IslandDahl: TV/Movies

"This movie does a good job of incorporating the X-men mythology into a storyline that is - for the vast majority of the film - quite engaging. Hugh Jackman is, as he has always been, a very engaging Wolverine. He is as good or better in the role this time around as he has ever been, capturing both Wolverine's mentality as well as his physical attributes. While Wolverine may look like he is on some steroids, most of the roid-rage seems to belong to his big brother, Sabertooth - who, like the Joker in Batman, is evil solely for the sake of being evil - but unlike Heath Ledger's character, is not a very memorable bad guy. At certain points, Jackman is in the position to end his big brother's evil antics with the swift thrust of his adamantium claws, and the audience lets out a collective groan when one thing or another prevents that from happening. Perhaps this is a good thing, traditionally, the audience should not like the bad guy as much as the good guy - but I personally feel that a superhero movie cannot be great without a great bad guy. So, even though Wolverine is done great by Jackman, and Gambit is very close to the original comic book character (and therefore very cool), the movie is just not very fulfilling at the end. Even after the bonus ending at the end of the credits. It has a very engaging beginning and a solid middle section that make it worth seeing - especially if you grew up with Marvel and the X-men mutants.

Top 5 things about movie: Wolverine, Gambit, Wade Wilson a.k.a Deadpool (in the beginning), John Wrath, and Deadpool (at the end) "