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Rob’s Quick Review: The Wolverine
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Letter Grade:
C- |
The Good: Bones of a good story are there. The Bad: Not nearly enough plot for the runtime. |
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Cast & Crew: Written by: Mark Bomback, Scott Frank Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence, some sexuality and language |
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Dear Fox,
Please check in with Marvel. They seem to have figured out how to make a superhero movie, but you’ve just never gotten the hang of it, have you? With The Wolverine you’ve managed to cram 75 minutes of plot into 126 minutes. I know that about 20 minutes of that seems to have been invested in constantly having Hugh Jackman turn around and stare at the camera while we watch him instantly heal, but that still leaves you with a good half-hour too much movie. Don’t get me wrong, Wolverine in Japan battling the Silver Samurai was a good idea, you just took too much time actually getting him to Japan, and FAR too much time actually getting to the Silver Samurai.
Wolverine’s 3 primary powers are stabbing people, healing, and being a dick. I know it’s hard to make a PG-13 movie about a guy whose primary power is stabbing lots of people, so I get why the stabbing-to-blood ratio is so high, but you’re even undercutting his bloodless dickishness, like when he throws somebody out the window of a high rise only to have them land in a pool that Wolverine didn’t know was there. The bones of a good Wolverine movie were there in that plot, but you just don’t seem to know how to infuse the adamantium and make those bones shine.
Sincerely,
Rob
