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X-Men 2
Wow what an ending! who would have thought, that the X-men would.... nah
i won't spoil it for you fellow fans!
Spoiler free KJ unbias X-men 2 review
Seriously though, much better than the first movie! Unlike the first uneven film which was too short, this one has the advantage of being funnier, more draw out, more action packed film than the last one. Strong connections to the first film are made barring the fact some characters are played by different actors (Pyro and Kitty) continuing on from the previous X-Men adventure, enough references throughout were made to the last film and the comics, basically everyone who laughed got it others just enjoyed the film.
Bryan Singer, Tom DeSanto, Avi Arad along with Mr & Mrs Donner (producers) made X-2 better. Lady Deathstrike Vs Wolverine was the only thing i thought wasn't as great as people bragged on about? but thats my opinion, there is plenty of things that were on a huge scale to match or top the battles seen. The ongoing Nightcrawler intro gag was side splitting funny, as was the character himself. Mystique was my favorite and does alot more covert stuff that she did in the first film. Personally i rank her and Magneto as the best double act combo due to her fighting skills and his powers which he manipulates to incredible degree thus making them top villains and uneasy partners to tag along with.
Bryan Singer's direction is incredible, everyone's wishes of X-2 making it big are confirmed today (here in the London's West End. at least) had he done Tom DeSanto's script, no doubt he would have done something incredible too. The film introduction is great, very similar to Superman 2's invasion of the White House by the three villains although with a different story behind it (Richard Donner and wife are just two of the producers of X-men 2) Everyones gonna wish some characters were used more but with a longer running time here are too many characters to play around with, Singer had his work cut out for himself on this picture.
Much better due to longer running time, regardless of Men in Black director Barry Sonnenfeld saying a movie only works best in a 90 mins style frame. All Superhero pics should be 2 hours or more to cram all of the story, romance, adventures, action, etc. A great day out, very enjoyable, if your a comics fan you'll ask about the hold Mystique/Nightcrawler mother and son thing from the comics. Sorry folks but this adaptation doesn't cover than fact? but watch the film for sly nods to comic book trivia (not as much as Daredevil had, but enough for comic geeks to talk about)
The Good
- Opening scenes
- Mansion Invasion
- Magneto's escape (come on, thats not a spoiler and you know it!)
- Most scenes with Mystique (hey singer made her better than the comic book version FACT)
- Pyro character behavior!
- Wolverine Vs Lady Deathstrike (not my personal favorite but someone will bring it up as their farvorite so here it is)
- Jean Grey (just watch her you'll know)
- Nightcrawler (nuff said)
- William Stryker (great human villain)
- White House invasion
I'll list the bad when enough of you have seen it this weekend so we can all discuss it on the Non-Galactica forum!
KJ
X-men 2 Thursday May 1st!
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