All ye behold: the psychedelic immortal Buddhist Mayan monk-garden(er), Wolverine.

Rating: 7/10 (21 February 2010)

OK, so, this movie is ALL about visual and conceptual metaphors, so every single person will come up with their own interpretation of them. And that is basically all the story there is to this movie.
Aside for that, I must say I was about to stop watching at about minutes 15 and 30. I was very annoyed by the continuous story-switching (there are 3 different 'realities' alternating, and they don't follow a linear chronological order). I don't like flashbacks, and this movie is like a huge (metaphoric) flashback at the nth power. But since I thought I could waste another hour watching, I did. However, I don't see why this was labeled as Sci-Fi: it is NOT (maybe LS-Di).
On the bright side, I must say Wolverine delivers a very neat and convincing performance (the fact he doesn't have claws nor hair spikes at the sides of his head helped), and this is even more impressing considering that in order to do that Jackman must have been able to actually understand what the movie was all about and relate to it.
The locations (especially the interiors) are quite beautiful, both the CGI and the real ones, same goes for the camera work.
There isn't really much to say about the characters... the movie could have even been shot with just Jackman and Weisz and nothing would have really changed (possibly with Jackman all by himself).
My personal interpretation is that this movie is an eulogy of acceptance and closure. Peace (enlightenment) can be reached by not brooding over losses, letting go and accept whatever comes. Probably all good and true, but certainly not particularly original, nor 'enlightened'... As for the way the director rendered it, probably he has a predilection for certain substances over others, or he just wanted to show off, or both, who knows/cares?
The mark is about 6.5/10 in my book.