Dear MVFS loyalists,
OK, the only emotion I felt during this movie was dreading the inevitable murder of the kindly older couple, who, in one night, supplied Wolverine with a home cooked meal featuring a really nice looking pie, clothes from their dead or otherwise missing son, and a comfy bed in the barn. The old guy was barely given a few deep lines about the folly of revenge when he and his wife were killed by almost simultaneous bullets through their heads from, like, 2000 yards away.
Otherwise, it was pretty dreadful, and raised a lot of questions. Like, why is Sabertooth so pissed off at Wolverine? Is it because Wolverine decides after 150 years that he has had enough of mindless killing? And, why do they get into these cataclysmic fights, when both know that the other can’t be killed, or even seriously harmed, except that, apparently, neither can recover from a decapitation?
More questions. Who pays the utilities and water up on that mountaintop cabin? Oh, but, there was an interesting point. Before Wolverine got his adamantine claws, they were made of bone, leading to the conclusion that anger gave him a really big boner. OK, sorry.
As movie maven David pointed out, this debacle got a PG 13 rating because there wasn’t a drop of blood in the film. But, more questions. Why does Stryker always wear civilian clothes and a tie, even though he’s a Colonel, when the other old generals (they are always post retirement age in these films) wore their uniforms with all of the decorations, etc? Why didn’t any radiation escape from the nuclear towers, which were reduced to crumbling ruins? Why didn’t the mutant with the Holiday Inn eye mask just laser his way out of the jail cell? Finally, how much would a Vietnamese nail place in West Hills charge for a manicure for Sabretooth?
A highlight of the evening: we seem to be now deserving of free desserts (2 of them, at least) from the grateful owner or manager of The Rack.
OK, enough questions. We look forward to June’s film choice, which can only be better, from June DIC, Barry.
Respectfully submitted,
Vic
Tags: Fighting, Hugh Jackman, Men's Violent Film Society, Mutant, MVFS, Sabretooth, Violence, Violent Film, Wolverine, X-Men
