X-Men III.... my rant
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browncoat2x2This post contains SPOILERS for X-Men III - The Last Stand. If you do not wish to know about it, do not proceed!
***SPOILERS***
*Sigh*
I was disappointed. After waiting so long, and being so excited about the previews, I suppose it was almost inevitable that I would be. But I have very valid reasons.
Characterization. Way off in so many places. Magneto would have NEVER NEVER NEVER said "What have I done?" NEVER!!!!! He would have yelled at Jean to destroy them all! They just took away his powers! Made him human!!! He'd rather see everything destroyed. And besides that, YOU CAN'T MAKE A CHARACTER SAY THAT!! OMG CHEESY!!
And, I don't think Magneto would be so quick to dump Mirage after she'd been 'cured'... hell, there's no proof that the cure is permanent, and he ows her SO MUCH... there is SOME humane qualities to the man... (regardless of what I said abover *g*)
Wolverine would NOT break down and cry at Xavier's death... Storm would have, and Logan would have comforted her perhaps, but not the other way around. They weren't *that* close.
I didn't like the little 'inside joke' of having the X-Men fighting a Sentinal in the danger room... they don't even exist yet in this universe, how can they (and why would they) train against one?
Magneto moving the Golden Gate Bridge (or whichever bridge that is) was visually impressive enough, but so totally un-necessary! Oh, and he just happened to know that Mirage would betray him, and exactly when, so that Multiple guy could be there as a decoy?? Huwhat?
In the last stand at the end, why didn't we get to see Colossus fight??? He was there, but ... oh, dear, we ran out of money, so... no big metal guy (this is true, btw, not just my snarkiness)
AND.... why did Wolverine have to kill Jean? THEY HAVE A KID WHO NULLIFIES MUTANT POWERS BY HIS PROXIMITY! I mean, it was all there, totally set up, just waiting to happen... Granted it was a nice angsty moment, and you all know how I loves me some angst, (they were always better together then her and Scott!!) but...c'mon!
The whole look and feel of the movie was different, no doubt because the whole crew and director from the first two movies left to do Superman Returns, and the guy who was doing Superman Returns, left it to do X-Men... hrmmmm... weird....
They messed with some of the characters, combining two into one, giving them powers they didn't have, tried to cram as many mutants into the movie as possible, whether they were needed or not and... arrrgggg...
I really, REALLY wanted to like this movie. I was so excited. And now just all the more disappointed.
*sigh*
My advice, go buy Joss's Amazing X-Men (on which elements of the movie are based) It's infintely better and well worth the money.
***SPOILERS***
*Sigh*
I was disappointed. After waiting so long, and being so excited about the previews, I suppose it was almost inevitable that I would be. But I have very valid reasons.
Characterization. Way off in so many places. Magneto would have NEVER NEVER NEVER said "What have I done?" NEVER!!!!! He would have yelled at Jean to destroy them all! They just took away his powers! Made him human!!! He'd rather see everything destroyed. And besides that, YOU CAN'T MAKE A CHARACTER SAY THAT!! OMG CHEESY!!
And, I don't think Magneto would be so quick to dump Mirage after she'd been 'cured'... hell, there's no proof that the cure is permanent, and he ows her SO MUCH... there is SOME humane qualities to the man... (regardless of what I said abover *g*)
Wolverine would NOT break down and cry at Xavier's death... Storm would have, and Logan would have comforted her perhaps, but not the other way around. They weren't *that* close.
I didn't like the little 'inside joke' of having the X-Men fighting a Sentinal in the danger room... they don't even exist yet in this universe, how can they (and why would they) train against one?
Magneto moving the Golden Gate Bridge (or whichever bridge that is) was visually impressive enough, but so totally un-necessary! Oh, and he just happened to know that Mirage would betray him, and exactly when, so that Multiple guy could be there as a decoy?? Huwhat?
In the last stand at the end, why didn't we get to see Colossus fight??? He was there, but ... oh, dear, we ran out of money, so... no big metal guy (this is true, btw, not just my snarkiness)
AND.... why did Wolverine have to kill Jean? THEY HAVE A KID WHO NULLIFIES MUTANT POWERS BY HIS PROXIMITY! I mean, it was all there, totally set up, just waiting to happen... Granted it was a nice angsty moment, and you all know how I loves me some angst, (they were always better together then her and Scott!!) but...c'mon!
The whole look and feel of the movie was different, no doubt because the whole crew and director from the first two movies left to do Superman Returns, and the guy who was doing Superman Returns, left it to do X-Men... hrmmmm... weird....
They messed with some of the characters, combining two into one, giving them powers they didn't have, tried to cram as many mutants into the movie as possible, whether they were needed or not and... arrrgggg...
I really, REALLY wanted to like this movie. I was so excited. And now just all the more disappointed.
*sigh*
My advice, go buy Joss's Amazing X-Men (on which elements of the movie are based) It's infintely better and well worth the money.
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Date: 2006-05-28 10:59 am (UTC)I mean, yeah. It wasn't PERFECT, and there were definitely things that pissed me off about it (SCOTT! NOOOOO! HOW COULD THEY KILL OF SCOTT LIKE THAT?) but I was sort of expecting to be completely disappointed by it, and I wasn't. It wasn't too bad.
And I guess that's not a good thing, really. Saying "Yeah, it wasn't too bad!" because it would've been nice if I was straight up blown away by it; but you know. I'll take what I can get!
And I have many Logan/Marie fic ideas after watching it, so that makes me happy. *grins*
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Date: 2006-05-28 02:45 pm (UTC)Nah, don't hide... trust me, I'm probably going to be in the minority on this one...
I mean, yeah. It wasn't PERFECT, and there were definitely things that pissed me off about it (SCOTT! NOOOOO! HOW COULD THEY KILL OF SCOTT LIKE THAT?)
THAT I have a theory on, and it goes something like this:
Halle Berry wasn't going to reprise her role as Storm because she felt there wasn't enough development of her character. So, she made all kinds of demands to get her more in the story, a bigger, more important part, and I think that the quickest, easiest way to do that was to make Scott.... go away *g*... Storm was the leader of the X-Men at one point, after Cyclops... so... they needed to get him out of the way in order to put Storm in that authoritative role... But, that's just a theory *G*
I was sort of expecting to be completely disappointed by it, and I wasn't. It wasn't too bad.
See, that's the difference... I went in after seeing the previews, and after loving the second one even more than the first one, expecting to have my socks blown off, so... from that perspective, maybe I couldn't help but be disappointed.. I'll still probably get it on DVD, and watch it again, and it may grow on me... but I'll always mourn the potential I saw in it, that it didn't live up to :o/
And I guess that's not a good thing, really. Saying "Yeah, it wasn't too bad!" because it would've been nice if I was straight up blown away by it; but you know. I'll take what I can get!
Yeah, well... I've become a whole lot less forgiving of movies in the last few years... there have been some phenominal films made, and at the same time, they're still pumping out crap for the lowest common denominator that does nothing but peretrate sterotypes, recycle tired, old scenarios, and sell themselves solely on some big name star that's only become a big name star by doing half a dozen of the same type of films.. not that people wont see those movies, but... I just can't take the money machine *G*
And I have many Logan/Marie fic ideas after watching it, so that makes me happy. *grins*
hehehe ahhhhh! that wouldn't squick me so much if I wasn't thinking of the characters from the movie, cuz in the comic Rogue ain't no kid... but... *slight shudder* heheheheh sorry! ;o> But have fun with that! *G*