He’s the Best There is At What he Does
Minor spoilers, but hey, it’s a prequel. You knew at the beginning of Episode One that the little kid was going to grow up to be Darth Vader, right? (god damn I hated Episode One…)
Recently I saw a workprint copy of the Wolverine movie that may or may not have been acquired through legitimate channels. It’s a movie that I always expected to be bad, because, well, anything involving the X-Men and Gambit usually ends poorly. Prequels usually suck too. But mostly because of Gambit. God damn I hate Gambit.
But surprisingly, it didn’t completely suck. I’m still not sure why, if they’re making Wolverine and Sabretooth brothers, nothing was ever mention in X-Men 1. And while we explain where the name “Wolverine” comes from, there’s no mention of where the name “Logan” came from (fun fact: Wolverine’s real name is James Howlett, for reasons that are too silly to bother explaining). And why were Silver Fox and Emma Frost related? Seriously? And what’s with what they did to Deadpool? WTF?
However, bits off stupidness and Gambit’s very existence aside, it was okay. And ‘okay’ was a hell of a lot better than what I expected. And Lynn Collins, who played Silver Fox, is a rather lovely lady, which always is good. X-Men 3 was utter drivel from start to finish (Why is it noon when they step on the bridge and nighttime when they get off? What’s up with that?), but this movie was at least fun. Silly fun, with a few bumps in the road, sure. And the helicopter bit, is absolutely ridiculous. But hey, it was way better than X-Men 3, and thank the gods for that.
Also! Patrick Stewart cameo they’re not telling us about! You heard it here first. Sweeeeeeet….
Recently I saw a workprint copy of the Wolverine movie that may or may not have been acquired through legitimate channels. It’s a movie that I always expected to be bad, because, well, anything involving the X-Men and Gambit usually ends poorly. Prequels usually suck too. But mostly because of Gambit. God damn I hate Gambit.
But surprisingly, it didn’t completely suck. I’m still not sure why, if they’re making Wolverine and Sabretooth brothers, nothing was ever mention in X-Men 1. And while we explain where the name “Wolverine” comes from, there’s no mention of where the name “Logan” came from (fun fact: Wolverine’s real name is James Howlett, for reasons that are too silly to bother explaining). And why were Silver Fox and Emma Frost related? Seriously? And what’s with what they did to Deadpool? WTF?
However, bits off stupidness and Gambit’s very existence aside, it was okay. And ‘okay’ was a hell of a lot better than what I expected. And Lynn Collins, who played Silver Fox, is a rather lovely lady, which always is good. X-Men 3 was utter drivel from start to finish (Why is it noon when they step on the bridge and nighttime when they get off? What’s up with that?), but this movie was at least fun. Silly fun, with a few bumps in the road, sure. And the helicopter bit, is absolutely ridiculous. But hey, it was way better than X-Men 3, and thank the gods for that.
Also! Patrick Stewart cameo they’re not telling us about! You heard it here first. Sweeeeeeet….
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