Dinner and Movie

Went out with my jc friends for dinner at Billy Bombers in town yesterday and watched X-Men Origins: Wolverine after that. The roast chicken i had was quite awful albeit the large portion and the movie failed to impress as well. Review and synopsis of the movie are as follows.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine goes back to the time before the X-Men trilogy to tell the story of Wolverine's epically violent and romantic past, including his complex relationship with Victor Creed and the ominous Weapon X programme. Along the way, he encounters many mutants, both familiar and new, including surprise appearances by several legends in the X-Men universe.

Wolverine is a wannabe action fantasy film that tries to emulate its predecessors' success of the X-Men trilogy. A lack of strong directorial style, a simple storyline, an obvious lack of character development, and the lack of strong believable performances stalled the show. It is just not impressive enough for a good summer blockbuster and it falls into the term i would classify it as a 'typical Hollywood action movie'. It does not distinct itself from the rest and it stays put in the tried and tested familiar territory with the half baked dialogue and direction.

I enjoyed the ending climatic fight though. Where is Bryan Singer when Wolverine needs him?

**1/2