For a film that got such bad word of mouth and negative critical reception, I expected X-Men Origins: Wolverine to be worse. That's not to say that it was good but at least the plot wasn't as horrendous as some would lead you to believe. The biggest thing dragging down the movie is the over reliance on special effects. Right from the very beginning when we have characters doing awkward looking jumps (not to mention hard to believe that they kind of float when jumping) tot he end with buildings crashing down, it all looked fake and processed. The beginning scenes were supposed to make the cast of characters look badass but what it only showed was the ludicrousness of the action scenes, enough to make you embarrassed. The climax fight was a dud, for a antagonist who was so powerful, he sure got defeated easily. As this is a prequel, you know how it is going to end, with Wolverine somehow losing his memory and leading onto the first X-Men movie. There were some redundant characters where you don't know what the point of them was. Overall, the plot is passable but the action fights are not.