Good personal story, but lack of enthusiasm

Rating: 7/10 (4 August 2014)

Starting a bit off topic here, but usually the Christopher Nolan films get bashed by their detractors for their serious, grounded approach that in their view takes out the fun of watching a superhero movie. Being a huge fan of those movies, I strongly disagree, as the conclusions to those films have a great climax and you can actually feel some excitement. In The Wolverine, however, I didn't exactly feel that.
The movie begins with Logan/Wolverine saving a Japanese soldier during the Nagasaki bombing in 1945. Now 60 years have passed, and Logan is wandering alone in the woods, mourning Jean Grey, who had died at his hands in X-Men: The Last Stand. He is summoned to Japan by the man he saved in the past. A now dying old man who seeks Wolverine's immortality. Through a web of deceit and a world he does not know, Wolverine must fight his inner demons, while also protecting Mariko, the grand daughter of old man Yachida.
The individual story is always one of the more unique in the X-Men universe, and this movie tried to show us Wolverine, the troubled mutant, instead of presenting us with Wolverine, the bad ass mutant seeking revenge, like X-Men Origins: Wolverine did in 2009. This was an idea I was fond of, since it could actually turn into an interesting movie plot. The execution, though, was mixed. Once again, I think the focus of the film is spot on, but in the end I didn't feel like I was watching an awesome comic book movie. Instead the mood was overall OK, and the movie isn't shockingly bad, but still more could have been done.
While I still wait to watch X-Men: Days Of Future Past, it's good to see Hugh Jackman owning his iconic role yet again, even if it is a lesser X- Men film. I guess I have to wait just a little bit more to experience ,what I hope is, an excellent X-Men movie.
Rating: 7/10