Very good but could of been loads better

Rating: 7/10 (31 October 2009)

now i'm not really a fan of the other X-men films but i really liked this. especially love the first twenty minutes of it. it really sets a brilliant pace for the makings of a classic super hero movie. after that twenty minutes it goes a bit down hill. it does pick up at the end. the CGI is brilliant. the acting is OK too so i don't have anything bad to say on the actors performances. i was expecting a rubbish film but this did stun me.
the storyline is exactly what the title of the film refers too. its the origin and makings of Logan a.k.a Wolverine played by returning star Hugh Jackman. it basically shows him from an early age in the 1800's and through the starting credits you see him and his brother in wars that occur from the 1800's up in till today. brilliantly shot i think. Wolverines brother Victor brilliantly played by Liev Schreiber has the same abilities as him. both Wolverine and Victor join a small combat army of mutants. the leader of this team is Stryker played by Danny Huston and the team consist of actors Ryan Reynolds, Dominic Monaghan and believe it or not Will I Am from black eyed peas is in this too. he doesn't do a bad job. so this team go and kill people for Stryker but Wolverine isn't happy with doing evil deeds and walks away........... 6 years later and someones out there killing the mutants. Wolverine has been living the past 6 years quietly but unwillingly gets sucked into the battle.
this film is really good but it has some flaws such as........ it ends too quickly. the film goes at a fairly slow pace i think. the film should be more explanatory and shown more scenes with the other mutants. i know this film is mostly focused on Wolverine because its his story but i think the other mutants should be in it more. it really should of been on for around two and a half hours i think. that would of bumped my IMDb rating to 9. the other bad thing was the slight cheesiness of it, it wasn't that bad but could of easily been suppressed at post-production and edited it out. if that was taken care of this film would of got a perfect 10 from me. but sadly that isn't what happened.
this film should definitely be watched by fans of the other X-men movies and just movie goers that love a good action movie should see this too. its very good on a whole............. 7/10..............j.d Seaton