X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE (2009)

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"To much for a 90 minute movie."

WARNING SPOILERS!

Let me first say I was expecting a lot from this movie since it was going to have three of my favorite characters in Wolverine, Gambit, and Deadpool.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine was a decent movie, that could have been better. First let me get to the stuff I didn't like.

1. Rating/length: What is with every movie out now being PG-13. They did it to Die Hard 4, and they did it to the new Terminator movie. COME ON IT'S TERMINATOR! And Wolverine isn't a PG-13 character. I know I've ranted on this subject before but it just irritates me.

Than there was the length of the film at about 95 minutes long which was way to short for all the information they were trying to feed us. You could also tell it was heavily edited. They should have made it 20 minutes longer, with it being rated R. I'm sure it would be a better movie.

2. Story: The story at the beginning was really good. Sadly as the movie went on it got worse. Mainly because they added to much in some X-Men characters and Professor X, and killing of important characters for no reason, which will leave no impact on the viewer.

3. Deadpool/Ryan Reynolds: This guy was truly a great character in the comics. He had a great back story, and entertaining character. He could be funny yet deadly serious at the same time. He was great and a breath of fresh air. He made you rut for the bad guy. In the movie he started out a great for the few minutes he was on screen. Sadly they decided to destroy the great character in a pointless way. Any of you out there hoping for a Deadpool movie, don't get your hopes up.

Now onto the things I liked.

1. Wolverine/Hugh Jackman: He is a really good actor, and I still think he does a really good job as Wolverine.

2. Sabertooth/Liev Schrieber: I thought he did a great job as Sabertooh. Much better than the guy who played him in the first X-Men movie.

3. Gambit/Taylor Kitsch: Gambit wasn't in the movie much, but he had an effect. Sure the guy didn't have a Cajun accent, but it still worked. I wish they had given him a little more time on screen.

4. Action/Special effects: They were great especially at the beginning. But by the end they weren't as good, almost anti-climatic.

Overall Wolverine was a decent movie that tried to do to much in a 95 minute movie.