Agent 194
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I think it was on NBC. At any rate, it was comicbookish, childish, and very silly. Even at a young age I remember thinking how cheesy it was. It was every sixth graders favorite movie the next day at school. Lesser minds thought it was great and didn't see how really dumb it was.
I feel like I've just watched the KISS movie again. Cool subject matter but a badly done effort.
I have the same taste in my mouth I did after seeing the second, horrible Conan the Destroyer which was so comicbookish and 180 degress away from the satisfying original Conan.
Like that second Conan movie all the elements and ingredients for a super movie were there. The recipe just wasn't mixed together well and the presentation was off. What a waste of a cast.
Brett Ratner is the Roger Dupree (referenece for anyone who's seen the Producers) of Xmen movies. He took it and made it bad. While I can thank him for stepping in, short notice and going to work on this thing, he was not the man for the job. I see that now.
Singer was really missed on this one.
I'll just say this right now. I miss John Ottman: both in the music department and the editing room. Was there an editor on this movie?! And the music. . .I can tell this music guy was told to write "heroic" music. He was out of his league. The techno "Bourne" movies are more his thing.
Silly useless violence. I dig violence done well. Don't get me wrong. Singer was right to have more of a realistic approach. Silly. Dumb.
Jean's character? Ridiculous. The whole Pheonix story was so much more important in the comics than what they did to her in this movie. William Shatner did an episode of The Sx Million Dollar Man where he played a man who couldn't control his power over electricity. It was stupidly, ridiculous, dumb (did I mention stupid?) but was more believable and honorable than what they did with Jean. What a waste of Famke.
Now I'm not going to say horrible. . . but Singer created such a perfect blend in the first two films. He really has a taste and feel for the right aesthetic. We all deserved better.
I have a feeling the sixth graders of today can see through this movie.
I feel like I've just watched the KISS movie again. Cool subject matter but a badly done effort.
I have the same taste in my mouth I did after seeing the second, horrible Conan the Destroyer which was so comicbookish and 180 degress away from the satisfying original Conan.
Like that second Conan movie all the elements and ingredients for a super movie were there. The recipe just wasn't mixed together well and the presentation was off. What a waste of a cast.
Brett Ratner is the Roger Dupree (referenece for anyone who's seen the Producers) of Xmen movies. He took it and made it bad. While I can thank him for stepping in, short notice and going to work on this thing, he was not the man for the job. I see that now.
Singer was really missed on this one.
I'll just say this right now. I miss John Ottman: both in the music department and the editing room. Was there an editor on this movie?! And the music. . .I can tell this music guy was told to write "heroic" music. He was out of his league. The techno "Bourne" movies are more his thing.
Silly useless violence. I dig violence done well. Don't get me wrong. Singer was right to have more of a realistic approach. Silly. Dumb.
Jean's character? Ridiculous. The whole Pheonix story was so much more important in the comics than what they did to her in this movie. William Shatner did an episode of The Sx Million Dollar Man where he played a man who couldn't control his power over electricity. It was stupidly, ridiculous, dumb (did I mention stupid?) but was more believable and honorable than what they did with Jean. What a waste of Famke.
Now I'm not going to say horrible. . . but Singer created such a perfect blend in the first two films. He really has a taste and feel for the right aesthetic. We all deserved better.
I have a feeling the sixth graders of today can see through this movie.
