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donna_c_punk May 28 2006, 06:23:44 UTC
The more I think about it, the less I like it. Ratner had some good ideas there, but he never took the time to develop ONE of them.

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leggyslove May 28 2006, 06:25:22 UTC
He did, but everything jumped all over the place. Ah, maybe Singer will see it and realized what a dumbass he was for not doing this one.

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donna_c_punk May 28 2006, 06:32:38 UTC
I hope Singer sees it and sends Ratner a note:

"Dear Brett,

THANKS FOR FUCKING UP EVERYTHING I BUILT, ASSWIPE.

Professionally yours,
the Bry-guy."

Ratner did what I expected him to do - sacrifice character development and plotline development for the sake of a big summer action movie. Look at what each director's big movie was before they stepped into X. Singer: The Usual Suspects, a highly character-driven piece. Ratner: Rush Hour I & II. Both very entertaining purely action films.

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leggyslove May 28 2006, 06:35:11 UTC
Exactly. That's what this movie was, all action and no character.

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leggyslove May 28 2006, 07:18:26 UTC
*G* I have the song on my iPod.

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thdancingferret May 28 2006, 06:47:27 UTC
Yes, yes, yes and yes. Although I do like Bobby, I agree with pretty much everything else you said. I started worrying the moment I heard Singer *wasn't* doing it and well, Ratner did nothing to allay my fears. As you said, for what it is, it's an entertaining movie. I'm sure I'll buy it on DVD and hell, I'll probably end up buying the bootleg as soon as I see it on the street. But it could have ended up being so much more, so much better than it was and for that, I blame Ratner.

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donna_c_punk May 28 2006, 06:52:58 UTC
Honestly, and I have to throw some mud on Singer here, too, but I've been annoyed with how Bobby Drake's been handled since the beginning. Bobby Drake is one of my favorite "old school" X-Factor, original X-Men'ing days characters. He is NOTHING like this version in the film. Iceman is not like his codename - cold and boring. He was a jokester! The life of the party! The one who'd play pranks on everyone, even Scott, just to get people laughing. He's a fun guy! I don't know who the hell this comatose movie-verse version is supposed to be.

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leggyslove May 28 2006, 07:07:30 UTC
110% agreement with you there. Did not like what they did with Bobby.

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donna_c_punk May 28 2006, 07:44:25 UTC
I'm baffled on why they altered the personalities of a lot of these characters. I blame Storm on the choice of actress. Someone like ... Angela Bassett would've done a wonderful job portraying a statuesque African weather goddess. Berry's Storm was too weak, too unsure. Before she came to Xavier, she was being worshipped by an African tribe as a goddess! You think a goddess is going to be unsure of herself? Scott's boring in the books, but at least he DID something there, you know? I understand why Rogue's different. Her history in the films is different and she didn't spend years absorbing other people's personalities. That's how she became such a sassy little Southern flirt who says, "sugah" to everybody she meets.

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slave2haldir May 28 2006, 07:07:50 UTC
Serena was FANTASTIC in this movie. I'm totally overloading on him this week, as I saw Da Vinci code twice, X3 yesterday, and the whole trilogy (for the first time in MONTHS... stupid exams) a few days ago. Gahds, I love him so. And the chess thing was so badass. XD

I agree on a lot of stuff you wrote, especially about Jean, Scott and Rogue... I never read the comics, but I've been ranted to by my fanboy cousin enough to understand their characters pretty well... but overall it was pretty good for a movie. ^____^

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leggyslove May 28 2006, 07:18:58 UTC
Serena's fantastic in everything he does. :D

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slave2haldir May 28 2006, 07:29:29 UTC
HE TOTALLY IS omg. *loffs him*

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phoenixforhire May 28 2006, 07:30:06 UTC
Or hell, get Sam Raimi, he did an awesome job for Spider-Man.

YES. THAT WOULD OWN EVERYTHING. O_O

My opinions were very similar. Worth seeing it intheaters, but #2 was the best by far. And #1 beats this one with a really big stick.

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leggyslove May 28 2006, 20:23:36 UTC
Then Sam could put Bruce Campbell in the movie. *G*

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phoenixforhire May 29 2006, 03:45:02 UTC
YES. x}

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earendilgrey May 29 2006, 04:04:58 UTC
OH! Even just the thought of Bruce and X-men together! JOY!

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