Scott was never the third man. Ever.
Wolverine just wanted him to be.
While the movies were decidedly Logan-centric, Scott always had Jean's heart (except when she turned EVIL, people), and he was always the team leader.
Why some fans think Jean had less of a thing for Scott than she did for Wolverine, I will never, ever understand. Well, that's not entirely true. It's as simple as them not paying logical attention and rationally assessing the films.
Yeah, not forgotten about? Wolverine THINKS she killed Scott but no one even makes the effort to check, he didnt even get a funeral and no one even showed sadness that he died, Not even Xavier or Storm who knew him for years, ridiculous.
They're in the middle of a fairly desperate situation. Someone they believed to be dead has come back to life. The events of Scott's disappearance fairly logically takes a backseat.
Yes, not showing a funeral or some mourning is a weakness of the film on some level, but let's face it, other than Xavier, and Phoenix, and Magneto, who knows that Scott is truly dead? It is a forgiveable script issue, really, given the more pressing story needs of the film.
Fact is...they don't really seem to know what's going on with Scott. Only Xavier seems to truly "know", and he keeps it to himself. It's almost played as a surprise of sorts for the audience.
True, we could totally have seen them all screaming at the sky in grief.
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How could it not be? Aside from the writers and Tim Rothman, who else can the blame be put on?
Well, that depends on which element of the movie you have an issue with.
If your issue is Cyclops' treatment, take it up with Tom Rothman and James Marsden himself. Rothman, who hates Cyclops and essentially mandated smaller roles for him in all three films, and Marsden, who forced the studio's hand in a sense when he decided to follow Singer to SUPERMAN RETURNS.
If your issue is dialogue, take it up with the writers.
If your issue is music, take it up with the composer.
And so on and so forth.
Ratner is the director, yes, but he cannot control every element of the film, especially in this situation. He came into X3 to shoot a script that was already written, because another director, Matthew Vaughn, couldn't handle the pressure, and essentially abandoned the project. Ratner had little to do with developing the story, he handled some smaller casting details, and moved the third act bridge sequence to the third act, instead of the second, where it was part of a cameo-laden sequence that was deemed too expensive.
to me X3 feels really out of place now, it feels cheaper and more staged, forced, short and rushed.
"Cheaper"? Nope. Just not seeing that one.
Staged? In what sense?
It's shorter, it could probably have been longer, yeah.
As far as "rushed", yes, it moves quickly, but most of the scenes are paced similarly to relevant scenes in the other two films.
it was much more of a disappointment too. It had a lot more on its shoulders than a simple wolverine movie. There are just tiny things that needed to change in order to make x3 an outstanding movie... things that didn't even make sense as to why they DIDNT do them.
Like what?
