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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Movie Review #55: X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

If you are on-the-fence about becoming a fan of the X-Men franchise but you didn't care for X-Men: The Last Stand then I am almost positive that this film won't win you over.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine is exactly what the title says. It is the origin story of Wolverine. In particular, his relationship with his brother Victor and how his entire skeleton got coated in adamantium.

As I previously said in the beginning, if you didn't like X-Men: The Last Stand, then you will like X-Men Origins: Wolverine even less because it has the same problems from The Last Stand and even a few new ones.

For starters, we are introduced to so many new characters like Gambit and Wade Wilson who later becomes Deadpool. Those are two of the coolest characters in the entire X-Men universe and they don't get fleshed out at all! What they did with the characters of Gambit and Deadpool is exactly what they did with the character of Angel in The Last Stand. They just include cool characters for the sake of adding characters that they fans like. I liked Taylor Kitsch as Gambit. His performance didn't bother me, but I don't think that Ryan Reynolds is cut out for the role of Deadpool.

Hugh Jackman is a great actor and he is still great as Wolverine because he is really perfect for the role of Wolverine. I highly doubt that I will ever complain about Hugh Jackman in anything. But the one thing I will complain about are Wolverine's claws. They look awful! They look so fake and cheap. They also have a slight blue tint to them which is strange.

Even though I sound like I despise this film, I actually don't mind it as much as other people. I am simply pointing out all of the flaws I found in this film, and it has a lot!

Final Report: I don't hate X-Men Origins: Wolverine. I really don't. I can watch this movie and have a fun time. But it could have been much better to say the least.

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