The long time Marvel favorite character, Wolverine, finally has his origins story told by Marvel Studios. In 1845, young James Howlett discovers there is something different about him when the man he believed to be his father is killed. On that night he discovers unusual powers and a brother. Together they fight side by side, never aging, until James steps away from the violence for a new life as Logan. Victor, his brother, and their former team try to bring him back to the fold, but with Logan things never go as planned.
Cast:
James/Logan/Wolverine....Hugh Jackman
Victor Creed..................Liev Schrieber
Stryker.........................Danny Hudson
John Wraith..........................will.i.am
Kayla Silverfox..................Lynn Collins
Fred Dukes....................Kevin Durand
Bradley..................Dominic Monaghan
Remy LeBeau..................Taylor Kitsch
Agent Zero...................Daniel Henney
Wade Wilson.................Ryan Reynolds
Quotes:
James: You love her after one night?
Fred: She's a gymnast.
Wade: Great. Stuck in an elevator with five guys on a high protein diet. Dreams really do come true.
Stryker: If you didn't have that mouth, Wade, you'd be the perfect soldier.
Stryker: Your country needs you.
Logan: I'm Canadian.
Heather: I think there's a naked man in the barn.
Travis: Yep.
Travis: You know what happens to men who go looking for blood?
Logan: What?
Travis: They find it.
Logan: You wanted the animal, Colonel. You got it.
Logan: Fred Dukes? That looks like the creature that ate Fred Dukes.
Logan: This is your idea of an idea?
John: I'm going to go cover the back in case he rabbits.
Logan: I'm not going to fight him.
John: Yeah, right.
Logan: What? I get in fights with everybody?
John: Don't dogs kill cats?
Victor: Ooo, shiny.
Remy: No one's going to snoop around a nuclear reactor. They think it's going to turn them into freaks.
Logan: Like you.
Remy: Right.
Logan: Well if it makes you feel any better, this is really going to hurt.
Remy: Well, yeah. It kinda does actually.
Stryker: Well, I've noticed nothing motivates the men in your family like revenge.
Victor: Nobody kills you buy me.
Remy: When you said you were going to kill everyone, I thought you may just have been exaggerating.
Logan: Do I look like a man who exaggerates?
Comments:
Logan is so much of a giant question in the previous 3 X-Men movies, it's nice to finally have some information about his past such as when he was born, where he got his jacket and moniker, and how he ended up with the adamantium in his body. This isn't to say that having these answers didn't create more questions. I've noticed that with the Marvel movies they don't always play well with the timelines of the comics or stay consistent with the other movies. (I'm just really getting into the comics so I don't have great examples of that particular issue beyond the general feeling of "huh, but what about...?"). An example of some of the inconsistencies involves Kayla's sister, named Emma in the credits, who has "diamond hard skin." This main part of this movie takes place in what, the late 1960s/early 70s? Emma is a teenager in it. Yet X-Men: First Class which is mid 1960s (if I remember correctly) and Emma Frost, a psychic with diamond hard skin, is an adult has has been working with Shaw for years. From the presentation, I think they're the same character but nothing matches up well. Another conflict between the two movies is Xavier. The age conflict is the same for him. Scott Summers is a teen in this one but not quite middle aged in the first 3 X-Men movies. Gambit is early 20's here but I know he is involved with Rogue in the comics and Rogue is only a teenager in the first movies which are set much later. Then you've got Deadpool (I've read a lot of Deadpool in the past year). Timeline wise I guess it would work out with the comics and they have the personality down (Ryan Reynolds makes such a great Wade Wilson). My problem comes from the skills Stryker gives him. In the comics, Deadpool never had Wraith's teleporting skill or adamantium or swords in his arms. So I don't know how this is going to work out when they do the Deadpool movie. Of course with history of inconsistencies Marvel Studios has in their movies, it probably won't matter.
This is not to say that I don't love Marvel movies. I think 90% of the movies I post about here are Marvel. I've really enjoyed what they've done so far and am excited about what's coming next. It just makes my geeky, little brain explode when things aren't consistent.
Other thoughts on this area:
1) Gambit is my favorite X-Man and Taylor Kitsch makes a marvelous Remy LeBeau. Now I want a Gambit focused movie.
2) Wolverine and Deadpool are my next favorites.
3) Liev Schreiber has an amazing voice. Very deep and spectacularly hot.
4) This really wasn't a movie for great dialogue even though it has a pair of characters known for their comments (Logan with his terse one liners and Wade with his quirky, insane chatter). It does very well with intense action sequences though.
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