The Wolverine (film)
2013
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- Much like the over-stuffed, over-done X-Men: The Last Stand, this is a fairly bloated film with too many characters, too much comic book trivia, and, ironically, not enough Wolverine. "More" in this case doesn't mean "better"; here, it's simply too much, with supporting characters crowding out the lead.
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Parents' Guide to. X-Men Origins: Wolverine. By James Rocchi, Common Sense Media Reviewer. age 13+. More brutal action than in earlier X-Men films. Movie PG-13 2009 107 minutes. Rate movie. Parents Say: age 12+ 40 reviews. Any Iffy Content? Read more. Watch Our Video Review Watch now. A Lot or a Little? What you will—and won't—find in this movie.
May 1, 2009 · Though Hugh Jackman gives his all, he can't help X-Men Origins: Wolverine overcome a cliche-ridden script and familiar narrative. Seeking solace from his dark past, Logan (Hugh Jackman),...
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- Gavin Hood
- PG-13
- Hugh Jackman
- Isn’T: It Gave The World Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool
- Is: A Waste of Great Actors
- Isn’T: The Movie Has Its Own Unique Character
- Is: A Waste of Great Mutants
- Isn’T: A Quick Pace
- Is: Will.I.Am’S Performance
- Isn’T: Period Detail
- Is: The Effects
- Isn’T: Ridiculous tongue-in-cheek Action
- Isn’T: It Redefined Wolverine as A Main Character
Fox has had a number of hits with their Marvel properties over the years but none quite as significant–at least, in today's world–as with Ryan Reynolds' tenure as fan-favorite character Deadpool. Though his ultimately disappointing appearance in the movie became a joke even within the Deadpool movies themselves, fans have X-Men Origins: Wolverine t...
While Reynolds never truly shines as fans knew he could in the role of Wade Wilson within X-Men Origins: Wolverine, he wasn't the only one performing below expectations. Liev Schreiber and Danny Huston get to have some fun as over the top villains, but actors like Kevin Durand, Taylor Kitsch and Dominic Monaghan all feel like they're essentially ju...
One of the biggest selling points of Fox's X-Men movies, in general, is how different they each feel from one another. The three Wolverine movies alone are all vastly different in terms of look, tone, and story. RELATED: X-Men: 10 Wolverine Quotes That Prove He’s The Best X-Man While it may not be the most accomplished piece of cinema, X-Men Origin...
The world of mutants from the overarching X-Men franchise is one of the most varied and detailed in all of mainstream comics. It's no wonder that Fox's movie universe was able to stay detached from the wider world of Marvel for so long. The Avengers movies ended up needing mutant characters long before the X-Men movies needed non-mutants. With so m...
They say the cardinal sin of movies is boredom and X-Men Origins: Wolverine never slows down for long enough for it to settle in. The movie zips along at a quick enough pace that you may ultimately just be baffled by the experience but you'll never be too far away from something entertaining, in a good or bad sense, and, in a world where superhero ...
As mentioned, there are a number of great actors scattered throughout X-Men Origins: Wolverine. This is most noticeably seen in the all-star Team X, in which Black Eyed Peas singer Will.I.Am stands out like a sore thumb. How exactly the professional singer/novice actor landed such a prominent part in the movie is still somewhat of a mystery but his...
X-Men Origins: Wolverine benefits from various time jumps throughout history near the beginning of the movie before settling on a primary time period in the late 1970s. It really affords costume and set designers a unique opportunity to cram in various details to different period vignettes in a short space and the flourishes in each of them are ver...
The fault for which the movie is most often mercilessly, and rightfully, ridiculed is its computer-generated effects. The once intimidating claws of the great Wolverine are reduced to being actual cartoons that look as if they were ripped straight out of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It's possible that the studio just never saw the point in finishing th...
The point where the cheesiness of the effects ceases to matter is the point where you give in to X-Men Origins: Wolverine's sheer ridiculousness. Perhaps as a result of being born out of the earliest days of the modern superhero movie boom, Fox's X-Men movies had typically been more grounded in the everyday world until X-Men Origins: Wolverine but ...
Even though Hugh Jackman's iteration of Wolverine had always been the breakout star of the original X-Men movies, he was still always a part of the ensemble rather than the out and out main character. Whether you enjoy X-Men Origins: Wolverine or not, credit has to be given to the movie for successfully starting Jackman down the road of solo superh...
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Apr 29, 2009 · Roger Ebert April 29, 2009. Tweet. Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" finally answers the burning question, left hanging after all three previous "Wolverine" movies, of the origins of Logan, whose knuckles conceal long and wicked blades.
Jul 26, 2013 · X-Men Origins: Wolverine is worse than Spider-Man 3. It might actually be worse than X-Men: The Last Stand. It's the kind of movie that's so terrible that you find yourself...
- Rachel Edidin
X-Men Origins: Wolverine: Directed by Gavin Hood. With Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Will.i.am. The early years of James Logan, featuring his rivalry with his brother Victor Creed, his service in the special forces team Weapon X, and his experimentation into the metal-lined mutant Wolverine.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine does have good things, it's well shot and edited (if a little rapid in a couple of the fighting sequences), the special effects are nicely executed and not used too much and the dark, gritty style of the previous three films is wisely maintained, nothing overblown or static here.
