Wolverine: Origins – Pretty Damn Cool
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). Read the rest of this entry »
