Comments on: Wanted: The Moral Universe

By: soulpile

soulpile — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:29:49 +0000

I wasted good money on this travesty of a film. The worst part, aside from the message of “go and kill people like I do to have some worth” at the end, is the absolute stupidity of the characters. Every character has the mental capacity of an rock. For example, the main character blindly follows and never questions the people who beat him senseless throughout the entire movie (I believe this is called torture porn). Also, that the assassins believe the confessed liar at the end makes absolutely no sense. You’d think they’d do some simple research before resorting to such a messy end.
The bits with the train and the rats were completely unnecessary as well.
I expected more action from this film and instead I got torture porn and a lot of “curving the bullet” with not much else. Even the the altered reality coupled with superhuman abilities, seen at the beginning of the film, quickly falls by the wayside.
On the whole, the film can be summed up in two words: disappointing and disgusting.

By: eforhan

eforhan — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:51:57 +0000

I enjoyed Wanted quite a bit.

Sure, Freeman’s crew were fascists of sorts — they strayed from the true path (if you believe the story) and made their own rules as to whom lives or dies. However, the hero at the end did not commit the “quintessential fascist act—delivering a bullet to another man’s brain.” The hero acted both from self-defense (clearly Freeman’s character was stalking him) and also took down a killer. Indeed, he probably saved many innocent lives.

By: mojo

mojo — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:07:35 +0000

Hello – these folks are taking their orders from a LOOM? A freakin’ BEDSHEET?

Sure, no problemo. Morgan Freeman sez it’s ok…

By: Kit

Kit — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:19:03 +0000

So WANTED is nothing but a loud, dumb, idiotic action film that grates the part of the brain that handles logic?

Sounds like perfect material for Mike and the Bots!

With their new thing called RiffTrax, I have a feeling they will take on this POS soon. Too irresistable.

By: Bugs

Bugs — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:02:19 +0000

I couldn’t get past “bend the bullet” in the TV commercials. I suggest whoever came up with that bit get together with some friends and try it out for real.

By: The Rambler

The Rambler — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:56:50 +0000

Andrew, I too was struck by this movie. What bothered me was the inherent “end justifies the means” argument. Pure, cold blooded murder is okay…if it helps the collective good. Whatever happened to, “How can a moral man keep his morality in an immoral world”?
The worst part is that I discuss this in my American History class (I am a public high school teacher), and the majority of my students would side with the “ends justifies the means” argument. This worries me.

By: Bilwick

Bilwick — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:28:49 +0000

Anyway, as I was saying before that “You’re Posting Too Fast” message interrupted. . . .

Jolie is supposed to be working on a movie version of ATLAS SHRUGGED, a project the Hive will almost certainly condemn as “fascist.” Because in Liberal Bizarro World, fascists support a free market.

By: Darksbane

Darksbane — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:03:15 +0000

Just to elaborate on what others have said, the comic book this was based on would help with the understanding of the movie. In this comic world the super villains won, all the heroes are dead. The movies characters are villains and the main character is the son of a villain. They recruit him into a life of villainy, sex, etc etc. There is no good guy in the story. Some villains are worse than others but they are all bad. As villains are inclined to do they fight amongst themselves. They ‘really bad’ villains end up losing to the ‘kinda bad’ villains.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:51:32 +0000

I divide things into good ones and bad ones. Some say I am simplistic but really, those people are convoluted.

By: Doug Krentzlin

Doug Krentzlin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:43:07 +0000

Guys, don’t take the “posting to fast” personally. It just means that several different people are trying to post at the same time. Just hit the “go back” icon on your computer and try to re-post. It might take one or two retries, but it works.