WANTED - updated
Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 6:00PM Instant review :
WOW !!!
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Now that the movie hangover is gone, more words!
Went to the movie without knowing anything about it. Originally was going to watch the PIXAR movie. Then a last minute change and watched "Wanted". The cousins had already read the reviews of the european release and told me that it was a "good action movie". Knowing nothing else about the movie was actually a plus.
It was a really well made movie. I am tempted to draw parallels with Dasavatharam, but will refrain from doing so.
Assuming that :
Bullets can curve,
Weavers figured out Boolean algebra and boolean representation of the english alphabet a thousand years ago,
the heart can go 400 beats/second (apparently hummingbirds go 1200 and a humans can go 220!)
James McAvoy can be cast as an accountant turned assasin
Angelina can still rock ...
well wait, that last one was not an assumption!, the movie is total entertainment! Keeps you on the edge of your seat, especially after Angelina shows up. The plot, twists given the assumptions are not bad.
There was a certain unique style of displaying everything in this movie (Unique along the lines of Matrix, Sin City, Amelie, etc.) and it was self consistant within the framework of the movie. The director did not violate his own rules, something I always appreciate in a movie. Let me explain. If you are making a movie about flying pigs, and a certain pig is doing sorties, it is within the framework of the movie, because there is a baseline assumption that pigs fly!
This movie has some amazing fight sequences, chases, special effects, and style, and style and more style!
All said and done, came out thinking
a. worth the ticket price
b. If this is an indicator of the summer movies this year, will be watching a lot of good movies.
WallE, Get Smart, Hancock are already on the growing list!
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Reader Comments (3)
:) I too saw the movie yday. It was a movie about flying pigs indeed. One pig ofcourse stole the show from everyone else :)
A good pack of masala with dosages of matrix, minority report etc...
Bart, looks like more than one pig stole the show! mr. McAvoy might become the next posterboy!
:)
talking of "consistancy within a movie".. saw 10000 BC today on DVD.
like my granny says "thalaila adichchukka rendu kai paththadudha saami!"
that should have been a silent movie!
You lose some. You win some. Wanted: more wins !!
Nice review. Am curious now !