X-Men Origins: Wolverine
by Gavin
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posted Nov 2 2011 7:19PM
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 Wolverine (Rated PG-13)
Gavin Grade: C
Whether or not you like this movie will depend on how geeky you are, but not in the way that you think. As I was getting up to leave the theater, an entire legion of nerds were behind me BLASTING this movie for being "horrible" and "ridiculous" and "pathetic." In reality, it's not that bad. My theory is that these virgin losers read online all the fanboy sites before seeing it, where those exact words were used and they wanted to feel "cool" by being part of that club. "Wolverine" is not a great movie, it's not even a good movie, but it should not be vilified the way that it is by the comic book gestapo. I think the problem may have lied in a rushed production, poor casting and a terrible script. It can't be the fault of director Gavin Hood because if you ever saw his earlier Oscar-nominated movie "Tsotsi," you know he's capable of making a great film. But maybe not a high-budget summer action. We all knew that Hugh Jackman is the quintessential Wolverine, but I thought Liev Schreiber did a great job as well. However some of the choices in secondary casting like Will.I.Am as Wraith were pretty awful. (I really wish someone would tell these musicians that not all of you can make it as actors.) Those things could be overlooked, but really it was the script and special effects that kept this film from reaching its full potential. The script had some of the worst dialogue I've seen in a movie in a long time and a page-count that I'm sure was slashed by studio executives that wanted to make it 100 minutes. So it ends up feeling rushed, watered down and stilted. But the special effects hold hands with the script in partnership. There are some scenes in the movie that look like a kid on YouTube could've animated it better. I'm not kidding and everyone in the theater seemed to agree with the laughter at some of the scenes. I wonder if we've been spoiled by films like "The Dark Knight" and "Iron Man" or if those films have just raised the bar on what comic book action could be, but either way, this film failed to reach it. However, my girlfriend Stacy thought it was a "B" but I think it's because it's a movie full of hot guys and not one hot girl.
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