Brett made it so that you have to watch the first 2

[Tyrano]

I realized this.

With X2, you didnt have to know what was going on, everything was explained as the movie progressed.

A few things that also irked me:

The rush feeling. Some scenes, which were meant to raise emotion, went by too fast and too underdeveloped. For example, mystique being turned into a human. Happened to fast and too rushed. The audience was most likely austonished by the effect of her transformation, rather then what had actually just occurred.

The action. Although spectacular and eye-wowing, it took a front seat while plot and character development took a step back. We're introduced to some great characters such as BEast and Angel. But uh.. who exactly are they? Okay, so hank we know of.. but Angel?? Wat the heck, he problaby go the lest screen time out of all.


Deaths. I'm not going to complain about the deaths because its been done to death(hah). But apparently, its by having deaths that translates this movie into 'having emotion' .. in Zak and Simon's eyes anyways, when even the deaths themselves lack the necessary build up and after-feeling that was missing. Bobby and Kitty Ice-kating soon after? Yeah, nice mourning there, kiddos!

Bad lines. "We stand together.. as X-men!"
"You never shoulda left!"
"I'm juggernaut, *****" --- the only scene that got the audience rauded, in my theater anyway.


Nevertheless, I actually liked it. But yeah, it definitly felt as though the "cure" plot isnt there, and the movie is just about the Brotherhood and Xmen duking it out at the end.

 

[pt_photo_inc]

you forgot the horrible line from storm... "NO there is no cure.... AND YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY?" but this is what i said from the begining... it isnt fair that RATNER comes in to this movie and just uses all of singers work and doesnt even try to establish anything on his own.

 

[Electrix]

you forgot the horrible line from storm... "NO there is no cure.... AND YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY?" but this is what i said from the begining... it isnt fair that RATNER comes in to this movie and just uses all of singers work and doesnt even try to establish anything on his own.

But I suppose if Ratner came in and didnt pay Singers films any respect you be complaining about that...

 

[SCOTT&JEAN]

Well in order to understand the movie you had to have seen X1 and X2 plus know some comic book backround.

My friend the one I went to see the movie with (she had seen X1 and X2) told me after we sawn it that if I hadn't told her a few thing about the comic book backround of the X-men she would have never understood the movie and get to it's point.

 

[Mister J]

The title of this thread should have been "Brett Made It So You Want To Watch The First Two...If You Want To See A Decent X-Men Film".

Yeah, there were references and allusions to the first two movies, but you have to expect that from a franchise. They have to build on things. Unfortunately, X3 didn't do that good of a job in doing so. However, it is understandable that the attempt was made.

 

[Tyrano]

in other words, Ratners a hack!

 

[Mister J]

^ Basically.

I tried to pay no attention when people were saying that after Ratner was attached to the project, but I've come to see why some held that opinion. I won't slam the man entirely, but I will say I did not enjoy his version of an X-Men story.

 

[Nibune]

I blame the direcotr for not trying to establish the movie as its own enitity, so it could stand alone, which all trilogy movie are supposed to inherently do.

I blame the writers for not enough dialogue to explore the characters and help set slower paces in certain parts of the movie

 

[britrogue]

My major complaint is the running time. It was just too rushed. It should have been about 2.5 hours.