Not worth the price of admission

Rating: 2/10 (10 May 2009)

Being that both Hugh Jackman and at least one other actor reprised their respective roles in this film, it is understood that this film should tie in with the previously established story laid down in the X-Men trilogy.
While many of the characters do appear in this film, I feel it does little to try to connect Wolverine's 'origins' story to the 'X-Men' story. Looking at it from the perspective of the comic books, this film contains many characters that played a role in Wolverine's development. With some of the subject matter this film explores, it creates some vast inconsistencies with the X-Men trilogy.
Watching this film, I found myself repeatedly disappointed. There were some enjoyably comical moments in the film; however, given the subject matter of the script, they seemed ill-placed. I feel the script was sluggish and inconsistent with the comics and films, the special effects were a step-down from the X-Men trilogy, the action sequences were overdone, the acting was weak (save for Hugh Jackman), and the pacing was very poor.
Bottom line: this film was not enjoyable, save for a handful of comical moments. Two stars for the awesome opening credits.