24 Feb 08 ‘Wolverine’ movie turning into a bloated monster

Remember when you saw the first X-Men movie and were thrilled to see those characters come to life? Then, a few years later we were treated to X2: X-Men United and once again, we were all thoroughly impressed.

When it was announced that Bryan Singer would not be a part of X-Men: The Last Stand we all knew that it would not be as great as the first two, that was a given. However, nothing could have prepared us comic-book nerds for the crap-fest that was to be unleashed upon us.

Complicated characters with equally complicated histories, like Beast, Juggernaught, the Morlocks and Multiple Man, were reduced to one-shot gimmicks to be used and tossed aside. Coupled with that, hack director Brett Ratner and writers Simon Kinberg and Zak Penn turned one of the greatest comic book story arcs in history into a convoluted, plotless and pointless affair. Too many characters, too many plot holes and not enough character development.

I fear the Wolverine movie, dubbed X-Men Origins: Wolverine, is headed down the same road.

First of all, Wolverine’s origin and the ‘Weapon X’ story is one of the most complicated in comic book history. To effectively tell the story on the big screen will be a feat unto itself. However, the movie is already bloated with too many characters that will no doubt be used for background filler and one-shot “ooh” moments.

On the list already:
Liev Schreiber as Victor Creed / Sabretooth
Lynn Collins as Kayla Silver Fox
Danny Huston as William Stryker
Daniel Henney as David North / Agent Zero
Will.i.am as John Wraith
Taylor Kitsch as Remy LeBeau / Gambit
Dominic Monaghan as Barnell
Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson / Deadpool

Then it has just been announced that Kevin Durand will appear in the movie as ‘The Blob.‘ While many of these characters I like, having them all in one movie is going to be a mess.

If the team behind this movie pulls this bloated mess off well I will be pleasantly surprised. And why Harry Connick Jr. was not tapped to play Gambit I have no idea.

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Reader's Comments

1. seanmonster | 24 Feb 2008 6:09 pm

   Deadpool!? I’d see the film just for him. Now I really hope they don’t fuck it up.

2. S. Mullis | 24 Feb 2008 7:46 pm

   If they can manage to fit the cool mask over Reynolds’ giant head, he could be one cool character.

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