Review: X-men Origins: Wolverine

Posted on 03 May 2009

Note: This comic was stolen from my brother.  Cause I’m just evil like that.

You will enjoy the Wolverine movie more if you

1.have never read any Marvel comics

2.have yet to see the X-men movies

3.don’t think that hard about it (most important of all)

Its not that Wolverine is bad movie. It’s not. It’s just completely ignores everything from the source material. So it’s hard as a long time X-men fan to watch the movie and not notice all the things they do wrong in the plot. It is acceptable that movies don’t follow the comics exactly, but here its harder to swallow, cause it’s just SO different. However, at times they really nail the characters. Sabertooth and Wolverine are pretty much perfect. That’s actually enjoyable to watch, and the high point of the film. Gambit is passable. The rest … meh. Overall Wolverine is a solid start to the Summer movie season and not a bad comic movie. However it’s safe to wait till it’s on DVD.

Other opinions:

http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/wolverine