I just saw Wolverine, and... well, it was pretty, I'll give it that.
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Ailleann - May 03, 2009 11:23:58 am PDT #1020 of 30000
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Frankenbuddha - May 03, 2009 11:24:43 am PDT #1021 of 30000
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le nubian - May 03, 2009 11:41:16 am PDT #1022 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Wolverine made $87 fucking million $$!
WoW.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 03, 2009 1:58:32 pm PDT #1023 of 30000
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Behold the power of Hugh Jackman's ass!
I saw it today, and the aforementioned rear end (plus a certain cameo near the finale) made it worth the ticket price. But oy, the plot. And the unbelievability of the stunts. I wish someone with a rudimentary understanding of physics had been involved at some point.
Around the third or fourth time Logan looked upwards with clenched fists and screamed at the injustice of it all, I had to fight really hard to avoid yelling "KHAAAAAAAN!!!" in the theater.
Dana - May 03, 2009 2:02:24 pm PDT #1024 of 30000
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I saw it today, and the aforementioned rear end (plus a certain cameo near the finale) made it worth the ticket price.
Told ya.
Ailleann - May 03, 2009 2:54:16 pm PDT #1025 of 30000
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Around the third or fourth time Logan looked upwards with clenched fists and screamed at the injustice of it all, I had to fight really hard to avoid yelling "KHAAAAAAAN!!!" in the theater.
It was when tiny!Logan did it in the beginning that I knew exactly what kind of movie I was going to be in for.
Juliebird - May 03, 2009 2:59:41 pm PDT #1026 of 30000
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Tell me this, is the bad CGI in the trailers the final rendering?
le nubian - May 03, 2009 3:05:41 pm PDT #1027 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
yes.
My biggest disappointment was the scene with Wolverine and the helicopter. I thought that was going to be some cool ass shit based on the snippet I saw in the trailers.
Man, what a fuck up. I don't understand how movie professionals can fuck that up either.
Ailleann - May 03, 2009 3:12:13 pm PDT #1028 of 30000
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I'm not sure what effects from the trailer, but the claw CGI was terrible. More than one instance could have had prosthetics, and it probably would have been cheaper and looked better.
DavidS - May 03, 2009 4:33:34 pm PDT #1029 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
For people who weren't reading comics in the 80s it's worth noting that Wolverine was the character of the decade. And everybody who was 14 in 1985 now has disposable income.
(Other characters of the decade, in descending order: Ororo, Batman, Daredevil, Elektra, Kitty Pryde (see: Whedon, Joss), Reuben Flagg (see: Chabon, Michael), Nexus, Rom Space Knight, Zot (see: McCloud, Scott) and Hopey (L&R).
Also a factor in the box office: Hugh Jackman's ass. (I defer to Matt on this point.)