Contributed by Shaheem Reid
After walking out of the 10 p.m. showing of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" last night, my most honest reaction was...it was all worth it. It was worth spending the extra coin (who am I kidding? Extra DOLLARS!) for IMAX. It was all worth sitting through another stiff zombie-like Keanu Reeves performance to see the trailer for "X-Men Origins: Wolverine."
"Wolverine" was the first trailer shown. "F" a build up. They busted out their big gun first.
"I know who you are, Gambit!" Hell, yeah! Hell yeah a thousand times. The Marvel producers finally woke up and put Gambit in an X-Men film. It's obvious straight disrespect that he missed the first three. But I forgive you guys, Gambit is here now and it looks like he'll be heavily involved. He pulled out the staff, he had the playing cards, no doubt! And let's not forget about the star of the show: Wolvie!!!! (After the jump, check out the leaked version of the trailer)
I could care less about Hugh Jackman being sexy; he looks mean and violent in the trailer. Dare I go on a limb and say that "Wolverine" will be the film of the summer? As of right now, yes. The only thing I can see competing is "Transformers 2” and "G.I. Joe." Haven't seen those trailers yet though.
I'm also not going to get too crazy and say "Wolverine" will be in the same league as the summer movie of the decade "Dark Knight," but seeing 'Rine extract those claws gave me the same reaction as "Dark Knight." I need to see this immediately, and after that I have to see it again. Good go Marvel!
Have you seen the trailer yet? If so, offer up your own impressions below, or just tell us how excited you are to see Wolvie get the Hollywood spotlight.
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