Taste is subjective, I know. I'm judging people who liked the movie... just judging the movie itself.
I did get the sense that it made a lot more sense to people who are familiar with the comics. I've only seen the movies, and to me, it did NOT in any way work as a sequel to the previous two. Meanwhile my friend jaydk was squeeing over all the comic references.
One of many examples: the previous two films built up Rogue as a major character, and I was just boggled that she was almost entirely dropped (and turned into a gigantic pussy) in favor of some other character named Kitty Pride(?) who came out of NOWHERE (to a movie fan). But jaydk was all "OMG, I love Kitty, she is so awesome in the comics."
My argument was that, seeing as this is a movie and not a comic, it should've been a continuation of the previous two films, not a barely strung together collection of comic book references. But I'm sure the comic fan had a totally different experience.
Still... what about having Wolverine give that clumsy "rah rah" speech? Or Halle Berry's continuing inability to act? Or the fact that no one really even cared when Scott died? (I mean, I hated Scott, and I still thought that was completely lame, especially after the huge deal everyone went through after Jean died in the previous film.) Or what about the inane teen-melodrama of Bobby using Xavier's funeral as an excuse to mack on Kitty (and cheat on Rogue with no apparent guilt)? Or the cliche of the bad guys all looking like teenage goth kids (I swear to god, we're NOT ALL EVIL, and the previous two films never would've sunk to that cheap, close-minded cliche). And why would Magneto need to move the bridge anyway? And why was the president suddenly all happy about mutants--was there no public outcry about the mutants killing bunches of soldiers and destroying the golden gate bridge? And who was that guy with wings and why was he even THERE? And what was the point of Dark Phoenix if she was just going to stand around glaring most of the time? Just... GAH. I HATED IT.
The previous two films really had an ideological underpinning and a strength to their perspective. This one was just an excuse to blow stuff up.
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I did get the sense that it made a lot more sense to people who are familiar with the comics. I've only seen the movies, and to me, it did NOT in any way work as a sequel to the previous two. Meanwhile my friend
One of many examples: the previous two films built up Rogue as a major character, and I was just boggled that she was almost entirely dropped (and turned into a gigantic pussy) in favor of some other character named Kitty Pride(?) who came out of NOWHERE (to a movie fan). But
My argument was that, seeing as this is a movie and not a comic, it should've been a continuation of the previous two films, not a barely strung together collection of comic book references. But I'm sure the comic fan had a totally different experience.
Still... what about having Wolverine give that clumsy "rah rah" speech? Or Halle Berry's continuing inability to act? Or the fact that no one really even cared when Scott died? (I mean, I hated Scott, and I still thought that was completely lame, especially after the huge deal everyone went through after Jean died in the previous film.) Or what about the inane teen-melodrama of Bobby using Xavier's funeral as an excuse to mack on Kitty (and cheat on Rogue with no apparent guilt)? Or the cliche of the bad guys all looking like teenage goth kids (I swear to god, we're NOT ALL EVIL, and the previous two films never would've sunk to that cheap, close-minded cliche). And why would Magneto need to move the bridge anyway? And why was the president suddenly all happy about mutants--was there no public outcry about the mutants killing bunches of soldiers and destroying the golden gate bridge? And who was that guy with wings and why was he even THERE? And what was the point of Dark Phoenix if she was just going to stand around glaring most of the time? Just... GAH. I HATED IT.
The previous two films really had an ideological underpinning and a strength to their perspective. This one was just an excuse to blow stuff up.
Sorry. Um. What did you like?