@spideyivydaredevilfan26: The film Wanted is one of my favorite films of all time. Yes. I tried to watch the video review but I couldn't last more than 4:19 of it. The reviewer sound like a little whiny brat which is funny since he is claiming that is what Wesley was.
1) It's sexist depiction of women; every women in the movie is either a slut without a personality, a slut with a mean personality, or a b*tch
There are a lot of movies that have sexist depictions of women. However, this film doesn't show one decent individual except Fox and Wesley. Everyone else is a terrible human being. Fox got almost more character development than Wesley. You trippings my doode.
2) The "loom of fate" thing makes no sense for hundreds of reasons. First of all, why would these people spend countless hours (Possibly days) dissecting a piece of cloth. Second, how does the tapestry know who is going to kill people? Third, how far does it's range go? I mean, it was probably not made in America as it was found thousands of years ago, does it just do it for everybody in the world? Fourth, if there were two people with the same name, what do they do, just kill both people?
I haven't watched the film in years. I do not remember the details. However, they point out that it is worthless and a lie. I can answer your questions with my imagination but I am slightly busy and want to answer the rest of your points.
3) It rips off countless other movies (The plot of Fight Club, the fights of The Matrix, the twist of The Empire Strikes Back, the premise of Minority Report, e.t.c)
I haven't seen Fight Club but as far as I know it is nothing like Wanted. The rest seem like nitpicky complaints with all due respect. The film did not rip off one movie but did drew inspiration from other films so what. I'm sorry but I find this complaint unrelatable. I love the twist and it is a tradition in movies to have every once in a while IMHO thanks to Star Wars.
4) The action is boring and repetitive
5) The score is boring and uninspired
Subjective.
6) The ending makes no sense as Wesley's bullet would have been thrown off balance by the Soda can, he's willing to have an innocent person die in order to get revenge on Sloan and Sloan has at least 7 seconds to move out of the way but just stands still to deliver an awful stinger.
I dislike complaints like this. This is clearly a fictional tale where 'magic' can exist. He bends bullets. He knowns which bullet can not be thrown of balance.
And, yes he is willing to kill an innocent person. He is taking control of his life that is the message of the film. Hence, why it ends withc Wesley asking the audience, "what the **** have you done?"
7) If the Fraternity wanted to kill Wesley's father, and Wesley was the only person he wouldn't kill, why not just capture Wesley and tell his father that they will kill Wesley if he doesn't surrender himself?
Cross (his father) would not surrender. He would plan a rescue mission which he attempts to do several times during the film. Imagine if Wesley would have wanted to escape the Fraternity. He would have gotten away from the beginning of the film. They knew the only way to kill Cross was to make Wesley believe he killed his father or else they would have risked a rescue attempt where Wesley teams up with Cross instead of fighting against him.
8) If Sloan wants to make money, why not sell that Deus Ex Machina clay that heals all wounds?
He is a power hungry man more than a greedy man. Hence, why he uses the "loom of fate" for his own gains. He tries to convince Wesley to join his ideology to control the trajectory of history. Plus, there are other Fraternities around the world so if he did sell the clay he'd risk getting in trouble with the rest of them for selling a powerful weapon to the world which would catch their attentions more than a blood feud.
9) It's mean spirited and ugly in tone and plot
Subjective.
Now for the loom of faith answers.
The "loom of fate" thing makes no sense for hundreds of reasons. First of all, why would these people spend countless hours (Possibly days) dissecting a piece of cloth. Second, how does the tapestry know who is going to kill people? Third, how far does it's range go? I mean, it was probably not made in America as it was found thousands of years ago, does it just do it for everybody in the world? Fourth, if there were two people with the same name, what do they do, just kill both people?
The dissecting of a piece of cloth does not take hours nor days to do. Wesley does it in mere moments. The tapestry is magical. The tapestry is suppose to be perfect whenever it makes a flaw it is like a message from a force beyond man's comprehension that a person is going to commit mass murders. The range goes from continents which is the reason why there are more Fraternities around the world. No one has the exact completely full name. There may be thousands of Eddie Lee's or Emilio Quinteros but if you add middle names and 2nd last names they are all completely different. I have yet to meet someone with the exact completely full name.
I'll try to watch the video again later but I dislike reviews where all the reviewer does is complain about it. I mean no disrespect my doode but this is how I feel. (+)
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