Second Best Superhero Movie Ever Made!

Rating: 8/10 (12 March 2014)

This is by far the best X-Men movie ever made. And it's better than any of the Marvel-verse movies (let's be honest: the only good ones were Iron Man 1 and The Incredible Hulk) and all of the Spider-Man movies. I was let down by The Dark Knight Rises (mainly its inexcusable unrealistic second half).
So, let me tell you why it's the second best X-Men movie ever made.
1. First Class and The Last Stand suffered from too many mutants. Here we only have 3 mutants in the whole movie. Because of this, I don't have to suffer through cheesy scenes where mutants show off their powers to each other or see B-mutants that I don't care about develop their powers.
2. Seeing Wolverine emotionally and physically vulnerable. He gets dreams of Jean Grey constantly, whom he killed in The Last Stand. He does not want to live because he killed her. He secretly loved her, and never wanted to kill again. This last mission gives him purpose. The last battle scene seems to be getting a lot of flack for being your typical comic book last battle scene. I don't see that at all as Wolverine is clearly outmatched by The Silver Samurai.
3. There are only a few action scenes. But they are brutal. Wolverine is interesting because he cares so little for the life of bad guys. And he has never been more reckless here in killing them. Having a few action scenes is better. The movie can focus more on his character this way.
4. X-Men 2: X-Men United was a great comic book movie. But having a superhero more grounded in reality makes for a much more interesting film always. This is way Iron Man 1 was good and why The Dark Knight trilogy was mostly great. By not showing other mutants and by not having a mutant-related conflict, The Wolverine is more grounded in reality. Instead, you have just a mutant involved in a human conflict.
(Spoiler) I saw a reviewer criticize that the female character and Wolverine had no chemistry. They didn't need chemistry to be physically attracted to each other and have sex. It makes sense for the female character to want to have sex with Wolverine (way more than Talia Al Ghul and Bruce Wayne in The Dark Knight Rises). They are not in it for a relationship. They just had sex.
Now why is it the second best superhero movie ever?
1. Spider-Man 2 has unbearable scenes between Aunt May and Peter. 2. Iron Man has a lame last battle scene. 3. Batman Begins has some cheesy dialogue and moments. Plus, it has Katie Holmes. 4. The Avengers is nothing more than popcorn entertainment with no thought at all. Plus, it has some horrible acting and dialogue in it by Colbie Smoulders. 5. Man of Steel is great, but they got the whole fighting concept all wrong. Superman or Zod never seems to get hurt or knocked out in their fight with one another. They don't bleed or get bruises. 6. Superman: The Movie and Superman 2 both have the horrible, 'let's undo everything' ending.
The Wolverine doesn't have any of these cringe-worthy moments.