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Went to see Wolverine last night. My God, that was bad. Or rather, it was entertaining, if you like EXPLOSIONS and STUFF BLOWING UP and EVEN MORE STUFF EXPLODING. Then you'd love it, I guess. As it is, it had me cringing a bit, it was that over the top. I just. I mean. It was FUN, it was, and it will always be nice to see Hugh Jackman being hot and shirtless all the time, but the movie sort of took everything that X-Men stands for - the deep prejudice issues, the empathic characters, the intricate storylines - and stomped on it and spit at it for good measure. AND THEN SOME MORE STUFF BLEW UP.
Aaaah, they messed with X-Men canon so hard core, didn't they? And I'm not even talking about comics canon (they've been cheerfully ignoring that for years, nothing new under the sun), I mean nothing even fits with the movies anymore! ALSO. Major brownie points would've been earned if they'd actually bothered to make it look like the 80s. When, you know, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE SET. Or even earlier? I mean, Logan walks out of the project just after the Vietnam war, right? (well...) so it might even be EARLIER? BAH.
Gambit was sort of cool in all of his 8 minutes of air time, but is incredibly inconsequential to the film. The Blob was not only incredibly lame, but just played for the laughs. The woman playing Logan's TWU WUV had exactly one facial expression: SLIGHTLY MIFFED. She was annoying. The girl playing Emma Frost had more personality in her five minutes of screentime than Kayla or whatever had all through the movie. Which reminds me! The cameos! Professor X! Emma! Scott! I have to admit that seeing Emma and Scott together gave me the fuzzies. AW. But yeah, it was incredibly MELODRAMATIC. AND CHEESY.
Truly, I'm a bit in awe at the trailer editors. Because the movie I was sold was an epic tale of brotherhood and rivalry through the centuries, and how a sweet little Canadian kid can become a jerk off like Wolverine. And then, of course, all of the stuff I wanted to see (Logan in the civil war! Logan in WW1! Logan in WW2!) HAPPENED IN THE OPENING CREDITS. BAH. BAAAAH.
I mean, it's not that I didn't like it, per se, it's still a comic book movie and I love those, but. I was expecting something better? Something alone the lines of the first two movies, that is. And instead we got X3 all over again. With added explosions. And GROWLING. Lots and lots of growling.
Aaaah, they messed with X-Men canon so hard core, didn't they? And I'm not even talking about comics canon (they've been cheerfully ignoring that for years, nothing new under the sun), I mean nothing even fits with the movies anymore! ALSO. Major brownie points would've been earned if they'd actually bothered to make it look like the 80s. When, you know, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE SET. Or even earlier? I mean, Logan walks out of the project just after the Vietnam war, right? (well...) so it might even be EARLIER? BAH.
Gambit was sort of cool in all of his 8 minutes of air time, but is incredibly inconsequential to the film. The Blob was not only incredibly lame, but just played for the laughs. The woman playing Logan's TWU WUV had exactly one facial expression: SLIGHTLY MIFFED. She was annoying. The girl playing Emma Frost had more personality in her five minutes of screentime than Kayla or whatever had all through the movie. Which reminds me! The cameos! Professor X! Emma! Scott! I have to admit that seeing Emma and Scott together gave me the fuzzies. AW. But yeah, it was incredibly MELODRAMATIC. AND CHEESY.
Truly, I'm a bit in awe at the trailer editors. Because the movie I was sold was an epic tale of brotherhood and rivalry through the centuries, and how a sweet little Canadian kid can become a jerk off like Wolverine. And then, of course, all of the stuff I wanted to see (Logan in the civil war! Logan in WW1! Logan in WW2!) HAPPENED IN THE OPENING CREDITS. BAH. BAAAAH.
I mean, it's not that I didn't like it, per se, it's still a comic book movie and I love those, but. I was expecting something better? Something alone the lines of the first two movies, that is. And instead we got X3 all over again. With added explosions. And GROWLING. Lots and lots of growling.
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In summation, SABRETOOTH.
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Aunque sale Taylor como Gambit (♥). Creo que con eso me conformo :P
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I SPENT MOST OF THE MOVIE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN THE MOVIE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SET, WTF. I was, like, this is supposed to be late '70s/early '80s, right? Unless Logan spent years and years with Stryker and with the six year jump, it's now taking place in the '90s? And then teeny!Scott showed up (which I totally forgot was going to be the case) and I decided to just throw the whole timeline thing out the window.
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And the timeline is ridiculous. When the lights came up, I said, 'So. Gambit's OLDER than Cyclops?? WTFever.' Yeah, Weapon X was supposed to be in the 70s; that's why once Wolverine breaks with them he gets all those years of experience in Japan and all the rest of his globe-trotting.
But whatever; they screwed everything in X3 so I don't take any of them seriously anymore.
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Dude, I so hated how horribly they messed it up though. Up until Logan left Weapon X, it was SO GOOD. Like, hopeful good that maybe they were going to do it right! But then they ruined it. And the CGI was so bad too. Like, once his claws were metal, they didn't even move in time with his hands anymore.
But I am also frustrated by the ridiculous timeline. If this was supposed to be the story of Wolverine, they totally botched it because, uh, lol, yeah, the whole Japan thing? No time for that!
I think they should've focussed more on the brothers through the wars and shit, and instead of completely fucking up Deadpool, Logan's "villain" could have been the Weapon X program in the end, not some patchwork Deadpool. Ya know?
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I was equally perturbed/amused by Gambit RUNNING ON WALLS. It was all so over-the-top yet simultaneously ho-hum.
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And lol. Gambit. Ahhh. He was such an unnecessary addition, lol. I mean, personally, for the one who escaped Weapon X, I would've used Laura/X-23. But that's just because I have insane love for her. That would've opened a whole new can of worms for Logan anyway, and they didn't really go that far into his life, despite the fact that they set it in what seemed to be present day. Honestly.
Man, it was such a letdown though. Entertaining I guess, but it could've been SO MUCH BETTER if they'd just stuck a bit closer to canon.
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RIGHT?! BAAAAAAAAH!!
I saw it and when my assessment was, "it didn't suck," my friend says I'm too critical. No no, I was expecting EPICNESS. It really was just OK, and not even the kind of OK where I want to see it again soon. Not really, no.