"You apologize too much..."

Imagine watching "Sin City" without knowing that it's based on a graphic novel so you're expecting that the characters, action scenes, etc. will be somehow closer to reality, then suddenly you saw this Yellow Bastard and you said 'WTF?!'. Well, that's how my watching Wanted last night turned out.

A few comments first on the cast:
1) James McAvoy - He still looks like a loser to me even when he's supposed to be a kick-ass assassin already
2) Angelina Jolie - I guess I could never complain. Just look at this:

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3) Morgan Freeman - He was ok in the first part, portraying an old leader full of wisdom. Near the end, however, I felt horrified when he was giving out papers to his team like a teacher handing out results of an exam to his students and finally giving a persuasive speech to join him in his quest for world domination. yuck.

Then the plot:
Had I known beforehand that this was based on a comic series, I would have accepted the plot as it is. Even if I haven't read the comics, I would have thought that this could be how the story was created, so I'll just leave it be and watch the whole thing with delight and amazement. However, I was completely clueless, so I kept on thinking 'WTF?!' when I encountered these scenes:

• a magical loom that weaves and tells the assassins who's gonna be their next target


• Wesley Gibson gaining entrance to the textile factory with the help of rats


• the idea of 'curving the bullet' - I was awed and even thought 'could that be possible?' - but then I saw how Fox killed her colleauges and eventually herself when she CIRCLED the bullet - argh, wtf?!


• Morgan Freeman giving that one speech that binds us all - one of my friends even said 'nababaduyan nako!'. haha

And then the ending credits said it was based on a comic series... WTF?! Ahhh, kaya pala.

Lesson learned: Do not be fooled by trailers. At least ask around what the movie could be all about so you'll set the right expectations.