Wolverine
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The big movie season starts with a huge name, and gives us what fans of the X-Men movies have desired: the mysterious past of Wolverine. I am not a big follower of comic books, and do not know whether Wolverine’s past has been revealed before, or if it has been revealed if it is even in line with the movie. In my opinion, I thought it was a good story to a point.
I really liked the opening credits that show everything Wolverine has been through from his childhood to all of the wars he has fought. After Stryker recruited Wolverine, I got the feeling the movie was going to be all about Wolverine and the task force he was fighting for. Maybe I was expecting a little too much to happen, because we all know that Wolverine has to have a falling out with Stryker.
The concept of Wolverine actually having a happy, normal life was interesting and something you wouldn’t expect in a character that has been an “animal.” His emotional roller coaster added a greater depth and a side to the character that hadn’t been shown before.
After Wolverine has his true falling out with Stryker, and meets up with Gambit, the movie kind of lost my interest and made the movie less enjoyable as it could have been. My favorite poker player made a cameo in the poker scene when Wolverine meets Gambit. That was cool! Anyway, Stryker’s plan of capturing mutants reminded me too much of Arthur Petrelli from Heroes. Weapon XI was too much for me to handle. I did like the placement of the headquarters at Three Mile Island in 1979. That made for a cool plot development and alternate explanation of the accident.
Some of the graphics weren’t as good as the graphics in the other X-Men movies. The helicopter that saved the mutants from the island at the end didn’t look like it was rendered very well, as well as some of the equipment that was supposed to look hi-tech.
Overall, it was entertaining and worth the ticket price. The action was good, there was ample humor, and the story was good, but not the best.
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Teri said:
Unfortunately, it has been a while since I saw this movie.
Overall I remember not being overly impressed. The movie wasn’t bad. I liked the plot twist toward the end. I just felt like the the movie was putting some events into place so that they would match up to previous X-Men movie sequences.
I too enjoyed the various historical scenes at the very beginning of the movie. And I agree that the main weapon should have been completely indestructible.
May 24th, 2009 at 4:19 pm