Snikkt

[nebulousmenace]

Apropos of NOTHING: Saw X-Men 2 this weekend.

Better than X-Men 1. A lot better. In fact, I had the geek version of "I want to be Nightcrawler when I grow up!"

I want to play superhero games now! Sadly my dance card is full. I'll have to just stick with CALLING DOWN LIGHTNINGS on people and things.

[Mad Hatter]

Also saw X-Men 2. Very good. I would disagree, though, I thought the first one was still superior. Still, X2 was a very strong sequel, bucking the trend there.

Nightcrawler is my favorite X-Man, from the days when I read the comic regularly, and I am generally disappointed with his portrayal since then. Being a die-hard partisan, though, I am hard to satisfy. I thought they made him too religious in the movie, a bit of departure (at least as I remember it). He had a very cool look though.

[LordGrunt]

I also saw it and Wolverine is the shit he kicked total ass in the movie. I was also a little disapointed when Colussus made only a cameo though he did put two guys through a wall. I also liked the actor they had for Pyro in the first movie better then this one. Plus the second was much better then the first though I am waiting for the big epoc mutant on mutant battles. And man they hopped around jumpin right into the Phoenix thing but its all good.

[luke]

The X-Men sequel was by far a superior product than its predecessor.

The plot in this film, however comic book it was, was much tighter than the first. All elements and all scenes drove toward the end, with little extraneous material. (Though some scenes were overlong). Wolverine's past tied to Magneto's imprisonment tied to Nightcrawler's first appearance tied to Professor X's dilemna tied deeply into the story's villain/conflict which gave a catalyst for Jean Grey to unleash the full extent of her powers and nearly brought down the Mutant Registration Act and triggered Days of Future Past.

A nice little package!

The additional half hour of the movie allowed for much needed character development. The performances were more relaxed, more heartfelt and just a lot more fun:
"This 'dorky little helmet' is going to protect me from the real badguys."

"You're a god among insects. Don't let anyone ever tell you otherwise."

"She's good."
"Oh, you don't know the half of it."

"You want to shoot me? GO AHEAD AND SHOOT ME!"

Delicious comic book antics! Of course I am heavily favoring Sir Ian, but the entire cast did a bang up job. (With the exception of one particular stormy role, that is.)

The effects and superhero action were light-years better than the first as well. The fight between Lady Deathstrike and Wolverine vs the fight between Sabretooth and Wolverine hardly bears comparing. Magneto's villainously secret base and electric fetishism in the first film is embarrassing to even recall, but his escape from plastic prison in this film was a stroke of comic book genius!

And I really liked Kurt. Considering how wild, violent, and "progressive" this film is (Mutant Rights can be taken as a metaphor for all sorts of modern day social problems), I was pleasantly surprised with Nightcrawler's zealous belief in the divine. It gave him and the world of the film another dimension. Why wouldn't a person/creature who could pass through space into another realm and reappear at another point in space believe in some higher power? Screw mutant genes! What science or rationale can explain that? That is divinity manifest!

I wish I had optic blasts.
-abzu

[LordGrunt]

I wish I had super healing....and of course metal bones and claws would be sweet
~Grunt :twisted:

[nebulousmenace]

Personally I wish I could control fire. . .not practical, but oh so much fun.