Return Back to the winning Formula

Rating: 6/10 (20 October 2009)

Like George Lucas wasting our time explaining the story of Darth Vader in the three "Star Wars" prequels (Episodes I-III)"X-Men Origins: Wolverine" is just another excuse to make money off of a character the public has come to love.
Ever since Bryan Singer abandoned X-Men fans after doing "X-Men" and "X2" no film has done this great comic book franchise justice. Brett Ratner gave us the fair - at - best "X-Men: The Last Stand" and now we have been given "X-Men Origins: Wolverine". I'll admit there are a few good scenes in this movie, but when it was finished all I could think about was how unnecessary this film was. We don't need another movie to explain to us why Wolverine is cool. We know why he's awesome.
Another reason I feel this movie is totally unnecessary is because it tells us who Wolverine was. When the whole purpose of X2 is that Wolverine has come to terms with the fact that he will never know who he is, but that it's OK because he has found his purpose with the X-Men. This film takes away the whole mystique (no pun intended) of the character.
So "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" really isn't worth it if you want to remember X-Men the way I do. Awesome. "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" gets a D-.