“X-Men Origins: Wolverine”

I went to see the new X-Men film last night (as it opened here sooner than in the US).  I won’t give any plot spoilers, but I will give you a small break so that, if you don’t want to read my opinions, you can stop now.

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Is this enough of a break?  I think so…

So, in short, the film was too slow and plot-driven for an action film, and had too many action sequences for a plot-driven film.  I really wanted more plot, because Wolverine’s background is interesting enough, and Hugh Jackman a good enough actor, to have carried a “proper” film.  The action sequences were kinda dull, and the director was far too fond of fast cuts, which means that you never really get to appreciate what the actors are doing for the action sequences.  And, honestly, even I, an eager Hugh Jackman ogler, started to roll my eyes as he was stripped down to jeans and white tank top, or even less, for the umpteenth time.  I mean, we get it; he’s ripped.

I think the best parts of the film were the parts that showed Logan before he became Wolverine, in Canada.  The bits of the film that actually relied on Hugh Jackman acting, rather than running around, looking buff and angry.  Overall, I’d probably, and I hate to say this, rank this film below even the first X-Men film, which was sillier, but at least comfortable with what it was.  This film couldn’t make up its mind, it seems.