Movie Review: X-Men Origins: Wolverine

I am, and will always be a diehard X-Men fan, and when I heard they were making a Wolverine move, I got a bit excited, as to be expected. Then when I started hearing more details about the film, I got les and less excited as opening day drew near. I couldn’t even see it opening weekend, and I was still kind of okay with that. After hearing that most of my suspicions were confirmed, I knew that I still had to give it a shot and judge it for myself, (and for you, my loyal readers) of course.

The characters were ALL so far off base it wasn’t even funny. The back story that they created was not based on anything I have ever read, and with 30 years of history behind the character, it saddens me that they went so far away from the story that should have been told. Similar to X-Men 3, a lot of characters were thrown in just to add to the checklist of cameos, and just like X-Men 3, most of them were changed so much, there was little to nothing left of the original character that they were based on. In the end, there was a lot to dislike about this film.

There were a couple good things though, (not many, but they were there). The wire work was good for a lot of the stunts. Sabretooth did this run, gallop thing a lot that looked pretty cool. There was a cool fight scene with Gambit, and even a cameo from a certain bald headed mutant telepath. Deadpool, played by Ryan Reynolds was awesome, but then he was only in the movie for all of five minutes….

Go see it, or don’t. Just don’t feel disappointed about it either way, because it’s really not worth the effort.

I give X-Men Origins: Wolverine a 3 outta 10
(And it breaks my heart)

Movie Review: Observe & Report

Okay, going into this movie, I didn’t really know what to expect. I had seen about ten minutes of Paul Blart: Mall Cop and was dreading something like that. The commercials didn’t give too much away and the only well known members of the cast were Seth Rogen and Anna Ferris. It turned out to be at least entertaining, and very dark. Some points it was even a little uncomfortable. It was a comedy, but definitely a more complex role for Rogen to pull off. Some parts were really funny, and there were a couple moments when I actually got caught off guard. It was decent, but not worth the $15 it costs to see a movie now-a-days. Wait for it to come out on DVD and it you come across it, give it a shot, but it’s really not worth searching for or getting excited over.

I give Observe and Report a 5 outta 10.