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Wolverine

Finally the summer blockbuster movies are rolling in. To get the ball running, we've got the latest instalment of the X-Men franchise. Wolvie hogs all the spotlight (as if he doesnt get all the attention in the previous X movies) in his very own movie, X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The movie is based loosely on the Wolverine : Origins graphic novel. That part of Wolverine's beginnings is sort of a new addition to the whole Wolverine saga.

In the beginning,you will find out the origins of Wolverine and his relationship with Sabretooth (albeit, nothing bi about it). And the numerous wars they got involved in (think they opted out of the Afghan and Eye-Rack wars). The movie starts off with much promise. I was particularly impressed by the beginning credits. The stylistic use of war scenes ending in freeze-frames, but yet the images were being zoomed in and out (and with them in poses full of machismo, having those cool beards and sideburns do help), certainly added on to the action. Very very impressive.

Then Colonel Stryker roped them in to form an elite Mutant team. This is the most interesting part of the movie as you get to see other mutants with various abilities. There's Will.i.Am playing a mutant that has similar abilities as Nightcrawler (teleportation). There's Deadpool, the wuxia man with the swords. This mofo has such impressive swordplay skills, chow-yun-fatt and IP man (not Internet Protocol) would be proud. See him not only block bullets, but, bloody hell cut bullets into half. As if tat is not impressive enough, the bullets rebound back to the attackers. Tat is ultimate lah dei.

You also get to see the early Blob (when he was much skinnier)and a shooting-confirm-marksmen-get-$200-every-recall Agent Zero. Lee Wung Yew would cream in his pants if they faced off in the SEA games.

But to me, the fun ends there. The rest of the story decidedly takes on a slower tone, as if the rush and rumble was only for the beginning. I was dissapointed by the duels of between Sabretooth and Wolvie. In the comics, Sabretooth is a much bigger brute, at least a head taller than Shorty, I mean Wolvie. But here, Liev Schreiber is not much bigger than him. I was hoping he'd be much bigger and look more savage wif his trademark faux-fur. And their duets, I mean duels, same standard operating procedure. They face off, Wolvie charge and run in from one side, Sabretooth galloping in from the other, both men (or beasts) grunting and they clash.

But the introduction of Gambit midway has got to be among the highlights of the movie. Remy LeBeau aka Gambit finally makes an appearance in an X-Men movie. The man wif the golden sleight of hand (i expect Sands at Marina Bay will be headhunting him soon) wif his impressive array of card tricks and throwing charged-up, explosive cards. Alas, wif such a frenchie name, i was hoping he'd speak more wif the lazy french drawl like in the cartoon series (altho not so pekat like Rene Artois in Allo Allo). And I was hoping to see him getting involved in much more bigger fights. Alas alas.

Also, the final fight scene will pit weapon X and weapon XI (Wolvie vs a super mutant). Again, a slight complain I have is the setting of the final fight. If only it was at a more wider venue (hint hint), it'd be much better I expect.

For all the hating, I enjoyed the movie on the overall, especially of seeing Gambit, Deadpool and the early part of the beginning. Dont fall asleep from the middle of the movie. I'd give it 4 / 5 charkueysss.

PS: Stay till the end. And Im not referring to the colonel. Stay beyond and go thru all the names of the credits. They may hold subliminal messages. Or not. Do it.




Sabretooth in this movie does not look like these at all.