X-Maniac
Storm In A Teacup
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Okay, you said it didnt get brilliant reviews, 88% seems pretty brilliant to me, especially at the time when some critics still thought comic book movies were a bit taboo.
I said it didn't get brilliant reviews all round.
This, for instance, was the BBC review:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2003/04/22/x_men_2_2003_review.shtml
It says, among other things, that "X-Men 2 shares its predecessor's problems of story and self-containment: there's a hyperactive narrative and too much assumed knowledge. Whatever its merits as part of a series, it struggles to satisfy as a stand alone movie....Given the screenwriters didn't bother with a coherent story, it doesn't deserve to be explicated here (there's a plothole you could fly the X-Jet through). Best to suspend sense, savour the set-pieces, and mull over your favourite mutant. If only the plot matched the performances, "X-Men 2" could rival "Spider-Man" in the Marvel-lous movie stakes. As is, it merely points to the franchise's potential. The next step in evolution? Hardly. But it could be the missing link."