After the first X-Men movie, Hugh Jackman was offered the role of James Bond to replace Pierce Brosnan. He felt that the movies had gotten too ridiculous and unrealistic and turned down the role.
Tag: Hugh Jackman
Things I Like: Les Miserables (2012 Film)
I remember hearing about Les Miserables and I have to say I was curious about the premise. It’s a musical version of Victor Hugo’s novel of the same name from 1862. Never read the novel, but its big stars like Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, and Anne Hathaway were the reason why I wanted to see…
Pan (2015 Film) Review
I remember seeing the trailer for Pan (based on the works of Peter Pan) back in 2015 or 2014 I think. It actually looked very promising and the special effects looked really superb. Then critic reviews came out and they were not very good at all. It only did slightly better with regular people, but…
Logan (2017 Film) Review
Now when I first heard of Logan, I was certainly interested but at about the same level of excitement as most X-Men movies. It’s loosely based (mainly because Fox doesn’t have the rights to many Marvel characters in the story) on the comic series Old Man Logan from 2008. It’s set in a bleak future…
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014 Film) Review
I’ve been meaning to watch X-Men: Days of Future Past ever since it premiered. On my birthday, my family went to see a movie and luckily the inexpensive theater was still showing it. Most of the X-Men movies have been pretty good, however two of them were very lackluster. I loved the prequel First Class,…