X-men origins: Wolverine

So I went to the cinema to see this today. A good use of my new free lesson ^w^
However I was unfortunatly quite dissapointed. Now don’t get me wrong it’s not a BAD film, it’s actually alright, mainly because it has some of the good characters like Wolverine, Gambit and Sabretooth.

Hugh Jackman once again did the amazing job of playing Wolverine. Gambit is just awesome. When I was a kid I reeally didn’t like gambit, mainly because of the fact that I thought all he could do was throw cards, however I then realized his power was actually… to blow shit up, and who doesn’t love that? The problem was that Gambit was known for his very strong southern accent (Plus the blowing shit up) and Taylor Kitsch didn’t put it on enough, there was a subtle hint towards it but it wasn’t strong enough.
Sabretooth was also a success, he doesn’t look as animalistic as you might expect but Liev Schreiber plays the part incredibly well. The character was violent and his jumps really showed off his animalistic nature, even before it’s fully revealed how much of a beast he is you can see hints of his real nature

Certain points of the film did offer some very light comic relief but most of the film kept that sombre angsty style that Wolverine just seems to carry around with him like a freakin cloud.
The film was 109 minutes long but when your watching it, it just feels like the time is passing very quickly, the problem is that they focus so much on the begining, which feels very much like a proglogue, that it takes up half the film.

The main problem with this film, which I find is the problem with most films these days (Everytime I say that I feel old) is that they focus way too much on the action and the CGI, that isn’t what makes a good film people! Now their filling every film with as many explosions as possible to show it off, yeah just cause you CAN make really good effects and explosions doesn’t mean you HAVE too.
The final problem with this film, is all the inconsistancies.
I have always been a huge fan of the X-Men. The comics, the t.v series, the new t.v series, but I’ve never been a fan of the films. I guess it’s hard to enjoy a film based from a book I’ve read, and although I do like how they’ve done the story it just has quite a few inconsistancies with the comics, T.V series and it even has problems matching up to the other 3 films.

Overall the film was alright, could’ve been better but then again it could have been a LOT worse. I say, if you’re gonna watch it, illegally download it cause it isn’t worth the money, but it’s not bad enough to avoid altogether.
I give it a 2.5 out of 5.

As I hear it there is another X-Men Origins film coming out, scheduled for release in 2011, Magneto’s story has time to shine. I love magneto and I very much want that to be good because, as mik pointed out, his past goes into the holocaust, which should allow for a very plot driven film rather than action.

Posted by Vonnie on 04/29 at 11:32 AM
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Films coming up!

Hey guys ^^ I’m sorry but my Art exam is next week so I’ve got some problems with updating. I may show you some of my pieces though :3

On a side note I’m very excited about some the the films coming up this month.
We have X-Men Origins: wolverine, which looks awesome for many reasons, 1 HUGH JACKMAN! 2. GAMBIT! gambit is just generally one of the coolest characters ever. One of the problems I’m seeing with this is that it looks like they’ve gone over board on the effects however if they getting it straight from the comic it shouldn’t be too bad :3 I’ve heard some bad things of it but we’ll have to see. Am seeing it next week so will give a review then. (29th of April)

Next we have Coraline. I read the book when I was in secondary school, but because I was reading it in school I couldn’t apreciate it as much as I wanted to. I was sceptical but after reading it I was kind of like ‘ya know… that wasn’t actually that bad’ and I must say the film looks fantastic. the films been in production for quite a long while, I am very pleased that they used the same director as the nightmare before christmas and the style comes across as bieng recognisable as well. the animation is amazing and the surreality of the book really comes across in the film (or what I’ve seen in it) It looks like they’ve gotten some fantastic voice actors too. The voice of the cat is particularily well done and I may have to reread the book before I go see it.

Our final film coming out is the one I’m most excited about. Now I must say I was a bit sceptical at first, but at practically orgasming at the trailer I just cannot wait to see the Star Trek film. With a fantastic cast that could mimic the original and the improved Sci Fi effects of our time this film looks as though it is going to be epic. Starring such great actors as Wynona Rider, Chris Pine and Simon Pegg as scotty (A fantastic choice.) Now I’m not much of a trekky myself, but in my opinion Picard is the superior officer, HOWEVER this kirk has the oppurtunity to change my mind as he looks absolutely fantastic and the whole story behind him seems very enticing. I can’t help feeling however that this film isn’t going to do as well in the box office as the creators might hope, most of the fans of star trek are the ones who’re gonna go see it, and unfortunatly that will probably acount for almost all of those who go see it. Although there are a lot of trekkies out there so that may make up for it.

Enjoy =D

Posted by Vonnie on 04/23 at 11:14 AM
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Sorry

I’m sorry but there will be no bananas tommorow. I have too much homeworky stuff to do so I shall be busy.

I apologise for my lack to update but this close to exams things are getting a tad hectic, also been incredibly busy these last two weeks.

Posted by Vonnie on 04/18 at 02:05 PM
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