"I'm the best at what I do and what I do ain't pretty" clearly wasn't a reference about Gavin Hoods direction of Wolverine.

Rating: 5/10 (5 May 2009)

Where do I begin? As an avid X-men fan and Marvel follower I was highly disappointed with the latest Wolverine installment from the origins franchise.
I should have taken a friends advice which was 'there's to many action sequences in the trailer, I don't think it will be very good' and guess what, it pains me to admit it, he was right.
Did we not learn anything from Spiderman 3? You can't incorporate to many characters into one film and still maintain sufficient development. Deadpool has around 5 minutes, Gambit a similar time period. In order to make a connection, a bond with that character they need screen time but the film felt rushed, diluted even, development for characters was sacrificed with over the top action sequences. I understand that this chapter was used as a door to pave the way for further 'Origins' chapters, it achieved that but in the process let the original fans down and will certainly make me think twice about viewing future installments.
The certificate of this film should of been raised to 15 which would of granted the director a wider lease and maybe they wouldn't of had to use such weak dialogue. I understand that you broaden the scope for ticket sales if you have the age certificate as low as possible but I just felt that the jokes and language used was targeted at a really young audience and sometimes the film felt like it was trying to hard to be funny. 'Whatever you do, don't mention his weight' 'Did you call me Blob? No I called you Bub'????. The boxing match which ensued was ridiculous, cringeworthy at times.
I still find it hard to understand why in a majority of big blockbusteresque films the studio feels the need to have to cast a rapper/rnb artist. Will.i.am certainly wasn't appointed the position of John Wraith on his acting credentials, is this a marketing tool hoping to try and grasp all sectors of the market, music fans anyone? That's the way it feels and I can't think of any other reason as to why he would of been cast. If it isn't Tyrese it's Common and if it isn't Common it's Will.i.am.
The C.G.I was also weak at times, low budget even. Specifically the scene where Wolverine is in the bathroom at the farm with his claws out in the mirror. Maybe they didn't have enough funds after the over the top pyrotechnics from the Michael Bay school of explosions, who knows.
The only saving grace of the film was Sabretooths performance, I'm not a huge fan of Liev Schreiber but he did perform above expectations in his role and I would look forward to seeing him reprise this role again.
I find it hard to understand how you can ruin such a successful formula, but I do believe Brett Ratner started the decline of the X-men franchise with X-3, if only Bryan Singer had stayed on board and not pursued Superman. I give this film 5/10, you have to question what the studio really wanted, a great film and a happy audience or a poor film and huge ticket sales.
I look forward to feedback on my thread.