X-Men Origins: Wolverine

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Directed by Gavin Hood, starring Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, and Danny Huston - Rated PG-13
The summer movie season was supposed to have begun with X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but I think it’s going to have to wait for Star Trek to truly begin. Wolverine, despite featuring fun performances from Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, and Danny Huston, tries to cram too much in what should have been a smaller, character-driven action movie. Wolverine goes for quantity over quality when it comes to character, though.

The story begins in Canada in 1845 with a sickly adolescent James Logan (Wolverine) being watched by Victor Creed (Sabretooth), the son of the groundskeeper. The groundskeeper shows up, drunk and yelling, and things get violent, allowing James to unleash his skeletal claws and yell up at the camera. Yelling up at the camera must be one of Wolverine’s mutant powers because he does it every chance he gets, which becomes unintentionally funny. After the yelling and the violence, James finds out Victor is his brother and the two run away, setting up a cool credits sequence in which they both fight through every major American war (except Korea) up to Vietnam.

Throughout the credits, a divide is starting to form between James and Victor (now as their adult counterparts played by Jackman and Schreiber). Victor seems to enjoy killing quite a bit, while James stays closer to humanity. Eventually, they are sentenced to death for attacking their own soldiers, but when their execution doesn’t take, William Stryker (Huston), who eventually gives Wolverine his metal skeleton/claws, recruits them to join a mutant strike force.

The strike force leads to a further divide between the brothers. Victor finds kindred spirits among the other mutants, who all seem to be fine with slaughtering innocent villagers. I would name each member of the strike force, but it’s pointless. They are never given a chance to develop into actual characters and are all forgettable. Ryan Reynolds shows promise as Wade/Deadpool, but he’s only in a scene or two, despite how much he is featured in previews for the movie. This is where the movie becomes bloated. Soon after the breakup of the team, a new mutant seems to be introduced every five minutes as if to say, “Hey kids! Remember Gambit from the cartoon? We’ve got him! We also have Cyclops back even though it is completely unnecessary for him to be in this film!”If just four or five of these extra characters would’ve been left on the cutting room floor, then the brother vs. brother dynamic, which keeps this movie entertaining, could have been fleshed out. But as it is, I found myself becoming bored at times just waiting for Wolverine and Sabretooth to have another scene together. But I didn’t become too bored, because the action is impressive throughout the film, though it lacks the style from the first two X-Men films (that style was lost when Brett Ratner took over for the third film). The missing style might be because director Gavin Hood (Rendition) is not an action director and had to have Richard Donner (Superman) come in to consult.

Despite these problems, Wolverine does entertain at times and it is very fun to watch Jackman and Schreiber lock horns. The biggest mistake is that the filmmakers didn’t realize they had a good enough movie on their hands with these two characters. They took a kitchen sink approach to the film, which made it an uneven mess that will soon be forgotten.

**This review may be in The Perry County News (link on the left). I said almost everything I wanted to in this review, so I decided to use it for both. This may not be the case for each movie I review for the paper, though. And, to add a little something for the website, I will comment a bit further on some things that bothered me and some things I liked.

More things I didn't like: the scene with Wolverine checking out his claws in the mirror is awful. Those claws were so cartoonish looking they made me laugh. Other than that, I didn't have too much of an issue with the CG, but that scene was terrible. My other problem, which might be a spoiler (fair warning), is that Sabretooth is too different from the version in the first movie. Since Stryker was doing all of that DNA stuff, why couldn't they just create a new Sabretooth, which would explain why the other Sabretooth is completely different looking and seems to have half the intelligence of Schreiber's version. And I wanted Wolverine to get into the dark side of the character a bit more. I think it would have made the character more interesting if he had been shown engaging in this behavior he disagreed with before deciding it was wrong, but in this he's the moralistic hero from the very beginning. Oh, and Ryan Reynolds should have been in more scenes than will.i.am!

More things I liked: the action, the action, the action. Every fight between Wolverine and Sabretooth is great and their banter was funny. I still like the, "Ooh, shiny" line from the previews and the movie did supply a decent amount of laughs. Liev Schreiber is perfect as Sabretooth as well, which is why I wish the focus was more on him than all of the other mutants along the way. I don't know, this movie strikes me as the type to have some kind of director's cut on DVD, so I will have to wait for that to weigh in on a lot of these issues, which could be corrected through editing.

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Last updated: 2010-05-10 22:51:58 by user06

X-Men Origins: Wolverine Review

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Last updated: 2010-04-10 21:02:44 by user01

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Action, 2009 (Rated PG 13)
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston

This movie provides the back story on Wolverine one of the Characters in X Men. We meet his brother Victor and it takes the viewer from his childhood when he first discovered his mutant abilities to adulthood as he and his brother fight side by side using their powers as tools for the US Government. Eventually, he turns his back on that life of killing in favor of becoming a lumberjack but his old life comes back for him and he finds himself once again on the battlefield except this time it's against the man he used to fight for.

• I really hate it when people are mean and evil for no reason and when good innocent people die. Both happen within the first 30 minutes of this film.
• Great acting, great action.
• The movie also has a twist that I didn't expect involving the love of his life who is murdered by the very same group that he used to fight with.
• I put off watching this movie for a while. I wanted to see it but once I got it home I kind of didn't. I should have watched it sooner because it was very good. I actually sat and watched without surfing the net at the same time which I seem to have been doing on the last couple of movies I watched.

4 Stars

Just Me

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

I give the movie: 3.0/5

It's a great movie to look at, no doubt. What it lacks in character development, it compensates with cool action sequences that befits a summer blockbuster. But that said, Wolverine is just a solid back-story about how the super-strong mutant got his tough body and memory lapse of the past. All the characters which appear on the poster are memorable only for the brief moments they appear on-screen, and none of them were given the space to be as memorable as the titular hero.

FINAL SAY:
While thousands of fan-boys worldwide are still crying foul over the underused and miscast fan-favourite Gambit, this movie is still popcorn-worthy.

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Last updated: 2010-03-14 05:23:25 by wilsoniscurious

Wolverine

Wolverine starts out showing his childhood in Canada in 1845. From there we  get a montage of him and his brother Sabertooth fighting in the Civil  War, WWI, storming Normandy in WWII (Shades of Saving Private Ryan) and  Vietnam.  I don’t think we know the time period the rest of the movie is in,  but I assume it’s the modern era.  Of course it’s before the first X-men  movie, but remember that was in the near future. Hmmmm

Anyway next is a team of Black Ops mutants, led by a younger Stryker  (Who was in X-men 2.)  The team includes Wolverine, Sabertooth,  Deadpool, the Blob (whose not fat yet) and a few others I didn’t know.   The team goes to Nigeria to recover a meteor, from which adamantium can  be made.  While there Wolverine walks off because Stryker threatened the  villagers lives.

6 years later Logan is living in Canada with Silverfox, when Stryker  tracks him down. Apparently Sabertooth has been killing off old team  members, and Wolverine is asked to stop him. He’s reluctant at first,  but you can guess what happens next, after which he volunteers to get  the admantium implants. The rest of the plot goes from here, with a few  twists and turns that you might be able to guess.

Along the way he meets up with some old comrades.  In one scene he  boxes (yes boxes) the now obese Blob.  That scene attempts comedy but  really took me out of the movie as it seemed inconsistent with the tone  of the whole story. There’s a shot where the claws come out of the  boxing gloves that just looks bad.

In the final act we see some other mutants including a young Cyclops,  which I thought was cool. A walking Xavier shows up at the end in a  chopper taking the escapees away, apparently to the X-men first class  movie now being planned. Xaviers face look really weird, like it was CGI  so they wouldn’t have to pay Patrick Stewart to show up or something.  Oh, it also shows how Logan lost his memory, in a way different from the  comics, but I liked it.  

Come to think of it there’s lots of FX here that looked bad. Him  coming out of fire, walking towards the sunset with his girl, but the  worst is a shot of him jumping naked over a waterfall. That looked  really bad.

There’s things that hardcore fans won’t like about this movie, but I  thought some of the deviations from the comics were ineresting.  Storywise it was ok, but overall it was kind of boring. The action  scenes were ok, but the acting wasn’t great. I didn’t feel much suspense  watching it. For example the scene where he gets the admantium should  have been really hard to watch, but it wasn’t.  Plus there were too many  FX shots that looked weird, like it was a low rent sci-fi movie. Disapointing.

Three stars.

P.S. There’s a scene where he meets an elderly couple that’s  reminiscent of Ma and Pa Kent. Hahaha.

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Okay, I am a huge fan of the first two X-Men films and the second one in particular is one of the best comic book based movies I have seen. The third one is pretty weak, but okay enough that I can at least watch it in all its messy glory. One of my favorite Marvel characters is Wolverine and I think Hugh Jackman has taken that role and perfectly made it his own. So when I see that there is a Wolverine film, I am excited, even though I know it may kinda hurt a little.

Wolverine didn’t kinda hurt at all, in fact, it took every bit of my being and made number two all over it, then proceeded to pee on it for the rest of the movies runtime. I actually liked the first act of of this one too, which had a very cool opening credit sequence and a nice little Wolverine livin’ in the woods storyline going on. That was all set up however, set up for some of the worst filmed action, the worst created computer generated imagery, and the some of the worst scenes I have ever been a witness to.

The big turning point in this pile of used tampons is when the “no point to it at all except to make me puke” boxing scene with Blob happens. I think it was meant to be comedic, but it fails in every sense of the word and is an aspect not needed or benefiting to any sort of X-Men story. There is a complete misuse of a perfectly good character in Gambit and to go with that, the fight scenes are some of the most horrendous ever put to film. And to even go with that, the CGI is incredibly embarrassing and I cannot comprehend that throughout 3 X-Men films, Wolverine's claws never really looked fake, but in his own origin story, they look faker then a set of stripper tits…when they are first revealed no less!

Ya know what? I’m spending way too much time on this one too, so I’ll move on…the more I think about X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the more I wanna run head first into Kirstie Alley covered in fry batter.

And there you have it – my worst films from 2009 and while it is only two, it is more than e-fucking-nough to drive me up a wall. Now, since I only brought you two films that eat balls, I will tack on a film, not from 2009, but one that I saw this year and is by far the one I hated the most (though it’s only barely a little more than Wolverine).

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Recommendations: High Plains Drifter , Dalkomhan insaeng , Dial M for Murder

X-Men Origins:Wolverine

Starring:

Hugh Jackman, Live Schreiber, Danny Huston, Dominic Monaghan, Taylor Kitsch,Will.i. Am and Ryan Reynolds

Genre: Action

Rated: PG-13

X-Men Origins Wolverine is a prequel to the original X-Men movie.  It starts out with a young Logan who mistakenly kills his real father and goes on the run with his older brother Victor Creed. After an opening credit sequence that flashes through Logan/Wolvrine(Hugh Jackman)  and Victor’s/SabreTooth (Liev Scheiber) involvement in various wars including the Civil War and World War II.  We see more of Victors true charater  in Vietnam, While there going through a village  Victor is confronted by a soldier as he is about to rape a Vietnamese girl, Logan comes to his aid and they are put before a firing squad. After both surviving the firing squad they become part of an elite team of mutants headed up by Will Stryker(Danny Huston). There goal is to hunt down pieces of Adymantium, Logan who does not believe in the tactics used to acquire it, quits the team.  Years later Logan, who is leading a quiet life with his girlfriend Kayla Silverfox(Lynn Collins) in the Canadian Rockies is visited by Stryker who tells him that his old team is being hunted down, Logan is not at all interested until his girlfriend is killed by his brother. His quest for revenge get’s him to become involved in Strykers “Weaopon X” program infusing his skeleton with Adymantium thus making him virtually indestructible.  When Logan escapes the Weapon X lab, Stryker wants him hunted down to harvest his DNA.  Wolverine must find out what the Weapon X program is and where it is located so he can stop both Stryker and Sabretooth.

The Film has had much controversy over the recent weeks due to an unfinished cut being leaked on the internet. While that version didn’t have all of the effects complete it allowed for early criticism of the film and talk of a new ending.  The new ending never came but the effects were finished. The problem is even though they are finished they are some of the worst ever seen in a big budget studio film, that is one of the hugest flaws with Origins, The CGI is so poor that it is often distracting. The other issue that some fans will have is the liberty’s they have taken with the relationship between Wolverine and Sabretooth . My biggest issue however was how they didn’t utilize the entire cast to its full potential, much more screen time should have been devoted to fan favorite Gambit(Taylor Kitsch) hopefully he will be utilized in future X-Men Films, They also missed a great opportunity to utilize the talents of Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson/Deadpool, Changing the history of this character and the potential he could have brought as the wisecracking mercenary, The way they involved him in this film was infuriating and includes a very cheap ending.  Hugh Jackman delivers a stellar performance as Wolverine, however most everything he brings to the table is wasted due to a weak story and poor effects.  The film feels like it was rushed to the theatre, it would have been nice if just a little more time was invested in it.  The issues are not going to hurt it at the box office but it will hurt the franchise in the long run if they continue to cut corners on future X-men installments.

‘X-Men Origins’ an Unnecessary but Exciting Sequel, Hugh Jackman Gives His All

Ahh, summer movie season is here! Highly-anticipated releases are dropping in the next 4 months. What a better way to kick it off than with a superhero flick: X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Now throughout the other X-Men movies, Hugh Jackman always tends to be the best part about them. But other stars were great throughout the original trilogy, too. Patrick Wilson, most recently in the bomb Watchmen, was Professor Xavier, Halle Berry was Storm, Ian McKellen was Magneto (the other best part about the Marvel hits) and James Marsden was Cyclops. Sadly, none of them return in this flashback tale of Logan's origin, mostly because it centers on only Jackman's character.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine takes us through the mutant's history. In it, we meet Victor Creed (Liev Schreiber from Defiance, Logan's brother, fantastic) William Stryker (Danny Huston), John Wraith (will.i.am), Frederick J. Dukes (Kevin Durand), Wade Wilson (a miscast Ryan Reynolds) and Chris Bradley (Lost's Dominic Monaghan, great, but bad role) as Logan's original badass posse. On a trip to Nigeria, Logan discovers what his crew was really all about and leaves.

"This isn't what I signed up for."

He marries Kayla Silverfox (a gorgeous and perfect Lynn Collins from True Blood) soon after. Together, they live a regular life, what Logan craved. But all of that changes after she's murdered by Victor. Now comes the true reason as to why Logan did what he did. Origins is basically a giant chase scene between Logan and Victor (now Sabretooth) and along the way, there's some confusing plot secrets revealed. Just a little advice: it may disappoint some hardcore comic book fans.

20th Century Fox finished off the X-Men series 3 years ago with The Last Stand. Now they're just milking it. But if you go to the movies thinking this, no duh you're going to hate it! So walk into one of the X-Men theaters (people are predicting a near $100 million haul) with a smile on your face, tell your buddies to get ready to get their asses kicked and enjoy the ride. Because Origins is pretty effing fun.

Screiber and Jackman have some pretty epic and exciting battles together that'll take you into the Gavin Hood (Tsotsi, Rendition) directed world and knock you out. There are some shocks, but nothing jaw-dropping. A classic "you killed my wife, now I'm gonna kill you!" story, with added thrills and explosions.

Don't watch it online, you won't get the same experience I did seeing it on the big screen in surround sound. Plus you don't want to mess with Hugh Jackman.

Trust me.

3/5 stars.

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-Nick

x-men origins: wolverine

my first impression after watching this film was, this is pretty bad ass.  i feel the same way after having seen it twice now.  this film is pretty bad ass.  the baddest ass film of the year so far.  it is the definition of summer blockbuster.  lots of action, lots of amazing special effects.  sure, you could use the plot line to strain spaghetti, but hey, this is a summer blockbuster not an oscar contender.  well, maybe for effects.

Logan is just one tough SOB.  it’s easy to see why he’s been our favorite comic book character over the last 25 years.  he’s indestructible and has the attitude like someone permantly pissed in his cheerio’s.  who wouldn’t love to be like this guy?

if you are a die hard comic nerd, you’re not going to be too impressed with this movie.  according to the comic book nerds that work at the theater, wolverine and sabertooth were never brothers.  and the chick that logan fell in love with are split into two different characters in this movie.

whatever.

this film is bad ass.  there are a few times i was left scratching my head wondering why did they do that?  like when gambit attackes wolverine while wolverine is engaged in combat with sabertooth.  it’s like, why didin’t you just gang up on sabertooth?  and there are a couple other spots the action on the screen doenst seem to lead where it should, but who cares.  just strap yourself in and go for a two hour joy ride.

i was a little disturbed by jean luc picards appearance.  it’s like he was completely character generated.  i don’t think he was actually in the movie.  i think they just spliced his dialog together from the other films and CG’d him.  he looked all young and weird.  but whatever.  this movie still kicks ass.

this film gets four mutant babies out of five.

this also lead me to an interesting conversation with myself.  what are my favorite comic book movies of all time?  here are my five:

V for Vendetta, Batman (1989), Iron Man, 300, Sin City.  i could make an argument for Batman Begins, From Hell and a couple others.

Cal Reed

Last updated: 2010-03-03 00:08:43 by user02

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Basic Premise:

Just like the title says, this is the origin story of the man codenamed Wolverine. You see him as a kid and then as an adult. This movie takes you through his life and gives you a look at why he's as angry as he is.

Review:

LOVED IT! Don't let the PG-13 rating fool you. There is plenty of claw-stabbing action and colorful language to go around. Hugh Jackman is the man and he totally brings Wolverine to life.

The Marvel people still haven't quite found the right actor for Victor Creed aka Sabertooth yet, but they got closer with Liev Schreiber. Don't get me wrong, his acting was superb but he just wasn't Sabertooth. I don't know, maybe the X-Men cartoon from the nineties has me spoiled or something. I loved his claws though.

Oh before I say more, there is a tidbit (nothing hugely important) at the END of the credits. The very end, not to be mistaken with the tidbit that appears a little ways into the credits. So, if you've got the time, stick around.

If you've seen the previews then you know Gambit is in this movie and oh yes, they did him right. The actor didn't put much effort into his Cajun accent but I forgave that because Gambit came to life just for this movie. Also in attendance was Deadpool... hmmm... the less I say about him the better. Let's just say, the actor had more of a mouth when he played Hannibal King in Blade Trinity, which is probably why they cast him for the part. But, the writers didn't quite pull of the full "merc with a mouth" potential that Deadpool fans know and love (for that, I would suggest watching Hulk Vs. -- good stuff).

Since it's a movie adaptation, comic book fans should already know some stuff got changed. It wasn't horribly wrong so can be forgiven. Frankly I had too much watching Wolverine snikt people to really notice.

Warning for all you parents out there - this movie is violent (lots of sword play little Johnny might want to imitate) and there is cursing (ie - they used most every curse word except the f-bomb). Just thought I'd add that little PSA to my review.

To all you comic fans, get off your duffs and SEE THIS MOVIE!

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Recommendations: Star Trek (2009), Avatar, 300

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Last updated: 2010-02-27 02:13:03 by user02

Wolverine

How could everything that was so good turn so bad?

I like comics. I like the X-Men. I liked the first movie and its sequel. I even liked its threequel. So I came into "X-Men: Origins: Wolverine" as a very partial observer. They'd have to work pretty hard to make me walk out of the theater disgruntled.

But here's the thing. When it comes to comic-book actioners, the whole movie hinges on the bad guy's evil plan. If the evil plan is good, the movie will be good. Lex Luthor's plan in 1978's "Superman" -- to buy up worthless desert in Nevada, start an earthquake that will sink California into the Pacific Ocean, then clean up as the owner of suddenly invaluable oceanfront property -- is the best evil plan of all time, and it's no coincidence that's the best comic book movie ever made.

Here's the evil plan in "Wolverine." Bear with me.

Colonel Stryker is a man who hates mutants. His son was a mutant, and this shame made Stryker an ardent mutant-hater. Naturally he organizes a team of mutants to help him with his covert military operations.

On the team is our boy Wolverine, his half-brother Sabretooth (played well by Liev Schreiber in a pleasant surprise), super-fast swordsman Ryan Reynolds, and a couple other freaky dudes.

They perform various unsavory tasks until Wolverine's conscience kicks in and he leaves the team. Wolverine finds peace in the quiet life atop the Canadian Rockies with his sexy girlfriend Kayla Silverfox. Which is fine, until Sabretooth shows up and kills sexy girlfriend Kayla Silverfox.

This, it turns out, is all part of Stryker's evil plan.

Wolverine is so determined to avenge sexy girlfriend Kayla Silverfox that he agrees to let Colonel Stryker perform an experiment on him that will give him the strength he needs to defeat Sabretooth. He allows Stryker to infuse his skeleton with an indestructible metal called adamantium.

Little does Wolverine know, Stryker ordered Sabretooth to attack sexy girlfriend Kayla Silverfox in the first place. Stryker wanted to trick Wolverine to willingly submit to the adamantium procedure, which Stryker wants to test out before performing on his ultimate mutant-killing soldier, a transformed Ryan Reynolds we'll meet again later.

Foolishly, Stryker reveals his dastardly intentions right after making Wolverine indestructible. Wolverine promptly escapes Stryker's clutches, largely due to the fact that he is now indestructible. Wolverine 1, Common Sense 0.

Most of the rest of the movie involves Stryker chasing Wolverine.

Wolverine turns the tables when he finds out sexy girlfriend Kayla Silverfox was only pretending to be dead, as she is also part of Stryker's evil plan to make Wolverine indestructible in order to kill him and his fellow mutants. Evidently Stryker was holding Silverfox's sister hostage, so she had no choice but to pretend to be killed by Sabretooth, who also wants to be made indestructible. (Wouldn't you?)

Wolverine finds Stryker on Three Mile Island, where Stryker has gathered together -- and in retrospect he would do things VERY differently -- every mutant he has ever captured. Stryker is on the verge of imbuing his new mutant killer, a lobotomized Ryan Reynolds, with every power possessed by the captured mutants. (Evidently mutant powers can be spread by blood transfusion.) Now he will rid the world of mutants forever, provided someone -- especially someone made indestructible by Stryker himself -- doesn't show up, open all the cages and trash the damn place.

Ironically that is just what Wolverine does.

In the process he kills Stryker's mutant killer, Ryan Reynolds, whom Stryker didn't have time to make indestructible despite the fact that the procedure worked perfectly on Wolverine himself, showing that it didn't really need to be "tested out" after all.

So if only Stryker had been LESS careful, if only he had been LESS cautious, if only he had gone forward with the original experiment on the mutant-killer Ryan Reynolds -- instead of testing it out on his own arch-enemy Wolverine -- then mutant-kind would have been destroyed for good.

On such judgments rest the fate of us all.

Man, this movie sucked.


SCORE

How Accomplished: 19/100

How Much I Enjoyed: 14/100

X-Men Origins Wolverine

Wow, P2P really kicked FOX in the balls this week. I didn't even find out about this until this morning when I was doing my weekly piracy shopping and the dude went, "Nicholas you are gonna kiss me all over." Ok not exactly in those terms but still.



So for those who don't know what's been going on. Some douche bag from FOX leaked out a DVD quality work print version of X-Men Origins: Wolverine which is a really big deal because the movies not due for another month. Just let me make this one clear. I think that this was really really bad. It's one thing to bootleg a movie after it's theatrical release but to slam it down this hard when it hasn't had a chance to be released yet is just wrong.



I know I bought it, because I really couldn't resist watching. And before any authorities start suing me or draging me off to ISA, I promise you I won't give out any spoilers or show it to anyone. You have my word. But I will say this in FOX's favour. The DVD I bought lacked at least half an hour of the movie and the effects weren't touched up yet. So please, if you really want to enjoy the full movie, watch it when it comes out in the cinema. I will.



But I'll just do a little review of it just to give you a gist of what it was like. X-Men Origins Wolverine is a solid summer film. No it's not as good as X-2 but I think it's definitely better than Last Stand, and I haven't even seen the full movie yet. The film tied in well with the previous X-Men installments and I can't wait for them to do the ones on Magneto and Phoenix (if they do her)



The pacing of the entire film is kind of based on the Bourne film's formula, which is it starts out with some really kick ass action, then have a little moment of plot development, then more action all the way through and stop for a breather to get a little more story into the movie. I think it was effective, the action scenes were really really cool. Though the storyline got a bit bland after awhile to the point it felt a little long-winded. But hey that's just me.



Hugh Jackman gave a good performance like he always does. This time it's back to his usual physical appeal instead of his acting but he did give an honest portrayal of Logan and he carries the whole film well.



And one more thing I gotta say. Gambit is effing cool. That's all I'm gonna say about the movie. If you wanna watch it, I won't tell you it's wrong to download it, even though it is. But please please watch the theatrical version. I will do a more proper review once the full movie's out.

RATING: 5/10

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NicholasC

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Those who’ve braved Catwoman have nothing to fear from X-Men Origins: Wolverine. If Catwoman is a flesh-eating bacteria, Wolverine is only a case of man-flu. Yes, the movie is bad, and full of A-Team action sequences. Yes, it was written by a ten-year-old. Yes, it may land Hugh Jackman back doing dinner theatre. But it’s not Catwoman. Nor is itSupergirl. You won’t be left dumbfounded that intelligent human beings created it. Only mildly disappointed, that we’re back where super hero movies were in the 80s… disjointed script, schizoid tone, unconvincing effects and a cast like a C-list celebrity pirate ship.

The movie begins in Canada in 1845. Two brothers (who don’t even attempt Canadian accents) are forced from their home. They are mutants. For reasons that aren’t clear, the brothers become involved in every American war for the next hundred years. One day, while on a mission for the American government in Nigeria, the younger brother renounces violence (120 years of it is about enough) and goes back to Canada. He marries a school-teacher and goes to work logging (Canadian employment being divided 50/50 between lumberjacks and mounties). Sadly, the older brother doesn’t take well to this turn of events; so he brutally murders the school-teacher. At which point the younger brother agrees to let the U.S. government inject metal into his bones (?!!) so he can become… Wolverine!

Like that other immortals-with-dubious-accents movie, Highlander,Wolverine doesn’t worry about what it would actually be like to be 150 years old, or how an outsider might view U.S. history (Ok, so my ideal is more like X-Origins: Wolverine – A Robertson Davies Movie). Wolverine (the character) isn’t concerned that he and his girlfriend have an age-gap of about a century, or that fighting in all those wars was a pretty dumb idea for a guy who wants to keep his invulnerability a secret. He’s just happy putting cigars in his mouth (but never lighting them: good guys don’t smoke). There’s a vacant, Rock Hudson-ness about him that comes from being patently made-up.

As usual, Hugh Jackman appears in this movie like a man helping out a friend. Producers must tell him his movies are made to raise funds for sick children. How else to explain the paradox between my good will toward him and the slew of crap that is his resumé? Swordfish, Van Helsing, X-Men Origins: Wolverine… If it’s made in bad faith, with no script and a hack director, they call Hugh. Like Kurt Russell before him, he has talent, looks, and no standards to speak of. As Wolverine, he convinces you that his face could adorn a Happy Meal.

Liev Schreiber plays the villain like a man wears black for a personality. Danny Huston speaks quietly when he might as well hiss. Ryan Reynolds is in it for ten minutes doing what he did in Blade: Trinity. That hobbit bastard from Lost plays a man who controls light-bulbs. Will I Am from the Black Eyed Peas shows as much talent for acting as he does for music. A woman who looks older than 18 plays Wolverine’s girlfriend (the one surprise in the movie). And there’s an actor named Taylor Kitsch, for whom the movie seems very apropos.

Those who don’t know Robertson Davies should look him up. Knowledge of him –and a lot about Canada – would have helped X-Men Origins: Wolverine immensely. Imagine a true Canadian Wolverine, funded by the Canada Arts Council, directed by Guy Maddin. Sure, it would be equally cheap-looking and schizoid in tone, but it would also be wry, aware of history and perfect for a former-Broadway actor like Hugh Jackman. There’d be singing, dancing, subtle references to Pierre Trudeau… You wouldn’t catch this Wolverine doing America’s dirty work. He’d actually remember his origins.

Snick Snick Snick...WOLVERIIIIINE!!!

WARNING:  It's about to get extremely geeky up in 'dis bitch.

You have been warned.

So I just (by "just" I mean 2 weeks ago) downloaded the demo of the new Wolverine video game that ties into the flick that was released a week ago.  I got about 30 seconds into the demo when I realized something:  What a fucking STUPID ass idea for a video game.  Wanna know why?  Of course you do, you're still reading.  It's simple.

Wolverine is indestructible.

Video games have health bars, extra guys, small med paks, large med paks, hearts, stimpaks and various other healers that keep you from dying.  But when you're playing a game, whose main character is indestructible then how can you die?  Why do you need healing items?  

There's no free one ups...you can't die, so you just go through the game...just to get to the end.  What's the point?  But that's not the fucking stupid ass part of the game...the fucking stupid ass part of the game is that there IS a health bar.  You CAN die!  

That's even MORE fucking stupid...so the game is based on a character...INCORRECTLY!  Oh no!  That sounds really cool!  Here's my 60 dollars...sign my ass up.  The only thing that can kill Wolverine is the power of magnetism that's held by Magneto, who can rip his adamantium skeleton out of his body...damage that would be so severe that his regeneration wouldn't be able to heal him.

Oh yeah, I just dropped some comic geek factoids there.  I warned you.

Some of you may be thinking, or saying out loud..."hey, whattia want?  It's a fricken' kids game already!"  Oh yeah, I got a bitch about that too.  Wolverine in the comics, Wolverine in the movies, Wolverine in the cartoons has ALWAYS had a temper and he's always been violent, but he's never been over the top grotesque.  He's so out of control in the game, that it was very off putting.  I'm not a prude about sex, violence and swearing, but I do have my limits in SOME places.  

Here's what i'm talking about:  There's a point in the game where you go up against a helicopter.  In a rage fueled lunge, I leapt on the front of the helicopter (at this point I thought "awesome!") I punched out the glass and extended my claws.  So far so good.  I grabbed the pilot with my claws and pulled him out of the copter.  Violent, but still pretty rad.  Then, I stopped controlling Wolverine and a CGI scene cut in.  In the scene "I" held the pilot up to the rotating copter blades and sliced his head off.  What the fuck is that?  (by the way....the pilot WAS human, instead of the standard robot "clones" that go along with these games.)  Wolverine has always been an Anti-hero...but that's a bit much.

That brings me to the Movie.  Yup.  I saw it.  My review?

I had issues with the story, but I'm not going to openly attack it because the flick is based on a comic book series that I never read.  The source material has a different approach to the Canadian born Logan.  The Wolverine series I grew up with is the basis for the Wolverine sequel (yes, there's going to be one) which follows the Japanese storyline and the "origin" of Wolverine that I grew up on.

My biggest issue with the flick?  The CGI is low rate and horrible.  Even Logan's claws are bigger than needed to be.  I sat there imagining the director in the editing suite screaming in a French accent, "Bigger!  They have to be bigger!"  (Why I imagined him French, I have no idea?)  There's a scene at the end with Patrick Stewart (oh yeah, spoiler alert) that looked fake as all hell.  In fact, I'm not even sure it WAS Patrick Stewart at all but a digital representation of him.

One last jab?  Leiv Schreiber?  As Sabertooth?  Gimmie a fucking break.  No offense to him, because I like him...but seriously...that was shit casting.  

Speaking of miscasts...does EVERY rapper/hip hop artist need to move into films?  Can't they just rap or do hip hop?  Will.I.am as a mutant?  Come ON!  He did fine, but do we really have a shortage of actors that we need to tap the Black Eyed Peas

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Last updated: 2010-02-16 10:34:46 by mfonseca

X Men Origins: Wolverine

"X Men Origins: Wolverine" is the fourth movie in the X Men franchise this time focusing on one character who is probably the most memorable character in the group. This focuses on Wolverine before he joined the X Men and it is a solid but forgettable movie full of some great fight scenes but no momentum. Hugh Jackman is fine as Wolverine, Danny Huston is great as the villain and Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins look good but it takes too long to set up the story It also has a weak villain in Liev Schreiber who goes back and forth between evil and maybe good? This is a better movie than the third X Men but I wish they would make a fourth of the original series because how many of these origin movies can they make before we "Cry Uncle!".

Vincent Snavely

X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE (2009)

BOTTOM LINE: Although much better than X-Men 3 in terms of story, this instalment in the franchise is a little flat and uninspiring, not going anywhere terribly interesting despite some great visuals, a handful of nice action scenes, and of course, Hugh Jackman’s solid presence.

THE GOOD: The X-Men franchise took a creative u-turn with the third instalment, sacrificing story for lots of noise and action in start contrast to the first two films. “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”, despite it clumsy title, has a stronger story to tell this time around in focusing on the character of Wolverine. Hugh Jackman reprises the role and serves as a very solid anchor for the cast and the film, and managing to occasionally deliver the trademark wit that has made the character so well loved. The film starts off with a very effective prologue and title sequence which shows a young Logan (aka Wolverine) and his brother Victor (eventually played by Liev Schreiber) as they live through countless wars side-by-side but eventually become at odds over Victor’s thirst for blood versus Logan’s quest for peace and respect for life. The story then expands on the subplot first told in “X-Men 2” of how Logan was transformed in to Wolverine (and his new metal skeleton) by William Stryker of the US Army who wants to create the perfect weapon, with Wolverine being his latest attempt at doing so. The story has some surprises, least of which turning its effective revenge plot on its head in the climax, making Wolverine’s experience more personally tragic. Hugh Jackman does an effective job of leading the cast, but he is effectively supported by a great Liev Schreiber who oozes immorality and sinister qualities at every turn. The film certainly looks good with its elegant and rich images, contrasting some very natural looking scenery with the high-tech nature of the army and the incredible powers of the mutants. The action sequences are quite well done, with the standouts being Wolverine’s battle with Stryker’s team culminating in Wolverine being blasted through the air and on to a helicopter which he then destroys, and a climactic battle with Weapon XI, Stryker’s perfected weapon who has been given several mutant powers and his battle with Wolverine and Victor on top of an old Nuclear silo. “X-Men: Origins” is a decent film that manages to improve well on “X-Men 3”.

THE BAD: The direction of this film is ultimately uninspired and flat. Although the story is stronger, its execution is not done with any dramatic flair or memorable character moments, leaving a film that will probably not move you one way or the other, even when a cool action scene presents itself. Hugh Jackman, although carrying the film with his strong presence, looks a little lost this time as Wolverine compared to the previous films, and looks to have been held back in allowing the character to have more trademark wit and dimension. Danny Huston is the weakest link in the cast, and unfortunately, he is playing the part of the main villain in Stryker. Veteran actor Brian Cox played an older Stryker in X-Men 2 and was far superior to Huston’s pale imitation. Patrick Stewart also has a cameo as Professor Xavier, which was welcome, except for the fact that the digital altering to his face to make him look younger looks worse than a botched plastic surgery job. At the end of the day, “X-Men: Origins” is a reasonable film but a better director would have made a fantastic movie from this story instead of the one we have been given.

RATING: 7/10

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Plot: We follow the classic X-Men character Wolverine and his origins from small boy to soldier to the Weapon X project.  Wolverine seeks revenge on his brother Victor as well as all those who experimented on him.

The title should have been called Wolverine Fights A lot.  That’s all he does. The movie feels like some two bit action extravaganza that Hollywood pumps out just in time for May, but because it’s Wolverine and because it’s Hugh Jackman, I accepted it and had a good time.  But if you are expecting a powerful comic book movie like the X-Men trilogy was, you will be supremely disappointed.  It’s just not that. 

I guess for me because I grew up on Wolverine, watched the cartoon and the movies, that I didn’t need a deep character development.  But if you know very little about Wolverine, you will be very confused and wont care.  It moves at a warp speed pace, which is fine, but it did bother me sometimes.  I blinked for a second and before I knew it Wolverine was strapped into a pool of water ready to get his famous adamantium transfusion.  Can we have a little bit of a moment here!  This is kind of important.  Half the movie is practically all action, but the build up to this particular scene could have been better.

As I said before, Wolverine fights quite a bit.  It felt like playing the classic Nintendo game Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out as Wolveirne moves up the ranks through out the movie fighting increasingly harder opponents until he literally goes up against the “Mike Tyson” of the film.  Now luckily the fight scenes are pretty damn good.  That’s all this movie really has going for it.  For me, that’s what I loved about Wolverine.  He always got into these bad ass fights.

There are three noteworthy acting performances.  This is the fourth time Hugh Jackman has donned the claws and he was fantastic as always.  What more can you really say?  Liev Schreiber as Victor (also known as Sabertooth) actually stole the show for me though.  He was truly a threatening antagonist to Wolverine and I liked their conflict a lot.  What I didn’t like though was how it ended.  But I won’t spoil it for you.  The other performance I really enjoyed was Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson.  Now you don’t see too much of this guy, but when you do, you remember him well.  Ironically, I found him to be one of the better developed characters in the movie.  Then of course we have a smorgasbord of mutants who are pretty much just there for the hell of it.  The rest of the acting is forgettable.  It was awesome to see Gambit (Taylor Kitsch) who was one of my favorite X-Men characters.  He walks around in a big brown trench coat and throws explosive playing cards.  What more do you need out of a character?  The answer is nothing.

So all in all, was I disappointed with Wolverine?  Yes I was.  He’s such a great character and so much more could have been done.  Much like Spiderman 3, there are just too many underdeveloped characters that I ultimately ended up not caring about anyone.  But unlike Spiderman 3, it was never goofy, and because of the fast pace I was always entertained and never bored. 
There was nothing that ticked me off about the movie, but there is nothing special here either.  It’s worth seeing, but it’s just a nice little action flick that happens to star Wolverine and nothing more.

Ranking: 6.5 out of 10.

Last updated: 2010-02-01 18:39:47 by danjewish

X-Men Orgins: Wolverine Review

I just check out the new exclusive X-men Origins movie, and for those who haven’t scene it yet..It’s definitely worth a look…This adaptation of the X- men story is the best so far. All the mysteries are finally revealed in this one as director Gaven Hood takes us on a ride thought the haunting and troubling past of Wolverine, explaining everything from his solid antemium core to the origins of his name, and even his unexplainable memory loss. As if answering all the cliffhanging questions about Wolverine wasn’t enough, Hood managed to intertwine the past of Wolverine with that of other mutants such as Sabertooth, Gambit, Night Crawler, Deadpool, Beak, Blob, and even Cyclops.

In the movie, Wolverine is living life as regular as possible despite his mutant abnormalities. Along side his brother (Victor Creed) Wolverine leaves the protection of his family and home to life a better life more suitable for people of their kind, a life of blood and killing. Wolverine and brother, both having similar mutant powers, place their slash marks through out history as they fought in countless wars, spilling blood from The Civil War to the second World War. But even war couldn’t keep the animals roaming inside them contained, eventually they were recruited by a special military operation headed by William Stryker, that required the special abilities of certain mutants. Warn out by all the killing and bloodshed Wolverine gives up his life of violence to live out his days in a more peaceful way. Unaware of his girlfriends telepathic ability, he was manipulated into participating in a program called Mutant X program. A program designed to genetically produce a mutants with multiple strengths but none of the personality weaknesses, the perfect solider to combat the mutant infestation.
X-men Origins: Wolverine is the complete package have equally impressive acting and CG effects. Even the supporting actors played there role like they were trying to win oscars. The cast includes actors: Hugh Jackman , Will i Am, Ryan Reynolds, Liev Schreiber, Lynn Collins, Taylor Kitsch, Daniel Henny, Kevin Durand and more. Overall, this movie is hands down is one of the best so far this year. X- men Origins is set to hit theaters May 1, 2009. Be sure to check it out.

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The Wiz

X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE

So here's the first big summer movie of 2009... and not a bad one. The title, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, suggests that the franchise might make further movies focusing on one of the main characters from the previous X-Men movies. Of course they started with the most popular, Wolverine. I must say that while the movie isn't perfect, it is better than the other X-Men movies I've seen. This one is a little darker and that's what I prefer amongst these movies based on comic books. I can do without the cheesy Spider-Man crap.

Just like the Watchmen movie, this one has a very cool opening credits sequence. In fact, the whole first 20 minutes or so after those credits are fantastic. The beginning of the film shows how both Wolverine (played by Hugh Jackman again) and his brother Victor (played by Liev Schreiber) are mutants as they each have variations on very sharp nails that can emerge from their hands when angry, or as needed. They use their power as soldiers in war, but Logan (his name before adapting "Wolverine") starts to notice his brother abusing his powers and going way too far. They are both recruited to work with a team of other mutants to handle special operations in which they believe to be helping people. But once Logan notices that the team in general takes things too far, he decides to quit and live a reclusive life where they can't find him.

That's basically the first 20 minutes and I wish it had kept the same tone. It was pretty cool to see each of the team's members showcase their abilities. Once the film switches gears and focuses on Wolverine without the team it seems to be missing something. I think it's that the main character is simply not that interesting on his own. I mean there are much cooler powers then growing long nails. Logan falls in love with a woman while on his own and she helps give him the name Wolverine. As his brother becomes demonstratively more evil, he becomes an enemy of Wolverine. Victor is known as Sabretooth. The main dynamic of the movie is the relationship between the two brothers. You kind of want them to make amends and unite in order to use their powers for the better good once again. This is what held my interest throughout the film. Although I did wish that some of the other original team members, played by such people as Ryan Reynolds and Will.i.am, would have had more screentime. Altogether the story is pretty interesting. At times I just wish it was shot better and maybe didn't have a hokey look to it. There are parts where it's obvious there is a completely fake background behind the characters. I think a touch of realism sometimes helps in these superhero movies. But overall it was a good summer flick that most people should enjoy.

Recommendations: The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Se7en , 25th Hour

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Last updated: 2009-12-22 17:50:10 by thatmoviedude

Movie Review: X-Men Origins

I am a big X-men fan, and this Wolverine movie had me stoked. I watched the movie last Tuesday because movie tickets are so cheap on that one magical day of the week and here is my humble attempt of a review.

With respect to this movie, people can either fall into two distinct classifications: people who know Wolverine through the comic books, and people who know Wolverine ONLY through the previous X-Men movies. The latter would have no problem appreciating the film. It is the former, where the problem might rise. For hard-core Wolvie fans, in order to appreciate this film, you should suspend all prior knowledge and expertise in X Men facts, and accept the film for what it is: a visual candy.

Watch this movie because of the astounding special effects and the smashing (pun intended) fight scenes. Female viewers will get an extra treat from male actors with the “X-Factor”, if you know what I mean.

In terms of the plot, the movie branched out far away from the comics. I found the two-hour movie lacking when it failed to justify the mystery behind Wolverine’s dark past. Wolverine, in both comic books and movies, is constantly haunted by his supposedly sinister past, and I hate to think that this is it. Hmmm, it was not really thaaat ominous.

The movie balanced its shortcomings with marvellous, though bloodless, fight scenes. The fight choreographer did a good job of studying the fights in the comics, and translating it in flesh and blood, never mind that it is impossible. For two hours, it is advisable to set aside logic and physics, and bask in the fact that you are watching first-class superhero fights.

The support characters are all right I guess. They may have made a mistake in casting the actor for Gambit. Ryan Reynolds is awesome as Deadpool. He played the character exactly how I pictured Deadpool will be, and there are confirmed reports that Deadpool will be having his own solo movie in the future. I hope they will still make a movie about Magneto though.

By the way, when you do watch the movie, make sure that you stay during the credits to see two bonus scenes. The last bonus scene will give you an idea for the Wolverine sequel, which if I am not mistaken is already in the works.

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X-Men Origins as reviewed by the Vulcan Stev family

Reviewers: VS, PIT #1, PIT #2, PIT #3
VS – 1.5 pointed ears
I’m being a little more harsh than the kids.  Yes we are treated to Wolverine’s origin story.  The character’s backstory as revealed in the comics is convoluted at best and I’m not going to fault the writers for picking and choosing the elements they want to use.  I’ve seen complaints online about the use of Professor X and Cyclops in a Wolverine origin as neither of those characters seems to know anything about Wolverine in the first movie.  This is handled fairly well in my opinion as Wolverine does not directly interact with either character during the course of the film.
I’m not going to rail against the bending of the laws of physics this film inflicts as it is a COMIC BOOK adaptation.  I can view the movie for what it is.  My main problem with the film is that story focuses too much on style and not enough on substance.  This is an origin film I want to know WHY the character is who he is. 
The other reason I have for lowering my rating is the fact that this film is inconsistant with the previous three.  In the first movie, Wolverine’s claws are revealed to be mechanical (look at the X-Ray) and completely metallic (Magneto would not have been able to bend bone).   Yes, I know that Logan’s claws are bone and are part of his natural mutation in the comics but let’s try to stay consistant with what has been established for the film universe.  Sabertooth, if he is Wolverine’s brother does not seem to care to much about their meeting in the first movie.  You’d think that Sabertooth would’ve shown more interest in Wolverine in the previos movies if the relationship is as described in Origins.
PIT #1 – 2 pointed ears
It was interesting to finally see Wolverine’s background.  Things that have hinted at in the other X-Men films are revealed in this movie.  I liked the fact that the memory loss is attributed to something other than a technological brainwash.  I also enjoyed the fact that Wolverine’s past was revealed to be part of the larger Marvel film universe and not an isolated character that just runs into these folks in the first movie.
PIT #2 – 2 pointed ears
It was very nice that the writers tied Wolverine’s backstory into the larger picture.  The helicopter destruction sequence was very  nice.  Nothing in this movie detracted from an enjoyable filmgoing experience.
PIT #3 – 1.8 pointed ears
This was a very good movie.  I didn’t like the fact that Logan lost his  memories.  Yes, I know that it’s part of the character.  Daddy has explained it to me so many times.  That doesn’t change the fact that I don’t like it.
Overall 7.3 out of 8 pointed ears.
Nice summer popcorn flick.  This can be watched without needing to see the first three X-Men movies.  This film has received far too much bashing from fans.  It isn’t as bad as the pundits make it out to be.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Let me preface this by saying that I’ve been a fan of Wolverine since the late 80s/early 90s and am pretty much a fanboy, so I’m going to be a little biased in the review. Having said that, I will try to be objective.
THIS…FILM…WAS…AWESOME!!!!
Hugh Jackman really beefed up to be a more savage Wolverine. His goal was to return to the gruff version of the character we got in the first X-Men film. I think he succeeded.
Liev Schriber is surprisingly convincing as Sabretooth. I think the decision to not bring back Tyler Mane was a good one. Although Mane resembled Sabretooth more (with the help of makeup), Schriber got the character down pat.
I don’t know much about Willian Stryker, so I can’t compare Danny Huston’s take on the character was spot on or a departure from the source material, but from a purely thespian standpoint, he did a pretty good job, and in my opinion, a far better job than Brian Cox did in X2: X-Men United.
With all the hype surrounding the other characters in the film, especially Deadpool and Gambit, I expected to see them in the film more, but for the most part each got maybe 5-10 min. Well, Gambit played a pretty major role at the end and Deadpool comes back, but they still didn’t get the screentime they should have. There is talk of spinoff films for both…it’s only talk…but given the small amount of time they, and Team X for that matter, received, I doubt it. Still, it was good to finally see Gambit on screen.
I will say that the source material is deviated from a little, but I think that Marvel Studios has learned not to get to far from what’s written. However, even with the slight changes this was still an awesome film. We get to see Wolverine’s early years on screen, including pre adamantium claws, and even get to see him get the adamantium bonded to his skeleton. Ladies I’m sure will enjoy seeing Hugh Jackman run around naked.
The special effects seem to be inconsistent. What I mean by that is, everyone except Wolverine seems to have received state of the art effects, while Logan’s claws (both metal and bone) look at times fake.
The fight scenes are spectacular, especially the introductory scenes of each characters (Gambit, Deadpool, and Agent Zero’s are especially impressive) and the scenes involving Wolverine and Sabertooth.
If I have one qualm with the story, other than its obvious departure from the source material its that they didn’t use Silverfox the way they could/should have. Silverfox is a major character in Wolverine’s past and not just some floozy he shacked up with. Having said that, Lynn Collins was a nice choice for her. If there are future films for Wolverine, maybe we’ll see more of her and what she can really do.
The reviews I’ve read have abut crucified this film. I really don’t understand why, excpet for the fct that they’re doing the same thing that they’ve done with every superhero movie that has recently come out…compare it to last summer’s big hits Iron Man and The Dark Knight. The comparisons should be an honor, but have been a burden as the bar was set so high that no film can live up to them. On top of that, there was the early leak of the film that many panned and the swine flu outbreak keeping fans from seeing it in Mexico. Above all that, though, it seems as though Wolverine will defy the odds. Fans, except the purists, will enjoy it, and the non fans will love it. Although the beginning, once you get past the flashback, is a bit slow, there is no unneeded drama throughout the film, but rather lots and lots of action.

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