Just watched the whole trilogy back to back

[ts16]

What can I say, I had alot of time on my hands tonight..hah. so I thought I'd have myself and x-men movie marathon. All of the films seemed to flow together nicely. I definitely recommend to anybody who's a fan of all three x-flicks to make time and watch them back to back. Its so great to see how some of these characters develop through out the course of the trilogy, err..most of them anyway (cyke ) I only had a couple of continuity issues, which were 1. No Xavier voice over in the third film and 2. Mystiques voice is a little off in X3. Otherwise, great trilogy! and a fine way to spend 6 hours of the night

 

[SamuraiSon6]

cool, i am in the middle of midterms right now, but i look forward to blowing 6 hours of my time too! ( seriously )

 

[Phoenix342]

i watched them all back to back the other day too and i loved it, the one thing i agree about is the opening for x-3 not having xaviers voice

 

[danoyse]

I watched all 3 last night, it was awesome.

I got a nice suprise tonight, too. My DVD only had 10 deleted scenes, but I had dinner with my folks tonight, and found out my dad's copy has 21. He let me trade my DVD with his, so now I have the 21 deleted scenes. t:

 

[merchunter]

no marathon for me but I saw X2 the weekend before I got the X3 DVD. I have watched the X3 dvd three times already.

 

[Tempest19]

After you get after the initial "no, this is the last one!!! How can they end it like that?!" shock, the deaths, etc.

The movie is actually great. But, about the prolouge- after the seeing the deleted scene of it, I agree with Ratner in that it woulds seem like too many openings.

 

[LastSunrise1981]

I only watched the first two seeing as they're a lot more better than the mediocre closer that is X3.

FX has been playing X1 and X2 quite a bit as of late on television. Thankfully I have the DVD's to watch and don't have to worry about commercial breaks.

 

[Emma718]

cool, i hope your had a blast watching all three

i have to say I like Xavier talking in the opening for the previous films, i was sad he didn't do the same for X3

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

Yes, I did this on Friday. The trilogy holds together VERY well.

Except for the advances in the special effects, and some different hairstyles, X-Men and X-Men United are practically the same movie.

X-Men: The Last Stand isn't quite as seamless a transition, but that comes naturally from being a different creative team, as well as taking place a lot later from X-Men United than X-Men United did from X-Men.

I see X-Men United as taking place DIRECTLY following the events of X-Men, whereas X-Men: The Last Stand is easily some months following the events of X-Men United.

But the entire trilogy on the whole holds up very well with each other, and the story arcs flow smoothly together from one film to the next.

 

[AznBABYBANDIT]

Yes, back to back ;p very nice to watch! ( try Starwars all six episodes ;p even better... except if u talk bout the technology v.v) Anyways, incorprate the deleted scenes ( xavier voice over ) and it'll b PERFECT

 

[*Dark_Phoenix*]

i also did the same last night.. it is pretty cool... although a little depresing because there wont be an X4 (at least not yet)

 

[LastSunrise1981]

Like I said, I don't even attempt to watch all three in sequence. I didn't buy the DVD and only watch the first two while not even acknowledging the relevance(spelling?) of X3.

I just pretend it never happened which is how I feel about Blade: Trinity too.

The last films I watched in a sequence were the Lord of the Rings trilogy and I'm never doing it again. My ass was numb for weeks it seemed like.

 

[SpideyLad]

I intended on doing this someday....

 

[flavio_lebeau]

i dont have the dvds for X1 and X2, so...probably will just watch the X3 one when i buy it or maybe a computer marathon, though i dont like watching films on computer...i might burn them to dvd.

 

[Torchd]

Walmart has all 3 in a box set for $30 just $10 more than one alone

 

[danoyse]

The last films I watched in a sequence were the Lord of the Rings trilogy and I'm never doing it again. My ass was numb for weeks it seemed like.

Haha...I can see where that would be a numbing experience. Worth it, but definitely uncomfortable.

My best marathon was back in February: my dad and I saw all three "Indiana Jones" movies in a row, at the Ziegfeld Theater in NYC. The Ziegfeld is this enormous old theater that only has one massive screen--it's probably the last theater palace left in NY. They had the X2 premiere there. And the movies were so good it didn't even feel like we were there for that long.

 

[Cyclops]

I'd love to watch all two X-Men films back-to-back someday. I'll do it when I have the time.

 

[Horrorfan]

I'd love to watch all two X-Men films back-to-back someday. I'll do it when I have the time.

Aww someone's bitter his favourite, third rate character got killed for the real stars

 

[Kevin Roegele]

The last films I watched in a sequence were the Lord of the Rings trilogy and I'm never doing it again. My ass was numb for weeks it seemed like.

The X-Men trilogy is considerably shorter than the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Especially the Extended LotR editions.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Aww someone's bitter his favourite, third rate character got killed for the real stars

Like Vinnie 'actor' Jones and Halle 'my character doesn't actually do anything in this movie' Berry?

 

[Longshot777]

I just watched the whole X-men Trilogy yesterday.

And it was very impressive.

X3 fits in nicely. I thought it wouldn't at first.

It seems like it was the same director for all 3.


Yeah..I know X3 felt rushed. And the first 2 had better pacing but it still worked as a whole Trilogy.

X1 introduces us to this world.

X2 gave it some depth

X3 went all out and brought it home

It's better than the Matrix Trilogy.

 

[LastSunrise1981]

I just watched the whole X-men Trilogy yesterday.

And it was very impressive.

X3 fits in nicely. I thought it wouldn't at first.

It seems like it was the same director for all 3.


Yeah..I know X3 felt rushed. And the first 2 had better pacing but it still worked as a whole Trilogy.

X1 introduces us to this world.

X2 gave it some depth

X3 went all out and brought it home

It's better than the Matrix Trilogy.

Eh, no. I'd say both the Matrix Trilogy and the X-Men trilogy are about even.

Two films start out excellent with brilliant concepts and unique aspects that make the story interesting. The third for both films give out promising hypes and have interesting concepts, but both fail in terms of establishing an emotional conflict and climatic endings.

So in a sense they're about the same in terms of what could've/should've been excellent and mindblowing ended up being mediocre in the end.

 

[flavio_lebeau]

Eh, no. I'd say both the Matrix Trilogy and the X-Men trilogy are about even.

Two films start out excellent with brilliant concepts and unique aspects that make the story interesting. The third for both films give out promising hypes and have interesting concepts, but both fail in terms of establishing an emotional conflict and climatic endings.

So in a sense they're about the same in terms of what could've/should've been excellent and mindblowing ended up being mediocre in the end.

i think X-trilogy is better, because the only Matrix movie that i actually like and find interesting is the first. The other two seem like two X3s with better effects. X-men has two great films and one X3 (movie that isnt bad, but not even 10% of what should have been, just like Matrix Revolutions and Matrix Reloaded)...

 

[Longshot777]

I agree that X3 is the weakest of the 3 but it did have some good points like Magneto, Phoenix, and Juggernaut.

Unlike Matrix Revolutions which completely well "almost" destroyed the Matrix Trilogy.

You are right that they both started out great and then could have been the best ending....but X3 did not hurt X-men as much as Revolutions did for the Matrix.

That is why I put it above the Matrix Trilogy.

The problem with the Matrix Revolutions for me was that there were more scenes about the dull "Real World" rather than the philosophical "Matrix dream world" itself which was the main ingredient for success of the first 2.

 

[Storms Hair]

Eee! I want to do that too!