So, You Say There's a Cure?
May. 23rd, 2006 11:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eggwardsHi, yep, it's me. I know I've been quiet lately as it's been very busy and i've been valuing sleep over journaling. I know, I'm crazy.
So, we went out to see X-Men: The Last Stand tonight, and it was fascinating as the X-Men open up a Pig Stand restaurant in far off Nevada. Hilarity ensues, especially as they make Iceman cook. Wolverine is a great with a knife, though.
Seriously, I'll give it a thumbs up, and Chris will give it a thumbs down. Way down. Remember, he reads Marvel, and I read DC, so he's the bigger authority on characters and story line.
Chris's main beef, is that there were a lot of plot points that were never fully developed, or action sets that were put into place with little or no reason, and for that, we agree. I guess I was able to let go a little more, and just let it happen, which is surprising, as I'm usually the nit-picker. don't get me started on the original Stargate.
Let's just say that character motivations, especially those of the supporting players, seem to be very off, or poorly thought out, and a few characters quickly become mearly set dressing, and instruments of a winding plot. While Magneto's chance to chew up the scenery for a big cause is one thing, he certainly doesn't seem to be as intelligent as he was in the past two movies. In fact, no one does.
Of course the crux of the plot is the cure for the X gene, the cause of human mutations. The debate of whether it's right to cure those who aren't necessarily sick is a great basis for a story, and certainly thought provoking for us gay fan boys, it's amazing how fast the actual debate is discarded.
Here's one thing, they introduce Angel, a young man with wings, at first, he's trying to hide them from his parents, but when he's one of the first to be able to take the cure, he runs - well, flies away. Is he now accepting of his wings? Funny, he was trying to hack them off in a flashback. We'll never know, because he's only given about 5 lines in the entire movie.
The subplot - the one all the fanboys have been waiting for...well, don't waste your breath. Yep, she's powerful, but Jean Grey has about as many lines as Angel. Certainly a waste of the X-Men's most famous and celebrated storyline.
Hmm, well, it seems like I'm being taken to the dark side here. I'll still give it a thumbs up for some nice, fun fight scenes and some big time destruction, and at least an interesting premise even though it's never carried to fruition. If you do go, do stay after the credits for a little extra.
I will say that I love Sir Ian McKellen who certainly spices up any scene that he's in. He does make a good villain, doesn't he?
So, we went out to see X-Men: The Last Stand tonight, and it was fascinating as the X-Men open up a Pig Stand restaurant in far off Nevada. Hilarity ensues, especially as they make Iceman cook. Wolverine is a great with a knife, though.
Seriously, I'll give it a thumbs up, and Chris will give it a thumbs down. Way down. Remember, he reads Marvel, and I read DC, so he's the bigger authority on characters and story line.
Chris's main beef, is that there were a lot of plot points that were never fully developed, or action sets that were put into place with little or no reason, and for that, we agree. I guess I was able to let go a little more, and just let it happen, which is surprising, as I'm usually the nit-picker. don't get me started on the original Stargate.
Let's just say that character motivations, especially those of the supporting players, seem to be very off, or poorly thought out, and a few characters quickly become mearly set dressing, and instruments of a winding plot. While Magneto's chance to chew up the scenery for a big cause is one thing, he certainly doesn't seem to be as intelligent as he was in the past two movies. In fact, no one does.
Of course the crux of the plot is the cure for the X gene, the cause of human mutations. The debate of whether it's right to cure those who aren't necessarily sick is a great basis for a story, and certainly thought provoking for us gay fan boys, it's amazing how fast the actual debate is discarded.
Here's one thing, they introduce Angel, a young man with wings, at first, he's trying to hide them from his parents, but when he's one of the first to be able to take the cure, he runs - well, flies away. Is he now accepting of his wings? Funny, he was trying to hack them off in a flashback. We'll never know, because he's only given about 5 lines in the entire movie.
The subplot - the one all the fanboys have been waiting for...well, don't waste your breath. Yep, she's powerful, but Jean Grey has about as many lines as Angel. Certainly a waste of the X-Men's most famous and celebrated storyline.
Hmm, well, it seems like I'm being taken to the dark side here. I'll still give it a thumbs up for some nice, fun fight scenes and some big time destruction, and at least an interesting premise even though it's never carried to fruition. If you do go, do stay after the credits for a little extra.
I will say that I love Sir Ian McKellen who certainly spices up any scene that he's in. He does make a good villain, doesn't he?
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Date: 2006-05-24 12:58 pm (UTC)poorly-writtenStar Wars "prequels," it seemed that the whole franchise is just there to introduce as many characters as possiblefor pure marketing purposes(wait..yeah!) for pure marketing purposes. Forget character development.no subject
Date: 2006-05-24 02:22 pm (UTC)I'm not sure why everyone was thinking this was going to be the best one ever when it lost it's original (and gay) director. I've got very low hopes for this film, so maybe that will help when seeing it.
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