Okay. Saw it. (Following is more or less copied from another comment I just made somewhere else, so if you recognize it, I'm plagarizing myself.)
I really tried to hate it for all those people who have so much time and love invested in the X-Men mythology. I know enough myself to know how really screwed up X3 really is, and I was totally feelin' the hits for all the X-Men purists out there.
In fact, my sis and I sat during the credits and slammed it for doing what it did. (Then gave it a five% jump in the likeability scale when the credits ended -- cuz that suprised us.)
Then, on the way home, we discovered we actually liked it. Even my sis, who is much more well-versed in the mythology than I am. We came home and watched the first two, and, other than the obvious change in directing style, X3 didn't seem out of place in the trilogy.
So, we enjoyed the movie, but, we also kept telling ourselves -- THE MOVIES AREN'T CANON. And they haven't been since the very beginning, (Hello? Rogue as a teenager? And where the freak is Gambit?) So, for someone who's knowledge of the X-Men comes strictly from the movies, they should adore this movie, despite those two or three moments.
Speaking of those moments...WTF? The way they made a big deal about Angel, I was really expecting more screen time. And Rogue?! He's just a stoopid boy! (Well, maybe she was thinking ahead -- maybe she's just getting ready for a future man, who would be worth it. Your own ideas as to who that man may be goes here *coughgambitcough*).
Getting rid of One Eye that early was a bit shocking, and Magneto ALMOST wins the prize for smelliest cheese. (My theory on that stoopid line: He wasn't so much lamenting on his choice to make war, he was thinking about his belief that he could control the Phoenix, when it looked like she was about to destroy the world -- mutant and human alike.)
So, who does win the Smelliest Cheese award?
"I'm the Juggernaut, you bitch!"
Oh. My. We were laughing all the way to the end of the movie over that one. And some more on the way home.
So, to recap the unwieldly comment: I, the casual fan, enjoyed it. But for the purist, maybe the best advice would be to just stay away, and pick up Joss' X-Men offerings, instead. I feel for you guys, and I'm sorry X3 wasn't all it should have been.
Something I've been wondering about: I read a rumor somewhere, quite awhile ago, that Joss did some tweaking to the X3 script -- anyone know if that's true?
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Date: 2006-05-28 08:00 pm (UTC)I really tried to hate it for all those people who have so much time and love invested in the X-Men mythology. I know enough myself to know how really screwed up X3 really is, and I was totally feelin' the hits for all the X-Men purists out there.
In fact, my sis and I sat during the credits and slammed it for doing what it did. (Then gave it a five% jump in the likeability scale when the credits ended -- cuz that suprised us.)
Then, on the way home, we discovered we actually liked it. Even my sis, who is much more well-versed in the mythology than I am. We came home and watched the first two, and, other than the obvious change in directing style, X3 didn't seem out of place in the trilogy.
So, we enjoyed the movie, but, we also kept telling ourselves -- THE MOVIES AREN'T CANON. And they haven't been since the very beginning, (Hello? Rogue as a teenager? And where the freak is Gambit?) So, for someone who's knowledge of the X-Men comes strictly from the movies, they should adore this movie, despite those two or three moments.
Speaking of those moments...WTF? The way they made a big deal about Angel, I was really expecting more screen time. And Rogue?! He's just a stoopid boy! (Well, maybe she was thinking ahead -- maybe she's just getting ready for a future man, who would be worth it. Your own ideas as to who that man may be goes here *coughgambitcough*).
Getting rid of One Eye that early was a bit shocking, and Magneto ALMOST wins the prize for smelliest cheese.
(My theory on that stoopid line: He wasn't so much lamenting on his choice to make war, he was thinking about his belief that he could control the Phoenix, when it looked like she was about to destroy the world -- mutant and human alike.)
So, who does win the Smelliest Cheese award?
"I'm the Juggernaut, you bitch!"
Oh. My. We were laughing all the way to the end of the movie over that one. And some more on the way home.
So, to recap the unwieldly comment: I, the casual fan, enjoyed it. But for the purist, maybe the best advice would be to just stay away, and pick up Joss' X-Men offerings, instead. I feel for you guys, and I'm sorry X3 wasn't all it should have been.
Something I've been wondering about: I read a rumor somewhere, quite awhile ago, that Joss did some tweaking to the X3 script -- anyone know if that's true?