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I just bought my ticket for the midnight showing of Wolverine. This movie has been hyped up to the heavens. I think God will send His angels down to catch the flick. Like many X-Men fans and Wolverine fans, I am excited. Will the movie match the hype? That is the question that will be answered after the weekend. Critics will look at box office totals to measure the success of the movie. If the movie breaks records, then the movie had matched the expectations.  Kind of.

Lets go back to Star Wars and the Phantom Menace. It was big time hyped. Come on the now. The sure mention of the new Star Wars movie brought expectations like no other.  As usual people camped out in front of the theaters across America. I think that is still weird. That is just my humble opinion. Anyway, customers were line up to see the new Star Wars movie. After the weekend was over the movie had shattered box office records. Congratulations to George Lucas.  Still there were hard core fans that was not impress with the movie. In fact, they saw the movie again just to see if they had missed something.  The movie was not necessarily a critics success. Fans would admit there were flaws in the movie, and they hated one particular character.  They hated the character so much scripts were written by fans that had the character killed. Wow! That is hatred.  Still the movie made big bucks at the box office. George Lucas made more millions from his prize franchise.

Wolverine could possibly break box office records this week. I am thinking around eighty to ninety million. Perhaps, around one hundred million. Those would be outstanding figures that the studios would love for the movie to receive. The one thing though they really should want is praise. When fans praise a movie, something special happens. Wolverine will be catapulted to the likes of E.T.. Videos will be sold non stop. Merchandise will be available year round. Fan clubs will be establish with over thousands of geeky members.  This is the ultimate in movie God-like symbol. For decades people will talk about Wolverine. Their kids will know about Wolverine. Not just the character, but the awesome movie.  Yes, Wolverine will make good money. People will look at the money and say, “I think it matched the hype.” I would say lets read what the fans say. The fans will determine if the movie is just another block buster or a timeless classic.

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