Comments on: Wolverine

By: May Movie Wap Up | 10 Movies to See Before You Die

May Movie Wap Up | 10 Movies to See Before You Die — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:04:15 +0000

[...] X-Men Origins: Wolverine – Mired in issues, leaks, studio involvement and development issues, I thought that it turned out pretty well. The much anticipated origin story of Wolverine – the one character Marvel has chosen to focus on from X-Men – came the movie most people thought they should have made after the first X-Men. Despite significant technical issues, the movie still stood on what it should have stood on – its story. A story that, while relatively new to the Marvel Universe and pissed off most extreme fanboys, was an excellent character study made perfectly for telling an origin. Bottom Line: Mostly Awesome. Original review here. [...]

By: Trista

Trista — Tue, 19 May 2009 10:08:49 +0000

Yes, well, even Gavin Hood can beat The Rat.

By: Selfstyler

Selfstyler — Tue, 19 May 2009 06:46:33 +0000

I had a blast with Wolverine, and was very relieved it wasn’t the dire, lkegacy betraying crapfest that X-Men 3 was. Sure, there are things I would have liked to have seen done different, but not to the same extent as X3, and the good far outweighed the bad for me.

But of courser – it was no Star Trek.

By: Trista

Trista — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:28:21 +0000

I have totally seen Start Trek, I just don’t know what to say about it, which is why I haven’t reviewed it yet. A review filled with “OMG! It’s SOOOOOOOO good!!!” would be fun, but not so much what my readers are looking for I think. Unfortunately, like I said, the movie is based on a book by the same name, which does only marginally more to explain the whole thing. Bottom line, he’s a mutant and he’s born like that. But I think the more important thing to focus on here is that the movie was actually titled “X-MEN Origins: Wolverine”. So really it’s just an opportunity to introduce a whole bunch MORe characters that Marvel Studios thinks that you’ll want to see. Trust me, even though they’ve greenlit a Deadpool movie, I’m not really interested. Not in the incarnation they’ve given me… although they’ll likely ret-con all that out.

On the Jackman front, I’ll have to disagree. I never get tired of watching Hugh Jackman do anything… but then that’s likely for a very different reason.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:19:23 +0000

Well, while my opinions are also tainted by being somewhat of a comic book geek, I came to a different conclusion than you. The plot did not draw me in at all, and for a movie with Origins in the title it really didn’t explain Wolverine’s beginnings very well. Going to have to go straight to the source material for that. Also, I guess I was a bit annoyed with the liberties they took with some of the characters, especially Deadpool. The announced spin-off will supposedly be going back to his true character traits, though. I also agree that the CGI and action scenes left something to be desired.

What I do think was great was the casting and acting. Schreiber, Huston, Reynolds, and Kitsch were great in their supporting roles. Jackman…well, I think I’m growing tired of his Wolverine, honestly. This is the fourth movie we’ve seen him in after all.

Still, it was a good movie to sit back, watch, and not think too much about. It pretty much met my expectations, which weren’t that high to begin with. Hopefully you’ve seen Star Trek to experience the first real blockbuster of the summer.