Fantastically breath-taking scenes and a radical plot

Rating: 8/10 (26 May 2006)

Having watched just once (so far!) yesterday on the release day of this film in the UK, i was pretty much blown away. I'm a fan from the comics and cartoons, and have since adjusted my expectations the films, realising they are never going to produce something that's going to align perfectly with the comic visions. With the film-expectations, this movie was spectacular. And even held up against its comic history, it really held its own. For a start, aesthetically it was really splendid - the special effects were fantastic, and there was some really alien and spooky moments. The fight sequences seemed to get better and better, they really pulled out all the stops. They finally included some sorely missed aspects from the comics, and the Danger Room scene was virtually perfect, that was the *real* Wolverine for a while. Brilliant.
Character-wise and plot-wise i thought it was a really brave film, making some dramatic changes. Some characters such as Juggernaut and Kitty were perhaps not given the attention they deserved, but i've always been a Wolvie fan so i was less concerned with the others. In this film they maintain their treatment of the 'sensitive wolvie' and don't balance it out as much as i'd like with his lethal side, but he still gets a chance to puncture things with those claws. :P
This film looks really brilliant, has an ending that left me zinging, and is definitely one i'm going to catch a few times at the big-screen. I'd highly recommend watching it at least once at the cinema, to get the benefits of the huge visuals. Now, time to hope they give the same kind of excellent treatment to the Wolverine movie...