Have you heard the news? Bad things come in twos.

[thehefner]

It's rather amazing how little interest I have in the upcoming film WANTED. In fact, as of the most recent commercials--which feature Angelina Jolie firing a bullet that slows down enough for the camera to zoom in to see that it's inscribed with "Goodbye"--my levels of aversion to WANTED are inching toward SEX AND THE CITY levels.*

It doesn't help that, as a comic adaptation, it throws out everything that made the comic compelling and worth reading (supervillains have killed off all the heroes and now rule the world) in favor of a MATRIX-lite movie about assassins. And I speak as one who didn't really like the comic to begin with!

So no, fuck WANTED, I have absolutely zero interest in supporting anything even related nor aligned with this overblown bit of popcornery. No interest what...

... so...

...

Brand... new... DANNY ELFMAN song...?!?!?! Not just soundtrack, but Danny on vocals?!

... I... but it...

*faints*



*I've said it once and I'll say it again. I absolutely loved SEX AND THE CITY until I realized (right around season three) that it wasn't meant to be a brilliant, scathing satire of the shallow, self-absorbed jerks and their hollow, hollow lives.

Honestly! I told Mom that, and she went, "It's NOT meant to be satire?! Damn it, now I can't watch it anymore!"

Comments

[demonfafa.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Wanted not only has an unfortunate and stupidly simple title, it just looks either boring or a lot like the Matrix. the worst part is that you KNOW Angelina Jolie is better than that. Despite the obvious silliness in Mr. & Mrs. Smith, she had great comedic timing, and has proved on several occasions, most recently with A Mighty Heart that she can fuckin' ACT! Yet this looks like yet another abonimation of a comicbook-turned-movie and she's got all this talent wasted.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've never had the Jolie-hate that others have, but I can't really recall the last time she's done a truly great film (I haven't seen A MIGHTY HEART, which doesn't really seem my taste). Oh, wait, BEOWULF was utterly awesome, but damn if I know how it'll hold up on the small screen and not in 3D. It utterly ruled in 3D, which is how it deserves to be seen.