POLL: Best X-men movie?

[roguephoenix]

No I don't agree with that at all, that is not escapism, which is what movies are suppose to be and X3 did that

umm... movies are a form of art. art is meant to express some feeling or emotion. if they don't do that for you then either the movie was not executed properly or it's not for you. "escapism" is only one aspect of a film. if that's the only thing you're looking for in a movie, then that's all you'll enjoy. probably why some aspects of x1 and x2 didn't appeal to you since most of it dealt with emotions. but movies are NOT just supposed to be an escape.

X 3 is a result of 1 and 2, the war they keep talking about, it achieved its purpose

there was no war. it was just a quick battle. no substantial emotions were involved. war involves substantial emotions to convey various things like loss, urgency, pain, suffering, victory, etc. film based solely on just the battle sequences is nothing more than just eye candy and fun action. it is not x-men. which is why people who like x-men and the previous movie felt this was empty, to say the least. devoid of the basic impact such a culminating battle is supposed to have.

 

[Siwilliams]

umm... movies are a form of art. art is meant to express some feeling or emotion. if they don't do that for you then either the movie was not executed properly or it's not for you. "escapism" is only one aspect of a film. if that's the only thing you're looking for in a movie, then that's all you'll enjoy. probably why some aspects of x1 and x2 didn't appeal to you since most of it dealt with emotions. but movies are NOT just supposed to be an escape.

X 3 is a result of 1 and 2, the war they keep talking about, it achieved its purpose

there was no war. it was just a quick battle. no substantial emotions were involved. war involves substantial emotions to convey various things like loss, urgency, pain, suffering, victory, etc. film based solely on just the battle sequences is nothing more than just eye candy and fun action. it is not x-men.

Emotions? How about Xavier biting the dust? Or Wolverine having to kill Jean(Pheonix) or Cyclops getting the mysterious death? Battle? I would say it was a begining to a war

 

[roguephoenix]

X 3 is a result of 1 and 2, the war they keep talking about, it achieved its purpose

there was no war. it was just a quick battle. no substantial emotions were involved. war involves substantial emotions to convey various things like loss, urgency, pain, suffering, victory, etc. film based solely on just the battle sequences is nothing more than just eye candy and fun action. it is not x-men.

Emotions? How about Xavier biting the dust? Or Wolverine having to kill Jean(Pheonix) or Cyclops getting the mysterious death? Battle? I would say it was a begining to a war

exactly! it felt like a small part of something that needed to be bigger. the previous movies were tied, but also self contained. this felt like a rushed "piece" of a bigger picture.

sure the scene with xavier and jean was great. that was the only one that had any sense of loss. the battle was nothing. filled with characters that bit the dust that you didn't care for. cyclop's "death" did not have the impact it should have because he had a very short role and the dramatic interaction between jean and cyclops was pretty much not there plus we didn't see the finality of it. part of creating drama in a scene is leading people into it and not just dropping them off at that point and saying, "here's the drama, now feel sad."

wolvercrap having to kill phoenix was just absolutely stupid. it was the worst part of the movie as in no way that is even possible. no way he would be able to even get near her. if anyone had the chance it would have been storm. alas they had started to turn the x-men movies into the wolvercrap show so that was written in there. it was just a very *facepalm* inducing moment. again, it could have worked had that part not been severely rushed. what needed to happen there is jean was supposed to snap out of it for a moment enabling him to get to her. again, it lacked the proper setup for a dramatic moment.

it attempted to convey some emotion, some sense of danger and urgency, but since the director is not experienced in setting up that kind of situation he didn't know how. he's used to the fast paced action type movies which is all he's done.

dramatic moments require proper setups which if done incorrectly would have a failed outcome or less impact than intended.

 

[T'Baio]

I loved Wolverine's Super Indestructible Pants!

 

[Siwilliams]

I loved Wolverine's Super Indestructible Pants!

didn't you know? he borrowed them from the fantastic four

 

[T'Baio]

I loved Wolverine's Super Indestructible Pants!

didn't you know? he borrowed them from the fantastic four

In Bad Movie Land?

 

[Caretaker]

X2, with X-Men a close second.

The less said about X-Men The Last Stand, the better.

 

[roguephoenix]

I loved Wolverine's Super Indestructible Pants!

lol yea. he got them from the same place bruce banner gets his pants. whoever makes them is amazing cause they don't get destroyed for whatever reason and are able to grow many times their original size.

 

[Thrall]

None. Those films were Wolverine-wank.

 

[JacksonArcher]

"You picked the wrong house, bub!"

X2, of course.

 

[T'Baio]

I had to pick the first X-Men, simply because of more than a decade of thinking they could never get Wolverine right on film, that they would fuck it up, then seeing him in that ring, in Canada, and then later; "Ah saved your life..." "No you didn't." After that line, I was smiling and thinking; holy shit...they did it.

 

[Siwilliams]

I loved Wolverine's Super Indestructible Pants!

didn't you know? he borrowed them from the fantastic four

In Bad Movie Land?

way to exaggerate and jump to conclusions, who said I was talking about the movies??

 

[darthraidr]

another vote for "None"

they all have good bits, but as a whole, they aren't very good. the team aspect has never rang true... wolverine works, professor x works, mystique works, magneto and rogue work at times... then everyone one else pops up and they really muddy the water.

most characters seem to exist so fans can check off characters/events. Colosus? check. Stryker? check. Beast? check. Angel? check. Wolverine vs. Sabertooth? check. Rogue hair streak? check. X-jet? check.

 

[Siwilliams]

I wonder why X-Men the animated series never came out with a movie

 

[John Clark]

I enjoyed all three, but for order of preference, it's probably 2, 1 then 3

I'll have to dig them out and re-watch them

 

[Meat Tenderizer]

They we're all decent enough movies, but third one had an incoherent plot. The first and second were about equal.

 

[Siwilliams]

X3 then X2 then X1

X1 was so boring that the only thing that redeems it is the Wolverine and Sabertooth fight scene on the Statue of liberty

 

[stj]

No one noticed how boring the draggy end of X-Men 2 is? Or how peculiar "Jean" is?

Believe me, folks, the rule of thumb that the quality is 1/sequel # of the original still holds. X-Men.

 

[Siwilliams]

X1 was draggy all over the place

 

[RAMA]

Without a doubt X-Men 3. But I know I am in the minority. X-2 is a close second.

RAMA