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(Updated: August 29, 2012)
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8.0
I am a huge X-Men fan, and truly X-Men Origins was a movie I was anxious to see. After the beautifully crafted mysterious hints at Wolverine’s past in X1 and X2, I wanted nothing more than a full movie to expand that story.
The end result, however, was a disappointment. They used bad special effects, changed key aspects of several characters we’ve seen in other films already, and did the opposite of fan service to most of the new characters that hadn’t been realized in film before. The story was convoluted and full of twists and fake-outs that fall flat.

Luckily, Havok has stepped in to create a version that gets rid of a lot of what I would say made Origins a bad movie. He’s masterfully created a version that won’t make you angry while watching, and that works fairly well with the other X-Men movies.

I liked most of what I saw, but did see things that I would have cut with your intent in mind. For example, the helicopter fight could have been trimmed a little more. I won’t argue though. Great job, this movie can finally settle in my stomach!

The DVD was a little bare-bones, I would have liked to see something else on there, like your trailer, or some short featurette where you explain why you cut and kept what you did. Not bad though, the video and audio were very nice quality.

I voted 8/10
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well, there’s nothing i can put as far as cuts go that TylerD didn’t already mention. they were all nice changes, just a little rough. and that’s what effected my rating.
as the story went, a great improvement over what the studio put out. whoever approved this script i hope is now manning a weather station in Alaska.
making it look like Logan was captured by Victor was great.
this whole movie could be cut even more. i think it would all work better as an extended flashback than it’s own movie. kind of like the anime portion of Kill Bill.
but it’s a decent enough first effort is telling a good story. the cuts need improved, but i think you should defiantly be credited in other editor’s future improvements.
7/10
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- Noticed a frame still there when kid Wolvie kills his “father”. The scene ends up being abrupt, but because the scene is so tightly packed, there’s really not much way to edit around it. Glad to see you were able to pull off something with it.

- The jump from Wade slicing the bullet to him smiling at the guy behind the desk seemed a little abrupt, but again, you needed a way to show that he had eliminated the threat.

- Never liked Will.I.Am’s line “Wouldn’t do that if I were you brother”. I saw this movie when the bootleg got leaked, and in that version, he didn’t have any dialogue here. You can tell it was added in post cuz his mouth doesn’t move when we see his face. I thought his silence (like in the bootleg) worked better.

- Personally, I liked when Logan clicked his tongue for Zero to get back in the car. I like the tension between them.

- Glad to see the “Wolverine” story go, although I would’ve kept in the scene where he wakes up in the morning and takes in the sunrise with his girlfriend. It’s a nice establishing shot to show Logan has a new life now.

- Also would’ve kept the scene where he’s waiting for her in the car while she’s with her students. Like earlier mentioned, it helps establish their relationship more.

- Glad Logan’s scream up to the heaven’s was cut. As if it weren’t corny enough in X3.

- The removal of dialogue between Victor and the bartender made the jump seem abrupt for my tastes. But I’ll take it over the stupid dialogue.

- When Victor kicks Logan and it cuts to black, the sound was cut short. It should’ve faded out or echoed as we fade in to the establishing outside shot of the laboratory. I actually would’ve kept in Logan’s scream, then faded to black when he passed out.

- Unless there’s something I’m missing about Wolverine’s powers from true comic book canon, why would the line about the anesthesia be cut?

- Glad to see the bathroom scene with the bad CGI claws was cut. The transition from the barn to the dinner table was a *tad* abrupt IMO.

- Unless I wasn’t paying attention, I don’t remember Logan ever hearing Zero talk to Stryker about the island (except when he was still “coming back to life” while in the water tank). So it seemed odd for Logan to mention it. Unless of course this is the only way to keep the plot moving for Logan to get the info. from Fred, then I can understand keeping it in.

- There was a bad cut when Logan approached Fred (obvious removal of the “fat” line). Also
he mentioned the tatoo on Fred’s arm even though the previous reference about it was cut.

- Glad to see the first scene with Scott was cut, as it didn’t add anything to the story.

- Bad cut when removing the “Gambit” line.

- I didn’t feel like the deleted scene of Victor talking to Stryker added anything. When he approached Fred still laying in the ring I figured we’d see Victor get the info. from him and then kill him.

- SO GLAD you cut out Logan cutting down the fire escape.

- Bad cut for “the pool” line.

- Also VERY GLAD you cut out the error with the bullets (he fired all 6 shots at Logan), as well as Wolvie’s girl using her mind powers on Stryker. Him leaving her there to die is pretty sinister.

- Been a long time since I’ve watched this movie, but weren’t there more scenes of the kids getting lost and Scott reassuring them to trust him? If so, glad they were cut.

- Didn’t care for the added music when Prof. X appeared, but was glad to see the head shot of him was cut. The audio levels were a little off though as the music was too loud.

- One thing I’m still confused about. Stryker is “wanted for questioning” in the death of the General. Is he ever convicted? If so, how does he get to where he is in X2?
Overall, upon first seeing this film I knew a fan edit wasn’t too far off in the future. I had planned on tackling it myself, but you’ve pretty much done everything I would’ve done. So obviously, I liked this and it will find a place on my dvd shelf.

8/10.
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(Updated: August 29, 2012)
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9.0
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9.0
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9.0
When I first watched the rough cut some time ago, I noticed a few of bugs in this edit. Since then this has come a long way. This is definitely my go to edit of Wolverine now. The story moves at a very nice pace. It tends to stay focused on Wolverine instead of in the original where it jumped off track a couple of times.

Before the scene with young Storm seemed not to fit, now it fits very well. And she doesn’t stand out as much before. Plus it also explains why there was the storm at the end of that scene as Logan leaves the rest of stryker’s team.

Though, I missed the scene of Logan and his girlfriend at night where she tells the story of the Wolverine. I thought it showed them together a little bit longer. So that when it came to her death we’d feel a little bit bad bout it. I do understand why that was removed.

There was a small hiccup that I noticed when Sabretooth ‘kicks’ Logan with it cutting to black (the sound doesnt occur at the motion of the kick, so its a little abrupt). Was there also a deleted scene with Victor talkin to Stryker over the walkie talkies before he gets rid of Blob? Cause I don’t remember that.

What was the point of showing Stryler walking? That was one thing I wish had been removed possibly. Cause I like the idea of Stryker covering up the death of the general he killed. Though, it could be seen that he covered it up and lied at his questioning later on.

Verdict: I highly endorse this edit. I believe that this shall be the best version of Wolverine out there so far. This is definitely my go to version of edit. Im also gonna be recommending this to others out there that are not too fond of the theatrical cut.

DVD: Very simplistic. Missed having chapters selection. 6/10.

Edit: 9/10. (Reason stated above)

Film: 9/10. Better than the theatrical cut by far.

Overall: 9/10. Highly recommended and I hereby endorse this edit 100%.
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