What did you think of X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE?
The last time we did this, we got a pretty for what our audience thought of Watchmen, so as this is the biggest geek release since that movie, I'm here once again to ask what you thought of Hollywood's latest offering for our tentpole tastebuds. X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the fourth in the X-Men saga, which of course became subject of much conterversary when a workprint was leaked online some weeks back, and whose damage to it's financial takings we should see in full effect in about 24 hours. From what I've read, the workprint that was leaked is almost identical to the movie that is now playing in theatres, with just the added special effects now in place. I have now seen the movie, and I completely hate virtually every single frame of it. Wolverine is a complete mess from start to finish, a completely misguided film that shows that got everything from the casting, to the hiring of the writers and directors, to the whole idea of where this prequel should have gone, completely wrong. Even Hugh Jackman puts in one of his worst performances and looks so uncomfortable playing this character in this outing, when you would think by now he could play Logan in his sleep. My favourite review of the movie currently online comes from good old Roger Ebert, and his last line makes me laugh so hard...
Doesn't "X-Men Origins" at least provide a learning experience for Logan about the origins of Wolverine? Hollow laugh. Because we know that the modern Wolverine has a form of amnesia, it cannot be a spoiler for me to reveal that at the end of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," he forgets everything that has happened in the film. Lucky man.Now it's time to tell us what you thought of the movie, and where you hope the X-Men franchise can go from here. If it will survive this hack job...