Ahahahaha!

Was it really that bad??

That's not why he's laughing!

Hugh Jackman can't catch a break.

Does Ryan Reynolds' face get eaten by cancer in this movie?

I'd say its on par with X3, maybe slightly worse because it doesn't have as much action.

So yeah, pretty bad.

No, thank you! I'd prefer to wait and see X-Men Origins: Wolverine the way it was meant to be seen.

Cable television in the year 2011.

Christ, this was already leaked?

I would say this might dramatically hurt the movie's box office prospects. But if we go by the most recent example of a high-profile film being leaked online early (Taken), then Wolverine appears set to gross $900 million at the box office.

My favourite part was will.i.am channeling George Jefferson in virtually every scene

I should start a list of things they ruined

Deadpool
Emma Frost
Gambit
Cyclops
The Blob
Sabretooth
Jonathan and Martha Kent
Blade II
Meriadoc Brandybuck
That Asian guy
Dubaku

How did Cyclops fit in there?

Stryker is making a Frankenstein mutant starting with his son Deadpool because he accidentially killed his wife. Cyclops has super duper explosive vision which is one of the traits Stryker wants in his creation Weapon 11, I mean Weapon XI.

Weapon XI can also teleport, has sharp blades, heal wounds, flip alot.

But the one thing he can never do is...love

Wait, you're saying the director of Rendition Gavin Hood wasn't a good choice for this project? I would've never guessed.

I mean say what you want about Marc Forster being chosen for Quantam, but with him you can at least see the studio presuming he's a solid director with his Monster's Ball/Finding Neverland Oscar success and Stranger Than Fiction being a hit, even if they were wrong on that presumption. But Gavin Hood? Where did that come from?

Tsotsi did win as many Oscars as any other Marc Forster film.

Who the fuck hires the director of a film like Tsotsi for an X-Men movie?

The opening credits were pretty awesome.

Yeah they were. Then it was all downhill from there.

Sadly. Wait, mini-Wolvi did RAHHHHHHHHHHH before that. So it was like -\/-\

needed way more action. still going to see it in theaters for the missing fx.

/engage/

/decapitate/

X-Men Wolverine



Contains massive spoilers





Let the summer begin. This is one hell of a ride and it certainly lives up to my expectations. Wolverine's story has always been an interesting one and this film, as it delves into all that we know about Logan and his Wolverine alter ego is simply fantastic. I am not a comic collector, so I knew absolutely nothing about Wolverine before seeing X-Men. Now here we are four movies later and he is easily one of the best heroes on screen.



We start off in the Northwest Territories in the 1800s. A young Logan murders his own father, not knowing of course that he is. As he runs out of the house, his brother catches up to him and tells him that they must look out for each other. They both have gifts that can't be explained. So, he and Victor do what they do best. They fight in every single war known in American history. How they got to enlist in the American army is kind of confusing since they are both Canadian, but I guess that doesn't really matter. Soon, General Stryker comes calling after they have both been executed by firing squad. He wants to start up a special unit of mutants. He takes them to Nigeria to search for some kind of rock that can turn one into an indestructible being. But of course, to benefit from this rock, one must have regenerating healing capabilities. Since Logan is the only one who does, the task at hand is to get him to agree to it. To do this, the military sets him up. They kill his girlfriend, and then they promise him that they can help him avenge her death by making him strong enough to go after Victor, his brother, who killed her.



Once he becomes Wolverine, the film really takes off. It was good up to this point, but it gets fantastic once he becomes the indestructible animal. Even though he always had the ability to regenerate, to heal quickly, this new government experiment seems to have enhanced his abilities to greater heights. He discovers that what was once wooden like claws that came out of his hands, are now razor sharp and steel that can cut metal. He was able to survive wars, firing squads, great falls, and so much more. But now that he has been experimented on, eveything seems to be enhanced.



Soon he is on the hunt for his brother and this takes him to meet Gambit and all kinds of other mutants. The final showdown takes place on "Mutant Island" and it does not disappoint.



X-Men Origins Wolverine is action packed from start to finish. The ending is especially satisfying as Professor X makes an appearance and you get to see some of the young mutants who will eventually appear in the three X-Men films. I found the story to flow and I enjoyed the performances of Jackman and Live Schreiber immensely. Gavin Hood, whose only other Hollywood credit is Rendition with Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhal, does a masterful job keeping the action rolling, the fights exhilarating and the performances crisp and accurate. I don't know much about Mr. Hood, but I think he might get a lot more work after this film.



Seeing as I do not know anything about the Wolverine lore or the story I went into this just looking for a good time and something to keep me entertained. If the X-Men loonies have something to complain about, it goes over my head. This is a perfect film to kick off the summer and if the rest of the summer films of 2009 are anything near as good as this, we'll be in for a great 4 months.

9/10

X-Men Origins: Watchmen

one of the hardest things in judging this film is that the score is not added in yet. it pretty much used the entire score fo transformers, that didn't fit, killed the flow.

the writing is horrible too but i think a lot of editing and flow issues could be fixed by actually making a proper score for the movie instead of using transformers like they intentionally did for the working print.

I can tell you with almost complete certainty that Dan is wrong. But I like him so I opted not to tear his review apart.