Probably the worst of Hugh Jackman's Wolverine movies.... but still okay

Rating: 7/10 (12 January 2014)

My giving this a 7 instead of a 6 or lower is out of a combination of sentiment for Wolverine and genuine appreciation for Hugh Jackman's quality, which he brings to the Wolverine character.
Every other Wolverine movie (including the X-Men movies) was better than this one, even the "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" which I've heard complaints about.
The action sequences, characters, plot, and general meaning of the movie always seemed a bit lacking or noticeably put on.
At the end of the movie *******SPOILER ALERT******* when the bad guy tries to suck Wolverine's life-healing power through his claws, it seemed tremendously fake.
The idea of Jean coming to Logan in a dream could have been executed better if they didn't make her character seem so 2-dimensional. She was more than Phoenix or a victim of Wolverine's claws when he had to kill him. She was a human being that actually cared. Giving her that humanity in the dreams would have allowed some depth from Hugh Jackman's character instead of him just being angry or haunted or just constipated with irrational guilt.
It was too easy to see through this movie. When Yukio says she didn't see Yashida's death, the logical conclusions can easily be drawn. There was nothing else shown in that moment. There was no greater acting but to sustain the moment with hollow sentiment.
If Marvel could just concentrate a little more on the quality and complexity of the writing, perhaps the $120 million it cost to make this movie would have paid off better. I think all the actors, at least, were capable of greater things. If only they could have written something deeper or more meaningful for them to work with, this wouldn't be a load of techno-dependent fluff.
But I maintain my 7 out of 10 rating. Despite the above complaints and more detailed complaints I could make about the fighting choreography or the stupidity of the Silver Samurai and the heated-adamantium swords, this was not a complete waste of time to watch. It was still full of action and it moved. Although I don't truly recommend this movie, you could easily do worse with so many other movies that fail to entertain.
Hugh Jackman is very talented and thank goodness it was him keeping up the character. I don't think anyone else could have made this movie the success it was. It simply would have fallen apart without such strong focus on Jackman, his acting, and the gritty sincerity he brought to the film, without which, this movie would just be junk.
Don't watch this movie truly expecting something worthy of the franchise or you'll be disappointed. But if you want something action-packed and can ignore it's many noticeable lapses in quality and details, you may also overlook that the interesting Wolverine of the X-Men movies is lacking in wit and emotional sincerity.
Barely a 7 to me, but more of a 7 than a 6, certainly.