Yay! A movie review after such a long long time. Jk jk jk. Not to mention I need a proper post. My previous posts did nothing but to highlight my er jobless-ness to even type anything?
Anyway, watched X Men Origins Wolverine on Labour Day. For those who know me, I am not exactly the kid who grew up reading such graphic novels/comic books on X-Men, Superman, Spawn, Watchmen, Spiderman or any other Marvel/DC comics for that matter. Rather, I grew up reading a bunch of Doraemon comic books. Well, Doraemon is more like a manga actually. Anyway, the point is that this review will be based on a non-fanboy perspective.
First thing first, the movie is like 110 minutes in length. So that is like 6600 seconds of Hugh Jackman for all of you out there. Personally, like I mentioned earlier, I ain't a fan of the original comic books out there (not much of a fan of the other 3 films as well, but I did watch all 3 of them) but after watching this film, I get the feeling that this movie is entirely made for Hugh Jackman, by Hugh Jackman and with Hugh Jackman - not necessarily in that order by the way. Hmm, maybe I miss out on the title - X Men Origins Wolverine. So this film is supposedly all about Hugh Jackman!
The assembled cast of course is at the disposal of its main star. Throw in a couple of cliched elements such as a sappy love story, the revengeful yet jealous brother thingy going on, good-guy-gone-bad saga, some stale jokes involving a buff Hugh Jackman, the hack and slash scenes (more like clawing in this case) and the sudden twist of betrayal by the superior, hey presto! You get this movie.
A mental note to self, never never use the staircase/fire exit in Central Square! That place just screams murder-by-a-drug-addict-and-never-be-found-till-days-later. Oh, the filth and scum in that place.
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