Safe to say that I absolutely loved The Wolverine. Great movie, blending a well developed character piece with a sense of fun.— Ben Mortimer (@montimer) July 16, 2013
Safe to say that I absolutely loved The Wolverine. Great movie, blending a well developed character piece with a sense of fun.
The Wolverine is the best Wolvie film comic fans could have hoped for. I'm as surprised as you are.— Matt Risley (@spliggle) July 16, 2013
The Wolverine is the best Wolvie film comic fans could have hoped for. I'm as surprised as you are.
So, #TheWolverine: Liked it, didn't love it. First act is brilliant, but some plot threads needed a lot more development.— Amon Warmann (@awarmann) July 16, 2013
So, #TheWolverine: Liked it, didn't love it. First act is brilliant, but some plot threads needed a lot more development.
The Wolverine has a fantastic opening 20 minutes, but goes downhill after that. Did make me think that Jackman would be the perfect Reacher.— Nick de Semlyen (@NickdeSemlyen) July 16, 2013
The Wolverine has a fantastic opening 20 minutes, but goes downhill after that. Did make me think that Jackman would be the perfect Reacher.
Would you be astonished if I told you The Wolverine was actually pretty good?— Robbie Collin (@robbiereviews) July 16, 2013
Would you be astonished if I told you The Wolverine was actually pretty good?
Well, you'd be right, because it's absolutely dreadful.— Robbie Collin (@robbiereviews) July 16, 2013
Well, you'd be right, because it's absolutely dreadful.
The Wolverine is essentially a James Bond film with The Wolverine instead of The James Bond. #theWolverine— boydhilton (@boydhilton) July 16, 2013
The Wolverine is essentially a James Bond film with The Wolverine instead of The James Bond. #theWolverine
I actually liked #TheWolverine more than #ManOfSteel. It's ok to let your inner beast out sometimes! :)— RetroGamerWa'el (@RetroFanatic97) July 16, 2013
I actually liked #TheWolverine more than #ManOfSteel. It's ok to let your inner beast out sometimes! :)
A lot of gut-stabbing, and a fair amount of gut-wrenching, #TheWolverine could be the superhero film of the summer.— Mark Clark (@MarkClarkMov) July 16, 2013
A lot of gut-stabbing, and a fair amount of gut-wrenching, #TheWolverine could be the superhero film of the summer.
"Aiming for a pulpy Japan noir feel, Mangold's film features a number of strong episodic elements and admirable restraint as it seeks to focus on the Wolverine's inner crisis. Like any war veteran, he suffers from fitful sleep and terrible nightmares. In addition, a vision of Jean Grey, his deceased lover, haunts him. His immortality is a burden and he knows that anything he loves will die. Early in the film he is poisoned and becomes mortal, albeit still extremely strong. While this lends some much-needed urgency to his fights, it also accelerates his personal journey... As an action film, The Wolverine is far less ambitious and relatively tame when set alongside this summer's bombastic fare. Nevertheless, one scene in particular, set on a bullet train, is easily among the most thrilling moments we've had on screen in 2013. The film's mid-section largely dispenses with action as we retreat to the countryside, fill out the backstories, witness a burgeoning romance and wade through the Wolverine's emotional baggage. The budget then shows its muscle again in the big climax but after a promising start, it devolves into a pastiche of action scenes from the last few years, replete with yet another big screen robot. By playing it safe, the film ends on a whimper, it feels anticlimactic and worse, just a tad lazy... As a Japan-set, character-based and episodic narrative, The Wolverine is almost a success. However, it plays a little fast and loose with some Japanese genre codes (such as a cadre of monks suddenly turning into tattooed, bare-chested, gun-toting yakuzas) and suffers from not being shot in Japan (plans were scraped following 2011's tsunami). Jackman is on form, Mangold lends his solid if uninspired directing style and there's a great Kurosawa reference, but the film lacks the punch it needs. By aiming a little too high and not quite meeting its promise, The Wolverine is a slight disappointment."
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