Wolverine

What can I say? I am disappointed. Scratch that, I am deeply disappointed. When it comes to a movie about my favourite mutant, I pretty much expected a lot more adherence to canon. I mean, they've been doing just fine with other comic book adaptations lately, so this was really pretty bad.

Hmm...how do I begin? Frankly, the early part of the movie was fine. I liked the introduction though they largely skipped through Wolverine's history in the Wars. Nevermind that Victor really wasn't his brother. In fact, I was rather more pleased by the portrayal of Victor's growing madness than I was with Wolverine's development as a character. Although...well, this being Wolverine, I kinda expected a bit more blood and violence (I know, I know, it goes against his personality, but I've watched 300 and was spoiled by it) Anyway, Gambit was really quite the character in this show. Way better at what he did than I remembered. Sort of a Gandalf, really. That's not to say I wasn't pleased with the eye candy.

Unfortunately, that's where the producers started taking excessive artistic liberties. The bitter rivalry between Wolverine and Sabretooth started to look more like sibling rivalry over who's the best than something truly personal resulting from Sabretooth killing (instead of pretending to kill) Wolverine's beloved. Wolverine seemed a lot more enthusiastic about the Weapon X project, and came out of it a lot more whole than I remembered.

The worst part was Deadpool. When Wade first made his appearance, he was practically a Jedi, cutting bullets out of the air with a pair of katanas disguised as blurs. After he emerged as Deadpool, he was downgraded by having katanas stuffed in his wrists instead, had his mouth sealed (How does Deadpool trashtalk like this!?) and had Cyclops's eyebeams. That most certainly deviates way too much from the real thing. Poor Wade!

Overall, I'd say the movie would've gained a lot of points if they actually cut out the last half hour or so of total nonsense towards the end. But since they didn't, and I respect the director's decision, I'd say this movie's a 6/10