X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Review

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I’m not going to waste anyone’s time listing the cast, or the run time or even a plot synopsis for this review. If you are here at MovieGuys reading this review, you already know all about Wolverine. I’ve seen it now a couple of times, as I typically do for all the big time films I review. In a technical sense, X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a big time film. Short and sweet: If you are just a casual fan of super heroes, the X-Men, and Wolverine, or if you are a fan of action movies with flashy F/X, you’ll really enjoy Wolverine. The story is told as well as you could expect from a film that suffers from trying to cram too many characters into the same movie. This movie was clearly made for casual fans and those who really liked the X-Men animated series, but knew next to nothing about the comics the show was based on. There is plenty of action, cool fight sequences, and lots of flashy F/X. A lot of people will come out of the theater with a smile on their face. I wasn’t one of them. No, the movie started out well and nearly had me going, only to fall flat on it’s face and end up being a mockery of the comic book characters that were “altered” for use in the film. I pride myself in knowing a lot about the comic characters that appeared in this film, and I can tell all you comic geeks out there that this film will piss you off beyond words. There were moments that I found hard to watch. Sure, within the context of the story they were crafting, nearly everything depicted in the movie made sense. But there were just too many changes for me to handle. If I knew nothing about the characters, or even if I knew a little bit about them, I probably would’ve loved the movie. This will end up being a very financially successful film. So ends the spoiler free part of this review. If you don’t want to know anything else about the plot or where this film went wrong, stop right here. The rest of this post will consist of my analysis of the biggest flaws in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. I’d also like to ask that when commenting on this post, out of respect to those who have not seen the film yet and actually want to, please start your comment with a spoiler warning should you choose to address any spoiler-ish material.

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