X-Men Origins: Wolverine

When I was growing up I read a lot of Marvel comics, and by the time the cartoon series started in 1992 my favourite superhero had switched from Spider-man to Wolverine just because of the coolness in a character having claws. When I first heard they were going to make a Wolverine movie I was really looking forward to it, especially after seeing that Hugh Jackman was up to the challenge of playing the character. What I did wonder though was how they'd face the challenge of covering his origin story as it's been far from consistent, so there was a lot of material to choose from. From the comics I remember Wolverine, Sabretooth and Maverick forming a taskforce called Alpha Flight - unfortunately I can't remember whether there were any other members in the team but it is those 3 that I remember. In the movie Logan's story starts long before this, in the 1800's in Canada where he is a sickly young boy whose father is killed in front of him. He runs off with his newly revealed brother, Vic... Read more

There is no excuse, none, for average to below-average special effects. This was a serious money-grab and a waste of one of Marvel's great characters. Shame on those who had the power to do more but simply went for the cash register.

Okay, so you should already know that when you walk into the theater for this, you shouldn't really be expecting much, so that's get that out of the way right now. SYNOPSIS: The movie vaguely follows the Wolverine Origins comic, starting with James Howlett/Logan/Wolverine's (whatever you want to call him) childhood when he finds out that he can bring out bone-like protrusions from his knuckles. He runs away with his brother (with similar powers, only way more lame), goes through every war from the Civil War to the Vietnam war, only to realize that his brother is increasingly becoming increasingly disturbing. They part ways, and Logan finds true love. But his past comes back, regardless of how much he tries to run away from it, and he goes off on a rampage for revenge. PROS: . . . . actually, I'll get back to this one. CONS: It's funny in places where it's not meant to be. I know the love story was an intregal part of the progression of Wolverine's character, but did it have t... Read more

Aw...Wolverine...I _really_ wanted to like your movie....but, it was downright awful. There are some redeeming action sequences, at the very least...or rather, portions of some of the action sequences are cool, like the helicopter fight, until they resolve with something stupidly cliche (not in a self-aware and ironic way, more of a "this is a summer blockbuster, dammit" way). I've since been told that Wolverine had a number of different back stories that they sort of combined together to appease everyone when they made X-Men Origins: Wolverine. It ultimately comes off as a hackjob as a consequence and throughout the film I found myself exclaiming (in my head, of course :P)..."seriously guys?" a number of times. The general arc of the story spirals downward towards triteness pretty quickly, and never recovers. Gambit was a throwaway character, as was most of the cast beyond Logan/Wolverine. I guess I should have anticipated that given that this is a prequel and they resolved the X-... Read more

Just saw the movie tonight and overall I was impressed with it. The other X-men movies had me wincing in pain at some of the overly cheesy lines and they ruined the previous movies for me. The writers did a much better job of handling one liners and there seemed to be overall a nice balance. The helicopter scene was less cheesy then the previews alluded to but Logan walking from the explosion was pretty cheesetastic. If you are a true X-Men fan then you might be surprised by some of the plot points but like most Stan Lee movies, the stories vary debating on whom tells it. I felt like they preserved the spirit of Wolverine well even though they varied from the version of his back story that I grew up with. ***Minor spoiler alert*** I enjoyed the movie but I did not like the arch-villain towards the end of the movie. I would have rated the move 5 stars had it not felt so pieced together. However, I enjoyed the movie enough that this scene didn't ruin it for me.

I know its dumb to rate this without seeing it first, so I'll edit my review in a week. I can't wait to see it though. I am not a sci-fi fan, nor am I a comic book fanboy, But I Love the x-Men series. It was the only superhero cartoon I watched when I was a kid. Can't wait to see Origins.

Im pretty burned out on all these damn super hero movies. Im a grown ass man and could care less about all the hype that surrounds these type movies. I loved Wolverine as a kid. As a movie tho? I love sci-fi, but REALISTIC sci-fi. This crap is TOO MUCH fantasy for my liking. Movies like Wolverine, Spiderman, Iron Man....come on? Im tired of it. 2 stars only for special effects.