Wolverine, Shmolverine

just got done watching the "finished" version of X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

i hated it.

i dont even know where to begin to be honest. i'll start from the workprint. yes, i watched the workprint with the unfinished effects. i gave in and i didnt really think of it as i was watching a movie a month before it came out. to me it was a behind the scenes look at how a studio works with green screen and removes wires from characters flying through the air. i was more focused on the effects than i was the story line or anything like that. so when i finished the movie was in awe because i couldnt wait for the effects to be done and see the final product. the story was decent and i finally got to see my favorite xmen Gambit on the big screen (he was a little douchebagish but he redeemed himself IMO).

so after watching the workprint and getting to the theater thursday night at 11:45 (friends were saving seats for me) i was expecting to see an amazing movie. well shit on my chest i was wrong. here's the experience:

previews: AMAZING. UP looks awesome, Ice Age 3 looks funny as hell, Transformers 2...HOLY HELL! it looks so awesome!, Terminator Salvation...need I say more?, Night at the Museum 2...ehhh. looks funny.

the movie: i enjoyed the story line and the progress of the character development. what i didnt like was all the nonsense of the movie. they introduced way too many characters to just gain more people to see the movie. the characters were introduced, seen on the screen for a few minutes, and then GONE! no reason. then comes the visual effects. this deserves its own section.

visual effects: in my high school we had a video production class where we made short films. well a part of the class worked on animation and visual effects working with green screen etc. What i saw in the movie was no different than what I saw in my high school. If my high school had the budget that Fox had for this film, we would have been able to outdue this movie hands down. there were so many scenes that lose all meaning because of the shitty visual effects. you can CLEARLY tell that most of the scenes were just thrown together to get the movie finished. it seemed Fox spent way too much time promoting the movie and trying to find the "pirate" rather than finishing the visual effects.

there's my review.

suck it FOX.

PS - i cant find any images of the AWESOME effects. but i'll get to see it again and i'll take some pics next time. or video. :P