X-Men Origins: Wolverine 3.5/10

As an action movie, it was mediocre. Maybe if Ryan Reynolds was the budding sidekick for most of the film, I could see it doing better, but they gave that role to Will.I.Am. Mistake #1.

As a comic book adaptation, it was horrific. The liberties that the writers and directors took with the characters mess so many things up I had trouble accepting the movie for what it was. They FINALLY got Gambit into an X-Men movie and he was in it for probably 10 minutes. Along with what they did to Deadpool, I'm not surprised why so many hardcore fans despised this film.

I'm not saying this movie didn't have its moments. The parts that were supposed to be funny were worth a chuckle or two, and I was duped into feeling emotional during certain parts. That shows good acting and good directing.

I did like the movie. There's just a difference between my critical review (1/5) and my "how much will you enjoy this" review (2.5/5). The latter isn't worth a damn, but that's how much I enjoyed the movie when I went and saw it.

more later.

This thing's purpose.

I've decided I'm going to use this thing to review stuff. Random stuff. All kinds of stuff. Movies, Restaurants, Music, Books, and Video Games mostly, but there's always room for anything else I can find. Because for some reason Movies I like get bad reviews, Restaurants I eat at get bad reviews, and bands I hate keep making albums. So as long as I'm around, I'll be here to add my two cents.

1131.8 miles later...

I drove way too much this weekend. The sad thing is I enjoyed it. From Iowa City to Chicago to Des Moines to Palatine to Chicago to Iowa City. It was a fun and eventful weekend. I even got some frisbee action in. It was good to see some old faces like Travis, Kate, and Joel, even if it was for only a few hours. The weird thing is...anytime I'm home in Palatine for less than a week, I feel like I could be there all summer. Push seven days, and I just get bored, though. Granted, if I worked full time in Chicago over the summer, I would probably feel differently about the whole situation, but I don't.

I've been having some crazy-ass dreams the past couple of days. I blame the fact that I haven't slept in the same bed since Wednesday. Last night, I was this crazy detective on a skyscraper that was looking for my father. Didn't really get it, but apparently I could jump to other skyscrapers without much trouble. The night before that, some chick and I were getting chased by Terminator robots and I was getting away until I had to swim...then it grabbed my leg and I woke up. Crazy stuff.

I need to restart my computer, so this is going to be cut short, but at least I remembered to post.

I've written in this thing probably four or five times since the last time I posted...I just got distracted in the middle of a sentence and forgot to publish and then closed the browser.