I'm the Juggernaut Bitch Review
Intsead of completely comparing X3 to the previous films, might as well compare it to other sequels similiar to it. It's by no means a Batman and Robin, but it's quite like another "X" sequel, xXx: State of the Union.
To start off; the action since this is an action oriented comic. Overall I was bored to tears. This isn't to say there weren't some great moments. I think one of the better moments was during the danger room, Colossus gave Rogue a bit of his power in order to protect her from a debris attack. Juggernaut vs. Wolvie was incredible. Wolvie vs. Morlock Guards was decent enough, but other than that every other battle seemed old hat.
The next thing that most people would want to know is, what about the mutant powers? How were they used? Were they cool as fuck? As I mentioned before, some powers were used creatively, Magneto had his moments but as the movie progressed it became clear to make Magneto the equivalent of a metal tossing catapult than being a master of magentism. The very first use of Jean's powers in the first scene was amusing enough but as the movie progressed there's so much of a Hey look at me, I'm a destructive force overload it fails to actually instill any real fear in the audience.
It's hard to say what they were trying to do with the mutant powers. I imagine they were trying to stuff in so many cameos/mutant possiblities, in such a way to distract at how bad the rest of the film is. There is a lot of "introduction of powers" scenes in the film, that were produced for the sole reason of showing off a power or ability. But it lacked the certain natural introduction of the previous two films.
An example would be Kitty in X1 being like a typical student forgetting her book and then just phasing through a closed door after her fellow classmates. Iceman in X2 creating an icewall not to seperate them from Stryker's men, but also seperating Wolverin from Stryker himself. But in X3 it almost felt like a mutant audition. Even Magneto asked one mutant: "What's your power?" as if he was prepping an amateur for some porn shoot. Basically, powers were expressed in such a way that was more like the comic than a basic action film. The imaginative use of powers descresed greatly with this film. It's one thing to see Pyro set off cars and send them into the air. It's just really boring to see it happen again, only this time with Magneto as his B-assist tossing the cars for him.
Finally, the dialogue. Guess what? My feelings of deja-vu in comparing the dialogue to Triple X wasn't all that far off. Guess who worked on the screenplay of X3? Simon Kinberg the same guy who wrote xXx: 2. I'll just leave it at that.
I'm by no means a comic book purist, in fact I wasn't really intrested in this film in the first place. It might have been AICN swaying me a bit with it's talkback and weekly rumours of the slightly change. I wouldn't go so far as to say: "This isn't X-men" because I imagine to there is enough people here and everywhere who believe it is. But it does bring up the point, do we want the films to exist and be produced so haphazardly to remind us of the comics only by reference and not by the nature of the film? Do we want these adaptions to exist even though they are more like a common movie than another genre by itself?
To start off; the action since this is an action oriented comic. Overall I was bored to tears. This isn't to say there weren't some great moments. I think one of the better moments was during the danger room, Colossus gave Rogue a bit of his power in order to protect her from a debris attack. Juggernaut vs. Wolvie was incredible. Wolvie vs. Morlock Guards was decent enough, but other than that every other battle seemed old hat.
The next thing that most people would want to know is, what about the mutant powers? How were they used? Were they cool as fuck? As I mentioned before, some powers were used creatively, Magneto had his moments but as the movie progressed it became clear to make Magneto the equivalent of a metal tossing catapult than being a master of magentism. The very first use of Jean's powers in the first scene was amusing enough but as the movie progressed there's so much of a Hey look at me, I'm a destructive force overload it fails to actually instill any real fear in the audience.
It's hard to say what they were trying to do with the mutant powers. I imagine they were trying to stuff in so many cameos/mutant possiblities, in such a way to distract at how bad the rest of the film is. There is a lot of "introduction of powers" scenes in the film, that were produced for the sole reason of showing off a power or ability. But it lacked the certain natural introduction of the previous two films.
An example would be Kitty in X1 being like a typical student forgetting her book and then just phasing through a closed door after her fellow classmates. Iceman in X2 creating an icewall not to seperate them from Stryker's men, but also seperating Wolverin from Stryker himself. But in X3 it almost felt like a mutant audition. Even Magneto asked one mutant: "What's your power?" as if he was prepping an amateur for some porn shoot. Basically, powers were expressed in such a way that was more like the comic than a basic action film. The imaginative use of powers descresed greatly with this film. It's one thing to see Pyro set off cars and send them into the air. It's just really boring to see it happen again, only this time with Magneto as his B-assist tossing the cars for him.
Finally, the dialogue. Guess what? My feelings of deja-vu in comparing the dialogue to Triple X wasn't all that far off. Guess who worked on the screenplay of X3? Simon Kinberg the same guy who wrote xXx: 2. I'll just leave it at that.
I'm by no means a comic book purist, in fact I wasn't really intrested in this film in the first place. It might have been AICN swaying me a bit with it's talkback and weekly rumours of the slightly change. I wouldn't go so far as to say: "This isn't X-men" because I imagine to there is enough people here and everywhere who believe it is. But it does bring up the point, do we want the films to exist and be produced so haphazardly to remind us of the comics only by reference and not by the nature of the film? Do we want these adaptions to exist even though they are more like a common movie than another genre by itself?
2 Comments:
I watched X2 the same day after watching X3 and the difference stood out as overwhelming. Not having seen X2 or 1 for a long time before X3 I had forgotten to a degree, but what I realized watching X2 (the best film of the series) is that Brett Ratnor is straightforward to his detriment. A cigar is *always* a cigar. Bryan Singer made EVERY shot more dynamic than a Jack Kirby panel, even what would traditionally be a sedate regular shot.
That having been said I did like the whole killing everyone off thing.
Although the Xavier not dead at the end after the credits worked, I don't know how I feel about it yet...
-Mike
Also the porcupine guy ... what the fuck was that guy? He has to hug someone to kill them? He's not a bad ass. I doubt that would even kill anyone. puncture the skin and sting a bit, but kill you?! They have like... 2 inch reach and look flimsy. Why was he an A-lister on Magneto's team? He's USELESS. And that soundwave clap chick that looked like what Prince would look like if he was a retarded goth with breasts. Man... the writer should be shot.
-Mike
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