I want Bryan Singer back

[rusty_halo]

Haven't seen X-Men 3 yet?

Here's what to do:

Put X2 in your DVD player. Turn out the lights and turn the volume up.

Appreciate the depth of the story. Revel in the nuance, the complexity, the layers. Enjoy the fact that even the "villains" are treated as three-dimensional characters, that the metaphor is explored in a variety of intriguing ways, that the various storylines are so perfectly woven together. Realize how carefully the events are foreshadowed, and how genuine the emotion is, how honestly you believe the relationships between the characters.

Preserve your memories of the first two films... and save your money for Superman Returns.

--one pissed off former X-Men movie fan

(On the other hand, if you want to see inane action movie cliches, characters acting like they're possessed by really boring puppets, stuff blowing up, pointless comic book shoutouts, and not a single drop of complexity or genuine emotion ... yeah, go see X-Men 3.)

Comments

[chase820.livejournal.com]

Oh my. I'd heard it wasn't good, but I'd no idea it was this bad.

Brett Ratner sinks yet another franchise. *Sigh*

Oh well, we'll always have X1 abd X2

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I had to watch X2 last night to clean out my brain. Bleargh.

Damn you, Brett Ratner!

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

Oh, and it wouldn't have been so bad if it was just "Generic Comic Book Movie #348." It's the fact that the previous two were so good that made this one such a travesty.