Wednesday, 29 April 2009

[Movie Review] X-Men Origins: Wolverine, 2009



This review will contain spoilers, but you'll be warned when they are coming so don't worry :)

Before I start this review, I want to get this clear; if you liked the other three X-Men movies, go see this movie. You'll almost definitely like this movie.

There was something I noticed right from the start of this movie. Lost. I doubt it was intentional, but I saw a few links with Lost in this movie. Firstly, Kevin Durand plays the role of The Blob (he played Martin Keamy in Series 4 of Lost), and Dominic Monaghan plays the role of Bolt (he played Charlie Pace in Series' 1-3 of Lost). At first I just thought it was cool to see these actors again as I really liked them in Lost. However, later on in the movie, other characters start refering to this mysterious place called "The Island". Just a little note. I found it funny.

Yeah well, onto the more important things. Hugh Jackman was predictably good as Wolverine. Liev Schreiber was really good as Sabretooth. However one person surprisingly stole the show for me, even though he had very very little screentime (a travesty). It was Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool. His fast-talking kickassery was amazing. He got the Deadpool character spot on. I'll touch on this again in the spoilers section.

I have a bit of an issue though. The CGI in this movie really is not up to scratch at times. Wolverine's claws look very very computerised quite often. I have a sneaking suspicion that the CGI was rushed since the workprint of this movie was leaked in March, it certainly seems that way. I never saw the workprint, but there are times when you can see how the CGI has been added in. You shouldn't notice good CGI as CGI at all, but this really obviously was. Granted, the big-scale CGI looked really good and impressive, however it was the finer details that were a let down.

**SPOILERS START HERE**

Right so, let's talk Deadpool. Whenever I saw Ryan Reynolds at the start I thought he was really good and fit the character perfectly. However, come the last 15 or so minutes of the movie, he's transformed into this no-hair no-mouth thing with swords in his hands. Even still, it was pretty awesome. He was badass. The scene with Wolverine and Sabretooth fighting Deadpool atop the big nuclear chimney shaft thing was amazing. It worked really well. I loved it. However they went and cut off Deadpool's head and I feel like they've just ended their chances of having a really good potential character for future movies. There's something mysterious about Deadpool after he's been modified, and it really shows a match for Wolverine.

That's another point, after Wolverine undergoes the adamantium augmentation he becomes virtually invinceable. He went from getting his ass kicked by Sabretooth everytime to having the chance to cut his head off the first time they meet after the treatment. I'm not going into the implausability of it because, well, it's a superhero movie.

So yeah, I'm annoyed that there wasn't enough of Deadpool. He was easily the best character in the film and we see him at the start and the end then he's decapitated then the film's over.

**SPOILERS END HERE**

That's another thing. This film ended very abruptly for me. As it was a prequel, it ended when things were starting to get exciting. The credits were such an anti-climax. The film just seemed to come and go. It didn't feel like it was a long movie, but it also didn't feel very short. It just, came and went.

Seriously though, if you like the X-Men movies then I really recommend this movie because you'll most definitely enjoy it. If you haven't seen the other movies then I'd see it at a reduced price. I saw it at half price and I'm glad of that, I'd be a bit annoyed if I paid full price. It's not a masterpiece, it's not going to win any Oscars. It's a fairly straightforward X-Men movie with some boring sub-plots. Altogether, it's a Wolverine movie. If you like Wolverine, see the movie. If you aren't bothered, don't see the movie. I recommend seeing it just for the fight scene towards the end, I just wish it could have lasted longer.


Rating:
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6/10


Talk to you tomorrow for my last day of BEDA ;]
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