Wolverine: Origins – Pretty Damn Cool

This entry was posted on Monday, April 6th, 2009 by George Koroneos

So I couldn’t beat temptation and watched the first half hour of Wolverine: Origins the other night, and I’m happy to report that what I saw was pretty awesome.

For those living under a rock, the fourth X-Men installment was leaked on the Internet mid-last week irking Fox Films in a major way. In fact, the Fox Network is so upset that it is supposedly firing its movie reviewer for writing about the film on the Fox News blog. So much for journalistic integrity. The funny part, is that he loved the film.

That kills my original theory, which was that Fox leaked the movie itself to stir up some buzz for Wolverine. The franchise was decimated after Brett Ratner royally screwed up the Phoenix Saga plot line in the third movie. That movies should have been a gimme given author Chris Claremont’s phenomenal source material, but no. It sucked. With Wolverine: Origins, the focus is primarily on Wolverine and covers most of the Weapon X Project story line.

The 30 minutes I saw included a few minutes of the original Origins story, documenting Wolverine’s youth, and then goes into a historic montage a la the opening sequence of Watchmen. I got to see a pretty good action scene involving everyone’s favorite Merc-With-A-Mouth Deadpool, and Logan’s departure from his mercenary troupe (including the Blob, Sabertooth, and some other well-known acquaintances).

What was also shocking about the film I saw was the fact that it was a work print copy – basically a version of the film without all the CG added on. In one scene, our hero flies through the air wearing what appear to be a cable and harness contraption. In another scene, Wolverine cuts through an army of foes without not so much as a drop of blood flying through the air. While it is strange to see a movie that’s both raw and complete, it’s really cool to see the pre-CG footage.

I stopped the film because I really got into it, and would rather wait to see the completed movie than spoil two hours on an incomplete print. All I know, is that I’m excited, and if the rest of the comic book geek world is as stoked as I am, then Fox Films has nothing to fear. The movie is due out May 1 in the US.

Thanks to Dylan Evans for sending me the link to the movie.

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