Can you bend a bullet like Beckham? Sure you can. Our friend Jen Garcia returns to talk about the misogyny that is Wanted. Grab some peanut butter and rats, forget Tyler Durden, get a robot bullet and listen to Paul’s Morgan Freeman impressions. As Jen described the film, “a back-to-back string of ‘wouldn’t it be cool if’ moments.” Enjoy the show as we audition lots of closing taglines.
Find this frown-y film for your own eyeballs, if you dare.
- The trials and tribulations of finding a domain name not taken are discussed. It reminds us of an old SNL skit
- Paul calls this film The Matrix by Michael Bay.
- The writers of this film wrote the sequel to The Fast and the Furious and 3:10 to Yuma?
- Peter Bradshaw’s spot on review of this film.
- This film was only beat by WALL-E?
- Jen tells us that James McAvoy wasn’t the first choice for the lead.
- Paul says the film is a mix of blood and Thomas the Tank Engine crashing.
- Chris wants to cut Morgan Freeman from this movie into Bruce Almighty.
- Is this movie trying to do callbacks to Office Space and Mimi from The Drew Carey Show.
- This is the gruesome and ‘utterly ridiculous’ scene we keep talking about (a gun through a human head).
- They tried to bend bullets on Mythbusters.
- Hey everyone, the Loom of Fate is just the ASCII code. Huh?
- Why bend bullets when you can shoot around corners with a fancy gun?
- Jen and Chris agree that Crank is a much better ridiculous action film.
- We get into the geopolitics of the climate crisis and fast fashion because of the Loom of Fate.
- Paul suggests that our hero use his powers for good in the office, and bend paper, like in this 80s production logo.
- Paul says this movie is just Tomb Raider 3 for Angelina Jolie.
- The film has a twist within a twist and we wonder if M. Night was a production assistant on this movie.
- Paul hypothesizes that the Loom of Fate uses TC/IP to deliver the names. Jen says you have to unplug the loom and wait 15 seconds before plugging it back in.
- A character missing from the film that was in the graphic novel is someone made of excrement.
- Paul says his brothers went to see this film and all they remembered was Morgan Freeman saying, “Otherwise..”
- Watch A Knight’s Tale instead, says Paul.
- Jen says King Arthur was okay.
- Paul thinks this movie forfeits the Bechdel Test by not even having more than one woman on the screen at any time.
- Paul wanted this film to go full parody like Tropic Thunder.
- We have no idea what “video” Chris wanted to share with Jen and you listeners, so enjoy some Dolph Lundgren facts.
There you have it. A film you should avoid, Unwanted. Thanks to you for tuning in and listening. Thanks to Paul for recording and our amazingly fun and hilarious guest, Jen Garcia! Like a bad sequel, we will be back sooner than expected.
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