Wolverine is a
top-class Marvel character who can have numerous movies based on him, and
still, many won’t get tired of queuing up to see them. In my case, though, as
this is the 6th time we get to see Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) in claws, it’s
starting to get old. Since X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), the action
has been somewhat flattened, taking a backseat as the producers make room for
more drama—which may be welcomed by some and disliked by others (namely me).
This movie is
far better than the last time we saw Wolverine headline the X-Men franchise,
but it’s not as good as you’d want a Wolverine movie to be. The film is based
on a 1982 limited comic series, Wolverine, by Chris Claremont and Frank
Miller.
I believe 20th Century Fox (the owners of the X-Men rights) should step up and
try to make these movies have more action. I do hope that the upcoming X-Men:
Days of Future Past (2014), which will be directed by Bryan Singer (he
directed X-Men (2000) and X2 (2003)), will be more
enjoyable and have more engaging action than its predecessors.
This new
addition to the list of Wolverine-based movies is not a grand masterpiece, as
I’ve said, but I assure you that the final scenes of the movie are captivating
enough to go see it. It will make you sit up as you watch Wolverine come to
accept who he is—“a mutant”—as he takes on a mechanical samurai giant trying to
suck out his healing powers.
All this began
when Wolverine found himself stripped of his immortality after visiting Japan
to see an old acquaintance, whose life he had saved earlier in the movie.
Ironically, for
me, everything that led to the grand ending is just too dull and too
emotionally intended to be worth the time I put into it. The only good thing
about the movie is that it follows the events of the last X-Men movie, where
Wolverine killed off Jean Grey in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). After
Sony decided to do a reboot to keep the Spider-Man franchise, I thought 20th
Century Fox would do the same.
Although the
acting is very well done, and the effects are well-tuned, for me, this is a
“once is enough” movie. If I miss anything and you want to tell me about it,
I’ll search for a YouTube clip of it or just let it go.
Here’s another reason why Marvel should try to get their franchises back.
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