X-Men Origins: Wolverine
I went to see Wolverine today. Having seen negative reviews I set my expectations incredibly low. And as such was pleasantly surprised. It was ludicrously silly, had practically no plot and a clunky script with some of the most appalling dialogue I’ve ever seen.
Though it was fun seeing how silly a lot of it got - a missile destroying a house Wolverine was staying in getting destroyed into a big fireball was ridiculous enough. but to see him then emerge from the flames riding on a motorbike was hilarious.
The best bit was probably actually the first few minutes when there was a historical montage showing Wolverine and Sabretooth fighting in the civil war, WWI, WWII and ‘Nam. Had some great scenes showing vaguely historical events - seeing his life play out through all of this would have been much more interesting.
What did surprise me though was how ropey a lot of the special effects were. The claws looked like they were rendered on a Playstation 1 a lot of the time, and there was some really poorly lit green-screen shots that didn’t look at all convincing. Which is surprising for a film so reliant on special effects. As it certainly can’t rely on the script or story.
