X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Pros: Jackman's performance...and muscles; Marvel heroes abound; great special effects.
Cons: Missing some key elements of the earlier X-Men movies, some jolting recasts.

Even though I'm more of a DC Comics geek than a Marvel Comics geek, I loved the first two X-Men movies.  The third had some grievous missteps that still make me grit my teeth, but on the whole, I enjoyed that series.  So when I saw that Hugh ...

Pros: Decent action/effects, Generally the acting, Moments of character
Cons: Ridiculously predictable plot/character elements

I suspect that no style of film has it quite as hard as the prequel. Prequels have to deliver to an audience an origin story that is engaging despite the simple fact that there will be known quantities; known character and plot events alluded to in the ...

Pros: Good comic to film crossover that delivers the goods.
Cons: Deadpool near the end.

Comic book fans are in Heaven right now. Movies are being made left and right based on comic books. Recent releases like WHITEOUT and SURROGATES are both based on comics. And while they're a few years back, the X-MEN movies were always hits. So it's no ...

Pros: Special effects and more special effects.
Cons: This is based on a comic book, not on Shakespeare.

X-Men Origins: WOLVERINE (2009) is a prequel to the recent X-Men trilogy of films, part of what promises to be a continuing series of "origin" and contemporary X-Men films  (supposedly one about Ian McKellan's Magneto is next).  Again, this is ...

Pros: If you like Wolverine you'll like the movie, I guess.
Cons: Confusing interface with the original X-Men movies.  Wolverine character is too powerful.

I have seen all the super hero movies.  I enjoy them.  Of all of them, my favorite has been X-Men.  It was interesting.  Acting was above par.  The storyline was very good.  Special effects were excellent.  The movie ...

Pros: Action-packed, Sweet special effects, Early views of characters, Liev Schrieber, Gambit
Cons: Different actors/portrayal of characters from previous XMen movies

It's always been my opinion that you can really tell the quality of a movie just by the previews. Awful theatrical trailers that make you look at your friends like, "Seriously?" generally indicate a bad movie ahead. This movie was preceded by trailers ...