Guilty pleasure

Rating: 9/10 (27 May 2009)

Wanted is a guilty pleasure for me. It's amoral, rather superficial but so much fun and stylish with a good plot, a few big surprises and really thrilling action scenes. There's stuff in this film that I've never seen anywhere else. I found it bold, dynamic and original. Keep in mind that I'm not judging it based on the comic books source material. I understand the two are quite different and I might have been miffed at the liberties taken if I had read them. Regarding the plot, the only thing I really have some issue with would be a special loom but I got beyond it. Wanted is a great action movie with some fantastical elements that enhance the wow factor. Just don't take it too seriously or think too much about all the victims of the collateral damage. Oh what the heck, since I was so enthusiastic after seeing it for the first time (which rarely happens) I'm going to give it another half star. It's worth purchasing as it's very spectacular and re-watchable.
Rating: 8.5 out of 10
P.S.: Since this original review, I read the graphic novel that inspired the movie adaptation. The graphic novel and the the movie are two completely different beasts that are extremely loosely connected. I've rarely seen such drastic changes in terms of story, characters and settings, heck practically everything. Purists of the graphic novel will be sorely disappointed unless they can view the movie as a separate entity.