Quite A Disappointment

Rating: 6/10 (11 November 2009)

I liked "X-Men". I really liked "X2" and "The Last Stand". I have thoroughly enjoyed every Marvel movie I have seen in the past decade (excluding Spider-Man 3). Needless to say, I was quite certain I was going to see a really good superhero film when I went to see "Wolverine", but unfortunately this was not to be the case.
The story just seemed half finished and poorly thought out. For example, they knew they wanted to include Gambit, yet had no logical role for him to fill, so they just used him in a totally unnecessary role with an unnecessary fight scene.
I absolutely hated Liev Schreiber as Sabertooth, even more than I hated whoever played him in the first movie, which is saying a lot. Come to think of it, I really hated most all of the actors they chose to fill roles. From John Wraith, to Wade Wilson, to Gambit, to Scott Summers; they were all bad. It was neat to see the cameo of Patrick Stewart at the end though.
I am all for taking a concept and doing your own interpretation of it, but that Deadpool character at the end was just so off the map and so lame.
This movie gets a six only because it's a superhero movie (which I love) and the story, despite being poor, is not horrendous. I would not recommend it to anyone who does not absolutely love superhero movies.