We're--Somehow--Supposed To Care

Rating: 3/10 (14 September 2010)

I always admired Hugh Jackman, but X-Men Origins: Wolverine was doomed from the get-go. I think centering a whole movie on what I consider to be an overrated character was a poor choice for the first X-Men Origins story.
The biggest flaw with this film was the idea behind it. I can imagine the appeal behind this character; he is dark, mysterious, and fairly bad-a**. Still, I couldn't imagine him being someone to do a whole character study on, and after seeing this film, I can see that I was right. I feel no emotional or intellectual connection with this character. He's not all that interesting, and I can't even feel humanly concern for him since he, apparently, cannot die. Usually the godlike character is the villain in the movie, but in this film, we're—somehow—supposed to care about and support him.
The action sequences weren't all that much to look at either. For starters, the special effects look like they were taken out of a Twilight movie. They were awfully computer generated and that really cut down on the entertainment factor for me.
We are also subjected to just about every cliché in the book. The biggest one was when an explosion happens and Wolverine walks away as though he didn't notice. Yeah, we know you're bad ass, but now we also know you're a pretentious prick.
Basically, this movie is a character study on an incredibly uninteresting character, one we can neither identify with nor care for.
And the god-awful effects really didn't help at all.
3/10