Comments on: Weekly Movies, June 30-July 6 http://mootpoint.wrenkin.net/2008/07/07/weekly-movies-june-30-july-6/ On pop culture and feelings Sat, 16 Oct 2010 02:16:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Pop Feminist http://mootpoint.wrenkin.net/2008/07/07/weekly-movies-june-30-july-6/comment-page-1/#comment-13222 Pop Feminist Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:51:46 +0000 http://mootpoint.wrenkin.net/?p=691#comment-13222 <p>I totally reacted the same way as you to wanted. There were moments in the film when I seriously considered walking out, and that's saying something, because usually no matter how much misery I'm in, it doesn't occur to me. Wanted was so visually/audibly abrasive at times, and so narratively thin throughout that I could barely take it. But the humor undergirding it ended up winning me over. First of all, male wish fulfillment is at its extreme here, but it's so self-aware it's hard not to cheer along with it. The "Fuck You" moment with the keyboard, and the scene where he "punches back" that one trainer guy back so hard in the face that he, shoots him, rams his gun through the hole, and blasts out the other side had me howling with laughter.</p> <p>Finally, I really came around to realizing that it was self-aware of its parody, and I loved it for that. Besides, as you know, Jolie is an enchantress.</p> I totally reacted the same way as you to wanted. There were moments in the film when I seriously considered walking out, and that’s saying something, because usually no matter how much misery I’m in, it doesn’t occur to me. Wanted was so visually/audibly abrasive at times, and so narratively thin throughout that I could barely take it. But the humor undergirding it ended up winning me over. First of all, male wish fulfillment is at its extreme here, but it’s so self-aware it’s hard not to cheer along with it. The “Fuck You” moment with the keyboard, and the scene where he “punches back” that one trainer guy back so hard in the face that he, shoots him, rams his gun through the hole, and blasts out the other side had me howling with laughter.

Finally, I really came around to realizing that it was self-aware of its parody, and I loved it for that. Besides, as you know, Jolie is an enchantress.

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