Archive for May, 2009



…anything.  In fact it fails to do anything but blow stuff up and basically take what is arguably one of Marvel’s best characters and totally screw him up.  Yeah, great it was 1121736511Wolverine copy entertaining in the fact that we get to see Wolverine destroying things and fighting.  And Gambit was a nice touch, but all in all this movie should have been titled “Marvel Orgins: Adamantium” since there was more attention paid to how the metal was discovered and how it was grafted to Logan’s skeleton than anything else. 

  “In the comics series the character grows into manhood on a mining colony in Northern Alberta, adopting the name "Logan".[17] Logan leaves the colony and lives for a time in the wilderness among wolves, until returning to civilization, residing with the Blackfoot Indians. Following the death of his Blackfoot paramour, Silver Fox, he is ushered into a Canadian military unit. Logan then spends some time in Madripoor, before settling in Japan, where he marries and has a son.” (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine_(comics))  Which is how I remember it. 

  I am going to leave this post with a quote from Roger Ebert and Harry Knowles (both of which totally agree with me. HA HA) : “At least, you hope, he has an interesting vulnerability? I’m sure X-Men scholars can tell you what it is, although since he has the gift of instant healing, it’s hard to pinpoint. When a man can leap from an exploding truck, cling to an attacking helicopter, slice the rotor blades, ride it to the ground, leap free and walk away (in that ancient cliche where there’s a fiery explosion behind him but he doesn’t seem to notice it), here’s what I think: Why should I care about this guy? He feels no pain and nothing can kill him, so therefore he’s essentially a story device for action sequences.” –Roger Ebert (click the name to read his review)

 

“This is an action figure movie. A slurpee cup flick, where it’s far more important to just have the characters do something eye-popping, not actually human. Oh sure, these are not humans, they’re mutants… and apparently the mutant power they all have is the ability to make me not give a shit. BUT, I do give a shit, because I’ve been reading comics since I learned to read. “ –Harry Knowles (click the name to read his review)

 

 

‘Nuff said. 


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