I really wanted to love this movie and I went in with high hopes. Although I feel that Christian Bale's performance was excellent and believable, his seemed to be the only halfway developed character. Mostly due to the fact that we know his history from the other movies and his goals in this movie are pretty straight forward even if you hadn't seen its predecessors. I didn't feel drawn to any of the characters and I didn't care about them. I wasn't wowed by the story line and in most instances I found it all too predictable. Predictability can be forgiven if everything else is great, but since the only thing that was done well was the action sequences I just couldn't forgive the rest.
This is an action movie. It delivers on what it sets out to do. The relationships between Wolverine and Sabertooth, along with Wolverine and his love interest make the characters somewhat relateable to most people. The powers of each mutant were fascinating. The action sequences were jaw dropping. I've seen some people say the story line is predictable, but again...this is not a dramatic thriller, its not meant to make you think too hard. Overall I was thoroughly entertained and I'm glad I went!
I wasn't very impressed with the first Hulk movie and like many others the only reason I decided to go see this second one was because Edward Norton is in it. I personally was not disappointed. The storyline stays within the realm of the comic book and successfully entertains its core audience. There is the subtle comedy that comes across as natural and does not feel like the screenwriter was trying to force a reaction out of the audience. The action scenes were definitely killer and Tim Roth is a superb villian. Also there is a cameo from the original tv series Hulk, Lou Ferrigno which I thought was clever. So overall if you like this genre of movie I recommend you go see this film!