Because, fan of all things mutie that I am, this has remained the lone X-film that I’ve not seen. Until now (I’m approximately halfway through it at this second). And aside from some dodgy CGI - and the confounding presence of Will.I.Am(!) - so far I don’t have all that many complaints. Plus, it features Ryan Reynolds as one Wade Winston Wilson, who was born for the role (and who will, thankfully, be starring in the Deadpool movie).
So, I ask you all, as someone who has, admittedly, not yet watched the whole thing … what’s not to like?
I think it has the shakiest plot of all the X-men movies, which is saying something (although the other Wolverine movie might challenge it on that point). I also remember it having the jankiest CGI for the diamonded skin lady and wolvie’s claws, for some reason.
Beyond that it’s… eh. I mean, its greatest downside is its title character, in that it’s functionally impossible to make a good Wolverine movie. “He lives through it and eventually kills the bad man” is how they go. You can’t really build any tension out of a protagonist whose shtick is “cannot be harmed”.
I mean you can when he’s in the sidelines, in which case the scope of the plot can include Big Dramatic Things and other people’s lives at stake, in which case Wolverine surviving doesn’t mean as much. But a small plot centered around him ? Yeah, pointless.
Which I guess is why I’m so thoroughly enjoying reading through the Uncanny X-Force Omnibus. It features Wade. And Psylocke. And Angel/Archangel. (And Apocalypse.) And Fantomex. And Logan’s largely relegated to the sidelines much of the time.
Still, though, I: a) don’t see how this could possibly be any worse than the shitshow, all-X-Men-must-die plot of X-Men: The Last Stand; b) quite enjoyed The Wolverine, actually. But then, like I stated previously, I have a certain weakness for all things X (even the selfsame shitshow that is The Last Stand).
That said, Origins does have some spectacularly shitty CGI, especially the adamantium claws (as mentioned previously).
But if you go into it thinking I’m going to watch a cheesy as Hell flick, then it may be ok. This is the film that literally has the hero walking unconcerned while an explosion goes off behind him…
As **Smapti **alludes, I couldn’t believe what X-Men Origins: Wolverine did with the character of Deadpool: [spoiler]make one of comic fandom’s most popular antiheroes, the Merc with a Mouth, mute. And then kill him.
Incredible waste of a very cool character – it was like the screenwriters hadn’t seen Boba Fett trip into the Sarlacc Pit, or Darth Maul get sliced in two. (The end-credit stinger, I know, show that he’s not dead and can open his mouth … but still.)[/spoiler]