Review: Falling in love with 'Wolverine'
After watching "X-Men Origins: Wolverine", I can say that the movie is definitely a feast for women's eyes, and yes, men too.
Wolverine star Hugh Jackman only needs to be in front of the camera--he can sleep and snore away-- and it would get many of us watching. Women can drool, while men can envy Hugh Jackman's biceps, his abs, his behind, his face, his accent, his everything!
But Jackman's superb anatomy is not the only reason why you should see the film in the big screen, even if you may have probably checked out the leaked version.
Hearing him growl in Dolby sound, for one, is definitely worth your money.
Further, it's Jackman's superb acting and the film's awesome editing (its final editing) that's worth seeing. The movie creators successfully transferred Jackman's appeal to make us love, look up to, and sympathize with his character, in my opinion, more than the comic books were able to. You will fall in love with the soul of Wolverine, so to speak. Of course, this is coming from the perspective of someone who's not a die-hard comic book fan.
Wolverine's story is a moving tale of his love for a woman, deception by his brother, his principles of right and wrong, and his determination to resist his predatory instincts.
It's a must-see movie because it begins the story of the "X-Men" and it explains why it is necessary, albeit difficult, for the humans to be willing to co-exist with "good mutants" in order to defeat the bad ones. The movie, as much as the comic series, may also be symbolic of the scientific advances that have scared the world.
Jackman surely gives a great performance, too. I never thought a person could move so many muscles in his face to show grief, anger, and determination.
Jackman's god-like features only served to take our attention, but the movie—his acting, the script, the effects, the cinematography, and the sound—is the hook.
My favorite part are the scenes at the beginning when Wolverine was a soldier in what seems to be the Vietnam War. The execution, the way it was edited to show the animal in Wolverine, and how he used it to serve his country are all fiercely artistic.
In the "X-Men" trilogy , Wolverine was able to steal the women from Cyclops, a concept that was unimaginable to me, based on the cartoon series. I'm still not discounting that Cyclops can one day have his women back, but he has a lot of catching up to do because in this movie Wolverine has sprinted away with them, along with the millions of women fans who have fallen in love with Wolverine.