I checked, most of Roland Emmerich's films made money and they are all absolutely awful. And he's at least an ok visual director, as the semi-tolerable The Patriot showed. Stop this insanity already.
This.looks.terrible. by Clarence Bodiker	Jun 4th, 2008 02:41:28 AM

this just moved to my must-see list by zooch	Jun 4th, 2008 02:46:35 AM
must-see list: dark knight, wall*e, wanted will see pending good reviews and positive buzz: hulk, hellboy 2
Retro-AICN by BobPalpatine	Jun 4th, 2008 02:48:48 AM
This has nothing to do with this topic, but somehow I ended up in an old AICN thread for the Phantom Menace trailer. Here is what one talkbacker said: "Hey kids!!! I read the shot for shot thing at TheForce.Net and all I can Say is "Wow!!!!!" I can not wait. This is going to be a spectacular movie. From Darth Maul on the cliff to Obi Wan and Qui-Gon cutting down droids. My God it is going to be awesome. After all I've read and seen well any doubts I had are gone. Bring on those slick ships and that better technology. I am ready for it. Plus the news that George is directing the next two. AWESOME. Only a few more months and it's going to kill me. This is going to rock kids. I don't care what all of you naysayers say...because I am a true Star Wars fan and always will be there for it. May the Force be with us once more. See you later."
Thank God... by xsi kal	Jun 4th, 2008 03:31:05 AM
... that Angelina got pregnant, and halted her slow descent into extreme anorexia. Otherwise, it looks entertaining enough to me.
BobPalpatine by blindambition238	Jun 4th, 2008 03:57:59 AM
You reckon that guy is still alive and didnt kill himself later?
How many people just typed "Wesley Gibson" into Google? by thetwat	Jun 4th, 2008 04:15:53 AM
I did
Boring by jhp168	Jun 4th, 2008 04:36:43 AM
Star Wars with guns. Except this time there's a chance Luke will boff his sister...Or, if you like, Low-fi Matrix-Lite
How can you possibly think that this will be any good by greekCopter	Jun 4th, 2008 05:13:31 AM
zzz
Worst American accent by filmcoyote	Jun 4th, 2008 06:00:02 AM
by a British actor ever. This makes the hideous hybrid efforts of Jeremy Northam, Ewan McGregor etc look good. McAvoy is massively over-rated. He's good but he's not great and he is so unconvincing looking in this film (even discounting the accent) that it's laughable. Shame, I loved Night and Day Watch. I'm sure the film will at least be stylish but it feels more Matrix sequels than Matrix to me.
Proman1984 by Series7	Jun 4th, 2008 07:20:31 AM
Ok yeah I checked IMDB and saw that he had made a film after Daywatch, I thought this was his next film after Daywatch. NOW I want to see the original movie and his movie and see what went wrong. filmcoyote Totally agree with you about McAvoy, at first he was just a stand in while no one could find Ewan McGregor because he was motocycling somewhere. Now it looks like Ewan took too long of a break because McAvoy seems like he is in everything now, just like Ewan was a couple of years ago. Also about the accents, I know like you read it and you think its American in the comic, but the dude who wrote it is from Scotland. Anyways I will still see this film, even though I don't care for McAvoy and Mrs. Pitt, this movie looks pretty cool for a summer movie.
WHY OH WHY OH WHY? by redcolin7	Jun 4th, 2008 07:26:23 AM
Do you people keep bashing films like this, Night Watch and Day Watch were two of the best and most creative films of the last few years. It was inevitable that he was going to be given a big film and from the looks of it he had done an amazing job. There is no pleasing some people, i hope i dont sit next to any of you saddos when i'm enjoying watching the best action flick of the year. Oh and by the way; I have seen The Incredible Hulk and can confirm it is indeed "Incredible". Goodbye Ang Lee's angst ridden mess and hello mayhem!!
Looks good by Cobbio	Jun 4th, 2008 07:53:23 AM
It's funny how people here are choosing to bash this film's accents, bullet sequences, makeup, nationalities, whatever. Talk about pussified small-mindedness. I wasn't a huge fan of "Nightwatch," but I admired its visual effects. This film, "Wanted," is the story I was waiting for Bekmambetov to make. A well-acted, character-based, young assassin coming of age story. Will he or won't he go along with the program? I think this could be a tasty film to watch. People comparing this to "Aeon Flux" or "Ecks vs. Sever" should have their heads examined, you pussies. Seriously, you should. I'll check this out opening day. Can't wait.
This looks Amazing.. by MrPopular	Jun 4th, 2008 07:55:17 AM
Seriously I wonder how anyone here still enjoys movies when all they do is bitch about shit.. This looks awesome.. Every scene looks great So visually played out. It seriously looks amazing. With Night Watch and day watch i'm totally behind this movie.. Plus i've been waiting for a kick ass action movie to redeem the mess that was Shoot 'Em Up.. I challenge any one of the bitchers above to make something 1/2 as good as this. then we'll talk.. Til then get a life
Oh god Shoot 'Em Up by Series7	Jun 4th, 2008 08:16:47 AM
Was probably the worst movie of 07. It was so bad that it bored me and I almost feel asleep. Clive Owen is a pussy who can't really fight. Though War was just as bad, it didn't have that cocky attitude that Shoot'Em up did, War felt like a DTV movie that somehow ended up in theaters (luckily though I didn't see it in theaters unlick Shoot'em up). Yeah I think the problem with movies last year is that there wasn't a good action movie, the closest thing we got was Die Hard 4.0 or the Condemed. Then this year started off with Rambo which pretty much put every action movie from the last 10 years to shame. GOD Shoot'em up was terrible, Pig Vomit as a villain in anything besides a silent movie where the dastardly bad guy is tying the beautiful maden to the railroad tracks just doesn't work. Paul Giamatti when Philip Seymour Hoffman is just too busy to be in your movie.
Dumb Summer fun. by rbatty024	Jun 4th, 2008 10:47:34 AM
I hope this is good. We've seen the set up before and I know it's going to be style over substance, I just hope it can deliver on the style.
I hope it can deliver by Neo Zeed	Jun 4th, 2008 11:22:49 AM
This director has serious visual flair. However, if it's PG-13 my interest will drop to zero.
Looks good to me. -Bring it. by JDanielP	Jun 4th, 2008 11:34:20 AM
Consider the ticket for me as already sold.
Curvin' Bullets by YakMalla	Jun 4th, 2008 11:47:31 AM
According to the four minutes of research I just completed, the slowest bullet leaves the gun at about 600 feet per second. The fastest a person can throw a baseball is around 100 miles per hour, which works out to about 146 feet per second. So basically, the bullet is going 4x faster than the world's fastest shooter can move his/her arm. Everything else about the film is totally plausible.
I forgot to add... by YakMalla	Jun 4th, 2008 11:49:41 AM
...that, if your arm is movin' slower than the bullet is shootin', you ain't doin' no curvin'.
Riley Martin-Angelina Jolie by Gihaadwarts	Jun 4th, 2008 12:23:25 PM
Yvonne Strahovski Look better than Angelina Jolie my @ss. Yvonne looks like every other blonde out there in Hollywood, even then she is a notch below most. Angelia’s butt hairs are more attractive than her period! And RetroActive You must be the “creepy” one if Angelina makes the Top 5 the last 3 years in every poll known to man. Maybe if your pale @ss gets out of your basement long enough you might see the light too. I do agree she does look a worlds better with a little meat on her.
Shoot'm Up was a comedy... by spectrebeeyatch	Jun 4th, 2008 12:29:34 PM
Not really an action film it was making fun of John Woo films, if you didn't get that... Well God help you. I actually enjoyed that movie because I let go and laughed and didn't have a stick up my ass. I do agree though that Rambo put action movies to shame and this won't match in anyway. But with a summer filled with stupid comedies and only like a hand full of cool flicks I'm checking this out.
Angelina needs to get back to her fighting weight by I Dunno	Jun 4th, 2008 12:30:15 PM
She peaked with Gia but now she's way too skinny. She needs to get back into Tomb Raider shape. She's still beautiful though.
Those "watch" movies are AWFUL. by knowthyself	Jun 4th, 2008 12:35:14 PM
No reason for this director to be god of anything. He's just a russian film maker copying the worst bits of american film making. Can't direct actors. Relies soley on crazy CGI eye humping images that are soul less and shallow.
Pondscum by kinksy	Jun 4th, 2008 02:23:15 PM
Will you sit behind me and fondle my D-cup breasts while I grind on you? Angelina looks like the poster girl for ano here--and I love skinny girls. It's distracting how horrible she looks. I hope she sees this and thinks the same thing, because for being pregnant she's still pretty damn thin. What is it with Brad Pitt's ladies always getting extremely underweight? I think that there's a connection there.
Sweet sweet trailer... comic book sucked! by allykatD	Jun 4th, 2008 02:48:07 PM
Oddly, the movie looks good, I say oddly because the comic book, in my opinion, was THE worst piece of crap I've ever read, and I read a lot and have a comic book collection from Akira to The Black Dragon, The Watchmen and beyond. When I read Wanted it read like it was written by a bunch of mentally challenged 13 year olds. Yeah yeah, it's suppose to be subversive and there's a message and yadda yadda yadda... but I think that's people just trying to pry past the crappy mental masturbation that passes for what might be considered (by 4th graders on the short bus) as a story. No, the language didn't shock or bother me, or any of the other so called 'twists', what bothered me was just the poor writing. Wesley started out as a great character, a true anti-hero, and the story was fantastic, but it quickly went down hill as ridiculous character after ridiculous character was introduced. I'm ranting because I wanted to like it, I love morally gray/ambiguous characters who embrace their dark elements, but not this. Nope, not Wanted. I will go see the movie. I know I'll be blasted by people who say I didn't get it and so on... but hey, I'm entitled to an opinion, and the story started out excellent but ended lamely. 'Nuff said.
by allykatD	Jun 4th, 2008 02:51:16 PM

...and speaking of Angelina's role... by allykatD	Jun 4th, 2008 02:51:56 PM
I think Megan Fox would have been a better choice.
Sorry But... by Urall Luzers	Jun 4th, 2008 04:48:32 PM
The movie doesn't look like it gos nearly as far as the book did. Probably gonna be disappointed. I mean the guy went around raping women in the comic for Science's sake!
This movie is going to suck so bad by batzilla	Jun 4th, 2008 06:01:56 PM
Angelina Jolie is a fucking dog for one and what the FUCK is up with curving a bullet? Seriously, Jolie is UGLY!! Oh brother. Why is Morgan Freeman in this? Yet another movie thats supposed to make us go "WOW! WHAT A COOL TRICK WITH THE GUNS,CARS, CHICKS!!" Give me a fucking break.
Why does a superstar mostly work in shitty C-list action films? by lord_zedd	Jun 4th, 2008 06:26:18 PM
Hmm?
Pondscum by kinksy	Jun 4th, 2008 10:29:51 PM
Deal. And I hate people who talk during a movie too. And I am a real woman.
Looks Significantly Watered Down by Smerdyakov	Jun 4th, 2008 11:30:39 PM
Like the scriptwriters never got past the first issue of the comic.
Didn't I see this movie already? by √øiceOfRæson	Jun 4th, 2008 11:33:40 PM
Oh yeah, it was called the Matrix, you might have seen it. It has this girl contact the hero to tell him he is special, then leaves with her to see this mentor figure, played by a black fellow, to reveal his true abilities to fight the one person no one can kill. Oh and it uses this cool effect with bullets. SOUND FUCKING FAMILIAR?
I'd like to rub my penis on her tattoos by samuraiyao	Jun 5th, 2008 06:26:49 AM
I want to sting Angelina in her beehive, and make it swollen shut...
Angelina Jolie is FUCKING UGLY by Nasty In The Pasty	Jun 5th, 2008 08:50:05 AM

how a 'curveball' works by ArcadianDS	Jun 5th, 2008 12:31:04 PM
a curveball works because its rotation is in a direction COUNTER to its trajectory. Meaning, it spins sideways while moving foreward, and the effect of the stitching hitting the 'wall of air' in front of it, causes it to fall off of its orginal course. Bullets are symmetrical and uniform. They are designed from the ground up to go straight. They wind through the air like a screw, and this actually makes them go straighter than if they were just shoving foreward. It would be theoretically possible to 'curve a bullet' if you designed one specifically for this task (putting a bias into its center of gravity), but it would ultimately wind up going end-over-end through the air about as fast as a fat bumble bee. Its target would say, "god DAMN what was that? I think a bee just stung me" as opposed to being, y'know, shot through and through by a bullet. Oh and cars generally dont use other cars as ramps. Considering that the front end of a corvette is fiberglass and tupperware, the only thing soaring over Jolie's car would be bits and pieces of her front bumper. Do I need to even add a paragraph about shooting wings off flies, oh and then Morgan Freeman holding a fist full of flies and their dislodged wings? What did he spent 3 hours off-screen with a magnifying glass looking for fly wings?

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