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I was lucky enough to catch a sneak preview of the Movie. I have played Dungeons and Dragons since the basic game came out in the late 70ies. So far, every adaptation I have seen trying to turn the D&D world into a movie has fallen flat on its face mostly because it was trying to appeal to way too many audiences and include way to much modern BS.

This movie was decent, It has a very adventurous feel and definitely played to both fans of the game and those who have never played the game. I like the fact that they didn't spoil the movie with any modern elements like the movies of the past had tried to do. It had a good story and great special effects. Is it the story I would have told? Nope but I don't have a $100,000,000 to make a movie and my movie would have catered more to the D&D world and player. It also most likely would have been a complete flop because it's a very small niche market! They don't call this the "movie business" for nothing and I understand that. Let's face it, we won't see another movie if it doesn't make money! I would definitely pay to see a series of this type of movie providing they stay on the same path they are on. The movie was far from perfect from a game player stance, but the movie has been the truest to the spirit of the game to date.

Game players will be divided on the movie's success but everyone else will most likely be entertained.

I am floored this movie only has a mid 7's rating! I saw this movie at a pre-release party three days before the actual theater release. Went to the theaters not knowing what to expect. The trailers looked promising! The movie was action-packed, had good acting, and a nice plot. The action was second to none! Intense fight sequences and special effects. The only reason I did not give the movie a 10 was one of the love interest scenes at the end of the movie seemed very cheesy to me, that would be my only complaint.

Robert

I don't get it, I have read a lot of the reviews at the top of the list and I am starting to think I saw a worse movie than everyone else in a dream?!?!

The plot I saw was weak with a lot of misdirection to make the movie seem more intelligent then it really was. Don't get me wrong, the special effects were awesome but to me the plot was misleading and thin at best. A dream, in a dream, in a dream? Yes it is as stupid as it sounds! For me it takes a lot more then special effects to make a movie! I just wish people were a little more honest when they were reviewing this movie. Maybe people who didn't really actually understand the movie rated it higher so they would feel smarter and better about themselves? Not the worst movie I have ever seen but definitely not a 9+ rating!

It's anybody's guess.

THE RANT: I love it when people boost up a genre type when only 10 years ago it was considered junk cinema LOL! Now all of a sudden the acting in Zombie films needs to be award winning and an in depth plot driven masterpiece? ROFL! I love it when reviewers try to compare it to Zombie movies that have already been done! IT'S Dead People running around attacking living people, how original is it going to be? Give me a break folks! What it really boils down to I think, is a lot of die hard Zombie movie fans were expecting a gory head splitting flick and came up empty.

REVIEW: My wife, daughter and I went and saw it last night not expecting anything earth shattering seeing as we were going to see a Zombie movie. The movie was fast paced, had a lot of action and for the most part it was a very interesting movie. The acting was good and there are several heart felt moments in the movie. If you have your heart set on seeing a gore fest typical Zombie flick you might want to find another movie. There is a PG13 rating for this movie so it is tame in comparison to a lot of other movies in this genre. Pretty sure this is the reason a lot of the public reviewers are slagging the film so bad.

Thanx for reading my review, Robert

My wife talked me into seeing the sneak preview of this movie because I am pretty sure she likes James Franco LOL. The movie started off pretty slow and it took a while to get moving. When it finally started to pick up, it was mostly a bunch of actors pretending to complain about each other and over the top situations and acting. Most of the really funny moments in the movie seamed pretty juvenile and cliché. I laughed several times but it wasn't what I would call a "Blockbuster". Knowing what I know now, I wish I has saved the $30 and waited to see it on pay per view.

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I just got home from the movie and I have to say it is one of the best movies I have seen all year and I have seen all the "Blockbusters" so far. My wife and daughter really enjoyed it too. I came here to read some of the reviews and I have to say I was really surprised that there was so many bad ones slagging this movie! It's almost like they go in wanting to hate the movie and pick it apart! I have seen ALL the Star Trek movies and this is without a doubt is the best movie in the franchise. I am guessing the amount of bad reviews just boils down to them being the most bitter and wanting to drive down the movies success. It has to be killing them that the rating is over 8 LOL!

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I am not going to say I read the book and this movie is nothing like it because I haven't read the book. :) From the reviews I have read on this movie, if you have read the book you might be better off saving your cash and rereading the book again LOL! This being said, for the life of me I will never understand why anyone who has throughly enjoyed a book would ever go see a movie about it. THEY ARE NEVER AS GOOD AS THE BOOK!

My wife and I really enjoyed this movie. It wasn't a great movie but my wife and I found it pretty entertaining. It had a good story and a fair amount of interesting special effects a typical teen love story and a decent ending that does leave room for a second movie. Check it out if you have a few hours and dollars to spend, just don't read the book before you see it LOL!

Might have spoilers! I usually wait a few weeks to see the big "Block Buster" movies because I don't like lines or crowded theaters. For some reason my wife has been bugging me to take her and the kids to see this since it released on Tuesday. After waiting in line for an hour in the 95 degree California sun, we spent another half an hour in the theater before the movie started.

First off, I went to the first movie because I have 2 school age kids that were wanting to see it. I hated the cartoon because of the juvenile humor and irritating voice characterizations. This first movie IMO had none of these things and was a fantastic action movie!(I gave it an 8) Within the first 10 minutes of the new movie I knew I was going to be disappointed. They added a lot of the voice crap from the cartoon I hated. Why does Hollywood have to ruin movies by adding stereo-typed characters to them? If I see another modern movie with a 70ies style jive voice in it I am going to freaking scream! I see this urban element in tons of the new movies, even in ones that are supposed to be in medieval times! WHY! WHY! WHY! This movie was trying to please way too many age groups IMO. There was way too much sophomoric humor in this movie that was being pushed toward a preteen crowd. I never thought I would spend my hard earned money to see dogs have sex, TWICE! I am not a prude be any means and I like seeing good looking women bent over in their panties but not when I am sitting next to my 13 year old daughter! One of these scenes actually had a soft-core porn feel to it! This movie was a very cool special effects ride with some parts that were just plain irritating! For the rating? I would say it borders on an R for the sexual content, language, drug use and adult humor.

Worth seeing if you have money to burn and nothing to do on a Saturday Night but leave the 16 and under kids at home!

Thanx for reading, Robert

Saw the movie last night expecting to see a total train wreck from the reviews I was reading on here by the fan boys royally slagging the film and I was pretty surprised to see it was actually a decent flick with good acting, action and special effects. There was a couple of parts that conflicted with the other movies but no world ending cataclysms. Basically if your are a serious fan of the comics you are going to be bummed at the changes made to the Wolverine character story and other character's stories in the movie. If you are a movie fan with a little exposure to the comics you aren't going to care and will most likely enjoy the movie.

The bottom line is if you like action movies you'll like X-Men Origins: Wolverine, it is real obvious that the movie makers didn't really care about pleasing the comic book fan boys on this one and their money would be better spent elsewhere.

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My wife forced me to go see this movie due to the fact that she loves South Park and figured this movie would be just as funny. I am not a huge South Park fan although I have seen several of the shows in the series and the big screen movie, which was pretty funny. I saw the previews of this movie and thought it would be a cheesy R rated version of the Thunderbirds show with no real thought going into the story. It was a little slow at first but once it got rolling it was extremely funny and I was really glad my wife talked me into seeing it. I am taking a long shot guess here because I have not read any reviews for the movie yet but I have a feeling the movie will not be very popular with democrats that don't have a sense of humor. It pokes fun at republicans too but I have a feeling the Libs took a much harder beating in the flick. I am now watching all the South Park shows because of this movie. The funniest part to me was the fact that my wife fell asleep in the first 20 minutes of the movie and to this day still hasn't seen it!

Thanx for reading, Robert