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In response to "misanthropic, without a doubt. But I felt the mysogyny." by Reagen

Are we really analyzing this movie this deeply? It was just a fun bit of entertainment. (spoils)

Posted by Fuzzy (aka mrfuzzy) Mar 13 '09, 16:17

They took assassination orders from a bit of linen cloth, fer cryin' out loud! I think I enjoyed it because I watched it in the same frame of mind as I watched X-Men or Transformers.

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I'm not asking it to be Tolstoy, but I am asking for its characters not to be repellant. -- nm - Reagen Mar 13, 16:21 9
- FYI... My comment was not aimed specifically at you, I'm surprised at the level of character analysis being applied to this film by many people. - Fuzzy Mar 13, 16:28 8
  - if that's all you want, there are plenty of Steven Seagal movies out there. - Reagen Mar 13, 16:33 4
    - Sure. And there is a place for that kind of mindless fun sometimes. - Fuzzy Mar 13, 16:42 2
      - those are essentially live-action cartoons. - Reagen Mar 13, 16:47 1
        
        Posts like this always make me want to hit somebody with a giant mallet or something. -- nm - mara Mar 13, 16:51
    - Under Seige 1 and 2 ruled -- nm - Beaker Mar 13, 16:34
  - You can't get away with throwing s**t up on the screen in a time of Wall-E, Dark Knight and Iron Man. - Will Hunting Mar 13, 16:30 2
    - Except Terminator movies. -- nm - znufrii si Mar 13, 16:41
    - I would argue that the characters in Wanted are just as developed as those in Iron Man. - Fuzzy Mar 13, 16:38

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