As far as 2013 superhero movies are concerned, this isn't as good as Man of Steel, but is on par with Iron Man 3. I do believe though that this is the best movie in the X-Men franchise and one of the better Marvel movies to date for that matter. This movie sets the stage for bigger and better things for Wolverine. It certainly opened the door for more solo movies. There is much more to Wolverine and this movie only just "scratched" the surface.

3 is so low. The Wolverine is better than Iron man 3 and Man of Steel story-wise.

That guy who wore the Silver Samurai armor acted well. Yukio was very interesting and I like the Mariko-Wolverine romance though it wasn't explored much.

I give it 4.25/5 or 8.5 over 10, better than iron Man 3 who had opponents which I don't really think were tough enough against Iron Man and they just had War Machine fly away to keep the president safe and not making him go back to the battle scene so he can assist Iron Man. Better than Man of Steel too.

Just saw THE WOLVERINE. Good, solid movie, captured the feel of the character and look of his comics at times way better & much more well done than Origins but (SPOILER ALERT) 1. While watching it I couldn't help but think damm I wish this movie was rated R like it should be, I mean the man is stabbing slicing n dicing n no blood ?! 2. Silver Samurai a Cyborg/mech suit eh ok 3. No Sabertooth ? No hint of Omega Red ? 4. WTF!? Wolverine does not run away from a platoon of Ninjas!!! wtf! Other than that I liked it. Better than Iron man 3 but slightly below Man of Steel imo. still feel it needs more badassness & grit.

Just saw it in theater and thought it was a solid Wolverine film. I think this and Wolverine Origins are good bookends for Logan's epic story arch(with the X-Men Trilogy as the creamy center).

As predictable as the story was i still enjoyed it a lot. It's worth it just to see Hugh Jackman wield a katana, that part where he CUTS OPEN HIS CHEST to remove that tiny robot was pretty bad-ass too.

That teaser scene has me psyched for "Days of Future Past"! I hope the explain Xavier's resurrection in a not too over the top way.

Yeah I agree Wolverine beats IM3 and MoS, but imo MoS had better action scenes. Wolverine had better story than both films, but IM3 was funnier. So yeah I agree with ya.

The movie is worth it, Hugh was at his best imo, deadly serious, romance scenes were good too.

I hate when CV does that too.

@ccraft: You really just agreed with a post claiming "most comic book nerds don't have girlfriends?" Tsk tsk. :P

And that person completely missed the point. It's not a matter of time -- it's a matter of money (which they even mention in their final remark). Going to the movies isn't exactly a cheap experience, especially if one opts to see it in 3D. So, many people will try to limit the amount of films they see per month.

@k4tzm4n: I agree some of the flaws you have with the movie, like the blurry fight scenes, I didn't really have a problem with Silver Samurai because I don't know much about the character. I actually couldn't predict this movie as much as other people did, so I was surprised on most of the twists, maybe because I didn't read the Wolverine comic? Anyways I enjoyed the movie, still had great fight scenes and I loved the story.

I have a question though, and it's kind of a spoiler What happens now that Wolverine's claws are bone now? If it's revealed in the comic don't spoil it, I'm going to get it soon :)

I guess you heard it by now, but Wolverine is getting a unrated cut were they will add more blood scenes to the movie so I'm excited for that.

4.5/5 for me.

@k4tzm4n: lol I was agreeing with what he said about this

But we can trash the movie for months before it comes out, and for months after it comes it, but still debate whether actually watching it?? This is why people hate comic book nerds.. This is why I hate us.

Why do people do this!!! :P

@k4tzm4n: no I didn't miss the point. I'm sick of people saying that going to the movies is so expensive. If I really want to see a movie, I'll buy the ticket(and one for my girlfriend of course) and sacrifice my large popcorn, large soda and goobers to save an extra 30 bucks. Her and I went to see it in 2d, for $18 dollars total. I get it, it just boggles my mind that people will go onto comic book sites and read articles solely debating whether you should spend 9 dollars to see a movie people have been picking apart for months already. It's amazing how jaded and fickle comic fans are. If you would have told me 20 years ago that comic book movies would rule the theatre and that the Avengers, Wolverine, and Spiderman would be established franchises, let alone The Dark Knight Trilogy reaching the levels that it did I would have said you were nuts. Now we get huge budget, and very well made imo comic movies and we bitch every chance we get. It's sad.

Well, I guess I'm in the minority, because I'm not too sure I feel like it deserved 3 out of 5 stars...I'd go as high as 2.5 (maybe). I understand the "want" or the "need" for Fox to "make it their own," but honestly, they F it up too much. Yukrio (sp?) got sidelined into a whole different character, Viper: if you're going to have her in it, then bring out Hydra, and she has never (in my memory) been a mutant, maybe a whole different character, named the same? Maybe. The whole Jean/love story, seemed contrite to me, forced to create a narrative - that was somewhat meaningless, because it's not like they had a whole torred love affair throughout the movies. From the very beginning it was corny. From, Logan the Caveman with the friendly Grizzly, to the Silver Samuri, daddy issues Mariko was having. And yeah, I'm sure happy I didn't pay for it in 3D. What a waste!

I have to say that while I agree with most of Gregg's criticisms, and I have some of my own (the Viper was super-lame, the Cave Man Logan was cheesy, Jean was annoying, the grandpa's moral turnaround wasn't justified, and the silver robot was really bad), I did really enjoy it. I thought the movie was pretty fun and did a nice job with Wolverine and the Japanese setting. I had no problem with it being very different from the book. I thought Yukio and Mariko were great, they really made it for me. And Shingen was solid too.

it doesnt make sense

this guy gets it, yeah I agree with ya.

I think it was really good. A hell of a lot better than Origins.