Comments on: Movie Review: X-Men Origins: Wolverine

By: Nomad

Nomad — Sat, 09 May 2009 04:31:38 +0000

i thought Liev Schreiber in particular did an awesome job from all the way through; he brought some genuine acting prowess to the whole production

By: Ttandc

Ttandc — Tue, 05 May 2009 06:06:59 +0000

I agree with all that has been said. I’ve read wolverine comics since the very first issue and I don’t call myself a die hard fan but I do know the material. So when I saw that their making sabertooth and wolverine brothers I just wanted to puke. It’s akin to making lex luthor and superman brothers, YOU JUST DON”T DO IT!! Stryker all of a sudden becoming a brain surgen and without a doubt in his mind says a bullet to the head will wipe wolverines memories ( WHAT THE!! ) that is pathetic script writing. And did anybody else notice that his claws were coming out inbetween his knuckles now instead of the back of his hand like they always have been in any other mediums for the past 35 years? And deadpool although good at the start was just tragic what they did to him. Even though at the time wolverine was part of the weapon X program deadpool wasn’t even born yet, neither was gambit ( I could be wrong here but wasn’t gambits last name pronounced La beuw not La bow? ). Why couldn’t they use the original weapon X team? They were better in my view than the crap team they put together. The blob was never a part of weapon X in the first place. I’m really getting sick of hollywood trashing my childhood memories for the sake of the almighty dollar. Part of the reason I became a 3D animator was to make these movies in the exact way they were told in the comics. Those who say it can’t be done should get out of the way of those doing it. And this movies script was a butchery. Ahh now I feel better :) As for something good to say, I will say that if your not a fan your going to like it. The actors did all do a good job in my view. But the best oactors in the world can’t save a movie with a crap script. As the immortal Stan Lee says ” Nuff Said” ;)

By: Enduro

Enduro — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:32:51 +0000

Well, as excited as I was to see Ryan Reynolds sans a beard (WTF? You guys get excited about the most inane things sometimes)… This movie was just laughable.

Cons: Screaming at the sky, chopping a fire escape, cheesy dialog, wolfman mythology, dumping on Deadpool, plot holes galore (how do the ambulances get to a secret island?) and I personally liked the Tyler Mane-look Sabertooth. Pros: Jackman, the opening sequence and that’s about it.

By: Vactor

Vactor — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:43:51 +0000

Nice review, I personally thought there were way to many unanswered questions for it to be a great movie but I enjoyed it and had fun. I will say its not worth seeing twice, I went again to catch the other ending and fell asleep through most of the movie.

By: Deadpool

Deadpool — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:09:01 +0000

Hopefully this movie will tank at the box office so we won’t have to suffer through anymore “hollywood” versions of comic book movies. Marvel is doing a better job with their own studio films (Iron Man, Incredible Hulk, and all the upcoming Avengers related films) of staying true to the characters. It’s ok to change some things, update the character to the modern age like with Iron Man’s origin, but don’t just completely change the character. If they were going to do that, they should have just made up a new character just for the movie. The writers of this movie raped Deadpool. It was a joke how stupid that was. And the Bugs Bunny fire escape chopping scene was ridiculous. The rest of the movie sucked so bad, Gambit’s accent troubles didn’t even bother me. I did like Liev Schreiber much more than Tyler Mane as Sabertooth. But that’s the best thing I can say about this crapfest. I think Daniel Way (the writer of the Deadpool comic)should have a certain Merc with a Mouth go and take care of the writers and director of this steaming pile of crap. They deserve it.

By: Firewoman

Firewoman — Sun, 03 May 2009 23:08:14 +0000

Being a huge fan of Wolverine, Gambit, and Deadpool – I have to say I was thoroughly disappointed in this movie. Hugh Jackman I love but he can only do so much with a craptacular script. The guy playing Gambit looked like he phoned it in with no attempt at a reasonable Cajun accent. Ryan Reynolds I thought was actually a really good choice for Deadpool but then he was in the movie so little. What really gets to me though are the liberties taken with the known history of Wolverine. They had years and years of source material and the writers make up crap just for the movie. Ridiculous! A few changes I would’ve dealt with if only they had proper character development. I mean, really, would it have taken Wolverine over a 100 years to see that Victor was a vicious douchebag? No! Not to mention that they never hung out in that way – at least in the comics I’ve read. They completely squandered a brilliant character in Deadpool by that idiotic final fight scene. They gave him all the mutants powers? How retarded can you be?? Then to top it off they sewed his mouth shut – that’s the best part of Wade Wilson. The movie certainly could’ve used some Wade Wilson quips to infuse some life. And then – the final straw was the adamantium bullet to erase Logan’s memories. Give me a frackin’ break! What a dismal disappointment.

By: Dr Blitzgeek

Dr Blitzgeek — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:17:22 +0000

Ye i agree mainly, i personally loved 98% of this movie becuase i love huge explosions and over the top fight scenes. I also loved spotting all the mutants they had thrown in there, especially when Prof X came. Anyways, my major low points were the moment i noticed they had ruined deadpool (eg cyclops’ optic blasts) and correct me if im wrong but i always thought Wraith was leader of Team X, and the whole stryker thing they got going seems silly as there was a real character like him from the comics.
Jackman great as usual, Blob as hilarious and there were many superb cheesetastic lines. My favorite being the one about wolverine needing to save his country, with Logan replying, “I’M Canadian.”

All in all a great night of action, explosions and Snikt-galore