Mendelson's Memos: X-Men Origins: Wolverine trailer

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

X-Men Origins: Wolverine trailer

First of all, do you know anyone who is going to refer to this film by its full title? I know Fox wants a franchise of origin stories (Magneto is next), but just calling it Wolverine would have sufficed.

As for the trailer, I'm relatively unimpressed. The action looks big, but for some reason the whole movie feels small, especially when compared to the immediate competition (Star Trek, Terminator Salvation). It's a good thing this is the first film of the summer, because that's the only trump card it has (it's Paramount's job to now convince moviegoers that Star Trek is the real first film of summer). That 'Logan hangs onto a helicopter' shot is fine, but it's not what you end a trailer on.

On the plus side, I'll see Liev Schreiber in most anything. And while it's nice that they got a real actor to play Sabertooth, but where art thou, continuity? I don't think Gambit looks as bland as others do, but then I'm not a die-hard fan either. The other fan cameos are too inside-baseball for this casual fan, so I won't comment on them (I guess Ryan Reynolds was tired of doing quirky, mind-spinning comedies that no one saw). Frankly, assuming any of them survive, Fox has enough new mutants in this film to start a whole new series (the "Weapon X" franchise?).

Oh, and regarding that shot of Logan in the Civil War: Over 50,000 Canadian citizens fought for the North, and 10,000 fought for the South in the American Civil War.

Scott Mendelson

2 comments:

Actionman said...: I think it looks pretty cool. I like how that final shot of Wolverine being blasted from the Humvee onto the helicopter is shown in wide shot. I liked Rendition a lot and Tsotsi was fantastic so it'll be interesting to see what Gavin Hood does with a big-budget comic book movie. For a movie with so many reported on-set problems, this is a nice trailer.

But isn't it the Vietnam was shown in the trailer, and not the Civil War?; December 17, 2008 at 10:35 AM
Actionman said...: I think it looks pretty cool. I like how that final shot of Wolverine being blasted from the Humvee onto the helicopter is shown in wide shot. I liked Rendition a lot and Tsotsi was fantastic so it'll be interesting to see what Gavin Hood does with a big-budget comic book movie. For a movie with so many reported on-set problems, this is a nice trailer.

But isn't it the Vietnam was shown in the trailer, and not the Civil War?; May 13, 2011 at 10:38 AM