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Bkeela
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Brisbane, Australia
Oct 1999
time: 15:27
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This was one great film.
The first X-Men film was interesting, but it didn't really captivate me. I didn't bother seeing Spiderman or Daredevil. The CGI effects in those films looked to be over done from what I witnessed in the trailers. I hate Lucas' dependance on CGI, so the thought of seeing Spiderman and his nemesis as pure CGI action was a major turn-off.
X-Men 2 didn't abuse CGI. The fight between Wolverine and Lady Deathstrike took 3 weeks to film! That's what I pay money to see, not some dumb unrealistic animated Spiderman flying through the air.
The continuity from the first film had me instantly involved. It had a serial kind of feel, like Star Wars which is what I always hope from any sequel.
The characters in X-Men 2 were interesting. Every single one of them. And what a cast to represent them! Most films just have one babe, but with Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos as the shapely Mystique, this film was a feast for the eyes.
*spoiler*
But what really set this movie apart for me - what put it miles above any super hero film I have seen since the second Superman - was the escape of Magneto. I saw a thread here recently that claimed Magneto was weak and lame. I couldn't disagree more. His escape from his plastic gaol was as satisfying as Hannibal Lecter's great escape in Silence of the Lambs. Bryan Singer obviously drew inspiration from that film. Seeing Magneto manipulating that liquid metal, hovering over the gulf like a transcendant god - it was simply superb. Not since Superman II when Superman crushed the hand of General Zod has a previously impotent character made such a dramatic comeback.
The climax was the icing on the cake. Just when I thought the film was over, it kept unfolding like the waves rushing from the bursting dam.
Most good films totally capture my attention. I am immersed in the fantasy world presented to me, and when the film ends, I come back to myself with mild shock and disappointment. Bad films fail to do this, and I look around the darkened theatre, look at my watch, and check the aisles to see if I can make an easy get away. But truly great films have me looking at my watch, hoping the film will never end. That is what X-Men 2 did for me.
FANTASTIC MOVIE.
Bkeela.
Last edited by Bkeela on 04-05-2003 at 09:18
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chegitz guevara
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Ft. Lauderdale, FL Communist Party of Apolyton
Jun 2000
time: 00:27
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quote:
Originally posted by Q Cubed
i suspect that jason, the illusionist, is supposed to be mastermind... |
IIRC, Jason is Mutant X, Moira's son. (Haven't read X-men in 17 years, so maybe he has a name now).
Stryker is a reworking of Rev. Stryker from the Graphic novel. X2, in large part, is the same major story as the X-men graphic novel, with Stryker using Professor X as a weapon to kill all mutants and latent mutants. Sen. Kelly begins hemoraging in the graphic novel.
Seeing this movie made me remember how much the X-men influenced me growing up. At a point when the religious right was growing ever more scary, trying to tell people what they couldn't do, what they had to do, who they were allowed or not allowed to be, the X-men resonated with me in a big way, especially as a picked-on kid.
Storm seems to have lost her accent and Colossus never had one. Oh well. I don't care so much that they take liberaties with the story, because they do it very well.
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dudemanjack
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Great movie! I love the scene when Stryker's forces attack the school. Wolverine was a freakin' badass.
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04-05-2003 09:12
Whoops, got the two mixed up. 
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