oh man, the first time I watched it... *sheds a tear*. Full theater, everybody screaming...Fox logo made me shudder, the cg intro, I already had my hair all up. I was already happy. And then, Nightcrawler. Could anyone not get excited by that? Loads of screms after it ends. The best action scene of the trilogy. All the movie, a perfect experience...Jean and Storm finding Nightcralwer, all the subtlee moments, Rogue, the tornadoes fight, Jean's first appearence as Phoenix (many people didn't even notice the fiery eyes when she stopped the missile). The first time i screamed to myself "PHOENIX!". That moment, I started to love Jean Grey. The calmness of Storm, the whole dam sequence, and then, then...
Then I see Jean looking at her friends. She has a sad look. We know what she's up to, but I couldn't believe it. She gets out of the plane, Scott's desperation...her death. Nightcralwer's pray. I had a tear in my eye, and the crowd, who was chilling and screaming at most of the movie, at that time, was silent. You could hear some noses sniffing. I knew that was, by that time, the best movie I had seen. Everybody was sad, ready to get out disappointed by Jean's end, when we see the final monologue by her. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. <- That is how I stayed, and most of the cinema. PHOENiX! Peeople screamed in the end, people went out talking about it, people went out with huge smiles. Right there, the mania and a maniacal wait for X3 started. And then, to put the crown, I listen to Clocks on the way out. And that song, till nowadays, to me, screams X-men 2 and the experience I felt that day. It was a perfect happy day for me. Perfect. A perfect movie, despite any flaws.