The Wolverine reviews - Spoiler free

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Darren Aronofsky, the previous director of The Wolverine, tweeted his response:

Blown away by Hugh Jackman and Mangold's work. Masterful storytelling...complete emotional commitment. Bravo, arigato!

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Also, I forgot to mention that the scenes with Jean were really well done. They really came full circle with what happened in X3.

[boynightwing]

I really enjoyed this movie. It probably helped that X3 and Origins were both terrible movies and he had no place else to go but up. Seriously, it was great. It had elements I remember reading from his solo series. I liked that he wasn't "insta-heal" Wolverine and that there was a chance he could be killed. It raised the stakes. I'm looking forward to it coming out on DVD unlike Star Trek, Iron Man 3, and Man of Steel.

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Claws and effects The Wolverine:

http://www.fxguide.com/featured/claws-and-effects-the-wolverine/

They published this on my birthday, I feel so honored.

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[Aricosaur]

Didn't he fight ninjas in the movie, or am I mentally adding scenes to a movie from my imagination again?

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^^^ He did, but nothing from those pictures appeared in the film. Harada knocked him back, he stabbed 2 ninjas, then ran off to save Mariko. The ropes around the hands, and motercycle fight was cut literally right before it was released in theaters (despite them all appearing in the trailers).

[Bruce Banner]

I'm guessing those scenes will be in the unrated "Unleashed Extended Edition" when it hits Blu-ray in December.

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This pretty much confirms the Unrated cut:

The other story I'll share was actually really cool and I felt I was able to make a good contribution to the film. You see, the earlier drafts of the script had Logan stabbing Shingen in his chest during the climatic fight. Now, I'm a big fan of comics…been reading them all my life. And of course, I had my copy of the Claremont/Miller miniseries with me the whole time.

Anyway, John and I were chatting and I was adamant that, as a fan boy, the one thing that has to stay is how Logan draws in Shingen with his claws retracted, grabs him…then pops his claws into Shingen's neck. That to me, was one of the best scenes ever drawn in comics, and also really showed Logan's character. It had to be in the movie. So just as I'm explaining this, John goes "well, here's you chance to tell Jim". I turn around, and there's Jim, marching towards us -- "Tell me what?" he booms. I was like, "oh s**t". Gulp. So I explained it to him, and Jim said "We can't do that. I think it's a rating issue". Then he quickly disappeared…and I thought that was that.

Then two seconds later he's back with the Fox executive, and Jim tells me to explain it to him. Which I did. Then Jim thought of a way that we could do it without showing the claws entering Shingen's neck, and acted it out for the Fox executive. It was great, and then Jim asked "what's that rated"? And John and I looked at each other and I blurted out "that's rated A for awesome". And we all had a big laugh, and Jim instructed me to board it. Which was great, and I even added an explicit shot of Logan's claws going into Shingen's neck, which was specifically for the unrated DVD version. Still haven't seen that version yet, so will be very interested to see if it made it in. But yeah, that was a fun time!

http://filmsketchr.blogspot.com/2013/09/see-motorcycle-fight-you-didnt-see-in.html

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Only the 3D version will contain Unrated Extended cut:

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[Earth 2 Chris]

Okay, all of these "tiered" releases are getting ridiculous. If I plunk down over $20 (which I didn't for this, but if I did) give me the WHOLE DAMN MOVIE.

Chris

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^^^ At least it's not as bad as the 3 or 4 versions Watchmen released.

[BlackKnight]

It would be so cool to see him in this .... imo.
Loved the Movie..., for the most part.