I finally got around to seeing X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Having two kids will do that to you. There was a lot that I enjoyed, but probably more that I disliked. This made me think of another comic book movie I saw via Netflix recently - The Specials. It was weird that I had never heard of it. There were a lot of known actors in it - Rob Lowe, Jamie Kennedy, and Thomas Haden Church. After watching it, I found out why. Super low budget effects and an overall blah storyline made this a movie that kind of wished I had not seen.
Its always funny to see who jumps on the superhero bandwagon. We dog on those celebrities that come out with comics, but at least they are putting something out there to add to the comicverse. It still may not be any good, but I think its better than some of the groups out there looking to cash in on the popularity of comics. I'm just hoping some of these endeavors won't contribute to the popularity of comics being extinguished in this fickle thing called pop-culture.
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Another really bad movie is Super Capers with Michael Rooker and Justin Whalin. This was a waste of my time and money.
I think I am in the minority, but I preferred Wolverine to Star Trek. Both came out around the same time so they were easy to compare in my mind. Star Trek seemed like a bit of an attempt to just show off good looking actors as opposed to having a decent story. Wolverine at least kept me engaged.
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