Didn't wanna post until I watched it twice. The first time I watched was last week, (just straight went & watched without watching the others first.) And about a month ago I watched the Anime episodes to get a feel on the plot. 90% is there. I personally liked the movie, yea the plot was just a huge setup for Yashida to live forever, but it was a good entertaining action movie to watch. I wanted a more violent, straight Bane-style fighting while Wolvie was in berserker rage. I didn't dissect every detail the first time around I just enjoyed it & was happy it had finally arrived. Its THE WOLVERINE! I don't get tired of this character, if I could, i'd play him next LOL
The second time around, I rewatched all the X-Men films in order, Origins, FC, 1 2 & 3. Two movies a day, having X3 on the day of seeing The Wolverine.
So... the Adamantium Suit. The Minister of Justice states something like "He was obsessed with you, stockpiling Adamantium nearing bankruptcy" So the alloy seems to be known. Jean knew about it after looking at Logan's x-rays in X1, so it has to be at least known in some parts of the world. Stryker says in X2 "if u manage to make it in its raw liquid form" it sounds like Stryker makes his own supply, from what I remember its comprised of 3 metals making 1 super strong metal. So Yashida could probably find a ready supply, given he owns the biggest richest company in Japan. Having Stryker say "once it cools, its indestructible" but it is metal, so it probably does have a melting point, the problem is finding the right temperature and depending on how thick it is to cut through. Silver Samurai has extra thick, heated swords making it possible to cut through Logan's 1/4 inch thick claws, I get that. But Harada was stabbed with the heated sword, lifted up, and somehow wasn't split up the middle? And how Logan rips through the suit, just like how some chairs aren't bendable, but the joins and bolts are. Find the joins and its probably able to be taken apart. The big question "HOW DOES LOGAN GET HIS CLAWS BACK?" Well, there IS a 9 foot supply shaped as a Silver Samurai at the bottom of the mountain. Grab Magneto, "Hey bub, gimme my claws back" In X2, Mags does say "Stryker is the only other person I know who can manipulate Adamantium" the other being Mags himself. He did stretch Logan's skeleton & pulled his claws out an extra few inches in X1, so we know he can do stuff with it. And as he said, Stryker was the only one... that he knew of.
Harada "aka Silver Samurai" I was hoping that he actually was in the suit. He kept saying he didn't want Mariko with Logan, too bad he was just a hopping, pretty boy archer.
Viper. Viper? A scientist who spits and sheds! Her one crucial part was suppressing Logan's healing factor, after that she coulda died for all I care.
Shingen. A corrupt dude wanting his dad's company. I thought he woulda put up a better fight, too bad we seen 95% of his fight with Logan in the previews.
Logan's character development was good. I like to see him move on from being broken from a forgotten past and losing Jean. Oh, his memory loss. In X2 he touches things or sees things & gets segments of memories. The well/pit gave him a flashback & nothing more than a few quick seconds. Yukio filled him in on stuff & he put it together when he was there. He did not remember his whole life, just what Yashida and Yukio told him and the flashback. That's why when he says "Yeah look, nice seein ya again & sorry ya got sick" he doesn't really mean it, he barely looked the guy in the eyes. All he knew at that point was "this is some guy I once saved and I guess I'll see him off really quick."
My only negatives here are some of the characters needed more "purpose" and it needed more bloody action. Sure there's the train, the SS fight, and Yakuza at the funeral... buuut it wasn't enough to say "now THIS is how The Wolverine fights!" I'm still hoping for a more adult oriented, R Rated version. Hopefully. The DoFP scene was pretty sweet, Logan travels back to a time before he gets the Adamantium claws, so for at least half of the DoFP he'll have bone claws/skeleton anyway. I can say that I will see it again. I've got some friends who want to see it with me so yep! Once its out on bluRay I'll be watching all the movies waiting for DOFP!
