Incomprehensibly bad!

Rating: 1/10 (2 May 2009)

I am not one to bash for the sake of bashing ... I love the genre and am generally forgiving (I didn't hate "Ride of The Silver Surfer" though it deserved to be hated). 'Bad acting' has never gotten in my way of enjoying a good romp (as in many of Arnold's films) with action and effects. ***HOWEVER*** "Wolverine" was so bad, I walked out & cannot remember the last time I did that! Hugh & Liev are good ... the dialogue is good - that is what is maddening! How do you mess up "Wolverine"? The sets, the effects & make-up were laughable, especially the claws and nails. I know it's "only a comic book" - but comic books still rely on "physics." One needs a 'baseline & a basis' to suspend disbelief in sci-fi etc. There was no basis for anything. the action wasn't gratuitous, it was bad & badly choreographed. It would seem that Gavin Hood never watched the other X-Men films or The Bourne films or any movies ever for that matter. In consideration of Marvel's triumph with 2008's "Iron Man" ... fine effort with 2008's "Hulk," I view "Wolverine" as a major set back. "Watchmen" was "Gone With The Effin' Wind" compared to this disaster.