{"title": "I don't remeber Wanted ( 2008 ) to be that good", "timestamp": 1749555344.6316655, "description": "If you never was in post Soviet country in 2008 you don't know how much of a big deal this movie was. For Americans, I suppose, it was just another action film. For anybody who speaks Russian it was a miracle.", "author": {"avatar": "https://blenderdumbass.org/pictures/favicon.png", "bio": "Aka: J.Y. Amihud. A Jewish by blood, multifaceted artist with experience in film-making, visual effects, programming, game development, music and more. A philosopher at heart. An activist for freedom and privacy. Anti-Paternalist. A user of Libre Software. Speaking at least 3 human languages. 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In Russian speaking countries people like to poke fun at how utterly terrible Russian cinema is. Like think about this: for English-speakers I had to defend Michael Bay as being good. In Russia Michael Bay is just simply good. Because the frame of reference ( which is other Russian movies ) just makes something like Michael Bay be an unobtainable high that is impossible to reach. The closest from Russian filmmakers to that kind of thing is Timur Bekmambetov. The director of Wanted.\r\n\r\n\r\nIn a messed up way he surpassed him. ", "username": "Troler", "id": 12, "timestamp": 1774895418.3112423}, {"text": "> If you never was in post Soviet country in 2008 you don't know how much of a big deal this movie was. For Americans, I suppose, it was just another action film. For anybody who speaks Russian it was a miracle.\r\n\r\nWell, the Russians *Wanted* the film to be a miracle. You can say it was *fate*.", "username": "Troler", "id": 13, "timestamp": 1774895472.496387}, {"text": "> Re-watching this movie reticently made me realize that Timur Bekmambetov is actually very good at being Michael Bay. Like the movie feels like it is Michael Bay. It has this raw quality to it. Silly jokes. The main character is a little nervous dude that doesn't know what the hell is wrong with his life. James McAvoy's character feels like Shia LaBeouf in Transformers. Just it seems like Bekmambetov goes a little harder.\r\n\r\nSome of the shots made me second guess myself whether they were actually directed by [Michael... Fucking... Bay](https://blenderdumbass.org/screenplays/moria_s_race_screenplay)", "username": "Troler", "id": 14, "timestamp": 1774896216.3964381}, {"text": "> I don't know how Bekmambetov balanced it so well, but he did. And the movie is really good because of it. Like after all these years. And after all this hype wore off. I watched the movie and realized that I still really fucking dig it! It is amazing! In a twisted kind of silly way.\r\n\r\nBe careful, the movie is known to emanate [Ultra Violet](https://blenderdumbass.org/reviews/ultraviolet_2006_is_my_guilty_pleasure_movie) radiation. ", "username": "Troler", "id": 15, "timestamp": 1774896453.412868}]}, "hashtags": ["wanted", "TimurBekmambetov", "JamesMcAvoy", "AngelinaJolie", "film", "review", "action", "movies", "cinemastodon"], "not_ai_proof": "", "tab": "reviews", "url": "https://blenderdumbass.org/reviews/i_don_t_remeber_wanted___2008___to_be_that_good"}