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

[irfikos.livejournal.com]

I'm not a huge Superman fan but I'm looking forward to the new movie. I just saw X3 & posted my own review. I'm not so much angry as I am disappointed.

Oh, and... um... regarding your previous (locked) post, who is the new singer? I've heard various contradictory reports. Some were frightening. ::is wary::

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

Well, they've got one main singer, plus various guest singers depending where they are. There was no guest singers at the show I was at, but I heard Mark Lanegan was at one of the shows (that I'd kill to have seen). I did see VH1's special on Heart, where they played one song with Phil Anselmo from Pantera, and dedicated the show to "Layne Staley and Dimebag."

The main guy is named William DuVall, from a band called Comes with the Fall. I'd never heard of him before, but like I said, I didn't hate him. He had a vocal range similar to Layne's, and sang all the songs correctly. Of course, he had nothing like the passion/charisma/darkness/beauty of Layne, but he did have an enthusiastic stage presence and good interaction with Jerry.

I mean, obviously he was in no way equal to Layne, but given the circumstances, it could've been a lot worse. (Perhaps my opinion was aided by having seen Phil Anselmo first--I was much relieved to find out he was only a guest singer and that the actual guy was way better.)

[irfikos.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Anselmo was who I had heard bandied about the most. And I do like Pantera when I'm in the proper mood (I've found that post-breakup/anger stage is particularly proper). But I just don't see his as being... right for that band.

Mark Lanegan? Would have been AMAZING! Not imitating Layne or anything, but certainly fitting that band well. A different sound, but well-suited, I'd say.

Now I'm wondering if this DuVall guy is the guy I saw playing with Jerry at the show I went to a few years ago. In fact, I think maybe Comes with the Fall was the opening act. They opened for Jerry and then this guy came out and played with Jerry for his set. He looks really familiar. And as I recall, he was really great singing the Layne parts for the Alice in Chains songs Jerry did. So I am well-pleased that he got the gig as the sorta-semi-permanent AIC guy. Go, him!

Still... I would have loved to have seen Maynard from Tool performing with them. I can see that working reeeeeaaally well.

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've liked some Pantera, but he was just so wrong for AIC.

Mark Lanegan is just wonderful. It would've been particularly moving to hear him sing with AIC because he sings one of my all time favorite songs, WITH Layne, Mad Season's "Long Gone Day."