Comments on: Universal Wants a Jolie-less Sequel for Wanted 2

By: pthn 10

pthn 10 — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:17:26 +0000

---You think 2010 will be the year the long rich and pushing 50 Brangelina starts spilling about
Hollywood's decades old sell-out to most awesomely genocidal regime in history ---across the Pacific?

I mean keeping the lid o those 70 milion murders while accepting funds and vast
market favors from the direct heirs of the perpetrators has got to be a major drag
---no matter how many anachronistic WWII moral alibi flicks you make to salve
your conscience.

YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE ----NOW PASS IT ON.

By: anon-a-moose

anon-a-moose — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:51:03 +0000

actually i find it funny that you didnt bother watching the movie, but are so upset about the spoiler, obviously you werent interested in the movie, so why get upset about a spoiler that half the world already knew, they waited a sufficient amount of time to lay it out, and never said they died, just that theyre in no position to continue it; which could mean any number of things. the death scene is all over the place anyway, stop being jealous of people who are more successful with their critiques.

By: anon-a-moose

anon-a-moose — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:51:03 +0000

By: Jules

Jules — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:36:34 +0000

If you haven’t seen “Wanted” on a big screen — you haven’t seen “Wanted.”

By: Bob Funn

Bob Funn — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:39:22 +0000

Senseless Babble: I had a similar reaction.

And Rob I see your point and I didn’t know this isn’t a profession for you so apologies for jumping the gun. Variety is a paper geared towards industry so seeing stuff like that wouldn’t surprise me.

By: Senseless Babble

Senseless Babble — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:29:13 +0000

If I may… I too thought Wanted was going to be “incredibly cartoonish and stupid”, but I went and saw it anyway (at a matinée, I didn’t think it would be worth the full price of a regular nightime ticket). And ya know what, because of my low expectations, i ended up enjoying it! Sure, it was a pop-corn summertime shoot ‘em up, but it entertained me for the 2 hours I was there, and sometimes, that’s all I need from a movie. Now, if my expectations had been high, then I would have walked out disappointed and let down. But, I wasnt insulted by the movie, it wasn’t so stupid that it made me feel stupid for buying the ticket, and honestly enjoyed the film. I’d recommend giving it a chance. You might be surprised. – but thats just my opinion, I welcome yours – Senseless Babble

By: Rob Hunter

Rob Hunter — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:48:03 +0000

@ Bob, your comment has the bare bones of a worthwhile argument there so allow me to respond.

I don’t consider myself an “entertainment journalist”, whatever that may be, but for the sake of your argument I’ll accept the tag. Does that mean I’m obligated to see every film released within days of it’s premiere? Six other films opened the same day as ‘Wanted’… should I have seen them all as well? As said journalist, should I see every movie starring Lindsay Lohan or Martin Lawrence, every spoof movie like ‘Meet the Spartans’, every ‘Saw’ film, etc.? Even critics have to choose wisely how to spend their time.

I will see ‘Wanted’, but I wasn’t about to spend $10 to see a movie in the theater I felt looked incredibly cartoonish and stupid. Which leads to my second point… a ‘job’ is something you get paid to do, something you have to do… this is not a job, this is a hobby. I’m spending my own $ and doing something I love.

And Variety still sucks the sweat from a dead dog’s balls. There’s no reason not to warn readers of an upcoming spoiler.

By: Cole Abaius

Cole Abaius — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:44:48 +0000

Normally, I’d be in there making fun of Hunter with the best of them, but I’m not sure I understand your point, Bob.

Since Hunter is planning on seeing a movie on DVD, he’s not doing journalistic due diligence? You do realize we don’t get to see all of them when they come out, right? And what does that have to do with Variety neglecting a major spoiler warning in its article? Please, educate me.

Also, Rob, you have got to solve that body odor issue before me go to Comic Con. Low blow? I agree.

Side note: How cool would The Last Temptation of the Jesus Christ Superstar be? Totally awesome? Again, rhetorically, I agree.

By: Bob Funn

Bob Funn — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:07:53 +0000

I disagree, someone that considers him/herself a entertainment journalist who’s job it is to report on movies probably shouldn’t be waiting for it to come out on DVD.
I guess since you can’t be bothered to see movies when they come out, it makes sense that you don’t really need to keep up on industry info by reading variety.