X3 (no spoilers until I say so)
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silversolitaireSo, I've finally seen X3, too! Yay! Now I can join in with all the ranting and raving!
What can I say, I enjoyed it. It really takes a lot for me to not enjoy a superhero movie. What can I say, I'm shallow. Of course, I was grinning like a fool through the entire trailer of Superman Returns. I didn't even know I was gonna like it, but hey, when you see Superman flying into a plane wing or dodging a bullet with his eyeball, how can you NOT simper like a madman? Aaaanyway, back to X3. I actually have a lot of ranty comments. That's a GOOD thing. Whenever I go "Yeah, it was nice" about a movie it means it didn't suck but it didn't impress me either. Whenever I feel like I have to crack a dozen jokes about it and rant and LOL at it, then it means I really liked it. Nyaha.
Now, let's see if I can round up all my comments again... It's kinda hard to remember them. I should take notes, but that'd take it a bit too far, I guess... Heh... Some technicalities first. I'm really starting to get fed up with that damn theater. It's the second time in a row they've messed up the projection. Last week during The Da Vinci Code they simply forgot to switch on the projector and I had to walk out and yell at someone. Now the picture kinda made a jump during the trailers and the image was spliced in two. Right in the middle of the trailer to Pirates of the Caribbean 2, YOU BITCHES!!!! After it was "fixed" the bottom was cut off, so I actually didn't see shit of the captions. No clue what they said, where scenes took place and when. Annoyiiiiiing.
Since everything was already being so shitty I totally expected to have the scene after the end credits cut off, too. It's not like they've never done that before. Like when I dragged dad into Chamber of Secrets for a second time and I was all "We gotta wait for the end credits, they're totally LOL!" and then the dumbass switched off the projector -____-. Anyway, I was totally expecting that, really. And of course I didn't want that to happen with the end being the way it is and all. Somewhere during the end fight, those seven brats came storming into the theater and started running up and down the aisles all the time. Fucking annoying. I had to yell at them several times. Then when the end credits rolled one brat yelled "Turn on the lights!!!" so I hollered back "It's not over yet!!!!". I spent the rest of the end credits in agony that they'd switch off the projector. Other than me there were only like 5 other people in the theater and they all left. Well, they didn't switch it off, so I saw it and now I'm kinda "buh?". I just read up some comments on IMDB so I'm getting it now. When did I become so daft? Haha...
Okay, spoilers now.
The beginning with young!Xavier and Magneto? Totally yummy. Tells you just what retouch can do. It was nice to see the deep level of friendship between Magneto and Xavier and you already could see the paths they were going at. I know it's probably just me, but it always has and will just keep annoying me how they always say "OMG Jean is like toatally teh strongest mutant evar!!!111". I know I'm probably alone with it, but hey *shrugs*. Can't help it. Anyway, yay for CGI. And I'm happy to say that the costume and props department did a good job since I could tell it was 60s/70s without seeing the captions, just be looking at the images. *thumbs up*
BTW, has anyone spotted Stan Lee's cameo? XD He was one of the old dudes watering the lawns at the beginning.
Okay... memory giving out already... dang. *thinks* Is it just me, or is everyone a little dirtier and shaggier this time round? Wolverine seemed a lot hairier than usual and the hair all twisted up like wolf ears, like in the comic. That was LOL. And not to mention Scott. Okay, mourning and all, but geeze. The Danger Room scene was very leet. Of course I had no clue what the fuck was going on without the captions, so I was kinda like "Holy SHIT! Sentinels?!? What did I miss?" haha... First hints of the Kitty-Bobby-Rogue triangle (which I, btw, expected to be much more substantial than it actually turned out to be). Collussus doing his throwy thing. Haha, fun.
Logan? Totally badass. That comment with the last cigar was just priceless. XD If you allow me skipping ahead, it cracked me up when Logan was fighting that dude with the regrowing limbs and he ended the fights by kicking him in the nuts. XD; Hello, I'm 5.
What kinda ticks me off the most about the deaths is that they're kinda all random and not even related to the "big fight". I was sorta wetting my panties in advance, expecting this huge battle with lots of emotional losses. But instead Scott just sorta... uh poofs, yeah. And other than Logan nobody really notices or cares it seems. I mean wtf? The dude's been gone for days, here are his goggles (they do nothing!), but nobody finds that funny. It takes for everyone else to snuff it until they finally put his name on a headstone. Methinks there was some scene cutting for Ms. Berry.
Speaking of Ms. Berry, the movie could vastly be called: "Storm - It's all about ME!" I mean, I know the story of the movie production and all, know why it happened, but it's annoying. They've really blown up Storm out of proportions and she's still not doing anything useful. Other character annoyances were that the bad mutants just totally pwnt the good ones almost everytime. That makes my superhero lover heart bleed. Of course it makes sense, but I hated it. Also, why did all the bad mutants look like total punks and freaks? Pyro was just annoying the hell out of me with his smug "Yo, I'm Magneto's right hand man, bitches" look all the time. And it really made me wonder, why the hell is Magneto putting so much trust on him in the first place? He's really not that great! So he's a giant blow torch, so what. He can't even produce fire on his own, he still needs a spark to ignite himself, so if you place him in an absolutely spark-free environment, he's fucked. In that aspect, Bobby totally pwns his ass.
And don't even get me started on Angel. Wtf was that? I mean he was cool and all but he had about as much depth as a saucer. He was really dispensible as a character. And then Callisto who could have been aptly named "Hey, I am a plotdevice :D". What was that with the constant mutant spotting? That was really lame.
Another thing that bugged me is that they actually DID treat "mutantism" as a disease. I mean, the filmmakers! Look at the evidence. All the "bad mutants" that get hit by it suddenly have this big epiphany and change their evil ways. Of course, with Mystique it kinda made since since she had been betrayed and all, but in the end with Magneto, that was just mega-lame. I just don't see why he'd suddenly do this mental 180 once he's stripped of his powers and goes "OMG what have I done?!?" as if the nasty disease that had been fogging his mind was suddenly lifted. It's just OOC. Being a mutant is so embedded into his being, I just can't see him suddenly stop being a mutant just because he loses his powers. That's so lame.
On the subject of the cure. Honestly, I think the cure is a GOOD thing. Why? Because I don't think it's wrong to not be happy with who or what you are. We all suffer from this. If there was a cure against being gay, being black, being whatever? Awesome! I think everyone should have the choice to be what they want and if they're not happy this way around they should have the right to change it, just like you allow transgendered people to adjust. Of course, that demands that there's also be a cure of being hetero or white since people can be unhappy with that just as much. For the reality of the movie I think the best solution would have been to give mutants who suffer from their mutation a cure, but at the same time allow people who want to become a mutant to be one. It's all about choices and trying to be happy with yourself, really. But I guess the message is, you can't change who you are, be happy with it.
Anyway, back to the movie. I did squeeze out a tear when Xavier died. That was really painful to watch. The end made that all better of course with Xavier transferring his mind into that coma-dude, but it also confuses me because I thought this was going to be the "Last movie evar". What gives?
OH! And here's my major qualm! Wtf was the idea with the Golden Gate Bridge? Can you say "OMG we totally need a major special effect that everyone will talk about!"? That was SO pointless. So the entire pack of rogue mutants totally has no other way to get across the bay to Alcatraz other than Magneto uprooting the Bridge and transporting it over there? Puleeeeeeze. I mean, it would have made sense if it had been a huge army of them, just pouring into that place, but NO! It was just a fucking handful of them! That was massively pointless and also dumb from a strategic POV since really, they could just as well have sent gold-embossed invitations to the people there, informing that they're about invade. *rolls eyes*
Hm what else... There were many LOL-scenes that I enjoyed. Can't remember all of them anymore. That's the sadness of being in a near empty theater, you always feel like a total fool for laughing. When the room is full there's always someone else to laugh with you, but when it's just a handful it's just... silent as a grave. That's kinda lame. I laughed when Hank came in with his naked chest, suit fitting like a vest and he goes "To think this used to fit" XD;. Hahahaha. Hank on the whole was really cool. I always liked that about him, how he flickers between being a distinguished academic and a fierce fighting beast. That was very well conveyed, IMO. I also liked this brief emotional scene where he was looking at his "demutated" hand, as if it had given him a glimpse of what his life could have been like. Very nice.
OH! And Juggernaut! Hahaha XD;. I nearly died in my seat when he said "Don't you know who I am? I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!" OMG! This must mark the first moment in movie history that an internet meme produced by three dudes on dope has made it into a major multi-million dollars internet production! Haha! XD; If you don't know what I'm talking about: LOOK!
A word on casualities. Like I said before, the major deaths really kinda confused the hell out of me. Scott dies in the passing, no one cares, Xavier dies, but it all seems unreal. Jean gets killed by Logan, ooooo angsty, but yeah. I really had expected a lot more casualities in fighting. Although I will admit it is rather painful to see all those people disintegrating left and right, especially that punk trio at the end. That's just so... lame. Not lame as in bad writing, but lame as in, yeah, lame. Couldn't they have died fighting or something?
I also was disgruntled at Rogue giving up her powers. I mean, it's in agreement with her character early in the comics and they've established it enough in earlier movies just how much she's angsting over her powers, but still. In this movie, it just seemed stupid and rushed. She just sorta goes "OMG my boyfriend is touching other girls!!!" and runs off to get rid of her powers. It was all so rushed. And then when it finally happened it was sorta sweeped under the carpet. Just, Rogue: "Yeah, I did it." Bobby: "Cool." *smooch*. Laaaaaame.
And then of course Magneto losing his powers. God, I felt so sorry for him. I mean, he's nasty and he has no value for life and he's a backstabber and a social failure, but that was just so mean. We all know why Eric is so touchy about those subjects with him having survived the Holocaust, we know he defines himself through his identity, and then this is taken away from him. Gah... In the end in the park, he, a common old fart. That was just so painful. Of course, he managed to nudge the chess piece just a bit in the end, but still. *sob* Poor guy.
I should probably say more, but I can't think of anything else now. Maybe later.
What can I say, I enjoyed it. It really takes a lot for me to not enjoy a superhero movie. What can I say, I'm shallow. Of course, I was grinning like a fool through the entire trailer of Superman Returns. I didn't even know I was gonna like it, but hey, when you see Superman flying into a plane wing or dodging a bullet with his eyeball, how can you NOT simper like a madman? Aaaanyway, back to X3. I actually have a lot of ranty comments. That's a GOOD thing. Whenever I go "Yeah, it was nice" about a movie it means it didn't suck but it didn't impress me either. Whenever I feel like I have to crack a dozen jokes about it and rant and LOL at it, then it means I really liked it. Nyaha.
Now, let's see if I can round up all my comments again... It's kinda hard to remember them. I should take notes, but that'd take it a bit too far, I guess... Heh... Some technicalities first. I'm really starting to get fed up with that damn theater. It's the second time in a row they've messed up the projection. Last week during The Da Vinci Code they simply forgot to switch on the projector and I had to walk out and yell at someone. Now the picture kinda made a jump during the trailers and the image was spliced in two. Right in the middle of the trailer to Pirates of the Caribbean 2, YOU BITCHES!!!! After it was "fixed" the bottom was cut off, so I actually didn't see shit of the captions. No clue what they said, where scenes took place and when. Annoyiiiiiing.
Since everything was already being so shitty I totally expected to have the scene after the end credits cut off, too. It's not like they've never done that before. Like when I dragged dad into Chamber of Secrets for a second time and I was all "We gotta wait for the end credits, they're totally LOL!" and then the dumbass switched off the projector -____-. Anyway, I was totally expecting that, really. And of course I didn't want that to happen with the end being the way it is and all. Somewhere during the end fight, those seven brats came storming into the theater and started running up and down the aisles all the time. Fucking annoying. I had to yell at them several times. Then when the end credits rolled one brat yelled "Turn on the lights!!!" so I hollered back "It's not over yet!!!!". I spent the rest of the end credits in agony that they'd switch off the projector. Other than me there were only like 5 other people in the theater and they all left. Well, they didn't switch it off, so I saw it and now I'm kinda "buh?". I just read up some comments on IMDB so I'm getting it now. When did I become so daft? Haha...
Okay, spoilers now.
The beginning with young!Xavier and Magneto? Totally yummy. Tells you just what retouch can do. It was nice to see the deep level of friendship between Magneto and Xavier and you already could see the paths they were going at. I know it's probably just me, but it always has and will just keep annoying me how they always say "OMG Jean is like toatally teh strongest mutant evar!!!111". I know I'm probably alone with it, but hey *shrugs*. Can't help it. Anyway, yay for CGI. And I'm happy to say that the costume and props department did a good job since I could tell it was 60s/70s without seeing the captions, just be looking at the images. *thumbs up*
BTW, has anyone spotted Stan Lee's cameo? XD He was one of the old dudes watering the lawns at the beginning.
Okay... memory giving out already... dang. *thinks* Is it just me, or is everyone a little dirtier and shaggier this time round? Wolverine seemed a lot hairier than usual and the hair all twisted up like wolf ears, like in the comic. That was LOL. And not to mention Scott. Okay, mourning and all, but geeze. The Danger Room scene was very leet. Of course I had no clue what the fuck was going on without the captions, so I was kinda like "Holy SHIT! Sentinels?!? What did I miss?" haha... First hints of the Kitty-Bobby-Rogue triangle (which I, btw, expected to be much more substantial than it actually turned out to be). Collussus doing his throwy thing. Haha, fun.
Logan? Totally badass. That comment with the last cigar was just priceless. XD If you allow me skipping ahead, it cracked me up when Logan was fighting that dude with the regrowing limbs and he ended the fights by kicking him in the nuts. XD; Hello, I'm 5.
What kinda ticks me off the most about the deaths is that they're kinda all random and not even related to the "big fight". I was sorta wetting my panties in advance, expecting this huge battle with lots of emotional losses. But instead Scott just sorta... uh poofs, yeah. And other than Logan nobody really notices or cares it seems. I mean wtf? The dude's been gone for days, here are his goggles (they do nothing!), but nobody finds that funny. It takes for everyone else to snuff it until they finally put his name on a headstone. Methinks there was some scene cutting for Ms. Berry.
Speaking of Ms. Berry, the movie could vastly be called: "Storm - It's all about ME!" I mean, I know the story of the movie production and all, know why it happened, but it's annoying. They've really blown up Storm out of proportions and she's still not doing anything useful. Other character annoyances were that the bad mutants just totally pwnt the good ones almost everytime. That makes my superhero lover heart bleed. Of course it makes sense, but I hated it. Also, why did all the bad mutants look like total punks and freaks? Pyro was just annoying the hell out of me with his smug "Yo, I'm Magneto's right hand man, bitches" look all the time. And it really made me wonder, why the hell is Magneto putting so much trust on him in the first place? He's really not that great! So he's a giant blow torch, so what. He can't even produce fire on his own, he still needs a spark to ignite himself, so if you place him in an absolutely spark-free environment, he's fucked. In that aspect, Bobby totally pwns his ass.
And don't even get me started on Angel. Wtf was that? I mean he was cool and all but he had about as much depth as a saucer. He was really dispensible as a character. And then Callisto who could have been aptly named "Hey, I am a plotdevice :D". What was that with the constant mutant spotting? That was really lame.
Another thing that bugged me is that they actually DID treat "mutantism" as a disease. I mean, the filmmakers! Look at the evidence. All the "bad mutants" that get hit by it suddenly have this big epiphany and change their evil ways. Of course, with Mystique it kinda made since since she had been betrayed and all, but in the end with Magneto, that was just mega-lame. I just don't see why he'd suddenly do this mental 180 once he's stripped of his powers and goes "OMG what have I done?!?" as if the nasty disease that had been fogging his mind was suddenly lifted. It's just OOC. Being a mutant is so embedded into his being, I just can't see him suddenly stop being a mutant just because he loses his powers. That's so lame.
On the subject of the cure. Honestly, I think the cure is a GOOD thing. Why? Because I don't think it's wrong to not be happy with who or what you are. We all suffer from this. If there was a cure against being gay, being black, being whatever? Awesome! I think everyone should have the choice to be what they want and if they're not happy this way around they should have the right to change it, just like you allow transgendered people to adjust. Of course, that demands that there's also be a cure of being hetero or white since people can be unhappy with that just as much. For the reality of the movie I think the best solution would have been to give mutants who suffer from their mutation a cure, but at the same time allow people who want to become a mutant to be one. It's all about choices and trying to be happy with yourself, really. But I guess the message is, you can't change who you are, be happy with it.
Anyway, back to the movie. I did squeeze out a tear when Xavier died. That was really painful to watch. The end made that all better of course with Xavier transferring his mind into that coma-dude, but it also confuses me because I thought this was going to be the "Last movie evar". What gives?
OH! And here's my major qualm! Wtf was the idea with the Golden Gate Bridge? Can you say "OMG we totally need a major special effect that everyone will talk about!"? That was SO pointless. So the entire pack of rogue mutants totally has no other way to get across the bay to Alcatraz other than Magneto uprooting the Bridge and transporting it over there? Puleeeeeeze. I mean, it would have made sense if it had been a huge army of them, just pouring into that place, but NO! It was just a fucking handful of them! That was massively pointless and also dumb from a strategic POV since really, they could just as well have sent gold-embossed invitations to the people there, informing that they're about invade. *rolls eyes*
Hm what else... There were many LOL-scenes that I enjoyed. Can't remember all of them anymore. That's the sadness of being in a near empty theater, you always feel like a total fool for laughing. When the room is full there's always someone else to laugh with you, but when it's just a handful it's just... silent as a grave. That's kinda lame. I laughed when Hank came in with his naked chest, suit fitting like a vest and he goes "To think this used to fit" XD;. Hahahaha. Hank on the whole was really cool. I always liked that about him, how he flickers between being a distinguished academic and a fierce fighting beast. That was very well conveyed, IMO. I also liked this brief emotional scene where he was looking at his "demutated" hand, as if it had given him a glimpse of what his life could have been like. Very nice.
OH! And Juggernaut! Hahaha XD;. I nearly died in my seat when he said "Don't you know who I am? I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!" OMG! This must mark the first moment in movie history that an internet meme produced by three dudes on dope has made it into a major multi-million dollars internet production! Haha! XD; If you don't know what I'm talking about: LOOK!
A word on casualities. Like I said before, the major deaths really kinda confused the hell out of me. Scott dies in the passing, no one cares, Xavier dies, but it all seems unreal. Jean gets killed by Logan, ooooo angsty, but yeah. I really had expected a lot more casualities in fighting. Although I will admit it is rather painful to see all those people disintegrating left and right, especially that punk trio at the end. That's just so... lame. Not lame as in bad writing, but lame as in, yeah, lame. Couldn't they have died fighting or something?
I also was disgruntled at Rogue giving up her powers. I mean, it's in agreement with her character early in the comics and they've established it enough in earlier movies just how much she's angsting over her powers, but still. In this movie, it just seemed stupid and rushed. She just sorta goes "OMG my boyfriend is touching other girls!!!" and runs off to get rid of her powers. It was all so rushed. And then when it finally happened it was sorta sweeped under the carpet. Just, Rogue: "Yeah, I did it." Bobby: "Cool." *smooch*. Laaaaaame.
And then of course Magneto losing his powers. God, I felt so sorry for him. I mean, he's nasty and he has no value for life and he's a backstabber and a social failure, but that was just so mean. We all know why Eric is so touchy about those subjects with him having survived the Holocaust, we know he defines himself through his identity, and then this is taken away from him. Gah... In the end in the park, he, a common old fart. That was just so painful. Of course, he managed to nudge the chess piece just a bit in the end, but still. *sob* Poor guy.
I should probably say more, but I can't think of anything else now. Maybe later.
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Date: 2006-06-01 11:45 pm (UTC)And then of course Magneto losing his powers. God, I felt so sorry for him.
I've already been discussing this to death with