X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE (2009)

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Would you recommend this? Not really. If you're a fan, you already know his history from the comics (which is much more interesting in the comics).


Technically any good? Bleh, not really. They changed the story dramatically, which makes it a crappy adaptation, and the way the script is structured, the character arc the lead travels is ultimately useless, so nothing resonates. The acting was meh, Jackman's always believable, but when the script is crap, who cares?


How did it leave me feeling? That the comic-book-movie curse has returned!! Each X-Men movie has gotten progressively worse and this is the worst one so far. I think they should just stop before they murder the franchise entirely.


Would you sit through it again? No.

It's not just me. Apparently other folks don't like this movie either.

Kelsey Grammer in X-MEN 3

So, I guess X-Men 3 is coming out this summer. That pic there is Kelsey Grammer as The Beast. I like him as the blue Beast, but part of the tragedy of his character is that he used to be a more human beast. Every so often in the comic he'd return to his human form as he perfects a new form of chemical that returns him to his more human version. After a while though, the mutation builds up an immunity to his drug and he reverts to the blue guy.

Personally, I think Kelsey's not right for the human Beast--too fat. The Beast is always athletic--I mean the dude can leap from the floor to the ceiling and stay there by holding on to pipes, or light fixtures or whatever his feet can grab on to.

Although I am excited to see Angel--Warren Worthington is one of my all time favorite superheroes. When he lost his wings back in the 1980s to the Reavers, they couldn't have made a more tragic fantasy character.

Let's just hope X3 is as good as X1 and X2. I think Bryan Singer should hire Ron Moore to write movies. Or hire me. :D