WTF Friday: Wolverine Haters

We did the fantastic midnight showing thing this morning, and decided–after some much needed napping–to finally read some reviews. I must say, what is with all the hatin’ goin’ on, people?

Don’t get me wrong I could point out a few things that frustrated me. Gambit was a major letdown, Will.i.am. was meh, and why (WHY!) does everyone feel the need to kill Dominic Monaghan? Other than that, I dug it. You dig?

• I got to geek out in all the best ways.
• I saw Hugh in many states of undress.
• I laughed.
• I swooned over Liev Schreiber.
• I enjoyed Ryan Reynolds.
• There was enough sass in the dialogue to last me through the summer.
• Excellent choice of “cameo mutants”
• Post-credits delights!

To sum up, I would totally see it again. That is how I felt after seeing the other X-Men films (yes, even Rattner’s), and that is just the mark of great characters and storylines. It’s pretty refreshing to see super heroes with more humor. Batman lends himself to graceful, dreary, darkness; but some characters don’t. I like that Wolverine didn’t attempt to jump on the “uber dark superhero” bandwagon like all of the other posers (::cough Bryan Singer’s new Superman::). Think of it like Iron Man…and before you get all “Wolverine was no Iron Man” just remember that Iron Man had a totally bankable, well-known cast (and brought Robert Downey Jr. back into our hearts) and that the X-Men movies/characters (Wolverine more than any other) were the first to breathe much-needed life into the superhero genre in years.

Let’s not fite, though. How about we all go watch some superheros eff shit up?