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Quint greatly enjoyed the unapologetically R-rated actioneer WANTED!

by nutnics	Jun 25th, 2008 06:38:15 PM
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nice by Donny Loggins	Jun 25th, 2008 06:41:46 PM
I loved the comic unlike most comic nerds and wasn't really looking forward to the movie but with the nice buzz its getting a might just check it out.
First to say first! by Vansmack30	Jun 25th, 2008 06:42:15 PM

Hell yes! by Cobbio	Jun 25th, 2008 06:43:56 PM
Thanks, Quint.
whatever by Stollentroll	Jun 25th, 2008 06:44:50 PM
I don't care.
Why don't they put boobs in if it's already R? by happybunni	Jun 25th, 2008 06:46:47 PM
Why just ass? I mean they have Angelina Jolie, go for it.
The Pirate Rating, Huh? by Read and Shut Up	Jun 25th, 2008 06:48:26 PM
Rotten 'tweens are ruining all the movies for us.
R Rated by MrGaunt	Jun 25th, 2008 06:49:11 PM
Quint, you said the film is unapologetically R rated but do the FX make it cartoon violence or is it harder hitting than that?
Good to hear by PumpyMcAss	Jun 25th, 2008 06:55:23 PM
This movie looks simultaneously terrible and awesome. I am expecting somewhere in between the two extremes. Hopefully that will be enough to have fun at this one. If anything, NEW PIXAR MOVIE COMING OUT!!!
I still think it looks awful... by JackIsLost	Jun 25th, 2008 06:55:50 PM
And when did the combination of anorexia and tattoos become sexy?
Sounds good... by RKO2285	Jun 25th, 2008 07:04:50 PM
With Wall-E and Wanted coming out.. this looks like a good weekend to go and catch a flick... hopefully thats the case, cuz I will be seeing both movies...
and because.. by RKO2285	Jun 25th, 2008 07:05:19 PM
last weekend sucked..
Angelina has an eating disorder by g-ride9000	Jun 25th, 2008 07:05:49 PM

The Pirate Rating... lol by phaedrus007	Jun 25th, 2008 07:07:03 PM
Homer: Who are you? Sea Captain: The sailing instructarrr... And on movie night I run the projectarrr. Only PG, nothing Rrrrr, Yarrrr.
angelina looks like an alien by Prossor	Jun 25th, 2008 07:08:03 PM
from that movie species.
Prossor by RKO2285	Jun 25th, 2008 07:14:35 PM
she looks like the broad that was the alien??
Quint by Damage_Inc	Jun 25th, 2008 07:16:48 PM
Can I take it that there is no Mr. Rictus or references to goat sex in this movie? Though if you didn't read the comic, you won't know what I'm talking about anyway.
damage by RKO2285	Jun 25th, 2008 07:25:15 PM
I heard Rictus is only mentioned and shown briefly as a corpse..
Looks like fun. The book was shit. by RawShark13	Jun 25th, 2008 07:27:10 PM
Yep.
Anyway Quint, by Damage_Inc	Jun 25th, 2008 07:28:37 PM
I don't think you have to worry about falling in love with the comic. It's like a horrible accident with fatalities. You want to look away but you just can't. No matter how appalled you are by it, you just keep turning the pages out of sheer morbid curiosity.
RKO2285 by Damage_Inc	Jun 25th, 2008 07:31:03 PM
A corpse, eh? Well, it's better than nothing I guess. Too bad. Rictus could have been the best villain ever put on screen.
It's probably a good thing... by Lord John Whorfin	Jun 25th, 2008 07:31:19 PM
that most of Millar's comic was excised and just the premise was used. Otherwise this would have starred Eminem and Halle Berry. And the whole supervillian thing felt tacked on in the comic, anyway. And I doubt the movie ends with SPOILER "This is me fucking you in the ass!" or whatever.
Completely unrelated: by CountryBoy	Jun 25th, 2008 07:36:28 PM
GET SMART came out five days ago, and there's ALREADY a direct-to-DVD spinoff starring the two lab nerds... I don't know why this disturbs me but it does...
Quint by Damage_Inc	Jun 25th, 2008 07:36:36 PM
Can you tell us if Rictus appears as a corpse?
How could you find Jolie attractive when she's obviously by GQtaste	Jun 25th, 2008 07:44:55 PM
has an eating disorder? She looks like she weighs 95ibs. I don't believe it either that this film is any good.
When you have to find Jolie in different camera by GQtaste	Jun 25th, 2008 07:53:46 PM
angles and w/ her wardrobe you have major problems. Her playing an assassin for it seems like the eighth time, i.e Mr. Smith, Tomb Raider, etc. Or at least a dark person. When she doesnt play either of those two types of roles her films bomb. Beyond Borders, Good Shepherd, A mighty Wind, et al.
Rictus by Quint	Jun 25th, 2008 07:58:04 PM
I remember the name, but I couldn't tell ya' anything than that. As to the violence, yeah it is pretty cartoony, but when these guys are hurt it looks and feels like they're hurt, especially McAvoy. He does not escape any of the confrontations unscathed. And yes, Jolie is absolutely too skinny, but the shot in question shows us one of two (or would it be three?) parts of her body that is still curvy. And Wall-E is everything you want it to be. Absolutely great... can't write any more... for some reason Disney's being super strict with the embargoes.
visually Nightwatch owns. by palewook	Jun 25th, 2008 08:00:26 PM
looking forward to this eye pr0n
damage are u.. by RKO2285	Jun 25th, 2008 08:01:49 PM
a fan of the comic and is it worth a purchase?
Quint by RKO2285	Jun 25th, 2008 08:08:29 PM
nice to hear that about Jolie and Wall-E lol
The action is this movie is 2 rediculous to take serious! by ganymede3010	Jun 25th, 2008 08:16:45 PM
Nothing takes me out of a movie faster then seeing a man doing the unbelievable stunts that the trailer depicted. Like when McAvoy slams on the gas pedal, and engages Jolie's car and uses it as a ramp to turn his car upside down so he can assassinate this target through the sun roof. That's beyond fucking stupid, I'm definitely skipping this turd.
You had me at crazy-hot Angelina Jolie ass-shot by O_Goncho	Jun 25th, 2008 08:17:25 PM

Isn't Nightwatch supposed to be a trilogy? by Nico Toscani	Jun 25th, 2008 08:20:30 PM
What happened to the third movie?
When are these women going to realize that dudes by GQtaste	Jun 25th, 2008 08:24:04 PM
don't like that waif bullshit. Or to be honest starving themselves. It happens time after time. Example after example. Why did Jolie get famous in the first place? She had a full figure and curves. Now? She looks like she's from one the countries of a baby she's adopted. I know that's there is a lot of pressure to stay thin but they always go too far and end up f'ing up their allure and appeal to men.
All I have to say is.... by Damage_Inc	Jun 25th, 2008 08:49:59 PM
Thank God for this movie. I've never seen Angelina naked before. This is the chance I've been waiting for!!!
by huggerorange	Jun 25th, 2008 08:50:06 PM
angelina jolie looked the best in cyborg 2
Have we had bushless full frontal in an "R" yet?? by 33.3rpm	Jun 25th, 2008 08:54:52 PM
9 out of 10 ladies shave their love muffins these days. Has American cinema caught up with this important trend yet? Seems like we always get the forest.
Why do all the reviews mention Freeman cursing? by Riley Martin	Jun 25th, 2008 08:55:30 PM
As if it's so fucking amazing to hear Morgan Freeman curse? Doesn't anyone remember his breakout role as Fast Black in Street Smart? He was cursing up a storm in that too. Big cunting deal.
Actors having fun??!! by MapMan	Jun 25th, 2008 09:14:56 PM
Quint. I really hate it when a reviewer says something along the lines that 'the actors look like they are having fun in the movie'. I'm looking at you too Richard Roeper. Who give a flying @#$$ if said actor looks like they are having fun? How does that possibly affect my enjoyment of the film?
A Night Watch mention! Where is timetravellingbunny? by tbransonlives	Jun 25th, 2008 09:35:23 PM
?
This movie will flop, Blame the MPAA... by zooch	Jun 25th, 2008 09:43:36 PM
for not being able to show the cool parts in the trailer.
Didn't anyone see "Shoot 'Em Up"? by Teddy Artery	Jun 25th, 2008 09:44:12 PM
This looks pretty similar.
Riley Martin by Jackie Boy	Jun 25th, 2008 11:16:00 PM
I guess it has something to do with the fact that the general moviegoing public knows Freeman primarily as the gentle narrator type, and it'll be shocking to them etc. Who knows.
McAvoy acting =Paint drying by KurtLockwood	Jun 25th, 2008 11:53:38 PM
'nuff said
Angelina by Thrillho77	Jun 26th, 2008 12:02:05 AM
is hot - no two ways about it. Skinny...medium sized...shit, she could probably pack on all the weight Harry loses and she'd still be sex.
This will make no money by Series7	Jun 26th, 2008 12:16:44 AM
Because since its R no one in the world will be old enough to see it. IDK. Whatever this looks awesome, no shit monster. The comic was awesome, this at least sounds like it took a big part of the story, just no super hero part. Man what movie do I want to see at midnight tomorrow? Wall-E or this, all my friends are boners who go to bed at like 6PM so I'll be flying solo.
Also good job on the Elfman by Series7	Jun 26th, 2008 12:20:55 AM
Score mention Quint. Hopefully its better then anything he's done since Planet of the Apes. POTA his last memorable score, not good just memeroble... anyone know the Spiderman score??? No didn't think so. Man just as I thought all would be right with the movie universe an R rated action movie that doesn't suck and a Pixar movie coming out in the same weekend... then my TV pooped out the trailer for the fucking new PG Eddie Murphy movie. Fucking PG? Shit the news articles about Eddie Murphy are not even rated PG.
C'mon captboulder... Jolie is HOT by 2sdaychicken	Jun 26th, 2008 12:31:48 AM
Seriously, I would "like" to say Angelina doesnt look good when shes extremely skinny, to set a good example to little girls about anorexia or something. But to be completely honest, she still looks like one of HOTTEST girls on the planet. Sure, she may look better with curves, but shes still EXTREMELY attractive. If you say she looks "horrid", your either lying, or YOU ARE GAY.
This movie looks by boogy110	Jun 26th, 2008 12:35:20 AM
soooooooo fucking bad, I mean the just complete utter, unbelievable bullshit bad. I'm talking worse than THE MARINE and SHOOT EM UP. I mean come on..shoot the wings off of flies? Curve the bullet?
RE: captboulder by boogy110	Jun 26th, 2008 12:50:44 AM
I totally fucking agree. I hate the CGI overuse. Unless you can pull it off like T2 or T3 and not use it in EVERY action scene. But it's just so mind numbing.
All the people complaining about Angelina Jolie... by Executor	Jun 26th, 2008 01:57:05 AM
...are gay. Get real. If you even had a girlfriend or a wife you know you would leave her in a heartbeat for a night with Ang.
Oh, and the movie was awesome. by Executor	Jun 26th, 2008 01:57:43 AM

Len Wiseman by kwisatzhaderach	Jun 26th, 2008 02:29:12 AM
This is how Live Free or Die Hard should have been. A balls to the wall R-rated actionfest. Way to go on screwing that all up.
this is what she used to look like: by GQtaste	Jun 26th, 2008 02:50:46 AM
http://allstars.pp.ru/lenta/in dex13/ob_angelina_jolie.jpg
"the crooked cop Bale hangs upside down in BATMAN BEGINS" by Windowlicker74	Jun 26th, 2008 02:52:03 AM
is that supposed to be a joke? nobody even fucking knows this guy
And this: by GQtaste	Jun 26th, 2008 02:53:33 AM
http://www.realnipples.com/wp- content/uploads/2007/02/angeli na-jolie-breasts.jpg
Now she looks like this: by GQtaste	Jun 26th, 2008 02:56:07 AM
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/p ix/2007/08_01/jolie2BIG1008_22 8x648.jpg Now you tell me, she's sexy looking like that now and I"ll say that you're the one that is gay.
Does that prick really say "I'm sorry" by AlwaysThere	Jun 26th, 2008 03:18:17 AM
throughout the movie?
Jolie by JimBobCooter	Jun 26th, 2008 03:28:58 AM
Seriously. Those arms. But it's worth noting that she is a mother and a peace activist and working out 4 hours a day is not happening. And to the guy who asked why women starve themselves when men like them natural... um, she has Brad Pitt already whipped! They don't do it for men. It's their own messed up body issues.
RKO2285 by Prossor	Jun 26th, 2008 04:20:07 AM
not the broad, but the alien in full fucking form
Couldn't agree more Quint! by oafius	Jun 26th, 2008 04:36:03 AM
Saw Wanted last night, and it really was so much fun. so many superb set pieces throughout the movie. So refreshing to see a balls out 18 (I’m from the UK) action movie, and what was even better was the showing I went to see was sold out, so I had to go the later one, and even that was packed out! Maybe the studios will realise that doing R rated/18 may very well create a narrower audience, but that audience will be far more concentrated, and faithful! Damage_Inc: Rictus did turn up as a corpse. I don’t know the books (going to read it now though!) but he turned up having been killed by Cross from an ‘impossible angle’ apparently. Full credit to McAvoy as well, took me a while to get used to him with an American accent, but other than that pulled off the role a treat. Windowlicker: he really does look the guy from batman, the fat cop guy. You’ll get it when you see it. As for Jolie, anyone here honestly saying they wouldn’t if she offered it is kidding themselves, seriously…
Oafius by JimBobCooter	Jun 26th, 2008 05:22:46 AM
However, most here would settle for far less than Jolie if offered. Ha!
I personally hated the comic... by The-Duke-of-New-York	Jun 26th, 2008 05:32:46 AM
That being said, I would go watch this movie if I was certain Morgan Freeman was going to be eaten by the main antagonist. On screen. With an apple in his mouth.
I gave this movie a 3/10 by vadakinX	Jun 26th, 2008 06:13:17 AM
I can't believe people like this. It's not even a good popcorn action movie. You have one ok action scene near the beginning and that's it. The film never gets going and is full of brief vfx moments that try to pass themselves off as action scenes and frankly it's boring. I also think that the film needed at least another half an hour to flesh out the story and characters which are hollow and uninteresting.
I heard that Jolie lost all that weight when her mother died. by NoDiggity	Jun 26th, 2008 06:50:37 AM
Got really depressed and didn't feel like eating. Not a matter of "body issues". She used to look skeletal, but I think she's slowly coming back to normal. And a lot of you, being fatsos yourself, are a wee bet too forgiving of fatso girls, methinks.
This is a Well Written Review by cowboyone	Jun 26th, 2008 07:24:49 AM
I totally agree about Nightwatch (cool looking but hollow as hell) and I also agree about McAvoy's VO work. I suspect it's the accent thing that throws him (Ewan McGregor also sounds weird when he does American) Anyway, I'm officially looking forward to WANTED. Good job.
I bet the Russian edit will be better... by TimeTravelingBunny	Jun 26th, 2008 07:29:06 AM
with the most violent full-frontal NC-17 awesomeness ever seen! I've read that the Russian cuts of "Night Watch" and "Day Watch" are superior to the international/American cuts. Or, for this english-speaking film (his first?), will Timur Bekmambetov make an inferior Russian cut?
John Woo has doves, Timur has flies! by TimeTravelingBunny	Jun 26th, 2008 07:34:37 AM
Flies are symbolic in Night Watch and Day Watch. And in the trailer for Wanted, part of the guy's training is shooting the wings off of flies. Is this gonna be Timur's trademark cliche?
That McAvoy, Stewart interview was cool by godzillasushi	Jun 26th, 2008 08:23:25 AM
He seems like a really cool guy. I hope this movie doesn't just disappear in a week because he's so good in everything! Strange weekend when this comes out against Wall*e.
I bet it was a stunt ass by I Dunno	Jun 26th, 2008 08:27:45 AM
Jolie was the hottest creature on the planet in her Gia days but she's gotten way too skinny. But if she ever asks me out, I'll consider it.
Great to hear by MrPopular	Jun 26th, 2008 08:36:51 AM
Can't wait to see the movie... We need some more Hard R Action flicks like this.
Probablly going to get flamed.... by Reverend Toast	Jun 26th, 2008 09:06:02 AM
But I am glad that they changed the story of the novel for this movie. While I do agree that changes to a story are sometimes bad (League of Extraordinary Gentleman), but they can be good (V for Vendetta). In this case, I didn't like "Wanted" as a graphic novel... well I should say I didn't like it after a point. When I first started reading it I thought it was amazing, the main character was completely identifyable.... however after his "change" he became completely unlikable, and that ruined the story for me. I LOVE villians in stories, because what makes a really effective villian is the fact that they don't think of themselves as that... that was the problem with Wanted because for the most part, all the Villians were just Evil for the sake of it.
"crazy-hot Angelina Jolie ass shot" by Nasty In The Pasty	Jun 26th, 2008 09:08:36 AM
This woman is NOT SEXY.
Elfman's last memorable score was Burton's POTA? by Nasty In The Pasty	Jun 26th, 2008 09:13:07 AM
His scores to Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and Corpse Bride were splendid, and Charlotte's Web was lovely.
Jolie being thin.... by Mr. Profit	Jun 26th, 2008 09:58:51 AM
She apparently got too thin because she was depressed after her mom died. And she lost a lot of weight. She's never been as thin as she is in "Wanted". But I think she realized that and won't go back to that size.
And as far as Jolie starring in the same roles.... by Mr. Profit	Jun 26th, 2008 10:04:38 AM
I don't see anyone complain about Harrison Ford or other actors who star in the similar types of films. It's not Angelina's fault if people only accept her when she is a hot sexy killer. She did this movie in between A Mighty Heart and The Changeling. I think that is a pretty diverse slate for her. She is one of the few who have survived the Best Supporting Actress Oscar curse.
Daywatch is much better than Nightwatch by StovetopStuffin'	Jun 26th, 2008 10:06:55 AM
But I did love Nightwatch, don't get me wrong.
This movie is sorry by ArcadianDS	Jun 26th, 2008 10:17:02 AM
The people responsible for it cannot apologize too much.
I hope you grown men creaming over Wall-E by CreasyBear	Jun 26th, 2008 11:01:06 AM
are excited because you are fathers and you're going to take your children to see it. I love dedication to craft and a good story as much as the next guy, but I don't peruse the children's section of Barnes and Nobles searching for a fucking AWESOME book about bunnies playing in the rain.
Okay, my last post was a little harsh. by CreasyBear	Jun 26th, 2008 11:15:34 AM
There are some children's movies that are worth seeing.
Most reviews of this are good. by #1 Zero	Jun 26th, 2008 11:33:14 AM
Yeah, this may be a crap movie, but I'll see it. It's probably the only R rated movie out this summer that has mass audience appeal. And for that it might be getting some credibility. Hell, people liked Miami Vice a couple summers ago just because it was an R action movie. Anyway, I'll see, it, I won't expect much and I'll be happy to have some real violence and hard R entertainment for the summer.
Wanted = Mrs. Smith after the divorce... by tvspace	Jun 26th, 2008 12:59:35 PM
I'm still trying to figure out how James McAvoy got roped into this one. Maybe he just wanted to see Jolie tattooed and near naked (who wouldn't?).
Batman The Dark Knight by Grand_Wizard	Jun 26th, 2008 12:59:45 PM
Give me a comic book movie with costumes any day, leaving out the costumes and Fox's booming body for Angelina's supermodel waif look will cost this movie points in my book.
WO WO WI WA!!!! by Series7	Jun 26th, 2008 02:35:59 PM
HAHAHAHA I loved it with Sacha corrected Warren Betty at some award show for saying it wrong.
by Mr. Profit	Jun 26th, 2008 03:40:33 PM
How can Morgan Freeman be the poor man's Samuel Jackson? And when did it happen that everyone decided that Samuel Jackson is a good actor?
People decided Samuel L. Jackson was a good actor by Jackie Boy	Jun 26th, 2008 07:40:59 PM
after they saw Pulp Fiction back in '94.
Oh, and why the fuck should a film apologize for being rated R? by Jackie Boy	Jun 26th, 2008 07:44:34 PM
I'm sick of seeing that "unapologetically" shit.
Just saw it... by Mr. Profit	Jun 26th, 2008 10:05:25 PM
Good first hour. The ending left a lot to be desired. Also SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER what the fuck were the writers thinking with that ending and wasting the potential for a sequel featuring Jolie and Common? That was the dumbest shit they could have ever done. END SPOILERS. Anyhow the movie is good. But not worth 10 bucks. Its a matinée at best. Or even a DVD rental. Because there is enough here that is cool, but not enough to make it so enthusiastically cool that would make me want to pay to see it again. But it wasn't terrible. Just terribly average towards the end. Could have been great.
The comic was okay, terrible final act..... by Stormwatcher	Jun 26th, 2008 10:32:28 PM
Clearly Eminem wasn't available. But the whole Dad not being dead thing is never explained properly in the book, that really pissed me off. Sorry if you haven't read it but honestly, borrow, don't buy. Not worth anything more than a quick read. Movie seems to have almost zero in common as there are no superheroes and I doubt he kills for fun.
what the hell kind of review was that? by Smoke Monster Loves Kate	Jun 27th, 2008 05:34:37 AM
Mr. Beaks' review should be the featured one.

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