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News Credits: 2 · by **First-Aid** » Fri May 01, 2009 2:41 am

Figured it would be a good idea to throw this thread up. Just got back from a midnight showing (no third TF trailer...second one only) of this flick.

Not knowing a lot about the comic storyline on his character, I found this movie very engaging. The story was very in-depth and compelling. A lot of excitement, great stunt scenes and effects, good sense of humor in places. Mutants you see include
Emma Frost, Gambit, Cyclops, Quiksilver (amongst a host of imprisoned mutants), and Deadpool- who was done the most disservice I think. I won't spoil it, but it worked in the end. There are two scenes in the credits so stay till the end. I also mention a cameo by our favorite bald actor...who, sadly, you can tell required a lot of makeup to hide his advancing age.

All in all a VERY enjoyable time; a fun movie, one that I will be taking my wife to see in the next week or so. Give it a 9 out of 10.

News Credits: 49 · by **Senor Hugo** » Fri May 01, 2009 8:16 am

I was kind of disappointed with the movie. Having seen the version that got leaked, I was hyped to see the film with finished effects and to see what they changed like Fox said was going to happen.

Nothing changed, a good amount of the effects(namely the cgi claws) looked terribly fake. The scenes at the end weren't worth the time waiting for the credits to end.

Effects wise, it could have used another month or two of post-production.

Other than that, it was a fun movie by all means, had it's comedy, it's action. If it wasn't a comic book movie it would have been great. But it's kind of on par with the first X-men/Spider-man movies. Good, but not great.

If I had to give it a number, it would be a 6 or 7.

by **Blastback** » Fri May 01, 2009 1:05 pm

Okay, while I havn't seen it yet, I just want to say that everyone should keep in mind that the after credits scenes are diffrent at diffrent showings. One screening shows a Wolverine scene, another has a Deadpool scene. And I think that there is a third.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Fri May 01, 2009 1:11 pm

No 3rd TF trailer... :evil:

Anyway, I really liked the first X-Men, it's my favorite. I will be seeing this just to see the story lead up to that film...

by **Jazz Reborn** » Fri May 01, 2009 3:05 pm

Woot, Deadpool! Woot, Quiksilver! Woot, Gambit!

by **aerospace starscream** » Fri May 01, 2009 6:56 pm

it was the awesome i loved it especially deadpool it is definitely worth the watch

by **Tristar** » Fri May 01, 2009 11:08 pm

Someone in movie reminded me of Baraka from Mortal Kombat. I loved the movie finally got to see a TF trailer the audio for the previews where crappy. I give it a nine out of ten. The movie tied nicely in with the rest of X-men movies and Weapon XI while he doesn't speak you can see the snarkyness in his eyes!

Bay is a jerk I SAW MEGATRON!

News Credits: 2 · by **Shadowman** » Fri May 01, 2009 11:26 pm

Tristar wrote:Bay is a jerk I SAW MEGATRON!

We figured that was one of the pieces of misinformation he warned us about just after the Super Bowl trailer. Of course, all we had to go on was a hand and a leg.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Sat May 02, 2009 11:41 pm

I just saw it tonight, and I must say, I was somewhat disappointed. Mainly because they so badly misused Deadpool. But, Wolverine's story was going smoothly. One thing happened which I didn't expect. By the end, I was sympathetic to Victor Creed (Sabertooth.) Maybe Liev Schreiber is just that good. Bottom line, it wasn't better than the first X-Men.

News Credits: 16 · by **It Is Him** » Sun May 03, 2009 11:43 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:Maybe Liev Schreiber is just that good.

He was great.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Sun May 03, 2009 4:57 pm

Like Senor Hugo I saw the leaked version and was disappointed in the final effects.

Overall though I enjoyed the movie, it ties in well to the X-Men movies.

But as a Deadpool fan, disappointed. I got the Wolverine in the bar ending, but even the Deadpool one (which is on YouTube) was disappointing, it would have been nice to see him put his head back on, his mouth open up, and he come to the realisation that he doesn't have the eye beams anymore, and some how, put on the mask.

But sadly all we got was a crawling hand. Definitely not enough to set up his own movie.

by **Psycho Warrior** » Sun May 03, 2009 6:13 pm

I felt it was very lack luster. Some of the writing seemed forced and me being a huge DP fan, I felt jipped. They basicly had him as some kind of super villian they could butcher for this movie. I don't understand why if they wanted to go that far out of the way why couldn't they have made an original villian for the final fight or something?

DP does not have laser eyes, retractable swords, or the innate ability to teleport.

The blob was never part of weapon X, and Agent Zero is never reffered to as Maverick. I don't even think I heard them mention Silver Sable either. Also we see Prof X standing... wtf?

Plot aside the CGI (mentioned before by another poster) was also below par for a movie with this much hype.

News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Sun May 03, 2009 6:15 pm

Burn wrote:disappointed in the final effects.

I was a bit shocked at how ordinary the effects were, for such a big budget film, one would think that they could have hired reputable digital firms to make decent looking scenes...

Burn wrote:But sadly all we got was a crawling hand. Definitely not enough to set up his own movie.

Will have to search for that one, I only got the Wolverine at the bar post credit sequence.
Perhaps the Deadpool movie will run concurrently with the Wolverine film? It'd be redundant since you know how he ends up, but seeing as to how he was the one chosen/manipulated to be weapon XI could be interesting. Why they didnt just use a clone with all the mutant DNA in it rather than a beefed up Deadpool, I do not know. We barely got to see him in the beginning of the film, so him being the big bad was not shocking or surprising. Could have been anyone.

Burn wrote:Overall though I enjoyed the movie, it ties in well to the X-Men movies.

It was a good popcorn flick, managed to make a coherent and acceptable backstory for movie Wolverine. Not a bad effort considering how convoluted and contradictory his history has been in the comics.

I wasnt enthused about all the cameo roles (Gambit, Deadpool, Blob etc), they were under-done, and not really needed, plus they found a way to make me keep disliking Cyclops, but the main three leads (Wolverine, Sabretooth and Stryker) were all very well performed, Liev Schreiber was my pick of the three, glad he got to play Sabretooth rather than Stryker.

by **Predaprince** » Sun May 03, 2009 6:27 pm

It was good, but not memorable.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Sun May 03, 2009 7:20 pm

i_amtrunks wrote:Liev Schreiber was my pick of the three.

Yeah, as I said before, for me his performance saved the movie.

News Credits: 34 · by **Supreme Convoy** » Sun May 03, 2009 8:19 pm

I was honestly surprised how much I liked the movie. I'm very hard to please when it comes to solo Wolverine stories. Yes, I have the same concerns with everyone (ie, the CGI work) but overall, I had fun watching the movie.

I liked how they seemingly covered their tracks with continuity like Logan and Scott never being around each other for more than 10 seconds. And I like how they mindwiped Logan, that was pretty cool. But did they explain how Victor went from cunning villain to mindless brute in the first movie?
Oh well, minor gripe.

But yes... I would love to see Wolverine 2 be essentially Claremont/Miller's mini-series. I want ninjas! :CON:

News Credits: 2 · by **Shadowman** » Sun May 03, 2009 11:15 pm

Psycho Warrior wrote:The blob was never part of weapon X, and Agent Zero is never reffered to as Maverick. I don't even think I heard them mention Silver Sable either. Also we see Prof X standing... wtf?

It's an adaptation, of course there's going to be differences, just like Marvel 616 has differences to Ultimate Marvel, and how the Spider-Man movies had differences to the comics and cartoons.

As for Xavier standing...he wasn't always crippled. Hell, they showed him walk in X3.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Sun May 03, 2009 11:51 pm

Supreme Convoy wrote:But yes... I would love to see Wolverine 2 be essentially Claremont/Miller's mini-series. I want ninjas!

I would love to see Sebastian Shaw and those people (can't remember the group) in the sequel, if there will be one. I know it's and X-Men story not a Wolverine story, but still. They already introduced Emma Frost in this one, so it would be a way to go.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Mon May 04, 2009 12:54 am

IF they were to do a second Wolverine I would imagine it would fill in the time between Wolverine and X-Men 1. And IF they were to do it i'd hope Deadpool would be a more prominant character which they could then use for his own movie (never happen I know)

Personally though i'd much rather see them go ahead with that rumoured Magneto Origins movie.
And I really hope they never entertain the idea of a movie based around comics most boring character in history, Cyclops.

News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Mon May 04, 2009 1:07 am

I concur with your tiny writing, and would like to add Storm to that train of thought.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Mon May 04, 2009 2:14 am

Storm's not so bad, over-rated yes, but more character depth than Cyclops.

"ooo look at me! Xavier picked me to be boss because he knows that at the end of the day, being able to shoot laser beams out of my eyes is a pretty lame power compared to controlling the weather, controlling minds and objects, or just teleporting around the place!"

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Mon May 04, 2009 4:26 am

I wouldn't mind if Storm was in the second Wolverine, if they ever make it. I am not sure Halle Berry could carry a Storm movie, and I don't know if any other black actress could play her. Maybe Zoe Saldana. Oh, and she would have to have that badass mohawk she had in the comics for a while. And yeah, Cyclops sucks in every way.

by **Tristar** » Mon May 04, 2009 11:46 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:
Supreme Convoy wrote:But yes... I would love to see Wolverine 2 be essentially Claremont/Miller's mini-series. I want ninjas!

I would love to see Sebastian Shaw and those people (can't remember the group) in the sequel, if there will be one. I know it's and X-Men story not a Wolverine story, but still. They already introduced Emma Frost in this one, so it would be a way to go.

I think the group was called the Hellfire clubs inner circle.

News Credits: 49 · by **Senor Hugo** » Mon May 04, 2009 12:21 pm

I don't know, a Cyclops movie could be interesting.

Dealing with his family, X-factor maybe, introduce Havok, Corsair, bring in more of Multiple-Man, Polaris

It could possibly work if they stuck with Cyclops having a falling out with the Prof and going with his brother or something.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Mon May 04, 2009 12:24 pm

Senor Hugo wrote:I don't know, a Cyclops movie could be interesting.

Dealing with his family, X-factor maybe, introduce Havok, Corsair, bring in more of Multiple-Man, Polaris

It could possibly work if they stuck with Cyclops having a falling out with the Prof and going with his brother or something.

And get a different guy to play him than James Marsden who played him in X-Men. I never thought he fit the role.