I want Bryan Singer back

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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

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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.

Wow. Yeah, I gotta say - reading through your list of questions, they're all excellent points, and pretty much all of them can only be explained as comic storyline shout-outs (such as the reason why all of Magneto's supporters looked like goths - they were meant to be a particular gang of mutants called the Morlocks who always dressed like that, because in the mid-'80s it seemed highly cutting-edge). So... yeah, as a followup film to X2, this is something totally else.

I suppose like they could've made more of an issue out of how much time has passed since Jean died, if they wanted to sell all this new material to an audience that wasn't familar with the comic franchise. But I'm not sure even that would've worked - I think I could count 10 or more comic storylines they blenderized to get this movie, which is pretty unwieldly all told, and that still doesn't explain why Rogue was suddenly a bit player. As a strict continuity to the film franchise... yeah. I see your point.