Nothing is better than the start of the summer movie season and 2009 looks to be one of the best. From May to August there is at least one movie a week that I HAVE to see.
Today, I began with X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Wolverine is by far my favorite comic character, one of the deepest, most examined personalities in the history of the medium. His origin story and past are some of the most interesting stories in comics today. It was great to see Hugh Jackman bring this mutant to life in the X-Men series of films (albeit he is much taller than the little Canuck) with emotion and vigor.
The latest installment that uses portions of the great Origin miniseries and the vast history of Weapon X is an utter disappointment. It could have been so much more....
From the one-too-many cameos, to the butchering of the character of Deadpool, to the untimely and cheezy entrance of Professor X (although I have always loved Patrick Stewart in the role) this movie tried to take a little bite of the source material and turn it into more than necessary, when if they had only dug a little bit more the story would have presented itself.
I really can't say any more, I don't want to talk about it...
Next week: Star Trek
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