Thu 7 May 2009
I’m a long time comic book collector and fan. I have every X-Men comic book from 1991 – 2001 (both main series, annuals, spin-offs, etc…). I take my comics seriously, especially when it comes to the X-Men. I liked the first X-Men movie, LOVED the second, and absolutely hated the third. To be honest, because of the third movie, I didn’t have too much hope for X-Men Origins: Wolverine even before I saw it. It seems that even with low expectations, one can still be let down.
I just felt that the people responsible for making Marvel movies, by allowing the obviously horrible X-Men 3 and Spider-Man 3 movies to even make it to the big screen, have either lost their minds or have completely succumbed to greed and no longer care about quality. So what was the verdict? As you undoubtedly already know by now, the movie is almost completely trash.
The casting was great at times and horrible at others but is probably still one of the best parts of the movie. Hugh Jackman is a no-brainer of course but the choice of Liev Schreiber as Sabretooth is definitely a great one despite the silly 4-legged “pounces” he prefer to simply walking or running. Perhaps the best choice was Ryan Reynolds playing an incredibly perfect Wade Wilson. Taylor Kitsch looked the part of Gambit but the lack of accent made him an utter casting or directing fail depending on who you prefer to pin the blame on. Other fails include Emma Frost, Scott Summers, William Striker, and Wolverine’s love interest Kayla Silverfox. For the first 3 characters, they just didn’t feel like their comic book equivalents and were all lackluster. As for Kayla, she just couldn’t act
If there’s one more positive point to say it’s that there’s really never a dull moment. Lots of action and always something happening on screen insures that the audience won’t want for more in that department. There are plenty of “I wanna shoot myself in the face” moments however, but those are brought about from bad acting, bad dialog, and overall bad film-making, not from boredom.
Without a doubt, the biggest blasphemy perpetrated by the criminals behind this sorry excuse for a film was Deadpool’s depiction. Deadpool is one of my favorite Marvel characters and a true fan favorite. His insanity combined with his inability to keep his mouth shut and his ability to take an endless amount of punishment make him truly one of the most entertaining characters to follow in comics. What better way to give him the big screen treatment than to take everything we love and hold dear about him and put it in a blender, deep freeze its contents, then launch that into the sun!
Seriously, who okay’s these decision? Why can’t they just get everyone who made a GOOD superhero movie to keep doing it or at least to oversee all of the other superhero movies? I don’t doubt for a second that if the creative minds behind X-Men 2 or Iron Man or the second Hulk movie were given access to this script, they would have torn it to shreds and started anew.
Let me break it down to you SPOILER style. Deadpool is supposed to be funny … it’s a bad idea to make him mute. He’s supposed to be insane … it’s a bad idea to make him remotely controlled through a computer via a standard Logitech keyboard (I kid you not). Deadpool does not have adamatium katanas coming out of his wrists or optic blasts or anything other than a healing factor and incredible fighting abilities. As my friend Brandon said, they could have just named that monstrosity something else and no one would have complained as much! Here’s hoping the upcoming Deadpool movie is a complete reboot on the character. </SPOILER>
Now the final nail in the coffin came in the form of the worst special effects in a non B-Rated movie since the early 90′s. No jokes, Terminator 2′s special effects were FAR superior. Everything from horrible fire effects to silver non-reflective Wolverine trademark claws! This part was an insult to movie-goers. They don’t think we’d notice? Well I for one did, and judging by the sneers I heard the first time Wolverine unsheathed his adamantium claws to examine them, I’d say I wasn’t alone. Far from it, it’s no coincidence the premiere screening of this movie received no claps or cheers or anything of the like.
So there you have it, one disappointment after the next. My predictions? The next Iron Man movie will be spectacular! Then the third will be HORRIBLE. Then the spin-off Warmachine movie will be just as bad as X-Men Origins: Wolverine. I’m trained to see patterns and so I can’t see it happen any other way …
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May 7th, 2009 at 19:05
thas a sic pic of deadpool man. where did you get it from?
May 7th, 2009 at 19:17
Actually, I’m kinda hoping that someone accepts that Wolverine was a terrible movie and has deadpool say so in the intro: “So I came from this terrible wolverine movie where some schmuck of a director totally ruined me. Theeen I got bit by a radioactive spider, became emo for a while, got better and here I am”
May 7th, 2009 at 19:54
HAHAHA! Reminds me of Deadpool’s monolog in the Marvel Ultimate Alliance game:
“The day my father Odin banished me from Asgard, I was bitten by a vampire and had radioactive waste dumped into my eyes. To make matters worse, my mutant ability to control weather activated just as I was hit by a blast of gamma radiation.”
LOL!
May 7th, 2009 at 20:52
didnt know about deadpool movie i sure as hell hope for a reboot! Theres always star trek to look forward to right?
May 7th, 2009 at 21:18
Yeah man, Star Trek’s been getting MAD hype reviews Rodney! Here’s hoping
May 8th, 2009 at 00:12
I don’t know if you saw but one of the 3 alternative endings (depending on which theater you see the movie there’s a mini ending) for that movie (most likelly due to bad feedback from the leaked version of the movie) is a shot of weapon XI’s head on the ground, then a voice over saying “who the hell are you supposed to be” and a cut to the real Wade Wilson picking up the head. So it looks like XI isn’t wade wilson, this make me feel slightly better about the movie (I’m sick of marvel killing of people in their movies, Why did venom have to die after being in the movie for 17 seconds)
May 8th, 2009 at 05:56
Totally agree with you Osama. Garbage movie.
And it wasn’t only the special fx that were cheap… it’s been a while I haven’t seen a movie where I noticed the sets being so fake. The backalley and whole final area looked like cardboard.
***spoiler alert***
The extra scene after credits I saw was deadpool’s hand slowly inching towards the head. The stiching on the mouth was ripped off and the head was “alive” and said something… don’t remember the words though.
May 8th, 2009 at 07:39
Awww shit. I had no idea that there was anything after the credits
And I’m NOT sitting through the movie again to see that.
June 4th, 2009 at 10:31
well, if there`s these “head shots” in the end i think the movie just uprates deadpool from unconfortably gore (as i think his appearance was a bit too dark and conceptualy, well, uncomfortable) to plain disgusting
even without the weapon xi, seems like everyone apparently enjoys the whole ryan reynolds pretty boy deadpool possibility, but i think his acting was pretty bad, as wade wilson he just seemed insecure and totally not bad ass, i would imagine deadpool being someone more on the likes of jason statham in crank
anyway, as a wolverine fan (and professional rant machine) i would have sooo much more to talk about this movie, but written comment just gets boring, if not annoying, after a certain point, right?