Review: ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ – Scott’s Thoughts

So I am just going to lay it all on the line: I saw ‘Wolverine’ last night and although it isnt an epic revolution, it is fun and should be seen if for no other reason then to get the bad taste of ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’ out of your mouth. With that being said, I did have some beef with things from the movie that were left very vague.

In my opinion the origin story of Wolverine comes across pretty well. Starting with him as a child and finding out who is real father is that also makes Victor his brother. One of the really great scenes in the film is the opening credits which show Logan and Victor fighting through 4 wars spanning the course of 100 years. They dont follow a lot of the comic books in the origin story but with Stan Lee serving as an Executive Producer on the film I can sleep easy knowing that the man himself signed off on it all(hopefully).

I am still a little confused as to how they are handing the Wade Wilson/Deadpool thing in the movie but that is definitely something you are going to need to see and gauge for yourself because anything I would say here will be riddled with spoilers.

A big complaint in the previous X-Men movies is that Gambit was missing from them, well worry not young children Taylor Kitsch is here and does a killer job portraying Remy LeBeau. In the movie he is an former prisoner of 3 mile island and is the only mutant to ever escape, thus he is also the only one that knows how to get back. When Logan catches up with him they are playing poker(texas hold em) on bourbon street with none other than Daniel Negraneau. After Logan does a great job of pissing him off, we get to see our first glimpse of the flaming playing cards which Gambit uses to readily handle him.

Even though they used a lot of makeup and some CGI to portray Fred Dukes(Kevin Durand) once he becomes The Blob, the scenes of him and Logan boxing are ridiculously awesome. He comes off exactly how I imagined a real life adaptation of him would be.

For me when I go to see a comic book movie I am looking for a fun and entertaining experience. It also helps if there is a lack of cheesiness, good effects, and great action. When I walked out of ‘Wolverine’ thats how I felt, and all in all I really enjoyed the movie, it isnt the greatest superhero movie of all time but it gets us back to an X-Men movie that isnt completely garbage.

Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5