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So I saw X-Men 2 Saturday. I liked it a lot better than the first X-men, but I still have many gripes. I can go on for days, but I'll give you a run down of the good stuff, and the not so good stuff... (warning, there might be some spoilers)
Good stuff:
* Nightcrawler's fight scene was kick ass. He teleports visually just the way I thought he would.
* Storm didn't have any stupid lines, and Halle Berry's wig was a lot better looking this time around
* Magneto, as bad ass as ever. Loved his escape.
* Colossus! In metal form! Whoo hoo!
* Hank McCoy and Remy LeBeau. Gotta watch more to see which ones I missed, but these guys are in there, in some form!
* Kelly Hu. Damn. I want to be as hot as her someday!
* The story was A LOT better than the first one
* Jean Grey's powers. Yeah...big stuff....can't wait til the next one...
The Not so Good:
* Nightcrawler - where's the *bamf* when he teleports? And he's not my furry blue elf! And if he said 'My name is Kurt Wagner' one more time....
* I still can't get over the fact that Bobby Drake is a teenager. Grr.
* What's up with Wolvie's hair? He was channeling Jim Carrey's white devil hairdo from Ace Ventura.
* Cyclops. Man. I can't get over that he looks so much younger than Famke Janssen's Jean Grey, and he really didn't have any character development. You're almost rooting for Wolvie to get Jean.
* Although we did get to see Colossus, Kitty and Jubilee, they didn't get much screen time.
* Dude, when are we going to see the Danger Room?
* In the comics, Mystique is Kurt's mom, and she was Rogue's foster mother. I wouldhave loved to have seen some hints to that.
* More bad guys with mutant powers!
* Kelly Hu was great to look at, but dammit, give the gal some lines to say!
* Hugh Jackman needs more scenes with his shirt off. *wink*
* I don't think that Professor X would have been as easily manipulated as he was in the movie. Also, Patrick Stewart needs more screen time!
* To me, Mystique is the character in the movies that is the most unlike the comic book version. She's a lot better in this one, but I'd love to see Mystique with some guns and talking, and I really like the white dress with the skull belt from the comics.
* Although Rogue used her power in the movie, she only used it to take someone's powers, not to use the powers herself. How awesome would it be if Rogue took Cyclops' powers and started blasting everyone away?
* I have a big gripe with the ending, but I don't want to give anything away, but all I have to say is 'Why don't you do it INSIDE the plane?!?!?!'
OK, I'm done griping for now. Really though, I liked it. I got all excited when I saw Hank McCoy. It was TONS better than the first. I think I might actually see the next one on opening day this time. Can someone say 'Dark Phoenix Saga?'
I give it 3 stars.
Posted by Yano at May 20, 2003 01:43 AMdark phoenix would be cool, but i can't imagine the shiar getting involved in these movies.
teenage iceman does piss me off. as does the fact that he doesn't transform his whole body into ice.
lack of an angel / archangel does suck as well.
the only other name cameo i noticed in the movie was sean cassidy. i'm sure there are a dozen others.
you know what would be awesome? if they brought cable into the storyline. but that could be a whole different series of movies with the timelines and what not.
Posted by: andrew on May 20, 2003 09:32 PMand what happened to the stench of brimstone when kurt bamphed?
Posted by: wally on May 20, 2003 10:39 PMthe dark phoenix saga would be great, but then famke janssen would have to learn how to act instead of just looking pretty.
and cyclops has always been a boring character since his creation, so of course we want wolvie to get jean.
*bampf* *bampf*
Posted by: ben on May 22, 2003 03:21 PMyes! brimstone!
ahh...my poor furry elf!
thanks for the bampfs!
Posted by: Yano on May 23, 2003 12:49 AMI was a little upset that nightcralwer didnt have another fight scene. But the opening fight with him was worth the $8.50.
Posted by: Tony on May 27, 2003 06:07 PM
