So this past week I watched X-Men. And then I watched X2. And then I watched X-Men: the Last Stand. So I get that you can figure out which one is first, second, or third in this trilogy, but why the hell do they have to name these movies so inconsistenly. I mean, what's wrong with X-Men 2. Psh to 20th Century.
Anyways, that's what I did for a week.
The funny thing is, I thought this series would suck. I guess it's cuz I watched Spider-Man 3 right before I watched the X-Men movies.
Yeah so you can guess that I kinda like these movies. But you know, they're not perfect. And I'm gonna briefly talk about each one and then sum it all up.
X-Men
This movie was awesome. It brought you deep into the storyline of a race of mutants whose DNA diverged from the majority of the human population, thus giving them unique abilities that normal humans wouldn't have. If you're familiar with the X-Men series, then you'll recognize such characters as Wolverine, Cyclops (douche), Jean Grey, Rogue, and Professor Charles Xavier. In the beginning of the movie, you follow the story of Rogue as she runs away from home. Her ability is to be able to suck out life force and gain abilities from whoever she touches. Because her power is dangerous to her loved ones, she decides to flee. She ends up meeting Wolverine and shortly after gets attacked by other mutants. The X-Men come to save her and take both Wolverine and Rogue to Charles Xavier's mansion/school thing for mutants. Magneto, the leader of the opposing force of mutants, plans to mutate all of the normal human beings in order to make them like himself and his fellow comrades. In doing this, he hopes to get rid of their fear of mutants. However, this machine kills people after a short period of mutation, and it is the X-Men's job to stop him. And that's the first movie in a paragraph.
X2
This is my favorite out of the three. Magneto isn't the main villain in this one. Instead it's a scientist named Striker who wants to kill all mutants. Since all mutants now have a common enemy, Magneto teams up with the X-Men. I'm not gonna go all into detail, because if you weren't hooked at the description of the first movie, you're not gonna like this one.
X-Men: The Last Stand
The final movie in the trilogy, Magneto resumes his position as the villain and again wants to wipe out humanity. The humans are not completely defenseless though. They have developed a cure to the mutants that comes in the form of a cartridge on a needle. These are used in place of bullets in guns so now the humans can fight for their cause. [SPOILER ALERT, IF YOU DON'T LIKE SPOILERS DON'T READ THIS PART: Magneto must seriously hack of something. He got stabbed with 4 doses of mutant cure and he still has his power. What the fuck.]
Good job Marvel. Continue to make movies like THIS. Or better. Because these, again, were not completely flawless. But why start with the bad. Here are some of the things I liked about this movie.
What's the first thing you notice in all three of these movies? How about some CGI? The movies can't be done without them. And since these movies require CGI for their effects, they sure did a great job with them. It was very enjoyable to watch and I caught myself staring at some of the effects rather than watch the actual movie.
The storyline is pretty captivating. Even though I've never actually read an X-Men comic book in my life, I could easily enter the world of the mutants and pick up on some of the main elements that I needed to understand in order to get the full effect out of the movie.
And good job killing off Cyclops. What a douche. Oh whoops, was that a spoiler?
Anyways, there were some things that I didn't like about the movies. One main complaint I have is about the actual character representation. You know what I'm talking about. The first example that comes into my head is Wolverine. But before I get into that, let's talk about the other X-Men. Storm, Cyclops, Jean Grey...they all have pretty unique powers. But they don't really have flashy suits. Even in the comic books. So it's fine if in the movie they just wear all black. But wait. What the hell? Wolverine? Why the hell are you wearing black? That is not what I wanted to see. I mean, ok so the comics were made a while back, but that doesn't mean you can just change up the costumes to fit the time. Costumes are costumes. Bring them back. I mean, it just doesn't fit him. Even Cyclops has his weird optic whatever beam thing on his head that makes him look all retarded. Why not for Wolverine? What I want is some hot slashing action with yellow spandex and black mask with the fin thingies on the top.
Another character with an inaccurate representation isn't as much of a bother, as he only appears in the third movie. This character is Juggernaut. If I remember correctly, Juggernaut, as a dictionary definition, means "a massive inexorable force." WHY IN THE ASS IS HE THE SAME SIZE AS THE REST OF THE CHARACTERS? Ok so here's a picture of him in the movie:
And now here's a picture as he's portrayed in the comic book series:
See the difference? It was pretty considerate of them to have him make an appearance, but I'd rather him not show up at all than have him so embarassingly small. (Is that a word..? I got red-squiggly-line'd)
Another issue I have with this movie is that there are some parts, not a lot, but some parts that just make you wonder what they were thinking. One main example is that characters just die and get killed off and then some just miraculously come back to life. Is that realistic? Oh wait...are mutants realistic? Well they got me there.
So overall, this is a series worth watching. It's probably good if you like a lot of action, cuz that's what you'll get in ass-kicker.
X-Men: 8.5/10
X2: 9/10
X-Men The Last Stand: 8/10
