'X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)' makes a mockery of the character and the franchise, marking the moment that the series finally reached its tipping point of story versus money. This utter schlock was only good for one thing: its surprisingly entertaining, and lavishly violent, video-game adaptation. Other than that, even the best moments of this travesty are only alright at best, including an oft lauded opening montage that sees our hero battle his way through the wars of the world. The majority of the piece is dumb, dull and generally dreadful. It's one of the most annoying, stupid and downright disappointing superhero features I've seen. It is generally one of the worst films I've seen simply because it is so face-palm inducing. It's actually irritating to think about, to be honest. 3/10
... View MoreAstonishing opening scene, usually charismatic performance from Hugh Jackman, pretty Vietnam war movies inspired images and ............ that's all in this clichéd silly movie that has all flaws you can imagine from stupid superhero movies.
... View MoreI used to read comics a lot! This movie reminded me why I stopped and Wolverine's "bone claws" was a big reason why. No one knew he even had them under all that adamantium until Magneto pulled it all out of Wolverine's body (why he hadn't done that before, given the ridiculous number of opportunities is a big storyline duh. But this all goes back to the TRUE origin story: Barry Windsor-Smith's "Weapon X". It was a comic masterpiece and ignored by Marvel with the bone claws and then completely distorted beyond all recognition by this junk movie. And ain't it curious how Wolvie's new claws were all sharpened and everything because that's what would happen if you just coat bones with metal –_–This movie was a lot of green screen jackassery and don't get me started about the dismissal of physics and this idiotic slow motion crap for action sequences that is still done today! This movie was made for the fanboys who think blowing stuff up is all an action movie is while calling it a "thrill ride". It's an insult to a superior comic origin story and doesn't even come close to being good. I just watched this because I had never seen it before. I wasted my time; glad I didn't waste any money at the box office!
... View MoreI thought for the most part this was really a good film, assuming you care about background and super heroes.Not sure why it such a low score. If a person like to hear "the rest of the story" and likes super heroes and especially like the x-men, not sure why this is not your cup of tea
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