Hood Answers 'Why' For WOLVERINE

They need to be very, very careful here not to OVER think Wolverine. Yeah, he's a deep character, lots of history and a messed up squash on his shoulders, but the reason folks love him is because he's the best at what he does..."and what he does ain't pretty."

This sounds, to me, like they're looking at Wolvie as the "Oh, whoa is me, my life is horrid, and I must fight the good fight for no other purpose than to redeem my worthless existence." Granted, there might be SOME of that in Logan, but that's not ALL there is...or even then most important part...

This answer worries me. First, Tsotsi was a very obvious film and not nearly deserving of the foreign film oscar, which Paradise Now deserved. Second, the whole problem with comic books and their movie counterparts is in trying to play up melodrama instead of making it more subtle and relatable and dramatically realistic. Wolverine should be honed down to realism, as Bryan Singer partially succeeded in doing, not made more operatic. The characters and story in opera suck. People love the music, but the story is lame beyond belief. Wolverine will die if it's made into an operatic story. Mythical stories like Star Wars about good and evil are the reasons we have presidents and leaders who wage foolish wars recklessly and never question themselves. To improve the culture, we need more of the moral ambiguity that exists in our own world -- as Battlestar Galactica and recent seasons of The 4400 have expressed. No melodrama is necessary; the real world is complex and fascinating enough. And communicating that reality through art is the hardest thing to do, but also helps create understanding about human nature. The best films -- sci fi, fantasy, love story, or political drama -- all do this. Wolverine can be part of this new tradition.

Well said War and Mud!! I agree completely. It sounds like Hood is looking at Logan in much the same way Ang Lee looked at the Hulk...which I don't need to remind anyone what happened there. Hood can craft a serious origin/action movie here keeping true to the essence of the character. Wolverine is more than a self loathing type of guy; Hood needs to focus on all aspects of his personality without it turning into some kind of overly dramatic sob story.

LobeznoD...Since you feel you don't need to remind people of how the Hulk turned out I will, It was a good movie but I guess it is easy to say it could have been better since you or I were not the ones too make it...

I really enjoyed the Hulk.

But I doubt any director or word of mouth could get me to see a Wolverine movie. Sorry.

I don't know that things need to be shades of grey. I like my escapist fantasy to be more black and white, sorry. The real world is depressing, and I pay attention to politics and the news and world events as it is so if I want depressing and realistic I won't go to fantasy fiction I'll turn to reality and deal.

LobenzoD
IS COMPLETELY RIGHT ABOUT THE HULK.
I don't see how a hardcore Hulk fan couldv'e enjoyed the utterly rediculous interpretation of the Hulk that Lee gave us.
Much in the same way that Harcore Supes fans (comic fans) Hated Singers Movie. Personally I loved SR, but I was a fan of the Original movies before I ever picked up my first issue of Action Comics.
Anyway HULK SUCKED, I even got a "fan edited version" which cut out an hour of garbage, and I still couldn't watch it. And my point is I hope they don't overanalyze Wolverine.

I wonder -

do the same people who hated Lee's Hulk and Singer's Superman Returns -

also love Transformers, Phantom Menace and X-Men: The Last Stand?

Drama and story and character versus overblown, pointless action.

I think Hood should follow more of the better Wolverine source material, which seems to be able to balance Logan self-loathing emotional tone with that of the animalistic, but noble warrior. I know that they aren`t going the Japanese route, but Wolverine has always been more of a character with honor and should be portrayed as such. As opposed to X3 where he was just this idiotically emotional mess.

And Merin, I disliked Hulk, enjoyed SR, really liked Transformers, and absolutely despised, vehemently loathed X3. And seeing Phamtom Menace opening night was a great experience.

"And Merin, I disliked Hulk, enjoyed SR, really liked Transformers, and absolutely despised, vehemently loathed X3. And seeing Phamtom Menace opening night was a great experience."

Wow, that's all over the place. :)
I had a feeling the same people who hated Hulk also hates Superman Returns but liked Transformers and X3. At least that sure seems like the comments that are often made.
But apparently I turned that into a false dichotomy. My apologies, ponyboy76.

If you had' read my Top 10 Worst Movies list, I'd avoid it. ;)

I really enjoyed X-Men 1 and 2 and despised 3 for going the more obvious routes. Like Heroes, X 3's emotional drama was cliche and weak; I didn't feel a single sense of loss after seeing 3 characters die. X-Men 1 and 2 weren't as good as they could have been if they'd had even more subtlety and drama, but they were in the right direction. I HATED Transformers. Having watched it as a child, I remember the voice acting and emotional drama were actually better in the cartoon than this awful movie with headache-inducing action scenes.

I didn't enjoy Ang Lee's "Hulk" or Singer's "Superman Returns", but I could appreciate from where they were coming, especially Singer. They just suffered from uninteresting stories and somewhat bland lead characters.

I think SyFyportal's Mike Hinman hit the nail on the head in writing that Superman was such a preposterous hero that it was very hard to make him realistic. He's too powerful and the metaphor for Superman in our real lives is engaging dangerous situations with the knowledge that someone will come to save us. I think Singer's next film will be better, but the first could be admired for trying to tone down the potentially big moments. The thing they have to do is make Superman more human in perhaps being abusive of his power. There was an unacknowledged element in the film in which Superman spies on Lois' family life using x-ray vision. It would have been irresistible for any of us to turn away from that ability, but it would have upset her. Superman's a hard one to figure out because he's so powerful and the obstacles tend to come from preposterous physical boundaries. They should maybe revise his abilities and bring up more emotional obstacles.

This is all to say that the realistic and subtle direction for Wolverine would not be a bad one, considering Jackman's fantastic acting, and it should not be turned down just because other movies that aimed for the same approach have failed. I think Ron Moore would write a fantastic Wolverine. He's already had a pass at Swampthing (which I've heard is good) and I Robot 2 (I refused to see the first because it starred Will Smith and I hate his movies).