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Damn you Doctor Zoidberg
by Han Cholo
Jun 27th, 2008
03:38:06 AM
Damn you Doctor Zoidberg
FUCK MICHAEL BAY!!!
by Han Cholo
Jun 27th, 2008
03:38:43 AM
FUCK MICHAEL BAY!!!
I wish we could have seen Carrie Moss' wet, dripping ass
by Han Cholo
Jun 27th, 2008
03:42:19 AM
I was disappointed in The Matrix films for never taking it to that next level. Hell they showed Agent Utah's ass, why couldn't they show Trinity's holy trinity? Dammit.
why would Vladimir Putin care who distributes it?
by newc0253
Jun 27th, 2008
03:53:08 AM
i call bullshit.

good review otherwise.

Who else thinks WANTED was mismarketed?
by Mullah Omar
Jun 27th, 2008
03:53:38 AM
The theatrical trailers I saw for months were absolutely horrible and made this film look ridiculously bad.

However, while watching TV with some friends a few weeks ago, I saw a new trailer, one different than the crap I'd previously seen over and over again. My immediate comment was to half-joke out loud, "You know, that is the FIRST time I think that film looks like it might be any good." To my surprise, everyone else agreed, saying that previous trailers looked laughable but that now they were actually interested in seeing the film.

I don't know if the WANTED team overhauled their marketing department or simply noticed its mistakes, but I have to admit that after having virtually no interest in this film for months, I wouldn't mind checking it out.
Which is better?
by RedwingsHoolihan
Jun 27th, 2008
03:55:12 AM
Angelina's dripping wet ass or Cameron Diaz's swirling ass?
I saw it last night..
by Captain RawBeard
Jun 27th, 2008
03:55:50 AM
Watched Wanted last night with me girlfriend and we both enjoyed it, loved the action and the violence... but we both thought the idea that they were getting their orders from a giant sewing machine kind of spoiled it. Everything else was great though.

We weren't the only ones who thought that, lots of people leaving the cinema were saying that idea was shit.
Womb of Destiny???
by oafius
Jun 27th, 2008
04:04:53 AM
Umm, it was the Loom of Destiny right? Or did I hear that wrong? Other than that, completely agree Harry, as i did with Quint. Such a damn enjoyable film. Gotta say, theres one bit i thought was so great and funny and wrong at the same time, i won't spoil it completely, but its towards the end, and it involves The Repairman's head....yay for gratuitous violence! Anyone else who's seen it a little worried about a bored office worker with an obsession with guns going a little crazy after seeing it though???
Harry!!!
by FILMFUNK
Jun 27th, 2008
04:21:24 AM
Good to see another more rounded review with pros and cons instead of your usual pussy juice gushings if you even remotely like a movie!

Unfortunately I found the Russian guys first movie hard going and so didn't bother with his 2nd and probably won't see this either simply because I'm not sure I could stop myself getting annoyed by all the Pretensious Weavers bullshit and bendy bullet time!

I must be getting old coz i watched Rambo on Blue-ray last night and couldn't say I enjoyed myself!?

newc0253
by HEADGEEK
Jun 27th, 2008
04:26:23 AM
Well - first off Putin is a bit of a mad man. Two - NIGHT WATCH at the time it was being sold for Distribution was the most successful commercial movie in the history of Russia. Something that doesn't really happen too often in Russia. As a result - Putin saw it as a cultural export - and if some American company was going to make money off something Russian - he wanted whatever Political money that would come from that to go to the Republicans. And given by how little these elections of recent have been decided - whose to say that little bit didn't help? It's possible that NIGHT WATCH money changed the course of history.

Though - one never knows. The story about the Weinsteins and Timur and Putin is 100% true story. The rest of this post is supposition.
harry...do you talk about your wifes ass the same way?
by bacci40
Jun 27th, 2008
04:29:36 AM
you better, or she is gonna kick your ass...the thing that im curious about...why just hint at super powers? and why are the wingnuts, who are hinting at a return to the cold war, better for russia? are these guys paying attention?
Texas?!! HOLY SHIT!
by Prossor
Jun 27th, 2008
04:41:41 AM
only steers and queers come from there!! and you dont look much like a steer so that kind of narrows it down doesnt it? SIR YES SIR.
RedWingHoolihan
by HEADGEEK
Jun 27th, 2008
04:42:45 AM
Cameron Diaz's magical swirling ass (left out magical) is a force to be reckoned with. When it swirls you can imagine the sensation it might cause one... if one were attached. The awesome centrifugal fucking force... unbelievable.

However, Angelina's soaking naked ass... it conjures the imagination of long loving nights of lovemaking - stunning child bearing hips to give life to your children - and the definition, color and texture. Exquisite. If an ass could ignite a life time of happiness... Brad Pitt is sadly upon it. Can you imagine the sex they have? If ever filmed - it would cause the rest of the world to just call it quits.

If I had to choose between that magical swirling Spiderman clad underoo'd ass and the soaking naked perfection. One promises the youthful swirling heaven and the other a lifetime of bliss. Luckily I found the ass I want for life - so I don't have to choose - but one should be so lucky to be between those two.
bacci40
by HEADGEEK
Jun 27th, 2008
04:44:19 AM
My wife's ass belongs to a 21 year old Korean ex-dance team/cheerleader. That's the ass I married and it is bliss.
Harry, which version of Night Watch did you see?
by Supernaut242
Jun 27th, 2008
04:55:11 AM
The US version is dumbed down and pretty neutered with several subplots removed and extra exposition added for neanderthal viewers. I find the russion original version far superior!
Supernaut
by HEADGEEK
Jun 27th, 2008
05:01:46 AM
I prefer the original Russian of both NIGHTWATCH AND DAY WATCH - the US cuts were nowhere near as great.
yeah the russian versions are so much better.
by Obscura
Jun 27th, 2008
05:05:58 AM
i remember seeing nightwatch in the theater ad thinking "what happened to that other movie i watched?"... ironicaly the difference is like night and day. I loved Wanted, one of those movies that just makes you laugh with joy at the action sequences cos they're so damn fun. and it is Loom of Destiny Harry, though you're not the only one to hear that.
So if Harry kills someone, it's because he liked Wanted.
by DerLanghaarige
Jun 27th, 2008
05:34:17 AM
Mr Beaks said so.
Drug?
by Grando
Jun 27th, 2008
05:34:58 AM
I think you meant dragged.
I last liked Angelina Jolie in PUSHUNG TIN...
by FlickaPoo
Jun 27th, 2008
05:36:48 AM
...and the fact that you see her boobies is a complete coincidence...I swear.
So is it like "Shoot Em Up" ?
by Alfred_Packer
Jun 27th, 2008
05:37:09 AM
This seems a lot like that movie from the descriptions, yet I havent seen it referenced in any review yet.
Jolie is just offputting
by JonJonB
Jun 27th, 2008
05:38:58 AM
I can't watch a film with Angelina Jolie in it, she is an anomaly that disturbs my soul. I feel like I should be attracted to her, but some dark, powerful force repels me. There's evil behind those cold, cold eyes. On my fucking life, that woman has committed murder at some point. Probably not her fault though, you just know Jon Voight couldn't resist giving her a few warm, sticky daddy-daughter hugs in her youth. That's what all their shit is about, this we can be sure of.
WANTED
by The InSneider
Jun 27th, 2008
05:48:39 AM
For my part, I dug the hell out of Wanted. It's true that if I have one complaint, it's that the story wasn't all that original. That said, I thought it kicked ass. McAvoy rocked the house. Angelina is sexy as hell. The tone is perfect and the attempts at humor are for the most part successful. There are some mind-blowing, amazing action sequences that will truly have you on the edge of your seat. And while it's nothing more than a good movie and a solid way to spend two hours, it is a helluva a sign of things to come from Timur. It's not quite the classic The Matrix is, which it will inevitably be compared to, but when you strip all the hype away, I think Wanted is better than both Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk and I enjoyed both of those movies. That's not me trying to be a contrarian or anything, I just honestly prefer Wanted. This one lived up to the hype for me. It was pretty fucking cool.
Alfred_Packer
by Captain RawBeard
Jun 27th, 2008
05:54:33 AM
The final shoot out could easily have been in Shoot Em Up. It was Over the Top, Violent and I loved every damn second of it.
Hey Harry
by MC-909
Jun 27th, 2008
05:55:34 AM
Good story there at the end. Kinda puts things in perspective.
Magical sewing machines!!
by Steve Rogers
Jun 27th, 2008
05:58:25 AM
"Looms" and "weavers"... try and tart it up all you want, but basically they take their orders from magical sewing machines that tell them to kill people. What a load of shit. Fuck this film and Mark Millar! Smug wanker.
agreed. Angelina Jolie did rock in sky capt
by palewook
Jun 27th, 2008
06:09:21 AM
but still sitting on fence about whether this is a theater must see or a wait for dvd experience.
I just want to puke....
by hallowhitch31
Jun 27th, 2008
06:16:05 AM
...when Harry types anything of a sexual nature. I still shudder at the review of 'Blade II' he farted out years back.
I'll Bet You It's Not a True Story
by MarkWhittington
Jun 27th, 2008
06:21:53 AM
I've heard some weird conspiracy ravings in my day, but this one is slightly original, if slightly wide of reality. After all, why would Tsar Vlad care who in Hollywood gives what to which party? Why would Tsar Vlad prefer Republicans to Democrats, since the latter would be more prone to appeasement? Besides, didn't Rupert Murdoch give money to Hillary Clinton at one point?
hahaha
by mynemaborat
Jun 27th, 2008
06:34:17 AM
harry you are a moron... the money that was made selling night watch in america might have changed history?? you really are incredibly dumb
honestly
by mynemaborat
Jun 27th, 2008
06:37:44 AM
what is the total revenue made by night watch in the US btw? a few million? u do know that hundreds of millions go in to political campaigns? honestly... i'm stunned. i really just can't believe you actually believe that story
i'm still stunned
by mynemaborat
Jun 27th, 2008
06:44:32 AM
you've said some hilarious things in your time harry, but this takes the cake... and why would you think that just because a film is sold to an american company, whose parent company is controlled by a man with political interests... why would the revenues from that movie go straight into some sort of fund for political support?... you obviously have no idea of coorporate finance. hahaha, i really just can't get over your nonsensical ramblings.
I knew itd be sweet
by ReZourceman
Jun 27th, 2008
06:50:22 AM
And I enjoyed the fuck out of it aswell.
The Putin Conspiracy
by Dmfaust
Jun 27th, 2008
06:50:58 AM
I had to make an account for this, heh. But yeah, where do you get something like that from? I couldn't find a single reference to anything remotely resembling that tale elsewhere. Source it or retract it me thinks, heh.
Better for Russia...?
by couchtrip105
Jun 27th, 2008
07:05:13 AM
...Try, "better for the world."
"Shia swinging with Monkies" level suspension of disbelief?
by br1947
Jun 27th, 2008
07:11:15 AM
Or something that a 10 year old actually won't yell "bullshit" at?

But if it's got "Angelina's bare dripping wet ass" in it, yea I'll be catching a matinee at least. Is it just me or is she defying nature getting exponentially hotter the older she gets?
My girlfriend pussy-crushes on Angelina Jolie
by O_Goncho
Jun 27th, 2008
07:30:07 AM
She's going to have a screamer when she sees this... as will I.
Saw it last night. Just average IMO...
by Mr. Profit
Jun 27th, 2008
07:33:25 AM
I'll say it again. The ending fucks the movie up. Big time. I can't believe that ending passed a test screening. What a way to fuck up any sequel potential by doing what they did. The movie was fun right until the train accident. Then it has a weak last act. If the ending sequence was more satisfying, the movie would have been great. But now it's just an average action movie that should be on the same shelf as The Transporter 2. I wanted to like the movie because it looked incredibly cool and I wanted to support an R rated action movie. But it left me feeling like I needed to see more. Like I was waiting for that series of action sequences that would make me leave the theater like "That movie was fucking hot.." But it didn't. This is a matinee movie, or a DVD rental. Anyone going to see this and spending 10 bucks is crazy.
By the way Harry-
by Mr. Profit
Jun 27th, 2008
07:38:30 AM
Do you know who sang the song that played when Wesley quit his job? I couldn't tell if it was Chris Cornell or Trent Reznor. That song was cool. Which reminds me, Elfman's score was pretty solid. A little too dramatic in spots, but pretty good overall.
Wow. I knew this would have nothing to do with the comic, but...
by Knuckleduster
Jun 27th, 2008
07:42:18 AM
Weavers?
Does the Loom of Destiny moonlight at the Pentagon
by Gabba-UK
Jun 27th, 2008
07:51:48 AM
It would make sense to use it instead of where they get their intel now. Saw this last night and its on of the rare occasions that Harry and I agree (moviewise at least) This film was just silly and fun all the way and put a big fucking grin on my face. The train sequence is a highlight of the year so far....
surely....
by Obscura
Jun 27th, 2008
07:52:03 AM
the whole point of that little story wasnt to do with the financial benifits of selling a film, but more just as a gesture of good will and support to someone in the right position.
The Chalk of Destiny...
by snadlee
Jun 27th, 2008
07:54:46 AM
The Chalk of Destiny...
by snadlee
Jun 27th, 2008
07:56:32 AM
and now we have the Loom of Destiny. What is next? How about the Butt Plug of Destiny?
Should I see this?
by Franklin T Marmoset
Jun 27th, 2008
07:59:22 AM
I'm enjoying the summer so far and I want to see something this week, but it's pretty much either this one or Hancock and I can't decide which to check out.

The reviews for Wanted have been surprisingly good, so that's a healthy plus for it, but I'm a little tired of these too cool for school type action films with cartoonish action and whatnot. I think I'm more of a Bourne guy these days and I like something a bit more down to earth and less asinine. Curve the bullet? I don't know. It sounds so fucking stupid. Also, I really hated Nightwatch, and I believe this is by that same guy.

Would anyone recommend this Wanted to a guy who almost Hulked out in anger and kicked the telly out the window during Nightwatch?

Anyone who likes Night & Day Watch...
by knowthyself
Jun 27th, 2008
07:59:29 AM
...is shallow and pedantic. Those movies were fucking empty shells encased in pretty effects. Pale imitation of terrible American movies.
Why I read AICN...
by ATARI
Jun 27th, 2008
08:00:14 AM
For quotes like this:

Angelina comes out of a pool - and her naked ass is shown to us... for a very short eternity - and in that short eternity - the world was united - the ass was our lord and savior and war was a thing of the past, gas was cheap and I will have a farm on Mars.

Thank you Harry.

Awww thank god
by Series7
Jun 27th, 2008
08:01:12 AM
Someone got rid of the Mikael Håfström curse. GOD WILL THAT MAN PLEASE GO HOME!!!! Evil was such a good movie.

I want to see a behind the scenes feature of a Timur movie, I'd really like to see how he directs.

Damn You Michael Bay
by MCMLXXVI
Jun 27th, 2008
08:03:32 AM
Damn You Michael Bay
Nightwatch was horrible
by BenBraddock
Jun 27th, 2008
08:10:37 AM
And this looks even worse. Sorry Harold, I'm with Beaksy boy on this one. It's got "NEODVD" - not even on DVD - written all over it
Jesus, Harry...
by Kid Z
Jun 27th, 2008
08:15:08 AM
...Can you maybe wank yourself a coupla times BEFORE going to a movie so you can spare us the creepy, horndog musings on whoever's wet body parts?!!?
PLANT!!!!
by only1
Jun 27th, 2008
08:17:54 AM
There... I said it! . . . :-) Actually, I've been looking forward to this since the first trailer... I'm always stoked to see a comic book based movie. Add to it that the flick seems to be getting very good reviews and it makes it that much better.
Rented Nightwatch based on the awesome trailer..
by turketron
Jun 27th, 2008
08:24:37 AM
And wow, was that a disappointment. Terrible movie, but I see people claiming that the Russian cut was better or something? Whatever. Wanted seems like it might be fun to watch though.
Not sure what's worse...
by MorbidObesity
Jun 27th, 2008
08:32:45 AM
Harry's conspiracy theories, or his proud statement that his "wife's ass belongs to a 21 year old Korean ex-dance team/cheerleader." Yeah, an ex-dance team/cheerleader who married a guy who weighed something like 450 pounds. I think I'm going to hold off on my jealousy there.
is it Loom or Womb????
by Stormshadow4life
Jun 27th, 2008
08:58:41 AM
make up your mind! And i love thin girls...LOVE THEM. But Angelina is TOO skinny in this movie.
Ok Harry
by Series7
Jun 27th, 2008
09:10:19 AM
What was the deal/bet you had with Millar about Superman? Does anyone know the story?
Originality
by JohnSpartan
Jun 27th, 2008
09:15:24 AM
I haven't seen this yet, I've only read a couple of the reviews, but so far the consensus seems to be this thing is visually exciting, but that the story is anything from weak to ridiculous. And it seems the story is a dramatic departure from this film's ACTUAL source material. My question to the producers is this: if you like the story enough to option it, why the complete and utter overhaul? Is there anyone else who would like to see the adaptation of the *actual* story from the Wanted comics? My first question from above was utterly rhetorical: I know why they scrapped the original story from the comics and turned it into a movie about a "Fraternity" of assassins rather than supervillains. I am 100% positive that it would be a far more original movie story-wise had it stuck with the original premise, and I am equally sure that it would have 1/10th the mass appeal that this one will (not to mention it would have been much more expensive to film a world full of folks with superpowers, even in the background). It's too bad the powers that be don't trust audiences enough to give them something truly unique, but would rather continue to rehash the same old plots. Granted, the Wanted comics mined the history and tropes of comics, but the utter glee with which it subverted its own source material is, if nothing else, intriguing. Please note: haven't seen the film, and had plenty of reservations about the comics, from a story perspective. I find Millar really hit or miss. BUT: The comics were at least trying to do something kind of new (feel free to argue over whether The Authority did it better). Just would have been nice to see someone take a chance for once. We've seen sympathetic hitmen and assassins a hundred times. How about a sympathetic supervillain -- who is still utterly amoral and evil? That's what the comics achieved. They made you care about someone who is an utterly remorseless mass-murdering asshole. It's an enormous tonal mindfuck that would have been a challenge to filmmakers and the audience. Actually, I take back my original statement that the "powers that be" don't trust the audience, and shift my blame to audiences. Not any reading this, obviously ;p but mass audiences don't WANT to be challenged by original material. If people start paying to go to films with stories that are off the beaten path, those "powers" will start making them. So there. *end snarkmission*
So they are good guys in this?
by Series7
Jun 27th, 2008
09:30:12 AM
Instead of bad guys like in the comic, meh I don't like that.
THIS PREMISE IS PLAGIARIZED
by ArcadianDS
Jun 27th, 2008
09:33:16 AM
Check out an internet rundown on the old PC video game "LOOM" by Brian Moriarty.

It has a Loom of Destiny, and the Weavers were responsible for weaving the tapestries that made up our universe. The main character simply known as weaver, is born from the loom when a strange thread appears within the newest portion of great tapestry being woven. Within the story, his destiny is very Skywalker like, as he alone must take on a great evil etc etc.

regardless, its look like someone took that, replaced the magic/wizardry with bullets and car chases, and filmed it.

what a bullshit crock.

Loom Loom Loom weaving
by daroru
Jun 27th, 2008
09:35:43 AM
All this talk of looms and weaving made a picture of a loom pop up on the crappy advertising section on the right of this page. It gave me a half-hearted laugh.
isn't anyone else...
by mynemaborat
Jun 27th, 2008
09:57:16 AM
isn't anyone else amazed at harry's stupid theories?? i would have thought there would have been more talkback action on the whole 'selling wanted to fox changed history' thing... really... i mean... wow
Yes, Harry. Perhaps you are.
by thebearovingian
Jun 27th, 2008
10:42:43 AM
Which is odd. And puts you at odds with a lot of your political base. You'll let them put you in the poorhouse but you'll never let them take away your guns (firearms, not your "guns").

To stay on topic, WANTED does not interest me. The Dark Knight, however, will have my full patronage.

between Cameron's magic swirling ass and Angie's...
by Zeke25:17
Jun 27th, 2008
10:53:41 AM
which would end up being the one you'd most want to eat dessert off of?
Angelina...
by Zeke25:17
Jun 27th, 2008
10:59:53 AM
It's the eyes and the voice that get me. True, her body looks like she swapped diets with Calista Flockhart...but there is an undeniable sexiness there, a charisma that many actors of either gender do not have. I've not met her, but I did go to a ComicCon in San Diego when she appeared onstage and answered just about any question asked of her (she even politely told the moderator to back off once or twice). She came across as warm, gracious and funny; and there wasn't one person in that packed room that didn't fall in love with her.
WHY WAS A MOVIE ABOUT SUPERVILLIANS NOT SELLABLE ?!?!?
by PTSDPete
Jun 27th, 2008
11:22:33 AM
I do not get it. Fucking God. How in the hell could Millar et al pussy out on following THAT SINGLE SIGNIFICANT ASPECT of the work through ? It doesn't make any sense. Dammit. Seriously, the original premise is 10000000000 X MORE ATTRACTIVE and COMPREHENSIBLE to anyone than the nagging bore they came up with. Who DOESN'T get ' super-villians ' ? Who WOULDN'T want to see a supervillian flick this time ? And it eventually coming up at a big SUPERHERO year, with several superhero franchises streaming in back to back. More than the bare-faced dishonesty of a cinematic product NOT resembling the actual comic it supposedly adapted, its that looming big MISSED opportunity which truly preturbs me no end: a MOVIE THAT YOU'D ACTUALLY WANT TO WATCH !!!! Fucking ridiculous. And it's up against fricking WALL-E as well, so good luck with that.....
Harry Knowles: I want to Believe
by Darwyn
Jun 27th, 2008
11:25:20 AM
I'm confused - did any one of the three paragraphs about Angelina Jolie's drippling naked ass have anything to do with THIS movie?? That being said, even if they didn't, I understand.
See Shoot'em Up instead.
by HoboCode
Jun 27th, 2008
11:34:16 AM
At least that similar extravanganza is laced with actual commentary on our gun-nut society.
Just a note for Harry and for anybody else...
by BLEST
Jun 27th, 2008
12:23:02 PM
Your comparison of accepting the premise is flawed.

The force, the matrix, and the muppets can't heal people of Hepatitus C, Lupus, Torn Spleens, brain bleeds, and other diseases.

Prayer in the name of Jesus does.

THAT'S deep down why lot's of people hated INDY IV. Believing in the God of the Bible and Christ is easier because they ARE real. (and in turn the Ark and Holy Grail)Alien Roswell stuff is all bunk, and most people know it.

Holy crap...we got ourselves a jen you wine Jesus-freak.
by HoboCode
Jun 27th, 2008
12:40:29 PM
Nice.
Nope it's spelled right.
by BLEST
Jun 27th, 2008
12:42:04 PM
I wasn't trying to do the soapbox thing, it's just that there are plenty of documented healings and other things associated with Christianity. You can take them with a grain of salt, but comparing it to the force, the matrix, or muppets (all fiction) is a slap in the face, so I was calling it out.

BLEST is a graffiti name, but I sort of meant in that manner when I was young anyway(blessed with the best skills).

And I meant that about Indy IV. The Ark and Holy Grail are actually legitimate historical objects belonging to the said religion that has the documented occurences of healings. Crystal skulls have been frauds up to this point, and aliens are George Lucas' wet dream. That's what through that film off more than anything. Should've been about Atlantis.

BLEST
by HoboCode
Jun 27th, 2008
12:47:31 PM
If you can provide one SHRED of evidence that Christ healed anyone I'll give you 1 million dollars to donate to your megachurch.
Millar Vs. Knowles????
by Series7
Jun 27th, 2008
01:06:11 PM
Does anyone know the story?????????????
LOL, I'm not in a mega church. That's funny.
by BLEST
Jun 27th, 2008
01:07:07 PM
Sure, my son was born Apr 25th at 22 weeks gestation. I was told on the day of his birth that he only had 10% chance of being born alive.

Then when he was born alive, I was told again by all of the doctors that only 10% of babies born that early live, and most are severly diabled(white male babies have an even lower chance). He was born with a grade 4 bleed on both sides of his brain (4 is the worst on the scale of 1-4) and that he would be a paraplegic, blind, or both. He'd need a shunt to remove bleeding. IF he survied at all. He wouldn't be able to eat right, needing a tube in his gut, and he would be on a ventilator/oxygen for his whole life.

I said fine, you've made your declarations, I'll make mine: I believe God heals.

Flash forward 2 months with churches in California, Washington, Florida, Pennsylvania, and even India praying for him and Lucas is eating just fine and digesting food perfectly, his eyes are developing perfectly, he's come off the ventilator to low oxygen on his way to needing none, and most impressive: he doesn't need a shunt or any brain surgery because the blood HAS DISOLVED to a grade 3 (at this point, it's still getting better each ultrasound), his ventricles haven't enlarged, he's had no new hemorraghes, and no damage to tissue.

That in itself is a mircale that the docs can't explain to me, but for him to pass ALL of the other issues is just about impossible. But not for God. If you lived in Northern California, you'd be welcome to come see him.

FUCK THAT SHIT!
by Raymar
Jun 27th, 2008
01:08:41 PM
Do you really think a Democrat is going to stand up to the Russians?! It was Reagan who handed their asses to them after all!
Fuck this piece of shit
by One Nation Under Zod
Jun 27th, 2008
01:09:22 PM
quick, somebody talk about abortion
by ArcadianDS
Jun 27th, 2008
01:23:04 PM
lets go over our checklist here:

discussion about gun rights? CHECK

discussion about Jesus? CHECK

discussion about abortion? ...

come on guys, we dont have all day. theres still Nazi Germany, The US Civil War, and Nuclear Power left to debate.

BLEST
by HoboCode
Jun 27th, 2008
01:30:01 PM
I'm happy for you and your son. I really am. Just know that a lot of people's prayers don't get answered. and doctor's like to give you the worst case scenario, to A). look good if it turns out ok, and B.) prepare people for the worst in that unfortunate eventuality. Is that cynical? Perhaps. But just think about those things before you go handling any poisonous snakes...for your own sake.
Damn You, Putin!
by grungies
Jun 27th, 2008
01:40:02 PM
I liked Wanted
by pokadoo
Jun 27th, 2008
01:40:43 PM
The first half is similar to the comic books, minus the supervillain stuff, then it goes in a completly different direction. It's nowhere near as cool or bleak as Mark Miller's original,so as a straight adaptation, it's a failure. But with no knowledge of the comics (or pretending that the film is just 'inspired by' the book) it's a pretty cool Matrix-lite meets Shoot Em Up fun flick. Also saw Prince Caspian today, it was okay.
The Loom myth actually goes back to...
by KurtLockwood
Jun 27th, 2008
01:44:39 PM
...the three Fates. I believe it was Norse mythology that held that the three Fates who wove the loom and each life was a thread and they cut the thread to length and that was your life expectancy.
The PUTIN story IS TRUE, because...
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Jun 27th, 2008
01:51:22 PM
Harry heard it and wants to believe it, regardless of how ridiculous it is.

Heck, it has KGB Vlad (I kill journalists for fun) Putin calling up a film director personally to tell him not to sell to Hollywood filmmakers who support Democrats because Putin says the Republicans will help him consolidate more evil power! How could an unabashedly blind Bush-hater like Harry NOT suck it down as the gospel truth?

And the person who told him this story was... let me guess... a Democrat???

Stick to reviewing movies and grossing people out with bizarre personal stories, Harry. You simply make yourself look like a completely gullible idiot by telling us "100% true" tales like that, which you could never even BEGIN to back up.

I hope the story is 100% true.
by nyj_et
Jun 27th, 2008
02:12:56 PM
It would be nice, in some small way, to think that Night Watch prevented the Obama administration.
TheGhostWHoLurks
by HEADGEEK
Jun 27th, 2008
02:55:31 PM
The story was told by a first hand witness that was a part of the negotiations - not someone that heard the story from someone that heard the story whose mom told them that a friend at work said... This was basically from the mouth of one of the key folks.
Raymar
by The Octagoner
Jun 27th, 2008
03:02:17 PM
No, a Democrat named Charlie Wilson handed the Russians their asses while Reagan stumbled through a fog of alzheimer's. Ignorance disguised as devoutness? Republican.
Sorry but "dragged" NOT drug
by JTStyler
Jun 27th, 2008
04:21:54 PM
And I'm tired of hearing people write 'would/should of'. It's 'would/should HAVE.' Glad to get that off my chest.
Damn You MCMLXXVI
by TheyCallMeMisterBay
Jun 27th, 2008
05:21:26 PM
Damn You MCMLXXVI
anyone who doubts that Putin did that
by antonphd
Jun 27th, 2008
05:37:11 PM
doesn't pay any attention to the News. Putin posed for bare chested macho photos to show how manly he was to Russians. Imagine ANY President or King or leader of ANY country doing that. George looked into Putin's eyes and saw... yep... another dipshit.
all the more reason the dems should win
by Prossor
Jun 27th, 2008
06:59:54 PM
when putin and the republicans are in league u know theres some sick shit there
I just got back
by disfigurehead
Jun 27th, 2008
07:01:21 PM
It's no way as good or over the top like Shoot em up but I still enjoyed it.
Quadfather
by themanwhojaped
Jun 27th, 2008
08:25:55 PM
Quadfather, you, like all Christians, are a deluded fool.
BLEST
by themanwhojaped
Jun 27th, 2008
08:33:08 PM
Typical. When asked to offer EVIDENCE you offer anecdotal bullshit. Your god is a sham.
Wanted the comic worked opposite to Tumur's strength
by chien_sale
Jun 28th, 2008
01:11:55 AM
Harry is right that maybe the whole thing didn't work out to Tumur's strength. First of all I bet that what had this greenlight was the best that was in the comic...while the stuff that was more of Tumur's licking was the stuff that was added later on with all the Fate-based mythology and the Weavers and the Matrix-like concepts. And this part was less than stellar. See the reason I said that Wanted the comic was not really matching with Tumur's "vibe" if you will it's because Wanted was basicaly a super-hero concept "what if a kid wake up one day where his father is a super-villain and learn that super-villains have taken over the World". That's what great about it. The writing also make this work from the attitude to the dialogue. It's not hitting you at every pages with big concepts. And Tumur is more a big concept guy-sometime even abstract ones-than a dialogue guy. His films are not filled with guys with great personalities, there's no top actors that drive them. And Wanted the comic was the opposite of that, it's a hundred percent about one kid and what he does, his personality, how he reacts to things. And the adversaries he's going to take down by learning who killed his father. As opposed to crazy concepts.
Harry, the PUTIN story doesn't pass the smell test...
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Jun 28th, 2008
01:15:43 AM
Vladimir Putin, KGB Overlord of Russia, just HAPPENS to speed-dial Timur's cell the exact time he's negotiating with the Weinsteins and not only orders him not to sell them NIGHTWATCH, but details to the director the political reasons WHY Putin doesn't want them to have it? And it's because he wants the REPUBLICANS in charge???

I doubt Putin tells his own WIFE why he does what he does, much less some film director. And why would he personally call Timur, when any number of lackies would likely be ordered to put a halt on the deal?

Is Putin THAT big a fan of NIGHTWATCH that he's in his PutinCave 24/7 watching monitors and following Timur's every movement, looking to see if he might sell his movie rights to someone who contributed $2000 to the Democrats at some point???

It just sounds absurd and ridiculous on its face.

Even IF the Weinsteins (who, I gather, told you this story) believe that's what happened, what MUCH more likely occurred was that Timur himself simply wanted out of the deal and arranged to have his girlfriend or someone else call him during the meeting, so he'd have the easy out of "Sorry, I can't sell the rights to you. The Devil... I mean, Vladimir... made me do it!"

Just adding the line about how Mr. Evil prefers Republicans over Democrats in power was the perfect icing on the cake to make the Weinsteins (and you) swallow the story wholeheartedly.

Harry included Christianity...
by Finding Forrestal
Jun 28th, 2008
01:28:59 AM
...because just like Jim Henson, the Wachowski brothers' career, and George Lucas' creativity, God is dead.
Funny how people keep claiming "God is dead"...
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Jun 28th, 2008
01:40:32 AM
Yet we humans are the ones who keep dropping like flies.

I'm sure God gets a good chuckle whenever we start spouting off like that.

ya that putin story is BS
by Prossor
Jun 28th, 2008
01:53:13 AM
good point ghostwholurks, no one decided to think for themselves on this. cripes im never going to trust ANY fucking noise on this mickey-mouse site ever. to those responsible for cooking up this putin conspiracy need to be interrogated under torture and shot. dont place too much faith in conspirators. at lesat thats how i'd do it.
I generally refrain from using the phrase "God is dead..."
by Finding Forrestal
Jun 28th, 2008
01:53:53 AM
...because before you can die you must first exist. But I had to use it in that particular instance so my inflammatory comment made sense.
Entertaining, would've been better if it had a different name.
by The Founder
Jun 28th, 2008
03:22:42 AM
While I enjoyed Wanted, I'm still wondering why bother to even use the name and erase the supervillians out of the story? Hollywood always screws up comic films it a lot of cases. Even though Wanted will more then likly do well enough, it's still disappointing.
A Comic film that worked that Hollywood gutted the premise.
by The Founder
Jun 28th, 2008
03:26:54 AM
Even though the direction taken pissed me off, i still found the movie highly entertaining. I just refuse to say it's good, becuase of the how they took it in an entirly different direction from the comic to the point where why even bother calling it wanted or saying it's based off a comic book.
Maybe it'll go in the Supervillian direction if it gets a sequel
by The Founder
Jun 28th, 2008
03:28:40 AM
That is the only way i can see them doing a sequel, although this is hollywood, and if the film makes a bucket load of cash, they'll stick to a simialr premise or something predictable.
I never really cared for Putin...until now!
by Philvis
Jun 28th, 2008
10:08:27 AM
Way to go Mother Russia. It's about time someone stood up to the socialists in Hollywood!
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