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X-Men Origins: Wolverine
brings back Hugh Jackman as
Wolverine and tells the story of how
he got his powers, where he came
from, and how he lost his memories.
Basically it’s a prequel to the
X-Men movies. It takes
Wolverine all the way from being a
kid in Canada in the 19th century to
being an ex-soldier turned
lumberjack in times just before he
joined the X-Men. While it’s a good
story there are a couple of
precautions to make before you jump
into this movie.
If you didn’t go to the
theatre to see this and you’re
watching it for the first time,
don’t come in expecting too much.
That would be a mistake. This isn’t
as groundbreaking as the first movie
was and it’s definitely not as good
as the first two movies in the X-Men
series. It’s a different type of
film that the original two films
were.
It has a different tone to
it altogether and that can be
attributed to directors more than
anything. In the first two movies
Brian Singer brought a very serious
tone to the movie. He got those
serious moments out of his actors
and really he got the most of the
script. With X-Men Origins, a less
serious tone and more of summer
blockbuster element is given to this
film. A lot of that is due to
the stunts and the special effects
and a lot of that is due to the
shots chosen.
The movie itself is good-
but only if you go into it with an
open mind. If you go in expecting
too much you’re going to be
disappointed. That said if you loved
the movie you’re not going to be
disappointed by the Blu-Ray. It’s
got some awesome features including
commentary, deleted scenes,
futurities, and my personal favorite
mutant profiles where the producers
and actors talk about each
character. If you’re going to buy
this movie don’t short change
yourself and buy this on DVD. Blu-Ray
is the way to go not only for the
picture, the sound, and the bonus
features, but also because you get
the digital copy alongside of it.
That’s still a huge selling point
that lots of studios are getting
right.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is
good enough. It had a lot to live up
to and it had a lot of holes to fill
and a lot of quirks to overcome with
those original movies. Still Hugh Jackman
is an awesome Wolverine and
hopefully they keep making X-Men
Origins movies because there’s a lot
of potential in making them.
Especially making a movie about
Xavier first starting the X-Men.
This is a good movie that could have
been great, that's the only
disappointment.
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