Easily The Worst "X-Men" Movie

Rating: 3/10 (23 July 2017)

This was actually the first "X-Men" movie I ever saw. I saw it in theaters back in 2009 on my birthday. I thought it was awesome when I first saw it, but that was when I didn't have much taste. Upon rewatching it after developing critical thinking skills, I realize that this movie is pretty bad.
There are many things that this movie disappointingly glossed over. The first few minutes showing Logan's childhood and the montage with Logan and Victor fighting in various wars each could have honestly been their own movies, but both sequences were only a few minutes long.
Another issue is that, like "X-Men: The Last Stand," it had far more characters than it knew what to do with. Gambit was awesome but was totally wasted and there were other characters that felt unnecessary. The worst thing about this movie is what they infamously did to Deadpool: they sewed his mouth shut. He is supposed to be "The Merc With The Mouth" and they sew his mouth shut?! Really?!
The film's story doesn't make much sense and there are many things that leave you scratching your head. Why do they try to kill Wolverine when they know they just made him indestructible? Why did Wolverine no longer want to kill Stryker after finding out that it was a set up and his wife was in on it? Why didn't the captured mutants just use their superpowers to escape from the cages?
The action scenes are poorly staged and shot and shown from many random angles. The cutting an "X" in the wall scene and the walking away from explosion scene were both shoehorned into the movie just so they could be used for the trailer. The CGI is also surprisingly lackluster.
The only things that save this movie are the leads. Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber were both excellent as Wolverine and Sabertooth respectively, and the nature of their relationship is very interestingly played out.
This is one of the worst comic book movies out there. Even die-hard "X-Men" fans don't need to bother with this one. This is easily the worst of the series, but at least it lead to the series being taken in a different direction that made it better.
RATING: D