'The Wolverine' addresses larger life questions with a Bang
You don’t go to a movie like “The Wolverine” and expect to be confronted with the big questions. What type of life is worth living? What would you do with immortality? What type of death does a soldier wish for? How do you deal with your perceived mistakes and forgive yourself? You go expecting great special effects and lots of hand to hand combat. “The Wolverine” kind of gives you both.
20th Century Fox gives American movies another episode in the dark side of Marvel films with Hugh Jackman in the lead role, and Famke Janssen the ghost of Wolverine’s past. There are lots of places to delve into the dark side of being human. There is |
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straight up irresponsibility, cowardliness, jealousy – let’s face it the list of human weaknesses is long.
“The Wolverine” opens and ends with the dropping of a bomb – the first one a real physical bomb in the form of Fat Man being detonated over Nagasaki. The second a metaphorical bomb that had the audience cheering more than the end of the film itself. Do yourself a favor and don’t leave immediately after the credits start rolling.
Chances are that you have already decided whether or not you are going to see the film. It will be what you expect. It looked like the film was shot with 3D in mind woth almost every shot featuring a foreground, a middle ground and a background. 3D doesn’t really work the way that the human eye does, in that you still have to focus on what the camera is focusing on – everything else is blurry, but for my dollar, I do suggest seeing it in 3D even if it makes some of the scenes less illuminated.
The movie is rated PG-13, so Wolverine does use his one F-word allotment. There are better films, but if you want a popcorn film with a hint of the big questions, “The Wolverine” won’t disappoint… Unless you worry about chopsticks.
Se Romney's Review of "The Wolverine"
“The Wolverine” opens and ends with the dropping of a bomb – the first one a real physical bomb in the form of Fat Man being detonated over Nagasaki. The second a metaphorical bomb that had the audience cheering more than the end of the film itself. Do yourself a favor and don’t leave immediately after the credits start rolling.
Chances are that you have already decided whether or not you are going to see the film. It will be what you expect. It looked like the film was shot with 3D in mind woth almost every shot featuring a foreground, a middle ground and a background. 3D doesn’t really work the way that the human eye does, in that you still have to focus on what the camera is focusing on – everything else is blurry, but for my dollar, I do suggest seeing it in 3D even if it makes some of the scenes less illuminated.
The movie is rated PG-13, so Wolverine does use his one F-word allotment. There are better films, but if you want a popcorn film with a hint of the big questions, “The Wolverine” won’t disappoint… Unless you worry about chopsticks.
Se Romney's Review of "The Wolverine"