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The first two acts were kick-ass, and they set this up to be a really exceptional, different movie. It was like the film took this giant step forward. I liked that it focuses on the essence of who Wolverine is and what he does. Hugh Jackman is eloquent, and he owns the character at this point. It’s a surprisingly multidimensional performance. The third act wasn’t bad, per se, but it was a different tone. That moment he starts motorcycling up the 400 kilometers … he was almost riding into a different movie. It would be interesting to talk to Mangold and ask why they felt they had to go in that direction.
I would love to know the answer to that question. I enjoyed the final third more than Claremont did, it seems, but it is quite the tonal shift after the almost reverent feel to the first two acts.
– Stan Lee reacts to the idea that Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man could – at some point – have a relationship with a male version of MJ. The results are ambiguous and hard to tell if he’s actually upset or just being facetious, but either way, it’s Stan Lee doing Stan Lee things.
– Bleeding Cool has a look at the New York Times best selling paperback graphic novels list since the year turned over, and the results are heavy on the Image side. In fact, most every month has Image taking up half the list, with 22 of 31 weeks having Image at the top of the list. Of course, this has a lot to do with “The Walking Dead,” but as Rich notes, there is a lot of “Fatale” and “Saga” and “Prophet” in there as well.
– The concept art Jack Kirby created for “Argo,” the fake film that was immortalized in the very real film directed by Ben Affleck, is being put up for auction. Amazingly enough, the current owner is none other than superstar artist and DC co-publisher Jim Lee, who had no idea what he had when he bought it thanks to it being classified information.
