Awesome

Rating: 8/10 (29 July 2013)

While I have never read a comic in my life, I have always found the movies entertaining. Some, more than others and this might be the one I enjoyed the most, with the exception of "The Avengers".
Hugh Jackman as "Wolverine" has always, in my opinion, been the best character brought on screen in the "X-Men" movies. I had no expectations going into this movie, my only hope was that it was better than "X-Men Origins: Wolverine". And personally I thought this was a lot better.
For starters, there wasn't as many "mutant" characters. In "Origins" it felt like they pushed all these different characters into the movie just for the sake of having them there. This movie felt more real, with real people who had emotions. The Asian cast was fantastic as well. They won't be well known, with the exception of Hiroyuki Sanada who as been in a few Hollywood movies, most notably, "The Last Samurai".
I also liked the fight scenes more because it was more hand to hand combat as well as sword fighting. Being half Japanese, I really enjoy the use of samurai swords and it was a great, but too short, fight scene between Wolverine and Sanada's character.
The one problem that I find with the X-Men movies is the continuity of them all. For example, (spoiler alert) at the end of Origins, Wolverine is shot and loses his memory. The first scene of this movie takes place before the events in Origins. Fast forward to present day after the events of "X-Men: The Last Stand". Which means when the Japanese commander sends someone to find him so he can say goodbye before his death, Wolverine shouldn't remember who he is, but he does and remembers those events. Then again, since it ends up being his dream, maybe that's the way he begins to get his memory back.
Overall, I really enjoyed this movie and can't wait for the next X-Men movie. Which reminds me to stay through the end credits to see a very tantalizing scene which leads up to the next movie. Bottom line, see it!