You want to see Wanted
Hmmm... weekend with no blockbuster based on a tv show, comic (that I had read) or previous movie. Seems like a rarity anymore. Since Wanted had gotten positive reviews and I was looking for an excuse to munch some popcorn, I decided to go see it.
You should too.
Wesley Gibson, the lead character is a nobody in a nowhere job with a crappy if uneventful life. In short, someone a lot of us feel like at some point or another, regardless of how good we really have it. While comparisons will be drawn to the Matrix and Neo, especially given kinetic actions sequences with occasional bullet-timesque shots, but that is about as far as the similarity goes.
This is a solid action movie with a few twists and is a lot of fun to watch. In fact, if you like the movie, you'll probably want to see it again to see all of the details you might have missed. And there are a lot of details to catch.
One of the central concepts of the movie is the Loom of Fate. It is not explained, it is just there, kind of like the loom of the Norns. The Fraternity is an organization of assassins founded by a clan of weavers about 1,000 years ago (this info is in the opening of the movie, so I'm not being spoilery). One of my few quibbles with the movie is that the name The Fraternity for a secret society of assassins in service to a mysterious Loom of Fate is... lame. Now if the organization had been called the Hand of Fate, that would have made sense.
This movie is on a par with the original Matrix (but hopefully won't get sullied by crappy sequels cranked out to cash in). While its action sequences stretch the credibility even given the premise behind the assassins' capabilities, it is set in the here and now, not some nebulous computer-generated future so the character is easier to relate to and cheer for. A couple of minor glitches I can't really go into without spoiling also registered, but weren't significant enough to derail the movie and I suspect will by saved from the editing floor* for the extended cut DVD.
Overall rating: 4 out of 5 bullet-bending train-riding flying monkeys
* Yes, I know almost all editing is done digitally now, hence there is no physical floor cluttered with strips of film containing lost scenes. :P
You should too.
Wesley Gibson, the lead character is a nobody in a nowhere job with a crappy if uneventful life. In short, someone a lot of us feel like at some point or another, regardless of how good we really have it. While comparisons will be drawn to the Matrix and Neo, especially given kinetic actions sequences with occasional bullet-timesque shots, but that is about as far as the similarity goes.
This is a solid action movie with a few twists and is a lot of fun to watch. In fact, if you like the movie, you'll probably want to see it again to see all of the details you might have missed. And there are a lot of details to catch.
One of the central concepts of the movie is the Loom of Fate. It is not explained, it is just there, kind of like the loom of the Norns. The Fraternity is an organization of assassins founded by a clan of weavers about 1,000 years ago (this info is in the opening of the movie, so I'm not being spoilery). One of my few quibbles with the movie is that the name The Fraternity for a secret society of assassins in service to a mysterious Loom of Fate is... lame. Now if the organization had been called the Hand of Fate, that would have made sense.
This movie is on a par with the original Matrix (but hopefully won't get sullied by crappy sequels cranked out to cash in). While its action sequences stretch the credibility even given the premise behind the assassins' capabilities, it is set in the here and now, not some nebulous computer-generated future so the character is easier to relate to and cheer for. A couple of minor glitches I can't really go into without spoiling also registered, but weren't significant enough to derail the movie and I suspect will by saved from the editing floor* for the extended cut DVD.
Overall rating: 4 out of 5 bullet-bending train-riding flying monkeys
* Yes, I know almost all editing is done digitally now, hence there is no physical floor cluttered with strips of film containing lost scenes. :P
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