X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Director: Gavin Hood
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Lynn Collins, Ryan Reynolds, Taylor Kitsch, Daniel Henney

Synopsis:
The story gets under way as the boy who will become Wolverine makes a shocking discovery about his family bloodline, and gains a brother in the process. Flash forward to find the mutant siblings battling side by side through two world wars and Vietnam -- where they are sentenced to death for killing a commanding officer -- and Logan and his brother Victor Creed have joined a top-secret government task force. When their targets begin to include innocent civilians, conscientious Logan escapes to the Canadian Rockies, where he builds a home with pretty schoolteacher Kayla Silverfox. Informed by his old commanding officer William Stryker that the members of his old team are being targeted for death, Logan is heartbroken when Victor finds and kills Kayla. Vowing revenge, Logan agrees to take part in a dangerous experiment that will fuse his bones with a powerful metal alloy called adamantium, which makes him virtually indestructible and gives him the strength needed to defeat his powerful brother. Subsequently betrayed by Stryker, Logan (now Wolverine) sets out to find his blood-lusting brother and stop the cycle of violence once and for all. Along the way, the temperamental hero is joined by fellow mutants John Wraith and Remy LeBeau, but before Wolverine can seek vengeance against Striker and his brother, he'll have to do battle with Deadpool a formidable mutant instilled with many powers.

Scott's Review:
For all you X-Men fans out there, this story is not going to be what you expected or hoped. Most of the plot line is know to the audience before you even get in the movie, via X-Men 2. However, I was really hoping to get more about Wolverines youth but this is glossed over within the first min of the movie, in fact most of his early youth is shown in the trailers. I left the movie really confused as to what wolverines name actually was, in the begining he was called "Jimmy", then Logan, then Wolverine, know I understand that wolverine is his superhero name, but is his name Jimmy or Logan? If both when and why did it change. Although the movie was supposed to be about the Origins of wolverine it was more about the origins of Deadpool. The two saving graces for the movie were the acting and the special effects. The actors did a very good job of making me believe that they were the actual heroes/villains that their names portrayed. The special effects were great as one would hope from an X-men movie. I particularly like the effect when Deadpool gets the change to the skin around his eyes. Overall I would say its a toss up on whether or not to see this movie in the theater or wait until it comes out on DVD. If you are an X-man fan then definitely go see it in the theater otherwise I would wait.

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Dragonball: Evolution

Director: James Wong
Starring: Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Emmy Rossum, Jamie Chung, Chow Yun-Fat

Synopsis
James Wong adapts the rich mythos of the Dragonball series that grew from a manga into various popular animated series with this 20th Century Fox production starring Justin Chatwin. The plot revolves around Goku (Chatwin), Earth's greatest champion, who must defend the planet against an invading race of alien warriors hell-bent on dominating the universe.

Scott's Review
For all of you animaniacs (not yakko, wakko, and dot fans) you will be sorely disappointed. While the characters are familiar they quickly depart from what we expect. The storyline is soso taking place is a futuristic earth. The character Goku is reminiscent of a much earlier Goku (Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies era) not the teen aged Goku that is portrayed in the movie. Bulma and Yamcha made me want to hurl. Chi-Chi was kinda sweet but is not in the movie enough to make an honest judgment about. Master Roshi was far from the lecherous hermit that we all grew up with. Which brings us to our main villian, Piccolo. This is probably the one character in the entire movie that was done correctly (in my mind). His character is very much the King Piccolo that I expected. As far as the special effects, this movie had several good effects. Bulma's capsule vehicles were very well done. However, the Kamehameha was disappointing. Overall I would say don't waste your money seeing this, except at a discount theater or rent on DVD.

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Monsters vs. Aliens

Genre: Family

Synopsis
When California girl Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches tall. The military jumps into action and Susan is captured and secreted away to a covert government compound. There, she is renamed Ginormica and placed in confinement with a ragtag group of Monsters: the brilliant but insect-headed Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D.; the macho half-ape, half-fish The Missing Link; the gelatinous and indestructible B.O.B.; and the 350-foot grub called Insectosaurus. Their confinement is cut short, however, when a mysterious alien robot lands on Earth and begins storming the country. In a moment of desperation, the President is persuaded to enlist the motley crew of Monsters to combat the Alien Robot and save the world from imminent destruction.

Scott's Review
This is definitly a feel good movie. The storyline was easy to follow and well written. Although this is a kids movie there are some adult type themes for the parents, such as the parallels between the president and our former president.

Scott's Rating