When I heard they were
going to make a new movie that featured Hugh Jackman playing Wolverine yet
again I was rolling my eyes and wondering if it will be as bad as the first
Wolverine movie. I mean X – Men Origins:
Wolverine was for the most part a movie that was not good at all. Well the first half was ok when we learn how
he became the man he is now and the events that lead to it but once they
started heading down that path towards Genosha and that stupid nuclear power
plant fight with Deadpool. Well that was just lame and the movie circled the
drain.
Then the trailers came out
and the movie actually looked pretty decent and reminded me of a storyline that
was in the comic books way back when stories by Claremont and Miller were the
ones to read in the Wolverine book back in the day. So judgement day arrived and The Wolverine
has been released and theaters and I sat in the dark theater with trepidation
and wondering if this one could be better than Origins and give Wolverine an
action based movie that also had a good story to compliment the comic book
action that we know this character is known for.
Well the answer is
yes. I truly enjoyed The Wolverine and
it felt like a Wolverine story that you would have found in a comic book back
in the mid 80’s and early 90’s. I liked the
story as it dealt with one man’s mortality and what lengths he would go to
extend it and the curse that it brings.
We see Wolverine having to deal with his new found mortality as his
healing powers have been suppressed and he can now be wounded or even killed. That was a pretty neat twist and helped the
story along with that plot point as he was also trying to protect Mariko from
the people who wanted to kill her. That
was probably the best part of the story as we saw a vulnerable side to
Wolverine that you do not see much plus it kept the love angle with Mariko
interesting as that was in the comic also and was wondering how they would tie
that angel in.
I liked the fact the movie
took place in Japan. It was nice to see
the movie stay true with Wolverine Japanese roots as in the comic book he did
spend a great amount of time in Japan and it made the movie seem more realistic
rather than seeing it set in the regular US big city. It was refreshing to see
as the scenery was different and nice to see.
I really liked the action
scenes and seeing Wolverine battling ninjas and fighting against swords was
pretty neat and a welcome departure from guns and big explosions and the
like. I just liked how the fighting was
choreographed it just really moved and was pretty intense and I liked it a lot.
Plus having a battle on top of a bullet
train was pretty neat and actually one of the best in a long time.
There wasn’t much I did
not care for. I wasn’t too enamored with The Viper. It seems like she was a through away villain
and not the big bad she is in the comic books as she is the head of Hydra. But in a way it worked and seeing how she
made Wolverine powerless was pretty cool even if it wasn’t explained that
well. The scenes with Jean Grey were a
good link from that horrid X-3 movie and dealt with how he handled things from
killing her but thought there was one to many scenes with her but that did not
really damper the film for me. Thought
the Silver Samurai was pretty cool and the reveal that it was Logans old friend
Yashida was expected but for something that big and bulky it moved way to well.
The Wolverine is a really
entertaining movie that has a pretty good story that unfortunately the other
two super hero movies that came out this year did not have and was happy to see
that they did not rely on big explosions and destroying of the city around
them. Plus stay for the credits as there
is a really cool scene that sets up the next X-Men movie Days of Future
Past. I really enjoyed The Wolverine and
will most definitely get it on Blu Ray when it is released and it sure does
make up for the lousy first movie they attempted with Wolverine.
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