Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Saw X3 today; it was easily my favorite of the 3 films; the big finish to the X story, for now at least. I'd heard so many complaints about the film, and heard that friends didn't like it, but I loved it. This entire entry is about the film.

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There were so many things I enjoyed about it. I'd heard that the score sucked, but I liked it a lot. I'd heard that Angel & Rogue are hardly in it, which is true, but I didn't see that as being a problem - they both had story arcs and their scenes were important to them. Rogue's storyline really followed through on her experiences from the first 2 films, especially the first, in which she thought that she would be cured by the professor. Angel's arc played through just a few scenes in the film, to spectacular effect. I'd heard people complain about Juggernaut being a mutant in the film, when in the comics he's not (and that they make no mention of him being Xavier's half brother), and while it's true that his character changed from the comic to the screen - I don't see that as being a bad thing. Almost all of the characters have been changed to some degree for the big screen, and I just accept the movie universe as it's own take on the characters. I heard that people were pissed off by the death of Scott...but you were supposed to be pissed off, and scared, and shocked - that's how you should feel in the presence of Dark Phoenix - and the scene was beautiful and left me stunned. I've heard people complain about the death of Charles (apparently those people didn't stick around after the credits); it didn't bother me at all - in fact, I was kind of cheering for Phoenix. And the mutants that were cured - there is apparently hope that they won't stay cured (Magneto). I enjoyed Kitty Pryde & Colossus, and Hank. I loved seeing Iceman 'Ice Up' at the end. I thought Storm & Wolverine & Jean Grey/Phoenix were fantastic. Callisto & her cronies were good. I do think they could have given Psylocke something more iconic to do as she hardly stood out at all, but the X movies have always had cameos like that in the past (Jubilee & Kitty Pryde were both in the previous movies - Hank was a brief cameo in part II). The Danger Room rocked. I loved hearing Mystique referred to as Raven, and her story arc was so unexpected...that I wish that X4 were in the works right now, just so I could see how a rematch (with powers returned) would go over. ;-0) I would love to see a Mystique movie; love to see her & Destiny, and while Mystique was certainly changed from the comics - she's always kicked ass. Maybe the Mystique movie could bring in the newly empowered Rogue...bring that whole storyline in; with Rogue finally getting strong and flight worthy. ;-0)

Anyways; I loved the movie, and I look forward to the Wolverine & Magneto films. I hope they eventually do another X-Men movie, or at least continue with more spinoffs.

   posted by Bald Jason at 10:39 PM
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