I went to see Wolverine last night. Took my little sister to see it (we missed the start of the last showing of Monsters vs Aliens) although she actually said she quite wanted to see it. I found out afterwards that she'd never seen any of the other X-men movies. Duh. She enjoyed it never-the-less. As did I. Ah, Hugh Jackman's naked rear.
X-men origins: Wolverine is packed full of action from start to finish... With fight scene after fight scene, and a couple of romantic bits thrown in for good measure, on paper, Wolverine sounds like it could be a bit dull. However, with a moving story line running through the film, it manages to keep the audience guessing throughout. My only complaint would be, when the X-men trilogy held it's own so brilliantly, that there are a couple of fairly unoriginal fight scenes fairly reminiscent of The Matrix. I'd imagine this could be down to the use of a completely different team to the original x-men trilogy. This team are fairly new to the film industry each holding a fairly small filmography in these areas, so, bearing in mind this was going to be a high budget and high profile film, it's fair to say they've done a bloody good job.
Something else I find interesting with this film is that, on seeing the trailer, I thought it was going to a be a highly predictable film and that the trailer pretty much took the edge off. However, with a couple of rather enjoyable twists thrown in, there was no telling where the plot was headed. I'd highly recommend this film to any X-men or Hugh Jackman fan, although really, even if your are none of the above, X-men origins: Wolverine is a thoroughly enjoyable fantasy, action movie for anyone of any age.
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