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snugglekittyCut for those who haven't seen it yet.
A lot of folks have been posting things about not liking this movie much.
I didn't like it much myself (especially compared to the first two) but I have different reasons from the ones I've seen others posting.
1) No Nightcrawler.
2) New characters that we don't get real introductions to. Yes, Kitty Pryde phases through walls. What about the way that she's a total clown, and always pushing to be an X-man before she's fully matured? Yes, Colossus turns to steel. What about his big issues with class consciousness and serving his home country?
3) That was supposed to be Callisto? What?
4) Why didn't Logan "cure" Jean Grey instead of killing her outright?
5) The saying isn't "traitors to the known cause." It's "known traitors to the cause." Also, Magneto is supposed to be a super-genius and I just didn't think that came through in this movie. Honestly, when Mystique lost her powers, I thought that he would treat her as a fallen comrade that needed to be put out of her misery - wouldn't that have been creepy and appropriate?
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bearsir that the character plot stuff happened too fast.
I liked the plotlines they used, though. "A cure for mutants" has always been one of my favorite X-men plotlines. And I really liked the way they did the Phoenix stuff - her powers being out of control, her being lost to herself, but in some ways being happier than she's ever been. I find both of those resonant. And the visuals were awesome. Still, it didn't compare to the first two.
A lot of folks have been posting things about not liking this movie much.
I didn't like it much myself (especially compared to the first two) but I have different reasons from the ones I've seen others posting.
1) No Nightcrawler.
2) New characters that we don't get real introductions to. Yes, Kitty Pryde phases through walls. What about the way that she's a total clown, and always pushing to be an X-man before she's fully matured? Yes, Colossus turns to steel. What about his big issues with class consciousness and serving his home country?
3) That was supposed to be Callisto? What?
4) Why didn't Logan "cure" Jean Grey instead of killing her outright?
5) The saying isn't "traitors to the known cause." It's "known traitors to the cause." Also, Magneto is supposed to be a super-genius and I just didn't think that came through in this movie. Honestly, when Mystique lost her powers, I thought that he would treat her as a fallen comrade that needed to be put out of her misery - wouldn't that have been creepy and appropriate?
I very much agree with
bearsir that the character plot stuff happened too fast.I liked the plotlines they used, though. "A cure for mutants" has always been one of my favorite X-men plotlines. And I really liked the way they did the Phoenix stuff - her powers being out of control, her being lost to herself, but in some ways being happier than she's ever been. I find both of those resonant. And the visuals were awesome. Still, it didn't compare to the first two.