Hollywood stories never change ...

Rating: 5/10 (30 April 2009)

To the person who said the CG sucks, you were watching the unfinished film.
Still, as much as I love the Wolverine character, the usual nemeses, brother betrayal, etc, is getting long in the tooth. The story is weak. Why spend so much money on building an indestructible man, and then 'chop his head off'? And even the second after it's finished? Melodramatic delirium for nothing.
Why should the brother kill W's girlfriend? Why not be a man and cut to the chase, and why not show that such an act is cowardice? If the brother wants to be strong, then doing banal rubbish like that is stupid. Why doesn't it hurt W every time his blades are released anymore. Now he does it for an amusement trick instead of the unbearable pain he went through before.
Reviewers say it is more human, but really, it looks more plastic to me. Just going through the motions of fear and friendship. Only Liev kind of got it. He's a big dude that acts like he doesn't need support, but he has the military behind him to act like a big shot with a purpose. Very boring.
I don't see the strength in these characters. You want animal? You stab that Asian shooter and look at his eyes die, giving in to the weakness of rage, not recreate an explosion like the end of Mad Max and think you are cool.
Considering the cliffhangers they want to throw at the audience, it would have been better to let the cat out of the bag early and really push the depth of the characters for wanting to do that. and save any cliffhanger (if they need it) at the end. In essence, all these mutants are people, too. All have different beliefs, all are pretty lonely. That's human. Work it amongst military idiots, made all the more idiotic by saying one thing and the next in five minutes. Work that. Even the beginning is wrong, showing these guys toughness by glorifying war. War guys are tough, but what a waste of energy.
The torture between W's integrity and pain makes us identify with the character. Now he has become just one guy tossed around with others in a salad. Which part should I eat next?