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  Review by BRAT ★ 3

  film professor: i want you to pay close attention to hugh jackman's body
  me: ok i guess :)

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  Review by George Clark ★ 14

  Three years after the monumental disappointment X-Men: The Last Stand, fans had hope that Gavin Hood's X-Men Origins: Wolverine would kickstart new life into the franchise, bringing it back to the glory days of X2. Sadly, though Hugh Jackman gives it his all, he can't help the film overcome a cliche-ridden script, terrible CGI and a familiar narrative that leaves another sour taste throughout. 

  Though admittedly the backstory of Wolverine is interesting, with the opening credits being rather brilliant, and the acting on display from Hugh Jackman (Logan/Wolverine) and Liev Schreiber (Victor Creed/Sabertooth) working like a dream, showcasing their friendship/rivalry, the film as a whole is nothing more than a noisy, bombastic mess, utterly devoid of any of the smarts…

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  Review by Travis Lytle ★★★★½ 13

  Unfairly dismissed by seemingly everyone, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" is not the trainwreck that so many have claimed. Gavin Hood's superhero action film may be overstuffed with characters and may lack an effective focus on the internal machinations of its title mutant, but it is an exciting and completely engaging film nonetheless. Driven by an always-magnetic Hugh Jackman, Hood's film is an operatic and robust piece of work with appealing personality, and, yes, it is enormously better than its reputation suggests.

  The origin story of Marvel's most famous mutant, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" follows the arc of young James Howlett from sickly, 19th century waif to Weapon X. The narrative quickly covers a lot of ground, eventually focusing on Logan, nee Howlett,…

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  Review by Matt Singer ★ 4

  "I'm the best there is at what I do. And what I do is make shitty, nonsensical prequels."

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  Review by King is Ironicmajesty ★★½

  Was the producers of X-Men Origins: Wolverine trying to meet a deadline when this was released? Because that would be the only acceptable reason why this Hugh Jackman starrer is a rushed mess. Granted, Jackman is adamantium-sharp as ever and there were tightly shot action stunts that'll wet them pants of comic books geeks, but Origins: Wolverine overstayed it's welcome when the plot become too packed and ambitious. Let's not even touch how grinding Ryan Reynolds' version of Deadpool here is - focus instead on the pacing, lame CGI effects and dialogue, and you'll see how this movie seemed to be clawing itself into cinematic infamy.

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  Review by ☆ Sophie ☆ ★½ 6

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  X-Men Origins: Wolverine is an interesting backstory of Wolverine with a terrible execution. I'm not going to waste my time reviewing this film. Hugh Jackman was great and looking hotter than ever. Harry Gregson-Williams's score is pretty good. Everything else? Weak.

  Hope everyone has had a great day :)

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  Review by Mike D'Angelo ★★ 1

  33/100

  Oh, right, I never wrote anything about this.

  It's bad. Moving on.

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  Review by Justin Peterson ★★½ 2

  How does most people's favorite badass X-Men character's first solo movie end up being the silliest flick in the franchise?

  "Your country needs you ... I'm Canadian."

  I hesitate to say this was the first solo Wolverine movie since he is the lead character in each movie of the original trilogy. But in order for Fox to try launching their X-Men Origins series, they apparently felt like they needed to tell the story of Wolverine again, but in the most over-the-top goofy way possible. Since I was already sick of these movies being the Wolverine show by this point, I was mostly unoffended by this lame treatment of the character. Then with watching it this time, I found it amusing…

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  Review by KMOKLER ★ 14

  Shutting up deadpool and having will.I.am play a major role. Now that's what saves a movie.

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  Review by Mario ★★½ 8

  Yeah... it's bad. But I kinda like it. Guilty pleasure maybe?
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  4.5/10

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  Review by niceguys ★★½

  after seeing those deadpool scenes i wish i'd lose my memory too

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  Review by Mr. DuLac ★★

  Wake me when it's over.
  -Victor Creed

  You don't have to analyze this film to see where it went wrong, but comic book fans can probably point it out best as the average movie goer might just wonder what the fuck was 20th Century Fox trying to accomplish here? Just like X-Men: The Last Stand, the studio had a fantastic source story at their disposal but mucked it up by having their priorities in complete disarray.

  The studio desperately wanted to tell the Weapon X story from the comic books. It's an important part of Wolverine's origins and it's a great god damn story written and illustrated by Barry Windsor-Smith. That story on it's own would have made a really…