As promised, my review of The Wolverine that we went to see last night.
Tonight, DCM and I went to see The Wolverine, the next installment in the X-Men/Wolverine series.
The story line…Logan is summoned to Japan by someone from his past, (not a spoiler alert, it’s in the previews) who wants to thank him for saving his life, to say goodbye and who offers him the opportunity to become mortal.
We first find Logan living in a makeshift shelter in the mountains, when Yukio found him and takes him to Japan to meet the man he saved. There he meets Mariko, the master’s granddaughter, can you feel the sparks? And the doctor helping Master Yashida. Shortly after Logan gets there, Master Yashida dies and at the funeral is where all the action starts and I’m not really sure it ever stops.
The movie has it all; girl comes looking for boy, they fly to Japan. Boy cleans up, yum, and meets master, he says thank you and I can take all your worries away. Master dies and at the funeral, boy sees things that make him suspicious and saves other girls life. This goes on for most of the movie, Logan saving Mariko.
There are ninjas, a viper mutant, a clairvoyant, an Asian wanna be Hawkeye mobsters, dirty monks, corrupt politicians, swords and a samurai, a REALLY BIG samurai, could you want for anything else? Don’t forget the looks and great one liners, so Logan.
The movie has a lot of movement and action, may have lasted a skosh too long, but that’s ok, it was The Wolverine/ Hugh Jackman, it’s ok. It was hard to see Logan slow down and get injured, but that was in the script (and the previews), it’s also easy to wonder if he has stock in the white tank top business, but that’s Logan…jeans, white tank top, brown coat with fur trim.
As you’re watching, there are a few times you say to yourself, “really?”, and of course, one time I said that, DCM said, there is this, that, this, that in the movie and you’re bothered by that? but those are the things we love about movies. There are some great driving scenes, I said to DCM, “I want to drive that fast”, he said “You do”, “yes, but I don’t want to get caught!” ( by the way…July 20,2014 if I am a very good and careful driver and don’t get any tickets, all points will come off my driving record! Go me!)
The end of the movie, I questioned a little, but the very end, I really questioned, DCM and I looked at each other and said, huh? Really? It was like bam, bam, bam, flatline. I’ll let you tell me what you thought about the very end of the movie (before the credits).
Now, since its a Marvel movie, you know you have to stay through the credits, right? Be sure you stay.
Ok, now that I’ve told you about the movie, the biggest “What?” Stan Lee was not in the movie? Ok, kids, earmuffs… WTF? He was an executive producer on the film, but, in his past Marvel movies, he takes a page from Alfred Hitchcock’s playbook, he appears somewhere in the movie, didn’t happen in this one, I was left feeling bereft and adrift. Not to worry friends, I’m still going to add this movie to the collection!
Be on the lookout for a future post, I’m going to show you all the places that Stan Lee makes guest appearances. I’m looking forward to that one!
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