I think her power flips thing's polarity and it's always been active even on itself. She flipped the void's effect, Kash's time direction, Carrie's possession to exorcism, Nora's telepathy... Just some examples I can think of.
Good philosophy capturing an artist's pain to fight money chasing trends and go places never gone before ... And the film dares to ask, but at what cost.
Better than its source material
This movie is brilliant. A lot of viewers get hung up on the superficial -- things like bullet bending or secret orders. To me, that's sort of missing the point. At its core, this movie is the story of the evolution of an asshole. The original writer's M.O. is to twist or invert superhero tropes. Wanted is Spiderman but "with great power comes ... you can do whatever the fuck you want" - Wesley Gibson is Mega Asshole Peter Parker. He starts off as a doormat and by the time the movie ends, he basically ruins everything around him and disses the audience in the series' signature 4th wall break. And it doesn't end there - the story picks up in the video game (of all places) where he completes his evolution, ruins even more things and basically becomes the comic book version of the character - mask and all. The sheer brilliance of this adaptation beyond transmedia storytelling is how at the very end, Wesley insults the piety of his parents and basically calls out the Loom - the revered plot device in the lore of the movie - for being a fuckton of bullshit. And in the PC version of the game, it concludes with him urinating on the face of his final adversary. Which is what I've done to you for reading this comment.
Fun movie with lots of emotional moments. Comedic setups are quite good and flashbacks are skillfully avoided.
This must be the darkest timeline. Sad finale but it works. Even as a conclusion.
weird ass movie ... uppity and crass all at once
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