X-Men Origins: Wolverine, A Big Let Down

Earlier today i went to an opening day showing of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Personally, I was majorly let down. After seeing trailers, teasers and previews I was pretty weary about how it would do as a comic book movie, my suspicions were correct. As an action movie it was decent, as a comic book movie, it was super disappointing.

First thing first, when I watch a comic book movie for the first time, I compare the story to the source material, as I'm sure most of you do. Bits and pieces of the story were accurate to the comics, but it seemed like they tried to hard make it "Hollywood". Also, several characters were changed for the movie. For instance, Deadpool, as far as I know, was never made into weapon XI and given a whole slew of powers. For me, "Deadpool" in the movie isn't really Deadpool at all. In the beginning of the movie, he is pretty accurate, wise cracking and kick-ass, but after his initial appearance he fails to even resemble Deadpool. Another minor inconsistency was Emma Frost. They didn't even touch on her telepathic abilities, which was her initial power. There are lots of other examples of the inaccurate story line which i won't get into.

The next, and probably biggest, thing for me was the portrayal of Gambit. Where do i start? I feel that Taylor Kitsch gave a disturbingly inaccurate performance. His cajun accent, which is not very good to begin with, fades in and out during the movie, which is essential for Gambit. Also, they make him pretty lame compared to how awesome he actually is. Gambit is a fan favorite and since the first X-men movie fans have been anxiously awaiting his movie debut and this is how they bring him in?!?

I had heard previously that there was going to be a secret ending and i made sure to stay and watch it. I found out that there are multiple endings, but the one i saw was just pointless. It was basically Wolverine sitting at a bar in Japan. Nothing important or even interesting about it. Yeah, I guess this could be saying that the sequel will be set in Japan, but that's not the sort of thing that should be revealed in a secret ending. I was upset that i sat through 10 minutes of credits for this.

Just one more quick comment. I wasn't a fan of Cyclops in the X-men trilogy. He was made out to be super lame, never showed good leadership and he was always getting the crap kicked out of him, but the version in this movie was actually surprisingly good. Granted, he is only a teen, he shows his leadership abilities and is portrayed well, for the little bit he is in the movie.

From what i gathered, Marvel studios will be making all the Marvel movies from here on out (with the exception of X-men and Spiderman). Ironman and Hulk were amazing and i hope that they continue to make great comic book movies. I just want to put X-men origins behind me and wait for Ironman 2, Thor, Captain America and the Avengers (PUMPED!!!).