OK for Hugh Jackman fan, rubbish for everyone else

Rating: 2/10 (29 April 2009)

This film is not good. The script is awful, I wrote better stories when I was 4, Apart from one or two one liners the dialogue is sub par, the story ridiculous, character building is pretty much forgotten, the story clunks along form one fight scene to the next (more about the fight stuff later. The directing and cinematography is uninspired and pretty amateurish. The action scenes are about as exciting as watching socks dry. I have seen it all done before and better in count;ess other film. I hate fast cutting anyway especially in action scene (it can work in some films Bourne being a good example) but here it is done badly and combined with the ropey wire work and below standard special effects.
Due to the script most of the actors are given very little to work with. I can only think of one good one liner and that comes from Liev Schreiber Creed character. Hugh Jackman may look good but isn't given anything decent to say and isn't given a chance to develop the character. Ryan Reynolds is given nothing to do with Deadpool and the he just isn't funny. I must admit to being a big deadpool fan and really hated that they did to him (why do movies have to change successful characters so much and turn them into dog droppings). Taylor Kitsch is OK as Gambit but it feels as if he has just been added in for the sake of getting another popular character on screen The music for the film was OK but kept getting over melodramatic, which isn't helped by the complete disinterest in the charactrs, which means the score is wasted and became annoying after a while This film is a huge mess. I don't think a film should be made badly just because it is a action or comic book film, I like good action films but this film fails in almost every respect. If you want a good x men film go and watch X2 which is much better. If you want a good Marvel film watch Blade 2 or Iron man. If you want to see a good superhero film go and watch the matrix or last 2 batman films which is superior in every way.