OF A GOLDEN AGE

Dustin at Pajiba reviewed the new comic-book adaptation Wanted under this title:

I Want to Fuck This Movie.

He’s right. This is a ridiculous, fantastic, eyeball-burning movie. I know nothing about the comic (except what I read on Wikipedia) so I definitely can’t speak to its loyalty, but. Wanted stands alone as a great example of an entire genre of action movies: Honest to god, they don’t make one lick of sense, but their plots remain cohesive and glue you to your seat. It’s mysterious. I like it.

The funny thing is, I almost always dislike or feel indifferent toward action movies, especially when they involve regular, bloody violence. (Wanted features plenty, and often in slow motion no less.) This is more an issue of style though; camerawork, clever effects, and clipped, well-delivered dialogue pull the plot up from a mere shoot-’em-up.

Also: James McAvoy, charming as the slightly dirty mystery suitor in Penelope and convincing as Wanted‘s cubicle jockey “growing a pair,” is one of the best casting jobs in recent memory.

When the credits rolled, my packed theater of Sunday-afternoon suburban people broke out into applause.

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