SPOILERS AHEAD
STORY
The storyline was great. The past three movies did not go into detail about Logan's true mutation, just that he healed remarkably fast. Not that he essentially could never die. The story goes into detail about how Logan discovered his mutation, and how came to have a very close bond to Sabertooth...and eventually how they became arch enemies. And the movie ends with Logan knowing nothing about his past, not remembering the adamantium implants, or the pain of his rather long life.
Screenplay
OH MY GOODNESS. Such an amazing job. The introduction of the movie is very artistic and downright beautiful through a war scene (Yeh that is possible). (Yes introductions can come after the movie starts. Consider that first bit a prologue of sorts) . Overall the angles, the scenery, the set was well thought-out. GREAT screen play.
Acting
Hugh Jackman delivered a great role. Very emotional, very believable and did not drop character (especially in the accent field). He is very talented, and shows that through this movie. Schreiber did a great job as well. My husband was not completely happy about Gambit, but there is no pleasing my husband unless they found perfection or him to play Gambit. So that part is moot. However, the directors did a great job making characters less fantastical and more realistic: Deadpool and Gambit. Is it likely that a man that was recently on an operating table is going to done the entire red and black suit? And lets face it, the guy that did Gambit really did look similar in a lot of ways. He just didn't wear spandex his entire life:
CGI and Effects
This is where everyone can tell that the budget was severely lacking. Wolverine's adamantium claws were subpar, and looked much more realistic in past films. I believe I also saw a scene where one of those claws was floating miraculously and not attached to his hand. You have to look closely mind you, and I could be wrong. It was 1 in the morning after all. There is a scene with Wolverine walking out of 2 explosions. 1 looks plausible but silly, the other is simply ridiculous. This is not a macho biker flick, folks. Stop trying to make it look like it for 1 scene.
Overall the movie was enjoyable and worthy of spending your time watching, especially if you enjoyed X-men movies before (not necessarily counting 3, because we were all a bit disappointed in Phoenix (if not more than just disappointed).
Go see it. It is worth it. Unless you're an extreme fanatic, and then I'd ask you to step back and realize that things cannot be purely transfered from 1 medium of art to another. Especially when one involves drawings, and the other involves real people.
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