Far better than I had expected.

Rating: 5/10 (2 May 2009)

I was pleasantly surprised when I saw this earlier today. After I saw the trailer that was horribly put together it made the movie look incredibly bad but when you actually watch the movie, your impressed it's not.
I frowned upon the casting of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine for the X-Men movies but I can't say who I'd like to portray him since I don't know anyone that really fits into his role. Jackman had apparently worked out and beefed up for the role, looking much stronger than in the previous X-Men movies, now if only he'd lose some height, ha ha.
This movie strays from the early comics of Wolverine and only about 20% of it remains true to his back-story that was written. The James Howlett story arc is new to the marvel universe and in my opinion a failure. I preferred the mystique of the Wolverine of Old, a hidden past, not knowing much. I've been a huge fan of Marvel comics since I was about 7 and loved picking apart all the things wrong with this movie compared to what I believe is the true Wolverine story.
7/10 For being a story arc that is fairly new explaining Wolverines past as James Howlett, I gave it that rating.
Pretty good for a reworking of his storyline, you'll only be upset if you're truly a comic book fan who followed Wolverine in his early years and hold it to that standard.
Edit: Adrian Paul would have made a better Wolverine. Especially since they're suppose to do the next movie about his time in Japan.