So the wife and I finally got a movie for ourselves, can't remember the last time we watched a movie. We rented Xmen 3 and it was ok, I can see why people were disappointed.
Don't read if you don't want to know what happens....
I must say that the story was a bit of a let down. For starters killing Cyclops was lame as he is the leader of the Xmen and they sort in every movie down played his leadership and in this one killed him off.
Also I never really liked what they did with Rogue. In the comics she was this amazing force that could steal your powers but had some good ones of her own, flying and pretty strong as I recall.
The thing with Xmen is its a picture of race relations and how we view ourselves. It doesn't have to even be race, it could be class or culture warfare as well. And basically the "cure" to me gives mutants a cop out and allows you to change who you are, which to me is not what the comic book goes for. Its not a matter of choosing to be a mutant or a human its a matter of what are you going to do with your powers, seek peace and healing or domination. Rogue shouldn't have the choice to be a mutant or not, its who she is and the story of Xmen is the struggle to reconcile that in a world hostile to mutants.
SO that's one part I didn't like.
Another part that was annoying was the story didn't go the way the comic books go. Basically in the comics the humans are more fearful of the mutants and basically the world is embroiled in war and chaos, the giant robots attacking the mutants, humans fear the mutants and you have Magneto working to crush the humans, and xavier and his crew trying to heal the rift between mutants and humans with humans fearing and hating them. So,
Plus Xmen is a story, like most comic books, that doesn't end, so trying to put an ending point that brings conclusion and closure seems off to me.
But the part that annoyed me most, well not really, was Colossus... he is supposed to be Russian! He's my favorite character so to see him screwed up was annoying. Also Gambit never made an appearance though I was never a huge fan of his.
The next movie on our docket is the Sentinel with Keifer, Michael Douglas, looks pretty good. We also got a rain check for the break up so I'll hope to pick that up tomorrow or so. It really pays to find the movie they don't have in stock that's guaranteed in stock to get a free rental. "Yeah you guys are out of Leperchaun 7... I really want that one..." The trick is they always keep a spare behind the desk just in case, but the lady in front of us got it so we knew they were out. BOOOM, workin the system.
Posted by holtonian at October 29, 2006 06:31 PM | TrackBack