Wanted

A few weeks ago, I went to see the movie Wanted. I enjoyed it. I had never read the graphic novel that it is based on. Joe said that it was nothing like the movie. I generally enjoy books more than I enjoy the movies based on them, so I thought I'd give Wanted a shot.

I bought the graphic novel and started reading it. It was incredibly depressing, but I pressed on. I thought that there surely must be something more to it in order for it to be so popular. There wasn't. The novel is crap. There is nothing to be taken from the novel. Except crap. The end.

The book was so negative. There was no moral. In fact, the entire novel is amoral. It was just someone giving up on life but instead of just killing himself, he rapes, steals, and murders to destroy the world. Sounds like a happy book, eh? I got absolutely NOTHING from this book. I almost wish that I never would have bought and read this book (it's only almost b/c if I hadn't, I'd probably still wonder... at least now I know that it's garbage).

I don't want to recommend it to people, but I want people to read it to see if they feel the same way that I do about it. I hated this novel. If you want to read it, do so, and then tell me your thoughts.

However, I definitely recommend the movie. I really enjoyed it and I actually got something out of that movie. Angelina Jolie teaches a great lesson on standing up for what you believe in (in a REALLY cool way). :)