Julio Alejandro
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I'm all for changes for the better of an adaptation of a movie based on a comic book, but all of the movies Fox has distributed seem to take it too far. Examples:
I will start with the X-Men series, since it was the first.
X-Men: Before I begin, I'd like to state that Bryan Singer was always wrong to take on the director/co-writer duties of this series. If you would like me to elaborate, just ask.
First off, I never liked the idea of the Wolverine/Rogue relationship. We, the comic book readers know that Wolverine has had these kind of relationships with many of the young X-Men, but Rogue was never one of them. We know Kitty was one of them, but her role didn't really become significant until TLS, and Jubilee never became relevant in the series at all.
Staying on the subject of Rogue, I also do not like the relationship they developed between her and Bobby. There is nothing interesting about it. In the comics she has had her fiery cat-and-mouse relationship with Gambit, which always made for something interesting since it basically was just a game of cat and mouse, and then there's her relationship with Magneto, who was immune to her powers.
Next, there's the character of Storm; I'm sorry, people, but I never liked the idea of Halle Berry in this role. She lacked the strength of the character and I'll just leave it at that.
Lastly, there's the character of Sabretooth. Let's start with the fact that he is basically a cronie; I mean, you could say he kinda was one with the Marauders, but even then, he was an independent threat. Secondly, there's his persona; to be blunt, he was a dumbass, point blank. Lastly, he should never have even been in the movie to begin with. It almost seems as if they were like "Hey, let's just throw a bunch of the favorite villains together and call it the Brotherhood." They kinda screwed up the relationship of his and the character of Wolverine by doing so, which kinda severs his role in this movie from his role in X-Men Origins.
X2: I don't have many complaints about this one, other than what was stated about the previous movie, so I'll make this one brief.
Let's start with Yuriko: 1. Like Sabretooth in X-Men, she did not belong in this movie, they totally wasted a good character. 2. Kelly Hu is too damn pretty to play her.
Secondly; Why introduce Hank McCoy's cameo?
The third and last thing I will point out aboutthis movie is...where the hell is Peter's accent?!!!
The Last Stand: Where do I start? I didn't dislike this this movie as much as many of you out there, but there were some really dumb changes to what we all knew and loved about the characters in this movie. I also thought Brett Rattner, with more time and a better script, could've made a much better X-Men movie than Bryan Singer did in the previous 2.
I guess I'll start with the beginning of the movie, in which they basically tease us with what looked like a Sentinel appearance in the Danger Room. That just pissed me off!
Next, Peter still doesn't have a friggin' accent!
Also, once again they have reduced a leader to a cronie in Callisto, and once again cast an actress that was too pretty for the part.
Now, let's see how how many characters they wasted in this one movie: Psylocke: 1. They made her a villain. 2. They really didn't use much of her. Angel: What did he really do in the movie? Omega Red: OK, so it wasn't really Omega Red, as previously thought, but they kinda wasted what could've been Omega Red on a relatively decent action sequence. Gambit: After Watching XO, he would've fit better in this movie, as the fans requested.
Finally, we have X-Men Origins: Well, all we have so far is a workprint which is actually a pretty good flick until they start getting closer to the end in which they introduce the following characters:
Gambit: It's not the role, it's the actor; he kinda had the look, but didn't have the swagger or THE FRIGGIN' ACCENT!!!
Weapon XI: Why did they have to waste the name of Deadpool on him?!!! Don't get me wrong, outside of him shooting optic blasts, he was actually a pretty cool character, but please don't waste one of my favorite characters of the past 20 years on that!
Last, I wanna say that they wasted the Blob as well, Kevin Durand, as usual, was great in the role, and they hardly used him. I do think he was out of place in this movie though.
Daredevil: I can only comment on this movie since I did not see Elektra, due to lack of interest.
Also, unlike some of you I liked elements of this movie. There were really only 2 things that bugged me about it:
1. Jennifer Garner as Elektra. I like her, but...are you serious?!!! Jennifer Garner as Elektra?!!!
2. The fight sequence in the park was one of the cheesiest pieces of crap I've ever seen onscreen.
I didn't see Ghost Rider, due to lack of interest as well.
Fantastic Four: This I can make brief, because what I am about to state pretty much covers everything.
The movie just wasn't very exciting, the casting of Julian McMahon was good because he does play a very convincing villain, but his voice just kills me as Doom! It doesn't work!
Rise of the Silver Surfer: Who would've thought I would prefer this over the first and it was a PG flick? It was more exciting than the first, IMO, but still not exciting enough.
I will start with the X-Men series, since it was the first.
X-Men: Before I begin, I'd like to state that Bryan Singer was always wrong to take on the director/co-writer duties of this series. If you would like me to elaborate, just ask.
First off, I never liked the idea of the Wolverine/Rogue relationship. We, the comic book readers know that Wolverine has had these kind of relationships with many of the young X-Men, but Rogue was never one of them. We know Kitty was one of them, but her role didn't really become significant until TLS, and Jubilee never became relevant in the series at all.
Staying on the subject of Rogue, I also do not like the relationship they developed between her and Bobby. There is nothing interesting about it. In the comics she has had her fiery cat-and-mouse relationship with Gambit, which always made for something interesting since it basically was just a game of cat and mouse, and then there's her relationship with Magneto, who was immune to her powers.
Next, there's the character of Storm; I'm sorry, people, but I never liked the idea of Halle Berry in this role. She lacked the strength of the character and I'll just leave it at that.
Lastly, there's the character of Sabretooth. Let's start with the fact that he is basically a cronie; I mean, you could say he kinda was one with the Marauders, but even then, he was an independent threat. Secondly, there's his persona; to be blunt, he was a dumbass, point blank. Lastly, he should never have even been in the movie to begin with. It almost seems as if they were like "Hey, let's just throw a bunch of the favorite villains together and call it the Brotherhood." They kinda screwed up the relationship of his and the character of Wolverine by doing so, which kinda severs his role in this movie from his role in X-Men Origins.
X2: I don't have many complaints about this one, other than what was stated about the previous movie, so I'll make this one brief.
Let's start with Yuriko: 1. Like Sabretooth in X-Men, she did not belong in this movie, they totally wasted a good character. 2. Kelly Hu is too damn pretty to play her.
Secondly; Why introduce Hank McCoy's cameo?
The third and last thing I will point out aboutthis movie is...where the hell is Peter's accent?!!!
The Last Stand: Where do I start? I didn't dislike this this movie as much as many of you out there, but there were some really dumb changes to what we all knew and loved about the characters in this movie. I also thought Brett Rattner, with more time and a better script, could've made a much better X-Men movie than Bryan Singer did in the previous 2.
I guess I'll start with the beginning of the movie, in which they basically tease us with what looked like a Sentinel appearance in the Danger Room. That just pissed me off!
Next, Peter still doesn't have a friggin' accent!
Also, once again they have reduced a leader to a cronie in Callisto, and once again cast an actress that was too pretty for the part.
Now, let's see how how many characters they wasted in this one movie: Psylocke: 1. They made her a villain. 2. They really didn't use much of her. Angel: What did he really do in the movie? Omega Red: OK, so it wasn't really Omega Red, as previously thought, but they kinda wasted what could've been Omega Red on a relatively decent action sequence. Gambit: After Watching XO, he would've fit better in this movie, as the fans requested.
Finally, we have X-Men Origins: Well, all we have so far is a workprint which is actually a pretty good flick until they start getting closer to the end in which they introduce the following characters:
Gambit: It's not the role, it's the actor; he kinda had the look, but didn't have the swagger or THE FRIGGIN' ACCENT!!!
Weapon XI: Why did they have to waste the name of Deadpool on him?!!! Don't get me wrong, outside of him shooting optic blasts, he was actually a pretty cool character, but please don't waste one of my favorite characters of the past 20 years on that!
Last, I wanna say that they wasted the Blob as well, Kevin Durand, as usual, was great in the role, and they hardly used him. I do think he was out of place in this movie though.
Daredevil: I can only comment on this movie since I did not see Elektra, due to lack of interest.
Also, unlike some of you I liked elements of this movie. There were really only 2 things that bugged me about it:
1. Jennifer Garner as Elektra. I like her, but...are you serious?!!! Jennifer Garner as Elektra?!!!
2. The fight sequence in the park was one of the cheesiest pieces of crap I've ever seen onscreen.
I didn't see Ghost Rider, due to lack of interest as well.
Fantastic Four: This I can make brief, because what I am about to state pretty much covers everything.
The movie just wasn't very exciting, the casting of Julian McMahon was good because he does play a very convincing villain, but his voice just kills me as Doom! It doesn't work!
Rise of the Silver Surfer: Who would've thought I would prefer this over the first and it was a PG flick? It was more exciting than the first, IMO, but still not exciting enough.
