So lets begin with last years summer comic movie WANTED....yeah i can hear the boos and hisses already.lol. I didn't see this film in theaters, I thought it was a another generic action movie with cheesy one liners and dismal action scenes, however I saw it on HBO and I was pleased with it as an ACTION MOVIE, I don't consider it anyway shape or form as a comic book movie. I did read the comic series because my mind my curious as to what it was about and so I read it, and I was blown away by the characters and concept. So what happened, why is the comic better than the movie? Well one source said that Mark Millar said that the comic concept would be a "hard-R" for American audiences. Well here's my break down of why both forms are vastly different. First off the concept, the idea is pretty basic, a guy become a better person, albeit an super villain with no more morals or sympathy. The comic he's a super villain(weapon mastery and super accuracy are powers?) and in the movie its about assassins and bending bullets. However the one thing most movies try to do is to make the viewers feel a connection to the main character and so we may by some chance sympathize or hope he overcomes his problem, that can't happen when the comic character is as mentioned amoral. So for the film we get James MacAvoy as the character who we can feel sorry for being caught in the middle of this situation. Next comes characters. The comic wins and loses this battle instantly because it plays on Marvel and DC cliches. The comic has so many villains in it that casting each one would take along time. Also they lose this because of the villain comprised of 666 different pieces of poo, its been done in Dogma already. I did hate in the movie they have a character named Rictus, such a cop out and a tease to the fans. Also having Morgan Freeman as the leader sorta makes the movie harder to believe because Freeman is too much of a nice guy in his movies, its more surreal. Also making Fox white and not Halle Berry sexy is a sin beyond imaginable. A quick note on Wesley's father, the comic version would blind slide everyone on his odd logic of seeing 2 dudes going at it will enhance his next laying with a woman*still figuring it out to this day.lol* The comic has a lot going for it with the villains and the mentioning of heroes but not plausible for film. Next is the setting...the movie is it in Chicago like city and also go to Europe for a bit. The comic goes to a parallel world, a huge hall of evil, graveyard, Gotham city like place, and urban environments. Lastly the action....if done like the comic, the parallel world invasion would have been the highlight of the film, however we get a movie where a majority of the gun fights involve the mentioned bullet curving, which is cool but too much is too many. So whats my overall opinion, well take both as separate entities and enjoy them as they are, both are flawed and could have been better(i want to see what gun can shoot 2 cities away), as with everything this day and age, reboot the film and make it right. Go for and be daring in making an awesome kick-ass of a film. That's all I gotta say. Excelsior, nuff said. Til next time true believers. my next one will be an early take on the upcoming KICK-ASS.