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WANTED
Posted by Alison Bailes on 06/20/08 at 04:12 PM

jolie.jpgI caught a preview screening of “Wanted” last night, the anticipated action thriller starring Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy. Boy! McAvoy must have really wanted to change his image from Brit pretty boy to American tough guy. Agreeing to be in this film after stellar turns in “The Last King of Scotland” and “Atonement” must have seemed like a good idea at the time. But what a piece of loud, badly scripted, rubbish it is.

mcavoy.jpgI understand it’s from a graphic novel…and maybe the plot of a ‘loom of fate’ that spells out names of evildoers for assassination reads better on the page, because on screen it’s laughable. Even Morgan Freeman, doing his best ‘righteous man’ acting couldn’t prevent guffaws from the audience. For my part, I was hoping that the loom turned into the contraption from “The Mangler” and started chewing up the actors. But they were all doing enough chewing already.


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I figured.

The trailer alone looked ridiculous. "bending the bullet?"


Posted by: Rob Grizzly | June 20, 2008 08:22 PM

My Fair Lady Princess Alison,

I think Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy would do much better to star in a romantic comedy love story about two spies at the Royal Ascot Opening Day! They could call the film "Free Agent" after Queen Elizabeth's winning horse which won at the Royal Ascot this year! And I do believe that Angelina Jolie Has a Home in Hampshire as well!

"Every Duke and Earl and Peer is here,
Everyone who should be here is here,
What a smashing, positively dashing spectacle: the Royal Ascot Opening Day!
At the gate are all the horses waiting for the cue to fly away,
What a gripping, absolutely ripping, moment at the Ascot Opening Day!"

From the Ascot Gavotte of My Fair Lady...
& PrincePeterofPomona

Posted by: PrincePeterofPomona | June 21, 2008 07:25 PM

  
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