My first film review for this blog!!! Everyone rejoice!!!
Two nights ago, I went to see X-men Origins: Wolverine in theatres. I am personally a huge fan of X-men, so I had high expectations for this movie. And even though Wolverine is far from my favorite character, I still went in with a level mind. N0w understand when you read this that I will super critical because I love X-men so much.
If you at all know the character of Wolverine, you will know that he after he was experimented on that he lost all memory of who he was before. So naturally, the movie is everything that happened up to the point where he loses his memory. It does put somewhat of a damper on the movie because you know how it must end. However, it does not put a damper on what could happen in the rest of the movie.
The beginning of the movie takes place in the 1800's where Wolverine (or Logan as he is known for most of the movie) is seen as a child killing his own father who he thinks has just killed his father. After finding out that his friend Victor (who is actually his brother, I know confusing) is also a mutant, they run away. The opening credits consist of the two fighting through almost every war possible, as they seem to be immortal. Eventually, Victor's insatiable thirst for hunger becomes too much and Wolverine stops him before they tear apart their own army.
The rest of the movie consists of this rivalry between Wolverine and Victor (who would later become Sabertooth). They end up joining a special ops team of mutants that is trying to find a special rock in Africa. After that Wolverine leaves and goes to start his own life Canada. Victor starts killing people from the special ops team and ends up coming for Wolverine. And then the fighting commences.
The movie basically ends up being that Victor and William Stryker (the leader of that special ops team) are capturing or killing mutants to get their DNA so that they can create the ultimate mutant. And of course, Wolverine is the one who's going to straighten it all out.
The fighting scenes in this film are excellent, especially after Wolverine gets upgraded to having a metal skeleton. Not only can tell what is happening in the fights but they are very creative and keep you on the edge of your seat.
The film provided plenty of depth into Wolverine's story about who he is today. Hugh Jackman lives up to the challenge of taking on the role and carries it out beautifully. Plus, you get to basically see him naked for about 5 minutes in the film (even if one of them is obviously animated).
I was very impressed how their never seemed to be a dull moment and the plot had plenty of twists which made up for the fact that you knew how the movie would end. And if you love X-men, you will love the many references to the mutants found in all of the comics. I got really excited when ever they mentioned or showed some mutant that I knew.
Overall this movie is very enjoyable, and yes, I may be biased because I already like X-men so much, but I would definitely recommend this to someone looking for a good action/sci-fi film.
Best Moment: The final fight sequence is breathtaking. They manage to make a nuclear power plant look somewhat appealing. Plus who doesn't want to watch a fight between a man with metal claws, a man with swords coming out of his hands, and a man with super strong extendable fingernails. Plus, you know that the fight has to end somewhat creatively as all three of the combatants have super healing powers.
Worst Moment: Both clips after the film has ended. We already knew that Stryker had gotten punishment for what he did; we didn't need to see that he really did walk for all that time or that he was going to get punished even more. And then the scene at the very end was just terrible. It didn't make any sense at all, it was such an overused ending to the whole film, and I'm pretty sure they ripped it off from the ending of Freddy v Jason (yeah, I compared it to that film).
Two nights ago, I went to see X-men Origins: Wolverine in theatres. I am personally a huge fan of X-men, so I had high expectations for this movie. And even though Wolverine is far from my favorite character, I still went in with a level mind. N0w understand when you read this that I will super critical because I love X-men so much.
If you at all know the character of Wolverine, you will know that he after he was experimented on that he lost all memory of who he was before. So naturally, the movie is everything that happened up to the point where he loses his memory. It does put somewhat of a damper on the movie because you know how it must end. However, it does not put a damper on what could happen in the rest of the movie.
The beginning of the movie takes place in the 1800's where Wolverine (or Logan as he is known for most of the movie) is seen as a child killing his own father who he thinks has just killed his father. After finding out that his friend Victor (who is actually his brother, I know confusing) is also a mutant, they run away. The opening credits consist of the two fighting through almost every war possible, as they seem to be immortal. Eventually, Victor's insatiable thirst for hunger becomes too much and Wolverine stops him before they tear apart their own army.
The rest of the movie consists of this rivalry between Wolverine and Victor (who would later become Sabertooth). They end up joining a special ops team of mutants that is trying to find a special rock in Africa. After that Wolverine leaves and goes to start his own life Canada. Victor starts killing people from the special ops team and ends up coming for Wolverine. And then the fighting commences.
The movie basically ends up being that Victor and William Stryker (the leader of that special ops team) are capturing or killing mutants to get their DNA so that they can create the ultimate mutant. And of course, Wolverine is the one who's going to straighten it all out.
The fighting scenes in this film are excellent, especially after Wolverine gets upgraded to having a metal skeleton. Not only can tell what is happening in the fights but they are very creative and keep you on the edge of your seat.
The film provided plenty of depth into Wolverine's story about who he is today. Hugh Jackman lives up to the challenge of taking on the role and carries it out beautifully. Plus, you get to basically see him naked for about 5 minutes in the film (even if one of them is obviously animated).
I was very impressed how their never seemed to be a dull moment and the plot had plenty of twists which made up for the fact that you knew how the movie would end. And if you love X-men, you will love the many references to the mutants found in all of the comics. I got really excited when ever they mentioned or showed some mutant that I knew.
Overall this movie is very enjoyable, and yes, I may be biased because I already like X-men so much, but I would definitely recommend this to someone looking for a good action/sci-fi film.
Best Moment: The final fight sequence is breathtaking. They manage to make a nuclear power plant look somewhat appealing. Plus who doesn't want to watch a fight between a man with metal claws, a man with swords coming out of his hands, and a man with super strong extendable fingernails. Plus, you know that the fight has to end somewhat creatively as all three of the combatants have super healing powers.
Worst Moment: Both clips after the film has ended. We already knew that Stryker had gotten punishment for what he did; we didn't need to see that he really did walk for all that time or that he was going to get punished even more. And then the scene at the very end was just terrible. It didn't make any sense at all, it was such an overused ending to the whole film, and I'm pretty sure they ripped it off from the ending of Freddy v Jason (yeah, I compared it to that film).
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