Wanted... to get out of the cinema as fast as i can

Rating: 1/10 (2 July 2008)

To get right to the point i found this movie very distressing to watch, I do like watching action genre films but there's a line drawn where movies is divided by the sense of being realistic which I prefer to enjoy and totally unbelievable, I'll put the movie in the place of being completely far-fetch.
Is all that special effects necessary? well watching the film it appears it relies more on effects than the storyline itself's that I really had a problem with. Since we are in the 21th century now and film-makers are looking for new ways of being innovative this is where the problem lies. Too many film makers are using their film budget more on special effects these days, like 'Wanted' it was hard to take notice of the narrative because of the constance special effect. So to answer the question, special effects is necessary in disaster genre pictures such as 'The Day after tomorrow', action films such as 'Shoot em up' and 'Wanted' uses special effects to make it look better when it looks OK on it's own. That is why I prefer The Die Hard, Rambo movies 20 years ago where special effects weren't a issue.
I mentioned about it being beyond disbelieve, audiences today aren't considering the logic,but are more being amazed by the slow-motion scenes,fast-pace action and special effects. For example, one scene in the movie Wesley Gibson crashes his car and spins over a limo to shoot the target through the sunroof. Thinking about it if a car spins over this limo it will take approximately one second, in this second the character had time to say the line 'I'm sorry' and shoot the target when the car is spinning. At that point I couldn't bare to watch any more.
Final outcome is that modern films are taking special effects as a alternative to make to appear better, which I dislike about action films today. This movie would of been better if the special effects was cut down or taken out, the acting was average and had an interesting story with twists. But unfortunately this year 'Wanted' is the worst movie of 2008 so far...