AVEITWITHJAMON
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Watching X2 last night i just found myself becoming more and more saddened at what happened with X3. X2 is, IMO, a fabulous movie and i still get goosebumps at the end when Jean gives her voice over and the firebird appears under the water. But then i remember what comes next. I thought X3 might have lessened X2's impact but its a testament to X2's quality that it is still the same great movie and still has the same impact. However, the difference in quality between X2 and X3 is astounding to me personally. I know there are fans of X3 but this also applies to them in a way.
X2 was THE perfect set up for a long, exciting, action packed movie but with lots of heart and sad moments. The thing that makes X2 superior are just the little character moments, like Cyclops telling Jean 'I would never let anything happen you,' or the talk between Storm and Nightcrawler in the X-Jet, or th talk betwen Bobby and Wolverine in the kitchen or the look Pyro gives when he is burning the cops in the car or the subsequent look he gives Rogue when she absorbs some of his powers, or Rogue quietly thanking Nightcrawler for saving her life, or Magneto telling Pyro he is a 'God among insects,' or Magneto asking Wolverine what he will do once he gets to the spillway mechanism 'Scratch it with you claws.' Or the short exchange between Mystique and Nightcrawler. Not mention that Jean's 'death' scene is handled 100 times better than any death scene in X3. The movie just doesnt move onto the next action scene after this death scene and really focuses on the effects it has on the characters who witnessed it. You just dont get moments like these in X3 and they make more of a difference than anything, and you can notice that X3 is missing this.
Watching X2 i just think, HOW do you mess up a follow up to this, its just got to be impossible. But IMO, they really did mess up what not only could have been an amazing 3rd installment that truly would have rocked the socks off practically every X-Fan in the world (not all obviously), and really put this trilogy into the upper echelons of the great trilogy list and we would have finally had a comic book trilogy that people would name alongside LOTR and the original Star Wars trilogy. I mean its like they were TRYING to mess it up, its obvious they were more bothered about the release date than the quality of the movie. I just dont think i am ever going to get over this (film-wise, i dont cry myself to sleep at night or anything
) until we get another X-Men movie better than X2 and i cant see that happening for a good, good while unless Bryan Singer returns to the franchise or we get another quality film maker in. I mean, even fans of X3 must admit they are dissapointed when they look at what we could have got. I know nothing will change now but i just had to throw this out there after experiencing the joy of X2 again.
X2 was THE perfect set up for a long, exciting, action packed movie but with lots of heart and sad moments. The thing that makes X2 superior are just the little character moments, like Cyclops telling Jean 'I would never let anything happen you,' or the talk between Storm and Nightcrawler in the X-Jet, or th talk betwen Bobby and Wolverine in the kitchen or the look Pyro gives when he is burning the cops in the car or the subsequent look he gives Rogue when she absorbs some of his powers, or Rogue quietly thanking Nightcrawler for saving her life, or Magneto telling Pyro he is a 'God among insects,' or Magneto asking Wolverine what he will do once he gets to the spillway mechanism 'Scratch it with you claws.' Or the short exchange between Mystique and Nightcrawler. Not mention that Jean's 'death' scene is handled 100 times better than any death scene in X3. The movie just doesnt move onto the next action scene after this death scene and really focuses on the effects it has on the characters who witnessed it. You just dont get moments like these in X3 and they make more of a difference than anything, and you can notice that X3 is missing this.
Watching X2 i just think, HOW do you mess up a follow up to this, its just got to be impossible. But IMO, they really did mess up what not only could have been an amazing 3rd installment that truly would have rocked the socks off practically every X-Fan in the world (not all obviously), and really put this trilogy into the upper echelons of the great trilogy list and we would have finally had a comic book trilogy that people would name alongside LOTR and the original Star Wars trilogy. I mean its like they were TRYING to mess it up, its obvious they were more bothered about the release date than the quality of the movie. I just dont think i am ever going to get over this (film-wise, i dont cry myself to sleep at night or anything
) until we get another X-Men movie better than X2 and i cant see that happening for a good, good while unless Bryan Singer returns to the franchise or we get another quality film maker in. I mean, even fans of X3 must admit they are dissapointed when they look at what we could have got. I know nothing will change now but i just had to throw this out there after experiencing the joy of X2 again.
