X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

A series of prequels telling one character’s story prior to the first X-Men film was an idea that had potential; it’s certainly more logical than a reboot. I’d have liked a Magneto one, but it would need to be bleak and touch on some heavy political matters that would scare producers.
A Wolverine origin would’ve been my next choice. What we got doesn’t live up to expectations. It’s a mess of badly choreographed action and hurried pacing that presents little opportunity to become emotionally attached to anyone. Hugh Jackman gives it his best, but he can’t save it from itself. It has one emotional scene, but it’s not enough to recommend the film.

1 Ryan Reynolds is a dick out of 5

JOHN CARTER [2012]

Andrew Stanton, the director of Pixar classics Wall-E & Finding Nemo, jumps right into his first live-action feature with John Carter, a blockbuster adaptation of Edgar Rice Burrough's classic Barsoom series.

With series like Star Wars, Conan and many more stealing more than it's fair share from Barsoom, the film comes off as nothing original or new.  The pacing is heavily uneven, there's too many characters to focus on and you just get the feeling it's missing something huge from the story set-up.

Bad points aside, John Carter is corny, pulpy fun that sets out to purely entertain..

2½ men named Virginia out of 5