Drowning the appetite for a good Wolverine movie

Rating: 5/10 (29 January 2014)

What I liked about this movie:
The first half of the movie. Seeing Hugh Jackman in another great performance even though he and Rila Fukushima got the only authentic roles. A pretty girl in a romantic story ... which on the other hand ruined the thing with the Japanese honor through her actions. Some good fight scenes as you would expect from any action movie.
What I did not like about this movie:
Many parts of the second half of the movie. This movie really confused me and made me sad. It was not a Marvel movie as I have seen them lately, e.g. The Avengers, Iron Man 3, etc. What I liked most about the recent Marvel productions was that they did not take themselves seriously. The entertaining comedy factor was very high, while this was played seriously like death. This way continues the way X-Men movies were made, but considering that a big part of Marvel fans are adults between 20 and 40, I think the style should be adapted and grow up as the audience does (did). The main plot - personal problems of the main character - as well as the 'technology' of the final enemy are pretty much the same as in Iron Man 3 - an unexpected lack of creativity that was very disappointing. And this Legolas guy was the exact copy of Hawkeye from The Avengers, save that this one was played badly whenever he had to open his mouth. The course of events seemed to me like a shuffled draw from a deck of action/story-of-any-kind scenes. The characters talk about Japanese honor but they rather present us the attitude of Charlie Sheen in Two and a Half Men. The clichés of the Wolverine are placed in a wrong fashion. They try to make you laugh, but they do not. I need to underline that the bad guys have no motivation and do not take much part in the story. This could be a follow-up to Rambo taking into account the characters' illogical decisions while slaughtering their way to whatever they want to accomplish.
I loved the first Wolverine movie and watching this is not a waste of time, so I give it a 5, but set your expectations low to enjoy.
You can do better, Marvel!