X-Men Origins: Wolverine tells the story of Logan a.k.a. Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) who grows up as a mutant who can regenerate himself and has bone claws sheath in his hands. He kills the man who killed his father before finding out that the murderer was his real father. His brother, Victor a.k.a. Sabretooth (Liev Schreiber), ran away with him. They stick together until they’re adults and fought in countless wars throughout the ages before ultimately joining a team of mutants a man named Stryker (Danny Huston) put together. This team however is not what Wolverine thought they would be and left. Six years passed, and Stryker comes up to Logan with a favour to ask because most of the team members are found dead. And that’s pretty much the basic storyline.THE GOOD: The storyline itself. This prequel/spin-off is what fans of the franchise had been waiting for. It supposedly answers the question about Wolverine's origin that was brought up in X-Men 2. The acting is also a good aspect of this movie. Hugh Jackman really embraces the character Wolverine and he really unleashes his anger so effectively that we can feel his rage.
Schreiber makes a good animalistic Sabretooth that would hunt down anything he is pointed at. And Ryan Reynolds got Deadpool spot on with some witty lines and a great action scene. The action sequence is another factor. The fight scenes are only a few minutes in length, but it was good while it lasted.
THE BAD: The CGI looks very cheap! It looks like they started it well (the opening credits was real art) but then fell short on money. Never had I seen Wolverine claws look so fake. The teleportation ability of Wraith (Will.i.Am) looks like something from the 80’s sci-fi. What happened to the way Nightcrawler teleports in X2 (which was a CGI masterpiece)? And furthermore, just like in X-Men 3, a lot of characters are killed of pre-maturely and/or badly miscast.
And although I said the story itself is good, the way it is being told is not. They didn’t make good use of the flashbacks, or twist or anything that will keep the suspense. None of the scenes are as dramatic as they should or could have been.
Gambit (Taylor Kitsch), another factor that made fans eager for this movie, was so downplayed. He only uses his card-charging power in one scene. The rest are just him using his staff to jump and run around.
Now about Deadpool. He is a cool character with a cool and funny actor playing him. They got mostly everything about him spot on (save for the costume). The witty lines and the characteristic are there. But they didn't handle the character correctly. Deadpool was never develop throughout the story. We know nothing about him except that his name is Wade and he's really good with swords, and suddenly he became an abominaion with the combined powers of Cyclops and Wraith and some other mutants.This movie didn't do Deadpool justice at all.THE BOTTOM LINE: X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a movie that only fans should see. It’s nowhere near X2, but good enough if you just want to know about Wolverine’s past. Another good thing about this movie is that it makes you want to watch X2 all over again.
what do you mean Gambit only uses his card-charging power in one scene? his power is to charge things, not only cards you know, he charges the staff to create all those explotions and to make him do all his acrobatic stunts, like in the comics. I'm sick of people thinking Gambit only charges CARDS. He displayed his powers through all his scarce scenes.
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