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May 14, 2003

if theyre not human, why are they called x-"men"?

nice wife-beater, bub..

so i saw x2 on sunday--FINALLY. not that ive been dyin to see it all yr, but i had planned on watchin it the first weekend it came out. then hearin from everyone (friends and critics alike) that it was good fueled my anticipation..

great movie--i thought it was much better than the first. more action, better action, fuller characters, and a stronger story. yeah, there were some flaws and things i wouldve like to have seen done differently. but very solid and cohesive..

wut really made the film for me, however, was its faithfulness to the comic book. and im not talkin so much on how the filmmakers made sure to match the right mutants to their correspondin powers and names (although thats always a good thing). but more in the effort they made to capture the authenticity of x-men: the chemistry between em (ie - the ice-cold relationship between wolvie and cyclops), or the insecurity they had despite how powerful they were (jean grey). or even gettin a glimpse of the wut makes a character tick (the anger burrowin in storm)..

i guess seein x2 was more than just watchin another movie--it was witnessin my favorite comic book come to life. utter euphoria. throughout the film, i was chucklin to myself over an inside joke or mutterin how great a small detail the filmmakers added was (just to make us x-geeks/freaks giddy). course, esther kept glarin over at me like i was some weirdo--or mutant..

and the endin was great--not just because a major character died, but because it was the perfect setup for arguably the best story in x-men history. at least, it better go that route..

the tapestry of x-men is so rich and i think the filmmakers did two things very well: 1) capture wut x-men is all about, and 2) not makin the idea of a group of super-powered outcasts bandin together to fight evil seem so ridiculous..

ill tell you though: my biggest complaint w/ the film has to do w/ halle berry. i mean she won an oscar, right? so wuts up w/ her droppin the african accent for storm altogether?! wut--she too "good" to do accents now??

well, i guess its better than that now-you-hear-it-now-you-dont one from the first film..

anyways, i gotta go find me a comic book store..

Posted by chars at May 14, 2003 10:59 PM

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