A review from a Marvel fanboy AND film intellectual.

Rating: 6/10 (17 September 2009)

For a person that is what my title suggest, I had mixed feeling about the movie. The movie overall was okay as a film AND comic adaptation, but didn't try hard enough to mirror Logan's storyline. It seemed to water down the important elements yet add unnecessary ones to take Logan's origin in a different direction, and I can't think of any logical reason for doing so. It puzzles me that virtually every character from the Weapon X storyline (including John Wraith, who the average comic fan won't be familiar with) is included yet the most important elements of those characters are butchered (especially Zero's), watered down and practically made a mockery of. I won't spoil anything, but what as a comic fanboy I have to say that what the film did towards the end with one of Marvel's most popular characters is unforgivable and is truly the lowest point of the movie for Marvel fans and in my opinion was the one big mistake that the movie might have been more favorably reviewed by fans without.
So what about the movie is good? first and foremost is the acting by the main characters. Jackman shines as Wolverine. His acting is generally impressive and especially so in being true to his character; even better so is Shrieber as Sabretooth. The man perfectly captures the humorously vicious personality of Sabretooth. The bar fight scene between he and Jackman is shining proof of this. Reynolds is perfect as Wade Wilson; it's a shame his screen time is so limited. The special effects are fairly impressive, the action is filled with suspense, and certain parts of Logan's story are captured perfectly; it's a shame it's not like that for every element. Even Danny Huston was particularly interesting as Stryker; accurately depicting the actual character's subtle greed and manipulation.
Not the worst comic-to-movie, but not the brightest. It's a shame that the filmmakers didn't take the path to making this movie as story-accurate as it should have been, but any fan of the comics should still see it for the things it does correctly; it's still worth it. Non-comic readers may like it for its action alone, but I strongly encourage anyone seeing the movie to familiarize themselves with the characters' storyline somewhat to fully appreciate the things this film does right. I give it a 6 overall, because it's just good enough to make fans appreciate the few good things and try to remember the film by those things.