The Wolverine - Movie Review by Chris Stuckmann
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Chris Stuckmann reviews The Wolverine, starring Hugh Jackman, Rila Fukushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Hal Yamanouchi, Tao Okamoto and Famke Janssen. Directed by James Mangold.
Speed Paint Drawing of Me as Wolverine: • Video
"I really actually kind of dug it quite a bit" - Chris Stuckmann
This movie is like Man of Steel, Iron Man 3, and Age of Ultron, in the aspect that it gets so much hate for some of the stupidest reasons.
+Giant Squid I agree with you for iron man 3 and age of Ultron but i hated man of steel.
Man of steel got its hate for the major problems, like the stunted story telling techniques, whilst iron man 3 got unnecessary hate for a few plot holes. A lot of great films have plot holes, like Star Wars, terminator 2 and the first Iron Man.
I'm hearing ya but I don't like man of steel
+Jack Park One of the things that MoS got a lot of hate for was the fact that Superman
and Zod destroyed a ton of stuff during their fight, which is stupid because he HAD to do that, otherwise Zod would've gone on a rampage to wipe out humanity.
Giant Squid Superman had a problem with killing Zod, even after sending a bomb made from his little pod to another dimension to kill a ship full of other murderous. Also, using 9/11 imagery to bring a sense of hope is just mislead. Also, it was within Superman's power to draw Zod away from the city full of innocent people, but he didn't. There was also no tension in the fight because it was them punching each other over and over again, sustaining no injuries, which isn't exciting for an action film. To use a comparison involving super powered beings in another, better comic action film: In the winter soldier, Cap and Bucky both sustain injuries from there fight because there evenly matched, and it makes sense physically because even strengthened flesh and tissue would break under too much pressure. In man of steel, they punch, and punch, and punch, and punch, and then out of nowhere, without setting up any character ark involving the necessity of murder to save the world, Superman: SPOILERS
Kills Zod in an over the top and overly violent way which comes off goofy in the film because it's meant to be taken seriously. I really don't understand how people can like it or think it's good writing or direction. To quote Mr Plinkett, my brain is collapsing in on itself!!!!!
Hugh Jackman = Huge Jacked Man
Why Origins and this movie have same rating on imdb? Like really what the hell, I don't hate Origins, but this movie is much better (it deserves rating above 7).
I kind of get why this got a low rating. It's a good movie, don't get me wrong but it's not a conventional x men movie in that it's a more personal movie and depicts wolverine's struggle. so fanboys didn't take kindly to that. On the other hand, x men origins is 6.7 or something and i don't have a clue why. I will say this though. I liked this movie way better when i viewed it the second time.
awesome420ication Yeah I can kinda see it too
-"not perfect" villain
-some personal problems
-some small inconsistencies
If that wouldn't be the case, movie for me could be even 10/10
But what you said for others is also true.
Filip Jeglic hey atleast is has a 70% on RT unlike origins which barely passed hit 40%. IMDb are angry fanboys voting down it because it didn't respect the comics :p
Varinder Bhandal
oh, i didn't see your comment,
hehe yeah atleast XD
Filip Jeglic i argreed
I will always have great admiration how committed Hugh Jackman has been for 14 years to playing wolverine.
17 years*
@@rohailsheikh9105 just like I'm replying to a comment that was posted three years ago, so were you. There's a reasons they said 14, and not 17🤦🏻♂️
@@rohailsheikh910524 years*
i also really liked the movie i dont care what anyone says
my favorite X-Men film
One aspect that I really liked about this movie was his relationship with Jean Grey. In the previous films, I didn't feel any chemistry between them. It just seemed to me that Logan wanted to sleep with her but didn't really care for her beyond that. This is the first time where I felt that his love for her was genuine, and I was like "it's about time that they got that right."
its also the part that annoyed me the most in this movie.
I just really didn't enjoy the giant silver samurai robot. Seemed too weird i thought having the real silver samurai would have been better. Also wolverine doesn't seem to fight strategically at all.
they missed an amazing opportunity to showcase that WOLVERINE is actually samurai also! i would love to see logan using katana blades and know @ least 3 types of martial arts...wolverine doesn't really need his claws, only in berserker mode- but logan is a combination of batman AND jason bourne in the comics, except with CLAWS! lol
I saw the movie yesterday, and agree with all you said! The movie is really great.
It’s been 7 years since you commented this, what’s poppin?
@@turbosoggy5412 Finished two schools, moved 4 times, co-owner of a US company now, working with VR. It's been a pretty wild ride so far!
I am so glad this film is getting good reviews!!! I was so skeptical on whether the film would be good or not and hearing that it is makes me extremely excited to watch it now!!!
Can't wait for the R-rated Wolverine film.
Yup
its gonna be awesome, won't it?
HELL YEAH!
AJW march is here a d u know what dat means bub! that's right- SNIKT! SNIKT!
It's the best X-Men movie ever
X-Men 3 wasn't that bad...
+Viral Funnies! it was okay overall it would be like a B- or C+ in my opinion
Charles always wanted to build bridges...
Yeah I honestly believe it wasn't that bad, but the first 2 had the high ground
Hands down, not that bad at all. Except for Alien Resurrection.
Not really
It was a good movie, up until the final act. The Logan vs. giant Silver Samurai robot was too silly for the kind of movie this was up to that point. Also, Viper was awful: the actress, the writing, the look, ALL of it was painful and, again, too silly for the mostly serious dramatic movie it was otherwise. Favorite Xmen film is probably either X2 or Days of Future Past.
I agree 100 percent. I went down here to comment basically exactly this but you already got it.
What the hell did you want for Viper? She was a femme fatale and I totally felt that in her performance
I really think that the way the final act went down had studio interference. It feels like they took a look at the climax of Iron Man 1 with the Iron Monger, and were like "Hey guys just copy that for our climax it'll be great". I didn't hate the climax of The Wolverine, it was executed ok, but I would've much rathered a real blade style 1 on 1 samurai fight.
Yup. Loved thus flick, with two gripes- Viper was poorly cast, and Silver Samurai would've been better as an Ironman sized suit of armor. The giant robo bit was needless in my opinion, and didn't lend any favors to the climactic fight scene.
This movie is highly underrated
I agree
B or 7/10. It was better than Origins but it wasnt the best. It was there I enjoyed it. Ain't perfect but still pretty good. That's all I can say...
I hope you saw Logan bro cause it's the absolute best
I really liked this film.
Originally I Thought I Was The Only Person That Loved This Film
I loved this movie! I don't get what there is not to like about it! I give it an A!
you are crazy man
+Jack Sparrow :)
Only thing that particularly bugged me was the ending. Would have been far better if they swapped out the over sized samurai armor for regular sized armor, the over sized armor just felt to out of place
The movie was really good, but Viper was a shitty villain and that entire third act gets too silly at times.
I thought that the scene where he is pumped full of arrows on his way to rescue the girl was really powerful and awesome, and is one of my favorite movie scenes of all time.
This movie made me like wolverine even more. he is officially my favorite marvel character as of right now, I like him more than the hulk who used to be my favorite.
Yes, it was glorious.
Only 4 likes and no replies? Lemme fix that
i honesty didn't mind the wolverine movie it was actually watchable unlike x men origins
why does origins gets so much hate? yeh its off in some aspects, but i really liked it! creed and logan's relationship is the best part of the movie- liev shreiber KILLED that role! i hope he returns in some form in LOGAN.
why? because it's shit deadpool was shit in that movie too also why did we need the blob,i hope logan is good
I agree. Liev Shrieber was excellent as Sabertooth.
the wolverine part of the movie was awesome the samurai aspect was cool but the villain plan was stupid
X-men origins < The Wolverine < Logan
I dug this movie till the giant robo silver samurai.
I liked this movie. If it had had a bit of a quicker pace it would have been downright awesome.
Good review. I liked the movie for some of the reasons you gave (setting in Japan, actions scenes, violence and an attempt at story/character development), however, I still felt disappointed. It was half an hour too long, and that half-hour was poorly done. The main villain, the grandfather, was guessed from the trailers alone, and some of the characters were pointless - especially viper. Not to mention the irregularities regarding his heeling, bone claws, and numerous other things that are too long to list. Overall, I gave it a generous 7.
precisely what you said,not to mention that some of the characters they took huge liberties with instead of staying true to their comic book counterparts. The Silver Samurai was totally MEH and pointless in my mind,especially considering i was quite hyped to have him in the movie. Also,another part i didn't like is that the love story between the girl and logan felt un-finished. I actually even stood for after credits scenes in hopes of seeing Daken,but felt really dissapointed.
+Soetpotatis agree I felt they could've gone further with the romance storyline and introduced Daken, at least have her pregnant at the end
"I really, actually, kind of dug this movie quite a bit."
I laughed at that too lol
Have you seen the silver samurai ARC about ninjas in japan from the *early X-Men uncanny animated series?* This film was loosely based off those awesome episodes.
The Wolverine (2013)
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Director: James Mangold
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Producers: Lauren Shuler Donner, Hutch Parker
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Writers: Mark Bomback, Scott Frank
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Starring: Hugh Jackman, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima, Famke Janssen, Will Yun Lee, Svetlana Khodchenkova
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Composer: Marco Beltrami
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Cinematographer: Ross Emery
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Editor: Michael McCusker
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Production Companies: Marvel Entertainment, The Donners’ Company, TSG Entertainment
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Distributor: 20th Century Studios
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Release Date: July 26, 2013
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Runtime: 126 minutes
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Budget: $120 million
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Box Office: $414.8 million
This should be r rated or ma 15
I find it funny how u said u liked how they used the locations in Japan because the entire movie was shot in Australia
Haha!! I don't know which is true but that was funny.
my second favourite xmen/wolverine movies behind days of future past
X2 is my favorite with first class at second and the wolverine at third.
Logan got an A-, this got an A-... i thought Logan was better than this, but still this is also my fav. I'm just saying that Logan is better and it deserves better rating, don't you think?
I personally didn’t HATE the last portion of this movie but I do agree that it was a really big departure from the rest of the movie
James Mangold the man behind Walk The Line and of course that contrived film(which I actually enjoyed) Kate & Leopold.
3:10 to Yuma, Knight and Day, Cop Land and Girl, Interrupted let's not forget.
My favorite so far is LOGAN!
This is my 4th fav x-men film after days. I liked this waaaay more than origins first class, and the last stand. My fav x-men movie is the 2nd one.
I love this movie
In the film The Wolverine, we explore the philosophical aspects of existentialism and the concept of immortality. This comment will attempt to see how each character’s approach to immortality affects his or hers actions in the film.
First and foremost we encounter the character Logan, played by Hugh Jackman. His healing factor essentially allows him to outlive all his contemporaries. As a result, he has to suffer innumerable losses of his loved ones. The most recent loss is of Jean Grey, whose memory continues to haunt him during his dreams. Even though some like his colleague turned Yashida view this immortality as a curse, Wolverine eventually channels this healing factor into something good as he uses it to save his friends from countless dangers which would destroy an ordinary person. In the end, when Logan removes the parasite from his body that is draining his healing factor he finally accepts his powers and the responsibilities that come along with it.
The character Viper represents Lady Death as symbolized in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Her scheme of manipulating Yashida and attempting to poison and destroy Wolverine’s immortality and healing power are the main antagonist forces in the movie.
Another character, Yashida, sees immortality in a different approach. He is saved in Nagasaki by Logan and witnesses the Wolverine’s amazing healing factors. As a result, he spends his entire life obsessing about how to obtain this power. When he is ravaged from leukemia near the end of his life, he designs a scheme with the aid of a villain named Viper to steal Wolverine’s healing ability. Ironically, as mentioned above, Yashida claims immortality as a curse yet wishes to steal Wolverine’s immortality.
It can be said that a parent lives through his children and their legacy and unfulfilled dreams can be accomplished through future generations.
i can't believe it took me so long to find your reviews.
it's good have a critic again that i can trust.
looking forward to see your future work.
My favorite X-Men movie was the Wolverine when Hugh Jackman nailed it the biggest role of his life playing Wolverine my favorite part of it is Wolverine himself redeeming himself becoming the man he was meant to be not without the hero was in the man he was meant to be to rise as a hero what need him to become the leader or Magneto Charles Xavier both meet Wolverine at the airport and that is the end of the Wolverine of his immortality Magneto guys from old age after the end of the Wolverine movie where we see Charles Xavier isolation with Wolverine in the Mexico border what a great way to end this X-Men timeline movies it's was a great storyline I ever seen since animated cartoon series
THE WOLVERINE is my favorite of the bunch, and for my money, It's my favorite pick for BEST FILM of 2013 (so far, of course).
I could argue with that, X-2 is by far my fav. The opening was beautifully done.
The film was allright, better than X-Men 3 and Origins, can't wait for Days of Future Past!
Favourite is X2. I like first class but it really messed up the timeline in the X-Men Cinematic Universe. But it was still really good.
Best xmen related movie yet, after watching this, I am totally jacked for the next movie.
This movie was good , I never understood the incredible dislikes on it
And now you're comment also got a dislike lol
I'm so glad they did this movie right, and I'm going to see it this weekend. Thank you for another good review!
PS- I thought you were going to do other X-Men reviews before this came out... are they on the way still?
Chris you get all of your reviews in first! This is why you're so reliable
Days of Future Past is my fav. Down right amazing. Great review Chris. 😃✌🏽
Indeed. He is one of my very favourite actors. He's fantastic!
Chris, pleasantly surprised how much you liked this. Will have to give it ago.
As a 30 year collector of x-men comics, X-2, The wolverine and x-men first class are the best. I am hoping the new one in may delivers. I really enjoyed the wolverine. Kindve like how Iron Man 3 was a really good movie, obviously different than avengers, iron 1 and 2 etc, but really fun to watch.
This movie is honestly really fucking awesome it was so sweet! Loved it and great review chris!
I really liked this movie. I liked how they portrayed wolverine in this one. B+ from me.
Now this is what I'm talking about, Chris you know what the deal is. I saw the film today and I really liked it. Thank god it wasn't another X-Men Origins film. This was the Wolverine film I wanted. Hugh Jackman was SO ripped, he looked amazing. But not only that this was I think his best portrayal of the character so far. There was great action and the use of Japan and the culture was beautiful.
This movie had my curiosity. Now it has my attention. Great review as always Chris!
I agree with you... This is wolverine/hugh jackman at his best.I really enjoyed the Silver Samurai fight though even though there was a bit of a cliche and kind of predictable stuff at the end. This and X-Men first class are the best X-men movies so far.
have you guys noticed that they go on about the adamantium giving wolverine immortality, but its actually his mutant gene.
I'm so happy to hear you say it's good! I bought my tickets last week and I was kind of skeptical about my decision.
I don’t think the film was bad, not at all. I just disliked it. I cannot pinpoint as to why just won’t ever revisit this one
I saw this movie last night in New York at AMC fan event. Hugh Jackman was there. It's a fantastic movie. There's a lot of action the special effects are good. I like what they did with Silver Samurai. There's a stinger during the credits that lead into the Days of Future Past.
It's worth going to the theater for, but a scene has been cut out because of its excessive violence, but it will be included in the DVD...
Alright this is random and OOT, but Tao Okamoto is beautiful.
Great review Chris. I wasn't to sure if i was going to see it in the cinema, but you've convinced me,
Great review I was on the fence about seeing this but now I'm for sure going to see it.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who loves this film, Chris. ^•^
Crono Sapien I love this movie too but I’ll give a B. B+ at a push.
It's my favourite xmen film right until the last 20 mins. Deadpool wins then.
I had zero expectations for this movie at all, especially after Origins, and the trailers didn't really convince me either. I went for Hugh Jackman because he puts so much heart in this character and seems like a really nice guy. And the movie was fun, like Iron Man fun. The audience laughed throughout the whole movie and it was badass I.e. The train scene. First Class and X2 are the best so far imo. I hope Days of Future past will be at least as good as these two.
Good review. I liked this movie too. Not sure where all the criticism came from.
one word boring.
Chris, I don't know if you have, but if not, you should read the Miller/Claremont Wolverine comics. They are the best Wolverine fiction across any medium and largely inspired this film.
Stumbled onto your channel looking for The Wolverine reviews. Loved your style, so I thought I'd watch a couple more of your vids. Wow. I subscribed almost immediately. I couldn't decide what video to watch; I wanted to watch that many of them! We have very similar nerd background/taste! Even anime reviews! So excited to continue watching! :D
OK. I very much like X2, as well. Easily one of the best comic book adaptations. I do have a fondness for that film, but "First Class" is by far my favourite. Fassbender and McAvoy were brilliant. I also loved January Jones, who I thought was amazing in the role of Emma Frost.
I've just come back from seeing The Wolverine, and I can't believe I'm saying this, I loved it as I thought it was the best superhero film of the year so - miles better than Man of Steel (disappointing) and even a little bit better than Iron Man 3 (really good). I know some critics and audience will rate this film lower because of the smaller scale and because of much less action, but thats what I found most refreshing about this movie, its different both in it premise and its tighter plot.
MY favorite X-Men films in order are:
X2: X-Men United. Bryan Singer really upped his game as did the cast.
X-Men: A really good film that kick started the comic book movie craze of last decade.
X-Men: First Class. This really surprised me at how good of a story they could tell without the heavy hitters.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine. I didn't hate this film nearly as much as everyone else did. This will sound odd, but the best part was Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson, and the worst was "Deadpool"
I have to hand it to you Chris. Between you Jeremy and the schmoes, you must get to see the earliest screening. Good job, I'm really happy they finally honored the wolverine.
I'm now officially excited. Thanks, Chris!
Tomorrow 10:00PM!!
I don’t get the low rating on imdb. I actually had a blast with the movie and even managed to watch it twice on the theatre.
I don't get how this movie still has the same IMDb score as 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine.' I mean this movie should be slightly higher, like at least an average of 7.4/10. 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine should be at like a five point something out of 10 or less and not 6.8/10. Like what the heck? These movies are completely different.
First Class is my favorite because it focused on Prof. X and Magneto. McAvoy and Fassbender were just great.
well its hard for a studio to make the money they want for a comicbook movie with a budget like The Wolverine if it were rated R.. Mangold promised a hard Wolverine movie.. so he made it as hard as possible to keep the PG13 rating and will have a unrated cut for the Blu-ray.. very exciting indeed
I totally agree Chris! While I thought the film was great and a big improvement on the last Wolverine based X-men movie the ending just didn't fit the tone that the rest of the movie had set up. Great review! :)
Any negative side effects to getting stuckmanized that I should know of?
One of the only actually watchable X-Men movies.
Can someone explain to me how the wolverine remembered what happened in WW2 if he got shot by striker? Or did striker shoot him in the head before WW2 happened?
My favorite x men movie so far is probably first class, because while most x men movies have a somewhat dark tone, I don't have a problem with that but first class felt lighter and fun and that was a nice change of pace.
The only thing that got me excited from this movie.. The scene after the credits
Up until a few years ago I would have said X2, but I have to say - like a lot of others here - X-Men First Class.
Despite the rewriting of some canon (which just irks the Comic Book Girl Geek in me a little no matter what) I think that movie was the closest I've ever seen character-wise to what I grew up reading. Tight plot. Excellent character development. Just, the best so far. :)
Perfect review Stuckmann, this movie was outstanding. Hugh Jackman was phenomenal as Wolverine, great action, good effects. A very uninteresting villain tho, and the last 20 minutes are typical summer action. 9 out of 10
U are my go to movie reviewer to see if u feel the same way I do.. Just watched The Wolverine again & I still like it.. Just don’t get the ending of taking his healing thru his claws.. Everything else imo was great
favorite X movie is X2 but i am looking forward to seeing the wolverine tomorrow night
really all it is diet and exercise, but in all reality you can eat the same foods you normally eat just in smaller portions, i put on 30 pounds of muscle just working for UPS, the only problem is i smoke so my endurance is shit. so whatever you do dont smoke, eventually that shit will be smoking you. glad to hear this movie kicks ass
Nice. I really wanted this movie to be good. In Stuckmann I trust.
My favourite X-Men movie so far is X-Men First Class. And, as much as I appreciate the more serious and grounded tone, goddman, this movie had a ton of lenghts. I would have given it a straight up C, but considering the very nice finale, I'll rate it a C+.
X-Men first class is my favorite so far. Thanks for the the review Chris, I honestly didnt have high hopes for the movie but your review definitely changed my mind.
I am so stoked to see this now. I had almost decided to wait and rent it.
The wolverine, avengers, incredible hulk, and iron man 3 are my favorite marvel movies as of right now.