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By Skullfire May 6, 2003 12:25 AM
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X2 or X-Men United it's finally here. As a fan of Marvel Comics, I'm not disappointed with the treatment given to the characters (again, they look real enough) and also, entertained with the pack of action scenes during more than two hours. The whole movie kept me smiling, I was never bored, and I take that as a merit of Bryan Singer: he knows how to mix suspense with unreal fights. Specially great are the opening scene with Nightcrawler attacking the President, and also the aerial chase of the Blackbird, with the display of several powers.
The leading role goes, like in the prequel, to Wolverine; but with all the other characters, the story it's not entirely focussed on him. We can see, in a couple of cameos, Dr.Hank McCoy giving and interview about the mutant issue, Colossus using his power for an instant, the name Remy Lebeau (Gambit) on a list of most wanted, Shadowcat passing through the floor, Jubilee, and a lot more of the school's children. The relationship of Rogue and Iceman is developed (we know a little of his past too), like the "dark side" of Pyro; the flirt between Jean and Logan continues.
The main story takes place around a year later, with Wolverine coming back after he didn't found anything of his past, just in time to deal with crisis caused by Nightcrawler. The team splits: Professor Xavier and Cyclops go to see Magneto in the plastic prison to find what he knows about the assasination attempt, Jean and Ororo (Girl Power!) track Nightcrawler, and Wolverine stays in the mansion as a babysitter. At the same time, we see that Stryker, the bad guy controlling it all, persuades the President to launch a "preventive attack" again the school, with the info he gets from Magneto. Quickly, starts the big action, with Wolverine unleashed against the assault team, then heroes on the run, Xavier gets captured, Magnus escapes, and the X-Men and the Brotherhood joining forces to stop Stryker, condimented all of this with couples of chats and lots of FX.
Before giving another spoiler, I prefer to make some remarks about the actors:
Patrick Stewart / Professor Xavier: He's correct in his role, showing the he wasn't casted for being bald.
Ian McKellen / Magneto: When will this guy get an Oscar? Less lines than in the first movie, but he's the only one who can say those ironic comments after an impressive display of power.
Hugh Jackman / Wolverine: I still don't know if this guy is cool, or the character is, and he was just in the right time and the right place.
Halle Berry / Storm: She spent a few minutes on screen, but she's so gorgeus that you didn't notice that. Again, included in the best action scene.
Famke Janssen / Jean Grey: Sooooooo sexy... Major role in X3.
James Mardsen / Cyclops: Almost no time at all. But he will also have a major role in X3 too (get it, fans?)
Rebecca Romjin / Mystique: She's not a supporter in this one, but a leading character. Pay attention when she's transformed in a super-model.
Brian Cox / William Stryker: He plays an excellent bastard.
Alan Cummings / Nightcrawler: The guy's a buffoon. But fits perfectly in the character, whose teleporting scenes always saves the day.
Anna Paquin/ Rogue: Won an Oscar once, and shows why. Also, check when she's running on a neglige, she's no longer a teenager.
The boys playing Iceman and Pyro are good in their parts, like Kelly Hu as Yuriko, who says only three words but has a great fight with Wolverine.
In conclusion, it's fun, pure entertainment with fine FX, a perfect cast with a virtuose director. Quit of your head Matrix Reloaded or T3 for a while, it's not, like it isn't in the Top Ten of all movies ever. But along with the first one, it's still the best comic adaptation I have seen.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 6, 2003 1:50 AM
It's set about a week after the first movie, not a year. But I suppose it was okay, the FX for Nightcrawlers' teleporting was pretty good.
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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on May 6, 2003 7:41 AM
How do you know it's only a week?
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 6, 2003 11:20 AM
It wouldn't take Logan a year to get to Canada, check out the "abandoned" installation, and get back to the institute.
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Posted by Jack (jack@dtheatre.com) on May 6, 2003 11:45 AM
Yeah, the opening scene with Nightcrawler made it all worth while.
Tip: In a pointless yet over-budgeted sequel use more action scenes.
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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on May 6, 2003 3:06 PM
Yeah, but it's too little time for Stryker to built another Cerebro, considering he started to "talk" with Magneto a couple of days ago.
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Posted by Loath (loath@dtheatre.com) on May 6, 2003 3:14 PM
(insert humourous comment about Canada's transit system here)
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 7, 2003 6:25 AM
No, he only started building it once he'd stripped down Dr Xaviers one.
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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on May 7, 2003 6:41 AM
Maybe he used a mutant architect.
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Posted by Loath (loath@dtheatre.com) on May 7, 2003 1:31 PM
I think he said something about having made one, but only needing certain pieces from the working one that Xavier had. I don't remember clearly, though.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 8, 2003 5:03 AM
A mutant whose special power is that he can plaster your wall quite well.
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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on May 8, 2003 7:18 AM
I bet there's one in Marvel Comics.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 9, 2003 5:29 AM
On the DVD for Spiderman there's like this big documentary and there show loads of old ideas and actual concepts they came up with for superheros and they actually had things like a boy who could bounce on his huge ass and something called carrot-man.
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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on May 9, 2003 7:41 AM
I remember once Spiderman hadn't his costume with him, so he put a supermarket bag on his head and called himself "Bombastic Bag Man", claiming that he got his powers in an accident involving groceries.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 13, 2003 5:32 AM
Now you're just being silly.
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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on May 15, 2003 9:23 AM
Hey, I didn't write that issue.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 19, 2003 4:49 AM
I remember the issue where they had the Twin Towers coming down, I thought it was in quite bad taste.
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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on May 20, 2003 8:21 AM
They should have one against Saddam or something.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 21, 2003 5:27 AM
Yes, Spiderman invites Saddam to come live with him, it could be like the odd couple; one is a photographer by day but by night becomes the amazing Spiderman while the other is a sadistic former dictator who loves noghting more than commiting mass genicide. Sounds like it would be an interesting issue.
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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on May 21, 2003 5:32 PM
So Peter Parker is republican?
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 22, 2003 6:45 AM
Is he?
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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on May 22, 2003 8:33 PM
If Rumsfeld gave him a medal, Parker can give Saddam a room...
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 23, 2003 5:38 AM
He's a nice guy.
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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on May 28, 2003 7:56 AM
Which one?
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 30, 2003 5:18 AM
Peter Parker because he picked a piece of pickled pepper.
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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on May 30, 2003 10:48 AM
Do one with Saddam.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 4, 2003 5:06 AM
Saddam sought solace with seven sodomites of satan.
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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on June 5, 2003 7:42 PM
You're so talented.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 6, 2003 5:22 AM
Yes, that's why I'm wasting my time here.
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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on June 6, 2003 7:45 PM
Go to Geraldo's.
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 9, 2003 5:08 AM
Where's that?
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Posted by Skullfire (hulacete@ubbi.com) on June 9, 2003 12:17 PM
In the Rivera.
you idiot. reply
Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 12, 2003 6:07 AM
Okey dokey matey dee!
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on September 10, 2003 1:17 PM
I wish i could, but canada sucks, except for BRET HART
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