I went to see this film with my wife and brother, we all enjoyed it. Years ago, I used to collect comic books, so I’m familar with this character and the other X-Men characters. I do believe that Hugh Jackman was born to play Wolverine. It is like the comic book character jumps out off the page and onto the big screen. I thought the last X-Men movie “X-Men: The Last Stand” didn’t end as well as it could have. (although they left room for another) It is maybe unclear if another film is in the works, I know a lot of fans of the series have been wanting another film. I didn’t like how Jean Grey played by the lovely Famke Janssen was put on screen, you must understand the character needed more special effects done to her…for the later character she becomes. I don’t want to give too much away incase you were wondering. But I’m referring to “X-Men: The Last Stand film.”
The entire series of the X-Men have numerous characters, and its very difficult to translate some things onto the big screen. I wanted to see the character Jubilee for example who never really showed up in the films. And the character Wolverine kind of looks out for her. If you have ever read the comic books or seen the cartoon series you would understand. I appreciated the display of notable characters such as Nightcrawler who appeared in the film “X2 (2003)” the sequel of the series. Nightcrawler the character first debuted in Giant Sized X-Men issue #1 (May 1975) he was and still is a fan favorite.
There is another character that is linked to him in the story – who is also in the X-Men series of films. But, I won’t give anything else away to ruin the surprise for others. Back to the X-Men Origins Wolverine film, I really enjoyed it and the entire way it was done, Wolverine is a very interesting character, and he is much older because of the mutant regenerative powers he has. Hugh Jackman gives this character such life it reminds me of Val Kilmer playing Jim Morrison in Oliver Stones “The Doors” (1991) film. It was a perfect performance.The rage and portrayal that Jackman shows with Wolverine is incredible.
This film is a prequel to where the character Wolverine shows up in the first of the X-Men movies: “X-Men (2000)”. Liev Shreiber also stars in this film who has finally caught the attention of Hollywood it seems. He plays the character Victor Creed aka Sabertooth who lets say is a rival to Wolverine, if you want to learn more go see the film yourself and find out more of the storyline. There is much more to be explained between these characters from references of the comic book characters. Danny Huston is a younger version of the character William Stryker first played by actor Brian Cox in “X2 (2003)” who chases after Wolverine for his own reasons. I thought both actors did a fine job giving this character life onscreen. Dominic Monaghan from “The Lord of the Rings” films plays Chris Bradley (Bolt) and Ryan Reynolds plays Wade Wilson. (who at first I didn’t think fit the role but did a OK job at it). I think more spin-off movies would be great for the series and the fans, there will always be room on the silver screen for the cast of the X-Men.