X-Men 3

I'm not an Xmen fanatic or anything, though I did see the movie. So I'll judge it just as that.

A movie.

I thought it was fairly good. I didn't have any specific character anticipations, so "not seeing enough Colossus" didn't really affect me at all. The dialog was fairly intriguing. The character developments were few and far between, but enough to keep you caring about what was coming next. Obviously the special effects were great.

I enjoyed the uber-powerful Phoenix. I thought there should be more of Angel. I too think that Spike "porcupine boy" was pretty lame. I wish they had done more with Mystique(sp?) and her fallout with Magento, especially since she has played such a key role in the past movies.

Other than that, it was a good spring flick. What more do you expect?


Now lets see what Bryan does with Supes.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I don't understand what is SOOOO bad about this movie. I mean I can see how you could say "it wasn't great" or "I got kinda bored", but "this movie is terrible!!!" seems to be just overeacting. Sure, it was rushed, needed more character development, suffered some poor pay-offs from good setups, had that horrible "spike" guy. But does that negate all that it did well? The putting X's motives into question, the great bridge sequence, the surprises

Spoiler:

X's death, Rogue's choice, Cyclops sudden death, Mystique's curing, the "Juggernaut bitch" line

the fairly compotent Jean/Logan drama, and action sequences were good. Maybe not great but good.

I think that the comic fans just are being a touch too hard on this movie. So many expectations just can't be met. Everybody has the characters they want to see, or see "scene centered" and some of this just can't happen.

I'm not trying to chide all the people that didn't like the movie. But I am trying to say that you should judge the movie by WHAT IT IS, not necessarily what it could/should of been to your mind. I mean all of us can think up a buncha crap that (we think) would make it 20x better, but that doesn't make it a horrible movie.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Bradylama

It's short-sighted apologists like you that support this kind of shit. I hate people that don't understand why Greedo shooting first is a problem, and you, sir, are no exception.

Do you think the Star Wars prequels were good because of the cool special effects?

First of all, I'm not an apologist. Second, I don't support this *shit* because I don't think it is shit. Third, I do understand why Greedo shooting first is a problem (which is why I took the time to copy the THX mastered VHS to DVD digital-format because their wasn't going to be original Star Wars movies on DVD). Fourthly, no the Star Wars prequels sucked for many reasons (dialog and poorly directed scenes being the chief offendors), special effects not being one of those.

Honestly though I just watched X2 a day ago, and there are similar problems in that. Pyro is a pretty "whiny" dead character. Magneto ask him "what can you do?" just like he does in X3. Wolverine drama is again, the "only" drama. Rogue/Iceman drama is not compotent. Cyclops is a "dead" character. As for the "not making sense", how about how Jean dies? She can turn the plane on and hover it when she is outside the plane, yet she couldn't do the same thing from inside it?

I mean honestly if you get really picky you can tear most movies that are these action/drama/fantasy combinations apart because they don't master any of the genres that they dip into. X3 is no-exception to this. Very imperfect to be sure. But enjoyable, yes it is. And that is why I wasn't disappointed by my $7 investment. Because I watched, smiled, felt, and laughed (Juggernaut bitch specifically).

Again, to me, you guys are expecting too much from a movie that tries to be all things to all people, and guess what? It won't be so dont be so disappointed.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.