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An Ode to X-Men Origins: Wolverine

By | May 3, 2019 | Reviews

An ode to Wolverine: Origins The movie was fourth in the franchise. The third hadn’t been that great. Reviews calling Origins “good” were lies. The final act didn’t pull its weight. The early scenes were the highlight. When young James found his claws of bone, and Sabertooth backed him in a fight. Those happy years […]

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The Highs and Lows of X-Men Origins: Wolverine

By | May 3, 2019 | Reviews

Look, I’m not going to tell you X-Men Origins: Wolverine isn’t a flawed movie. We could spend all day discussing every issue we have, starting at the beginning, with the opening credits where the screen is paused on an actor with a credit that isn’t for them, and how that might be confusing for people. […]

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The Hidden Import of X-Men Origins: Wolverine

By | May 3, 2019 | Reviews

It would be very easy, almost cruel, to pen a review kicking the proverbial out of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. But honestly, what would any of us have to gain from that? There’s nothing negative to say about the movie that hasn’t already been said ad nauseam. The CGI. The Blob. Will.i.am. We get it, it’s […]

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine Speaks for Itself

By | May 3, 2019 | Reviews

Upon re-watching X-Men Origins: Wolverine for the first time since 2009 (when no, I did NOT pay full price to see it), I found that I … still had nothing considerably interesting to say about it. While I could complain about how absolutely “’90s comics” the movie is (everyone’s mutant power is that they’re X-TREMELY […]

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A Flashback Review of X-Men Origins: Wolverine

By | May 3, 2019 | Reviews

Editor’s note: This review was written in September of 2009. In Bryan Singer’s X-Men, the 2000 film that introduced the popular Marvel comic mutants to the silver screen, we meet Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine in a snowy Canadian roadhouse. He is blue jean legged, cowboy booted, and shirtless. He is leaning against chicken wire, and chomping […]

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