Personally speaking, I loved this movie. After seeing it on Sunday, I couldn't decide, but officially now, I like it a lot.
It was very awesome seeing the X-Men act like they do in the comic books: Wolverine with his Adamantium Rage, Beast with his insane agility, and Angel with those massive wings. Seriously, long before I had ever heard of the X-Men, I had wished that I had a pair of wings like that...
I loved the movie overall. I'll have to watch it again to pick up on a lot of stuff, but overall, it was a very good movie, and not a disappointment to either X-Men or X-Men II. At least, not in my humble opinion...
Monday, May 29, 2006
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I didn't like it.
The movie was quite disappointing, on many levels. First of all, they varied greatly from the stories in the comic books - I was a huge Marvel comic buff when they were in their "Golden Age" back in the early 90's. Secondly, why in the heck did Professor Xavier have to die? Can anyone answer me that question? It was ridiculously stupid - Professor X was incredibly powerful, and I'm pretty sure that Jean Grey could never hold a candle to his mental prowess.
The movie did redeem itself in the end, however, with the final scene (which I will not reveal for the sake of those who have not seen it yet). I was very disappointed in the whole outcome up until that final moment - it went from a 6 out of 10 to a 7.5 after that scene.
One final thing - Ian Mckellan is an AWESOME actor! That man is an incredible credit to the profession of acting, and it is such a terrible shame that he is so flaming... *chuckle*
Now I might be coming off as scrupulous here. I will preface my comment by saying, I liked the first two.
This last one doesn't even reach a 5 on my movieometer, and for several reasons. Several already having been iterated by Justin.
The final scene after the credits, which is what I think Justin refers to, was horrendous. Do you remember early in the movie when the Professor presents that ethics question to the students? Yeah, think about the answer given by that scene.
X3 is a very cleverly, and intelligently written movie. Too bad it is one long espousal of liberal propoganda from beginning to end. Yeah, yeah, what isn't? Well, the first two to begin with. They weren't so heavy on the Ethics Commentary, and had more of an emphasis on the story, rather than using the story as a tool to sway.
I think this movie at first appears to be a maturing of the story first given to us, maturing in so far that it cleverly introduces and discusses controversial moral topics. It develops the story by including the 'questions of today.' The sad, and damnable thing about the movie is that it answers those questions, and answers them wrongly. For others sake, I will not bring up exactly what I mean because it would include 'spoilers'. Feel free to e-mail me those who disagree or whatever.
Furthermore, Jean Grey was overpowered, and did she have to look like something out of the Exorcist, or the "Exorcism of Emily Rose"?
Remember when she wakes up in the movie, and she's . . . flirting with Wolverine. I'm glad promiscuity is okay as long as you know who you're dealing with, and everyone agrees.
We can't forget the rampant and senseless death. Was Jean Grey portrayed as evil, or just a very unwelcome reaction to repression? You end up almost wanting to pity and be understanding of her, realizing the 'why' of the atrocities she committed The lines of good and evil in this movie were somewhat obscured, and this isn't the only instance.
Darn, gotta run, :-\
Just to go on the record, I was actually completely unaware that the movie had extra scenes after the credits. Not only am I disappointed that I didn't catch them the first time around, but I am upset that they were apparently semi-important. I was actually referring to the last scene in the movie before the credits began (with Magneto). Regrettably, I have no opinion on the scenes after the credits, not having seen any of them.
In the meantime, there's always Emma.
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