rebzombie reviews

Just as what the title is suggesting, X-Men Origins: Wolverine is about how the famous mutant came to be the way he is at present.  With Hugh Jackman in the title role, the movie was supposed to be about Wolverine’s violent past, romance, his relationship with Sabertooth and the Weapon X program.  The writers tried to squeeze all that in less than two hours of running time.

The opening credits showed how Wolverine and Sabertooth fought alongside each other through various wars and finally got themselves involved with Stryker’s group.  It was hinted in X2 that Wolverine had a violent past but X-Men Origins: Wolverine shows that Wolverine was the saint and Sabertooth was the evil one.

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At first I thought Baz Luhrmann’s Australia was a Western with cow rustlers and ranchers going at each other.  Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) inherits a cattle station from her late husband and the problems that come with it.  She enlists the services of Drover (Hugh Jackman) to deliver 1,500 cattles to the Australian Army.  It reminded me of old cowboy movies.

Australia became a love story when Lady Sarah fell for Drover.  Kidman and Jackman gave noteworthy performances in the movie and their onscreen chemistry was believable.  Even though she’s old, Kidman is still hot.

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