X Men Origins - Wolverine : Anyone ?

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UPDATED: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 14:38
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AURAPTOR

Monday, May 4, 2009 10:30 PM

Am I missing something ? I'm not seeing a thread started for this movie yet, and it's been out several days now. Well, I've seen the movie, and I'll TELL you what I think !!!

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I liked it. A lot. It was darker and more violent than the other X Men movies, but I think, because of the nature of Wolverine,it had to be. Now, it wasn't perfect. There were some continuity and context issues I didn't care for. And even though I'm no aficionado on all things X Men, I did have some "issues" w/ the ending. Still, it was a well made movie. I had heard OF some less than stellar remarks. I think Rotten Tomatoes review was like 37% or some such. How or why, I've yet to take time to find out. But I'd give it a solid B-.

None of the X Men movies have really sucked, imo. No where near the Star Wars prequels, or so many of the Batman movies. I have to imagine some true 'die hard' fans will find a few things to flame about, so have at it.

ZEEK

Monday, May 4, 2009 10:40 PM

I haven't seen it but if your review is that none of the X-men movies have sucked then we're just not seeing eye to eye. Did you see the third movie? It was a giant suckfest. It's like the writers had a challenge to find a way to make the next scene suck harder then the one before it. It was like exponential suck growth. Honestly I tried to rewatch it on cable just recently and I can't even have it on while I'm doing other things. It just sucks so much. OK I think I'm better now.

Though it is X3 that is preventing me from spending any money on Wolverine. I won't even bother finding that leaked copy on the internet. They need to do a full reboot to get me back in a theater for X-men.

NVGHOSTRIDER

Monday, May 4, 2009 10:42 PM

Some things I saw:

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I loved the opening montage. I was back in Jr High reading books and drawing my own action scenes when I last had that feeling. Nostalgia at its best. The camera view of Logan and Wade riding into New Orleans was awesome. Kinda disappointed in the story of course. I mean, kinda the norm in comic flicks anymore.

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WHOZIT

Monday, May 4, 2009 11:09 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:
I haven't seen it but if your review is that none of the X-men movies have sucked then we're just not seeing eye to eye. Did you see the third movie? It was a giant suckfest. It's like the writers had a challenge to find a way to make the next scene suck harder then the one before it. It was like exponential suck growth. Honestly I tried to rewatch it on cable just recently and I can't even have it on while I'm doing other things. It just sucks so much. OK I think I'm better now.

Though it is X3 that is preventing me from spending any money on Wolverine. I won't even bother finding that leaked copy on the internet. They need to do a full reboot to get me back in a theater for X-men.

What pissed me off about X3 was they killed off half the cast. Kelsey Grammar was great as Dr Hank. Wolverine has been getting good reviews, I'll check it out when the theaters ar'nt so crowded.

AURAPTOR

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 12:43 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:
I haven't seen it but if your review is that none of the X-men movies have sucked then we're just not seeing eye to eye. Did you see the third movie? It was a giant suckfest. It's like the writers had a challenge to find a way to make the next scene suck harder then the one before it. It was like exponential suck growth. Honestly I tried to rewatch it on cable just recently and I can't even have it on while I'm doing other things. It just sucks so much. OK I think I'm better now.

Though it is X3 that is preventing me from spending any money on Wolverine. I won't even bother finding that leaked copy on the internet. They need to do a full reboot to get me back in a theater for X-men.

I can't tell you how'd you would or wouldn't like this movie, but I agree , in principle, w/ your take on X3. Not good. But I think this is far better than X3, though I can't say how 'true' to the canon of X Men it holds. I do have some probs w/ how the movie ended, and I'm not talking about just the final scene, after the credits.

DEWRASTLER

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 1:51 AM

All in all, the movie wasn't bad, but it wasn't really good either. Personally, I felt the movie was a little rushed. They tried to get him to the point where he got the adamantium too fast. I thought that would be near the end and it would be involved in his losing his memory. And that leads to my second point. The whole way he lost his memory was kind of lame.

The Deadpool thing was cool though.

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I know they gave him so many more powers than he actually had, but they used the same process in which he got the regenative powers in the comics, so I'm cool with that. I was also glad to see that Sabretooth wasn't the main villain. After all the trailers where it seemed like that was the case, I was glad to see the final fight with Deadpool

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CALHOUN

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 3:27 AM

I'm not a fan of any of the X-Men movies but I liked Wolverine. Hugh Jackman is easy to like.

JRNYFAN

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 5:20 AM

loved it...so much so that I cut my beard and styled my hair like wolverine for the showing and I am going to sport a beard like his for the forseeable future.

SINGATE

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 6:34 AM

I think this is another case of being better off not being familiar with the source material. Makes it a lot easier to enjoy this as an action film. While not an expert on Wolverine per se, I do know a few things about his back story. What I do know is that there are some huge continuity issues. I have yet to figure out why screen writers and studio execs feel the need to blatantly disregard existing mythology when it comes to comic book characters. Setting that aside it is still a pretty entertaining movie.

Hugh Jackman puts in another solid performance as the title character.

I like this Sabertooth better than the one from the first X movie. While the actor in the first film looks more the part this version brought a whole new level of bad assery.

Wraith was a cool character. Really enjoyed his fight with Sabertooth.

Gambit was a waste of screen time. I know fans love him but he didn't belong in this movie.

I prefer the old Stryker to this newer version. This guy did not strike me as being intimidating or fanatical.

And then there's Deadpool. Why oh why did they have to fuck him so badly? Ryan Reynolds did such a great job as Wade in the beginning, then they bent him over sans lube at the end. I read a review referring to him as "Barakapool". That would be funny if it weren't so sadly accurate. How can he be "the merc with a mouth" without his mouth? Just retarded.

Aside from the above gripes I did enjoy the film. Good story, great action sequences, decent FX, and most of the actors played their parts well. Defintely better than X3 but nowhere near the first 2.

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AURAPTOR

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:03 AM

There are some continuity issues I have w/ the movie. Dunno why it's so hard for some to go back in the past so as to set up events later on,.... Joss does that quite well.

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