Saturday, May 2, 2009

Movie & Video Game Review: Wolverine

I'm not gonna write a long soliloquy about either topic, but I did want to share a few words on Wolverine, both the movie and new video game. I'll start with the movie. Spoilers await.

I have to say up front that I was a bit disappointed with the movie as a whole. It was good for what it was, which is a Marvel superhero movie. A buddy of mine said it was better than The Incredible Hulk but worse than Iron Man, and I have to agree with him completely. Hugh Jackman is awesome as Wolverine, and Liev Shreiber was great as Sabertooth (though I don't remember him ever being called Sabertooth in the movie). So I give those two guys credit.... but the story of this movie, loosely based off the Wolverine Origins comic series, was just really weak for me. I was really the most disappointed with the fact that Ryan Reynolds is really only in this movie for like 10 minutes, and then 10 minutes he's in it are awesome. Need more Ryan Reynolds! The graphics are horrendous, there's one part where Logan is checking out his new metal claws in a mirror and they look almost like a cartoon. It's pretty bad. The story again, kinda weak. I'm pretty sure I don't remember there ever being a story about Wolverine and Sabertooth being brothers. I didn't like that... I thought it took away from the movie, because I would think that Wolverine ultimately wouldn't want to kill his brother, but would want to save him, but instead it's the whole movie with him trying to find him and kill him. Taylor Kitsch as Gambit was awesome though. In fact, I'll go as far as saying Gambit is the best part of the whole damn movie. Eh... I dunno, maybe I'm Dark Knight spoiled. I just think this movie could have
been a lot better. 6.5 out of 10.

The game, on the other hand, is absolutely awesome.
It's kinda loosely following the plot of the movie, I'm only a couple hours in, so I don't know much it goes through. But from what I've played, it's pure awesomeness. You just slash and shred and rip through everything in sight. You can rip dudes in half, decapitate em, cut off their legs and arms, all the while blood is spraying through the air around you. There's little easter eggs or something hidden in it. I found the hatch door from LOST in the first level... that made me laugh. Hugh Jackman did the CG and voice work for it, so it has a very authentic feel. The graphics are pretty decent and the cut scenes are quick and spread out just enough. It's not a cake walk either, it's pretty challenging, but it's a lot of fun at the same time. I'd recommend it to anyone looking to just tear shit up for a few hours. Give the game 7.5 out of 10.



11 comments:

  1. I have two things to say. First, reviews are going to be better once the reviewer has played through the game thoroughly.

    On the contrary, your videogame review is far more superior than any videogame review Random Villain has attempted to write. Thumbs up for no fanboy favoritism!

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  2. Well I just got it yesterday, so I haven't had time to beat it yet, but wanted to get the game review in with the movie review.

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  3. Fanboy Favoritism?

    Ive given negative reviews to the 360, as well as most exclusive games for the PS3. So where does the favortism go? With the Wii which I hadly ever play, or mention?

    Maybe you should read my reviews before you review the shit that I have reviewed. I just reviewed your review of my reviews and I give you a 0/10.

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  4. I haven't seen the movie yet, but I will still check it out and see. I liked the (second, better) Hulk and Iron Man, so this is probably up my alley. It's funny, because I really liked the Dark Knight, but I think it's in it's own class XD IMHO, It's a tough one to beat as far as quality and all that....

    Anyway, I have been watching Erin play the Wolverine game on the 360, and he's about 10 hours in to it. There's more cameos that appear too! From what he could recognize, there is something from WoW and Portal too. And he pretty much is hooked on the game. Like you said, it's just good hack and slash fun. The cut scenes on it are pretty cool too.

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  5. GAMBIT was the character I enjoyed the most, they really need to bring Kitsch back!

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  6. I agree, finally a good post with some depth here. I like to actually READ blogs, not just read 1 sentence with a video. Kudos to Devon on this one.

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  7. My reviews have always been like this though.....

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  8. Maybe its that we haven't got one in awhile, and not for a mega maintream movie, and all we've gotten lately is Villains lazy attempts at "blogging." As the previous comment stated, I too look for depth and not just the same video that's on every other site.

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  9. I appreciate the feedback. Keep checking back, I'm trying to fit in more time to get up quality stuff.

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  10. I actually rented this after reading here yesterday.....i am hooked on the game, thanks for steering me toward it. I think the site could use more video game posts, I enjoy them. I seem to remember I first came here regularly when the site featured more video game and posts on women.

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  11. I have Wanted sitting there ready to play, but haven't been able to put Wolverine down. I'll get in some time with Wanted tonight and tomorrow and hopefully have a review up tomorrow.

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