Theo Moore

THERE BE NO SPOILERS HERE!!!

My title makes it sound like it was bad, but it really wasn't that bad. Was it great? Nope. Did it deliver on the promise that the Jackman showed in the first two Xmen movies (I refuse to acknowledge there even was a third...blech)? I don't think it did.

The action scenes were pretty good, actually. Definitely some suspension of disbelief (and I don't mean the obvious things like using swords to chop bullets) in some places were it just didn't sell well, but the action was pretty good. The fights were fast and furious.

I did NOT like the acting at all. Now, for some folks, this isn't important at all in this kind of movie and I can appreciate that. However, these heroes are more than just characters in a movie to me. I grew up reading them and learning how they behaved. I had some expectations that they would act a certain way. They didn't. Jackman's Wolverine was not nearly the Wolverine he was in the first two Xmen movies.  I also did not at all like the love interest. She's pretty as heck in that doesn't need makeup sorta way (I like that), but her acting was flat. She's an interesting blend of features that reminds me of Liv Tyler but prolly cheaper to hire. Just a thought. The chemistry between the characters didn't work really well, either. The "love" scenes just didn't sell at all.

Liev Schreiber plays a great Sabretooth, and he stole the show. My only complaint? He doesn't look like Sabretooth. Wolvie was pretty short, and in the comic, Sabertooth stood head and shoulders over him. In the movie, Sabretooth/Wolverine look the same height. This really troubled me, but Jackman is 6'3"...would be tough to find someone the right size.

Some of the CGI looked like it was from the 80s it was so bad. Especially the claws. Keep an eye on them and you'll see what I mean. I am a stickler for details and they troubled me.

So, overall would I suggest seeing it? Oh, yes, by all means. Is it one that is going to standout in mind as great film based on comic books? No. If the recent Batman movies were a 10, Iron Man an 8, Fantastic Four a 5, the Hulk a 2 and Barb Wire a 0, then Wolverine probably rates a 5 or a 4 (in my opinion) in the 1-10 scale of comic-based films.