Weird that for once I am reviewing something that actually doesn't have much of anything to do with a game. This review will be short and sweet as I don't want to give anything away that could potentially ruin it for anyone thinking about watching it.
Basically this is an honest and fairly true retelling (with some liberties taken of course) of where Logan AKA Wolverine actually came from. They even went as far as to throw in his real name, James into the mix and delve deep into the emotions of the Wolverine character. He was not always and animal as you will find out, but this movie is a great way to find out how he became one. It starts off with quite the intense moment with Victor (later known as Sabretooth) looking over James when they were both kids and James was a bit sick. The beginning I will admit is a bit rushed and a little black and white (both literally and figuratively), but it gets the point across rather quickly and then it rolls into quite the opening credit sequence that spans the ages of Wolverine's life. It was a fairly intense movie that had quite a bit of action, but honestly the breakout performance was none other than Hugh Jackman again. He is what made the screen version of Wolverine such a success and he does it again. Liev Schreiber plays Sabretooth in such a sadistic way that makes you cringe whenever you see him just to counteract the unusual nature of the young Wolverine. So not only does he counteract Hugh, he almost overshadowed him as such a strong character at points. So enough of the babel, should you see it is the question at hand.
You owe it to yourself to watch this. On a grading scale (coming from a since childhood comic book fan) that is based on grade school grading with A+ being the best and well, F being the worst...this movie deserves something between a B+ and an A-. It does a great job keeping you in suspense with a few twists and turns that all add up to the big time ending that could have been done a bit better...but then again a lot of movies lately are lacking in ending quality. If you were upset about Gambit, or Deadpool, or even Silver Fox like I was, don't fear...they do give some good reasons why the characters are there and they aren't just there for the hell of it. Marvel seemed to fit them into the story and kept it somewhat true with Weapon X and Team X while making a bit of it new and fresh to create this plot you think you know, until a certain twist you didn't know/see coming. Check it out and post what you think. I'd like to hear anyone's feedback on what I had to say and I would like to see if anyone else enjoyed this like I did.
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Wow, I didn't know we were doing movie reviews too. Awesome! All in all I agree with what you said about the movie. I saw this about two weeks ago, but I'll probably go pay to see it all pretty on the big screen. Nice review.
Note about the Wolverine game: From past experience with movie games released alongside their respective movies, it will likely be terrible. A shame really.
i almost laughed out loud when the helicopter blew up, then blew up again, then one more time...
Haha agreed. There are a few things I want to change about this review as I wrote it right after getting home from the midnight showing...aka I was tired. I've had time to think about it and I do like the movie and it is worth it to see it, but my stand on being worthy of a comic movie...well it was better than X3. But agreed on the helicopter...ugh some parts were just forgotten.
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