By: bitmonkey

bitmonkey — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:33:10 +0000

i’m a comic fan from way back, especially the x-men.. which for me, floods my brain with memories of happier times. when i was younger, i always thought “hey, i’d LOVE to see all these x-men jump out of the comic book and onto the big screen! ya! that would r0×0r!!11! that would be 1337!!!” .. little did i realize at my young age, was that the more characters from a comic-book fantasy world that you have thrown onto the big screen, the more TIME you need to PROPERLY tell their story .. the more EFFORT you need to put forward to give these characters a flicker of resemblance to their original biographies that made them masterpieces. I consider Batman Begins a true character study.. we understand WHY Bruce Wayne dons his costume.. WHY he does what he does, what he believes in .. we shared his story WITH him. (does anyone remember the Never Ending Story??) he wasn’t just some schmuck in a bat costume . (for the love of everything, please tell someone to fire Halle Barry). which is exactly what happened to the X-Men on the big screen ..all of them… a bunch of schmucks in costumes. IMHO, in a story as complicated as the X-Men, you need to educate the uneducated because the world of comics and movies are two separate pistons in the engine of entertainment. Whats the first thing people think about when they hear the x-men? I bet its not whats at the heart of their story .. and I don’t mean fighting and cool powers. I’m talking about racisim, prejudice and among many other things, the harsh reality of a world where people fear that which they don’t understand. Im talking about individuals coming to terms with their own selves, trying to find out where they fit in a world that makes them feel segregated and alone .. when i saw x3 .. the first thing that made me cringe was simply the amount of heros that were in this movie. (beside the fact that i was already cringing at the end of part 2 because someone haphazardly decided to throw the Dark Phoenix into the mix of things … a story which in its own right is an epic mishmash of StarTrek, StarWars, Aliens, and the Clash of the Titans all rolled into one thriller of an action packed, romantic comedy — not to mention that they utterly and completely destroyed the true story of the Phoenix Saga). unfortuantely, whoever was responsible, decided to ride on the coat-tails of the popularity of the x-men to make them an easy buck. the x-men franchise turned into the old batman and matrix franchise ? Started out with a bang and turned into one massive, mighty, freefalling turd-wich. Dear lord … I hope they don’t do this to IronMan.

By: Richard X

Richard X — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:47:25 +0000

I totally agree. I thought something would happen. Something that might have redeemed the movie, but it never came. Also, you can tell that the actors looked bored and embarrassed to be involved.

By: SS

SS — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:12:40 +0000

I agree. This was definitely one of the worst movies of the year. It’s funny though, no matter how crappy it was, I was still somewhat engaged…maybe cause I thought SOMETHING would happen. I could not believe that it ended 104 minutes in. Although to be honest, it felt much longer than that just due to the m?lange of mutants they tossed in. And the whole bridge-moving sequence? What was the point of that? Ah well, Brett Ratner continues his streak as a hack.
SS

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