Watch the "Wanted" 1st Theatrical Trailer and discuss

[tdeverea]

I am equally tickled and disgusted at the number of adults who are crying about this movie adaptation. Do you guys really hold this source material so near and dear to your hearts that you can't except that they didn't make the movie way you wanted them to? Come on ladies and gentlemen.

Personally, I think the trailer was decent but it was lacking something. I love the story and the actors though, so I believe the movie will be quite entertaining. I agree with the person who suggested an anime version would've been a better idea.

 

[GL1]

A guy with a mobbed up talking penis, a s**t monster, and the kid slicing a bullet back into a baby eating *****e bag's face.

Hmmmm...

I know Hollywood can be unimaginative... but I can't see them pulling that off at this point. But I can see now how a lot of the rawness of the movie has been lost...

I'd be pretty pissed if a PG-13 Authority movie came out, for instance.

 

[Anubis]

They didn't even try. Instead of giving us something never before done on the silver screen, they give us action movie plot #4. I mean, it doesn't look like it'll be a bad movie, but i've got the burden of having seen what might have been, and I just don't see any way i'll get a lick of enjoyment out of it. I'll wait for it come out on cable.

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

i always knew they would make a matrix sequel.

 

[KenK]

i always knew they would make a matrix sequel.

And not just in terms of action, but the whole story set-up; A beautiful woman approaches some lowly day laborer to tell him that he's destined for greatness, and then we see him become an acrobatic style gunsmith. Yeah, that is pretty much the set-up as the comic is concerned, but it clearly went in a totally different direction, as far as all the supervillain stuff. The fact that the movie has seen fit to tone town some of those elements to the point of non-existence, is a bit depressing.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

And not just in terms of action, but the whole story set-up; A beautiful woman approaches some lowly day laborer to tell him that he's destined for greatness, and then we see him become an acrobatic style gunsmith. Yeah, that is pretty much the set-up as the comic is concerned, but it clearly went in a totally different direction, as far as all the supervillain stuff. The fact that the movie has seen fit to tone town some of those elements to the point of non-existence, is a bit depressing.

I also thought Morgan Freeman's character was basically Morpheus.

 

[M.O.Steel]

one day,hollywood will respect the source material.....maybe.if not a two hour movie,then how about a miniseries where you can flesh out the characters more?wanted wouldve been perfect.

I kinda like this idea. Some stories just make sense doing in mini-series, or just a regualr series if it has good grounds. i think it would have made more sense to do it that way.

 

[블라스]

You guys sure know a lot about a movie you haven't even seen.
I wish I had your almost supernatural insight!

 

[Superman_]

This movie could have been great now it will be just like Catwoman


God this pisses me off because I was really hoping I could be proven wrong about this movie. I mean the comic itself is a modern-day classic.

 

[TheVileOne]

Whatever. A trailer is supposed to get people talking or discussing a movie either way.

The trailer makes the movie look like a cheap, bad Matrix clone.

 

[KenK]

You guys sure know a lot about a movie you haven't even seen.
I wish I had your almost supernatural insight!

Of course, commenting on whether or not the movie will be good is premature, but A LOT is apparent just from watching the trailer, not to mention reading the OFFICIAL synopsis from the film, as well as reading interviews with the filmammkers. The bottom line is that this film is very much removed from the source material to the point of being something we've seen before countless times. It'd be a different story if the changes resulted in something that didn't look so damn familiar. But I mean, just from a visual standpoint, there's NOTHING to link this film to the comic. Nothing about it looks like Wanted. As I said on another message board, assuming you were a fan of the comic, but didn't know a film was being made based on the comic, you should be able to watch the trailer with the sound off, and ultimately KNOW, before the title card appears, what comic the film is based on.

Even if you could argue that there are comic films that can stay true to a comic in all ways except the look, we've still got a small line of dialogue in the trailer that kind of betrays the whole concept; Morgan Freeman saying The Fraternity believes in "killing one to save thousands", it sounds like they're making the Fraternity out to be good guys, or at least people who believe their actions are for a greater good. The whole hook of Wanted is that it's villains being evil for the sake of being evil. They fought superheroes and won. How excited can we got for the film, or more appropriately, how are we to help ourselves from prematurely judging the film, when the trailer acknowledges virtually NONE of the source material.

 

[tdeverea]

This movie could have been great now it will be just like Catwoman


God this pisses me off because I was really hoping I could be proven wrong about this movie. I mean the comic itself is a modern-day classic.

LOL! You haven't even SEEN this movie yet! LOL!

 

[tdeverea]

Of course, commenting on whether or not the movie will be good is premature, but A LOT is apparent just from watching the trailer, not to mention reading the OFFICIAL synopsis from the film, as well as reading interviews with the filmammkers. The bottom line is that this film is very much removed from the source material to the point of being something we've seen before countless times. It'd be a different story if the changes resulted in something that didn't look so damn familiar. But I mean, just from a visual standpoint, there's NOTHING to link this film to the comic. Nothing about it looks like Wanted. As I said on another message board, assuming you were a fan of the comic, but didn't know a film was being made based on the comic, you should be able to watch the trailer with the sound off, and ultimately KNOW, before the title card appears, what comic the film is based on.

Even if you could argue that there are comic films that can stay true to a comic in all ways except the look, we've still got a small line of dialogue in the trailer that kind of betrays the whole concept; Morgan Freeman saying The Fraternity believes in "killing one to save thousands", it sounds like they're making the Fraternity out to be good guys, or at least people who believe their actions are for a greater good. The whole hook of Wanted is that it's villains being evil for the sake of being evil. They fought superheroes and won. How excited can we got for the film, or more appropriately, how are we to help ourselves from prematurely judging the film, when the trailer acknowledges virtually NONE of the source material.

The voiceover states that The Fraternity is not all that they seem. As in, he assumes they are one thing but they turn out to be something else... Pay attention people! Sheesh!!

 

[Edd Automatica]

Okay, first off. I read the comic. It was absolutely brilliant. It was one of the most original ideas to come out of comics in years I thought. Supervillians killing off all the superheroes and running the world? Come on that's like the end of Empire! The worst scenario of a superhero's world has happened, and it's brilliant. Now they're making it seem like Wesley is a hero, and being trained by heroes. But they're calling them assassins. Also, they're taking out all the cool details and look of the nemesis of the main characters, and it's just a crying shame that they didn't grow a pair and follow the movie to the book like recent successes such as V for Vendetta(even though a lot of the book wasn't there, it still was faithful), 300, and Sin City. I mean, those movies were successful because they followed the book, but still made it into a good movie. This is bush league.

 

[Killgore]

They've missed the point entirely, and it's not just supervillians. Wesley and the "Fraternity" is supposed to be completely amoral and reprehensible. That's the entire charm of the book is rooting for the despicable. This isn't a tale of greys or blacks and whites, it's all deep black. All of the characters are horrible, horrible people. They rape and kill not to "save a thousand" but because they CAN. And that's the charm of the book. It doesn't hold back.

Something tells me it wont end with the audience seeing Wesleys screaming face as he gets us up the ass.

 

[~†~§iX~†~]

I was very unimpressed. I saw short clips of something that resembled moments from issue 1, but everything else seemed to be gone. It's not just the story of the comic, but I miss the look. Wanted was a very cinematic comic, with each frame standing out like a movie still. Even long giving up casting that looks like the characters, this film has no unique look. McAvoy still blends into the background whether being life's punchingbag or kicking ass. Jolie looks like she's come from another Lara Croft movie and Freeman...well, it's Morgan Freeman in a suit; he could be wearing his Dark Knight costume!......

 

[Killgore]

This is like making a Preacher movie without all of the blasphemous sacrilege. As if they drop the whole religious aspect all together, along with Cassady being a vampire. Or making a Soprano's movie where Tony is just a family guy and isn't a mobster. Or making Jurassic Park without dinosaurs. Or making a porn without nudity and sex. It's pointless.

 

[The Geek Vault]

I'm unimpressed

 

[CombatRock319]

im so upset. i was really looking forward to this movie. it was gunna be a sick visual and now, well, if you didnt tell me it was and add for wanted and they didn't say "fraternity", "fox" and "wesley" i would have never guessed that it was an ad for wanted. this is a comic book movie. a movie about SUPERVILLIANS. stupid hollywood is convinced that all the comic gold needs to be metamorphed into something its not. Wanted is a damn good story, whether you tell it with ink, or on the silver screen. THe original story is original, action packed, visually stunning, and on top of it all it leaves you thinking the whole way through. And they stripped it and made it another dumb movie about someone being "the chosen one" and being stripped from their normal life to become a "hero!" I'm pissed. Mark Millar should be too. He should take his name of the project cause this is the most unfair depiction i have ever scene. [and its Halle Berry, Tommy Lee Jones and Eminem you morons in Hollywood]

 

[CombatRock319]

oh and that first scene in the trailer i was literally waiting for jolie to blow everyone in the freakin store away.

now THAT would be wanted.

 

[Sun_Down]

I am equally tickled and disgusted at the number of adults who are crying about this movie adaptation. Do you guys really hold this source material so near and dear to your hearts that you can't except that they didn't make the movie way you wanted them to? Come on ladies and gentlemen.

My thoughts exactly. It's bad enough when people get so worked up about adaptions of traditional (serial) comics, but that can be forgiven to an extent because those characters have been around for decades and their fans feel a sense of conncection to those characters. But people, this was a 4-issue mini-series! Get the hell over it.

 

[Killgore]

I don't care if it is the Justice League or Care Bears. If they decide to deviate so much from the source material, then there is no point in calling it an "adaptation".

And yeah, it was only a five issue mini. How many issues and how old does it need to be for people to want to see a faithful adaptation? What's the cut off line. 12 issues like Watchmen? Ten years old like Sin City?

 

[Anubis]

They took something that could have been fresh and new, and they made it bland and basically took all the balls outta the story. That's the bottom line. I don't wanna see it.

 

[KenK]

My thoughts exactly. It's bad enough when people get so worked up about adaptions of traditional (serial) comics, but that can be forgiven to an extent because those characters have been around for decades and their fans feel a sense of conncection to those characters. But people, this was a 4-issue mini-series! Get the hell over it.

That kinda just makes their deviations from it that much more unforgivable. All they had to work with is this one, self-contained story, and have little to no interest in adhering to it. One singular story, one singular look to each individual character, virtually all the work was done for them. I mean, they couldn't even committ to the visuals from the comic!! It's not like it would have even been THAT difficult to adapt Wesley and The Fox's costumes! J.G. Jones art favors realism enough that they wouldn't even have had to put much thought into what materials would be best to use.

 

[Sun_Down]

I don't care if it is the Justice League or Care Bears. If they decide to deviate so much from the source material, then there is no point in calling it an "adaptation".

And yeah, it was only a five issue mini. How many issues and how old does it need to be for people to want to see a faithful adaptation? What's the cut off line. 12 issues like Watchmen? Ten years old like Sin City?

So you're just upset about semantics? I think that only supports my side here.

Whatever, have a cow and freak out and be pissed off. Life's too short for that.