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I did try my best to forget the debacle that was X-Men: The Last Stand, but sadly I was forced to remember some of it here. The Wolverine, you see, has sworn never to hurt anyone ever again, after having been forced to kill Jean Grey (Famke Janssen, last seen playing a wicked witch), and now lives like a hermit in some mountainous area or other, only occasionally resurfacing to walk into town and buy batteries when his radio dies.
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This time around, the average age of the seven main characters is a tiny bit higher — 57 years exactly, as compared to 56.714 last time. Well, none of us are getting any younger.
In the future, Cthulhu monsters are going to try to take over the world. Okay, they’re not quite as scary as Cthulhu monsters, or the glimpses of the critter from Cloverfield, but they’re pretty freaky. Think aquatic Predators, complete with eerie roars and growling sounds, and you won’t be too far off.
I accidentally noticed that the reviews for this movie were very mixed — surprisingly, since I have to admit I wasn’t expecting to hear anything good about it at all — and now I know why, since I’m still making up my mind about it. It was definitely better than I expected, though I can’t decide if that actually puts it into the category of “good” or not.