I'm wolfman, hear me roar!

Rating: 7/10 (5 May 2004)

Hollywood blockbuster summer has started undoubtfully with this over produced CGI catch me if you can scramble of x-men and spider-man.
A big production without a doubt. How could it not be?
5 Months of shooting and 9 months of cgi post production, this is ought to be a blow your ass of your seat rollercoast ride, right? Wrong!
Looking at great trailers that have been released I barely couldn't wait to see if they've outdone themselfs by putting something commercial but nevertheless GOOD on the screen. As I've seen a pre-screener last night I can tell that the trailers aren't the best this movie had to offer. CGI-wise this is big fun. The movie starts out with this black and white sequence that ends up in an old windmill which I couldn't help to remind me to the Sleepy Hollow windmill scene. However, from this point on the movie just didn't slow down actionwise. It was fast, kept on going, looked really great and sounded even greater. A really amazing soundtrack with some catchy tunes danced 'round and 'round in my ears wich made this movie into a fairly enjoyable piece of expensive FUN.
As expensive as all of this might be I think they saved a lot plotwise. The story is like 'Dracula for dummies'. Thinking that Spider-man had a lame storytelling I didn't think they could go even more wrong with this, but guess who got it all wrong? That's right, it was me.
Don't expect to much when you go and check this out, but allow yourself to sit back, don't ask any questions, and enjoy this amusing ride. I wouldn't say it's flawless or great, but it's not bad either...
my scores:
plot: 2/10 fun: 8/10 effects: 8/10 soundtrack: 9/10 total: 7/10