Review of The Wolverine (2013) by Randallaudrain — 30 Jul 2013
It takes a special kind of talent to make the X-Men's most popular character boring. Poor editing, terrible characterization (James aka Logan doesn't speak Japanese and didn't train/study in Japan? ARE YOU KIDDING ME??) flat action sequences, and awful direction from James Mangold made this movie exactly what I thought it would be.
When Darren Aronofsky was on board to direct it seemed like I was gonna get the Wolverine film I'd always wanted with substance and a less-is-more style, rather than lots of yelling and poorly choreographed action scenes.
Even when Aronofsky left the project, (handing of it off to James Mangold, the man behind such classics as Knight & Day, 3:10 to Yuma and Girl Interrupted), I still held out hope that some of Aronofsky’s original vision could carry over to this new version of the story, but it seems I was wrong.
I'd have rather spent two and half hours watching the old Saturday morning X-Men cartoons. F this movie.
This review of The Wolverine (2013) was written by Randallaudrain on 30 Jul 2013.
The Wolverine has generally received positive reviews.
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