Warning: Major Spoiler Alerts from a Major Comics Geek Girl
(That is, spoilers that will tell you nothing about the actual narrative of the movie, but which will, for some of you, spoil the overall experience. For the rest of you, it'll make it better. Trust me.)
The hubs and I just saw X-Men Origins: Wolverine. I'm huge into comics but I lean towards Marvel over DC (and, yes, there are many others besides the Big Two, but this isn't a comic book blog post, so deal), ergo I know a
lot about the Marvel Universe, and the X-Men Universe in particular. Ergo again, I'm an educated viewer, at least in terms of the source materials -- my people are the people the movie-makers of this sort of movie are terrified of enraging. So, let's get some things taken care of right up front.
Most Important Selling Point for Instant and Repeated Viewings: Hugh
Jackman is NAKED in this movie! Oh, sure, not for too long, but we definitely see bare butt and total bare torso, and for more than one scene, too. And we get to see his naked chest a LOT. So, the movie is awesome and I will own it the moment it comes out on DVD.
Most Outrageous Trampling of Comics Fans' Precious Memories: What they've done with
Deadpool is a travesty. It ruined the movie for the hubs and the
chicklet, since
Deadpool, aka The
Merc With A Mouth, is a family favorite. He's awesome at the start of the movie, but trust this comics geek girl when I say that what they do with him at the end is NOT
Deadpool. Why bother to cast the perfect guy as
Deadpool -- Ryan Reynolds -- and then proceed to do what they did with him? Travesty doesn't begin to cover it. (And Ryan wasn't undressed nearly enough, either.)
Most Relieved Moment: They didn't screw up Gambit. Taylor Kitsch wasn't my idea of Remy
LeBeau -- but Hugh
Jackman wasn't my idea of Wolverine, either, way back when -- but he does a great job and is allowed to stay. (Taylor's clothes remained on. This is a bad trend, movie-makers.)
Best New
Hottie: Daniel
Henney, who plays Agent Zero, is a total and complete babe. The movie's biggest failing, right after the
Deadpool stuff? Zero was never naked. In fact, they barely let him unbutton the top button of his shirt. I want to see more of Daniel
Henney and by that I mean I want to see a LOT more. (It's now official -- the movie-makers need to
reshoot a great variety of the supporting actors' scenes. Maybe the deleted Black Ops shower scene will make it into the DVD extras. A girl can dream.)
Best
Uber Villain:
Liev Schrieber was awesome as
Sabretooth. I've seen him be a villain before (Phantoms --
Affleck was
da BOMB in Phantoms...points to those who know where that line comes from) so I know he can do it. But he was amazing and added much needed depth and layers to the
Sabretooth character. (For those keeping score,
Liev's also not naked in this movie. For shame, movie-makers! Hugh's a big enough guy [
heh] that I'm sure he was willing to spread the on-screen nudity around to the other guys. I expect the next movie to be X-Men Origins: Mutants Take Showers, or
there'll be some
s'plainin' to do.)
Special, Personal Note to the Movie-Makers: I'm enraged about the total lack of male nudity of the
hottie supporting characters. We'll cross blades over what you did to
Deadpool, but if I get naked pics of Ryan Reynolds and Daniel
Henney in the mail, all might be forgiven.
Now, for the stuff movie critics are supposed to care about -- the narrative, the story arc, the effects, the production values, the acting, the stunts.
Movie was awesome, Travesty Moment and lack of supporting
hottie nakedness aside, and I suggest you see it pronto. Hugh's naked scenes start early and come often, so no bathroom breaks. Hugh
Jackman is NAKED in Wolverine. Truly, '
nuff said. (Hey, I'm an author and a comics geek girl, not a critic.)
Love,
GiniLabels: Agent Zero, Ben Affleck, comics, Daniel Henney, Deadpool, Gambit, gini koch, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Marvel Comics, Phantoms, Ryan Reynolds, Sabretooth, Taylor Kitsch, Wolverine, X-Men