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Summary: X-2 Rules
Review: X-Men 2 is much much better then the original X-Men. If you liked the 1st X-Men, you would love X-Men 2. This movie is worth buying. When I saw it at the movie theatre, I loved it and I wanted to watch it again and again and again...
Hope you like the movie if you plan to see it.
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Summary: Excellent!!
Review: Great plot, great performance, great effects.... excellent movie! Better than the first. This is a must have!!
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Summary: The Best Action Movie Since Matrix1
Review: X-men 2 Is the best action movie, The first x men movie doesn't even compare to this movie, originality,action, and tops my expectations, and as a die hard fan. If you havent seen this movie dont worry its comming out November 25, or if you have no idea about x men dont worry the movie is understandable and amazing, the special effects were great and had new thrills as to the explaination of!, oops shouldn't spoil that for you well dont miss it!!
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Summary: Much Better Than the First
Review: Well, the writers and director finally got it right. This X-men is completely unlike the first. It's gritty, serious, and compelling. The performances of McKellan, Stewart, and Jackman are superb. The story is exciting, and although the final action sequence lasts a little too long, the special effects are electrifying. There's a good mix of comedy, hope, revelation, and double-crossing. The best part, of course, is that the "good guys" and "bad guys" have to team up to defeat the greater evil. The relationship is played very well by McKellan, and most of the other actors too. I even shed a tear at the end when one of the characters must make the greatest sacrifice. What can I say, I laughed, I cried, what a show. See it.
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Summary: 10 times better than the boring matrix reloaded
Review: very good movie except the script could be better. the graphic works are pretty neat. the president's casting is a bad choice, the guy looks more like a street brawler than a president, but definitely a republican. well, this series is more promising and more versatile than the wimpy and hyped 'matrix reloaded', the latter seems to lose its steam and direction in the making, replaying itself again and again with mindless and purposeless boring kung-fu fightings and boring graphics, while x-man and x2 so far are still good enough to keep it coming and alive.
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Summary: One of the greatest superhero films of all times!
Review: 'X2: X-Men United' is one of these few films that I can watch over and over again, and the more I see it, the more I fell in love with. A vast improvement from the first film, this one should be called 'X1', since the previous film took a lot of time introducing the characters. What makes 'X2' so special is how these characters come to live on the screen, not just as people dressed in costumes with super abilities, but as human beings. Like ourselves, they have their flaws and insecurities that no super power can compensate. This is the kind of film I really enjoy: character development over visual effects; something that the 'Star Wars' prequels and the last two 'Matrix' movies lack, unfortunately. Kudos for the very talented cast, even for those with little screen time (nice job, Cyclops), and hats off to Bryan Singer and his crew for bringing a comic book to life the right way, not Ang Lee's way.
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Summary: Unbelievable!
Review: Didn't think it was possible to improve on the original. Apparenly, it was very possible. This movie kicks butt! Exciting, funny, moving, great music, wonderful cast...it's got all the elements of a 5-star flick. The sequel expands on the intricacies of the characters, while still maintaining an exciting pace. I swear, it's almost as bad as Speed when it comes to having too many climaxes!!! LOL
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Summary: Don't listen to the losers...
Review: When I see a movie I might buy listed on Amazon, and the reviews are mostly great like this, I go in search of the bad reviews to see what the minority thought. What I generally found with the bad reviews of X2 here are people who apparently think Brian Singer should have just scanned the comic and done a slide show or something. Look people, read the comics and stay away from movies. They give it only one star because Iceman's skin didn't *ice* over, because Storm's eyes weren't blue, because in their minds Cyclops wasn't given enough screen time. Some of them gave it one star because they think they see a parallel to Star Trek 2. Grow up people. I submit most of this plankton decided that X2 stunk well before they saw it. These are people who wanted it to stink, and want you to believe them. So sad. My personal favorite is from a moron who said, "We know Pyro is bad so can't we just get on with it so we can enjoy a Pyro/Iceman fight?" Hey dummy, YOU know this, some us had better things to do growing up than read comics and watch cartoons. It's a continuous franchise, and you want the filmmakers to encapsulate all the traits and qualities of the characters in one movie, rather than watch them evolve into what you generally "know" about the character over time. Here's the deal: since as of this review the DVD is not out yet, I recommend that those of you who want the movie to be a carbon copy of the comic book, save the money you'd spend on this to perhaps take a date (if you can get one) out to a movie you might both enjoy. I read the bad reviews of X2 and all I see is the comic book guy from The Simpsons, refusing to like a quality show, with a quality story and cast shot by a quality director. This movie could have been a flawless classic, and they'd all hate it anyway simply because it wasn't a direct recreation of a comic or just because they are outcasts raging against anything popular, unlike them. It's classic, bitter-geek B.S. Go ahead and click on how this doesn't help... I didn't write this for you dummies. I wrote it for anyone considering putting any stock into your negative, self-important comments, not that they actually will, considering all the people who disagree with you. X2 is a good continuation of the first X-Men movie, well paced and well made. The opening sequence with Nightcrawler was an amazing way to start the film. I think he has become my favorite mutant not only with his abilities but with his take on life as a mutant.. His character showed how far special effects have come in filmmaking. I don't think I've ever seen a movie where the special effects were so seamless. From his transportation abilities to Mystiques shape-shifting between 4 or 5 characters in the span of a few seconds, everything looked and felt as though it was actually happening. One of the loudest pops the movie got was for a small character who could walk through walls, and her part was only 30 seconds long. The audience was completely taking in by everything that was happening, and having special effects that made everything flow smoothly was a big factor in that. Other stories were continued or added, such as the love triangle with Cyclops, Jean Grey and Wolverine, as well as seeing Iceman's relationship with his family, and his ongoing love affair with Rogue. And then of course *pyro* the one mutant who goes over to the bad guys, and the one mutant who doesn't make it out alive, but is seeming to metamorphose into a much bigger character. There were times however where the movie did slow down, which normally isn't bad, but when you have a movie with so much amazing action, any time it slows down, it feels like its crawling. In a normal movie it might feel like it flowed right along, but when you're going 100mph and you slow to 25mph, it hits you harder than if you're cruising along at 50mph the entire time.
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Summary: 3.5 for the X-Men follow-up
Review: Not a bad sequel. In fact, far from it. This movie was great, and the new characters were wonderful. I thought it lacked creativity and originality, however, and could have been a lot more involved with other characters (aside from Wolverine and the gang). It was good to see Magneto as a primary figure, and I would recommend this film to anyone who doesn't mind seeing a very similar-to-the-original film.
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Summary: A vast improvement over the original
Review: While I was more than a little disappointed in both the writing and production values of the first "X-Men" movie, the sequel more than makes up for the deficiencies of the original. "X-Men United" lives up to its name: Whereas the original X-Men movie was basically "Wolverine, guest-starring some X-Men," the sequel greatly expands the time we spend with the other characters, and all of them are the better for it, including a more compelling vision of Pyro than even the best of the comics has shown us. While the story picks up months after the original, this time, the story is bigger, grander, and more exciting. The film hits the ground running with an amazing sequence introducing the teleporting Nightcrawler, in an eye-popping attack on the Oval Office. Contrast this to the obviously foam rubber girders wrapped around the X-Men at the climax of the last film, and it's immediately obvious that the special effects this time around will be something to enjoy, not something to overlook, and so they are. As always, the acting, particularly by Hugh Jackman and Ian McKellan, is top-notch. The strong central presences of the films' Wolverine and Magneto continue to ground audiences in the larger-than-life world of the X-Men and with the tease in the last few moments of the film egging on comic fans, it'll be too long to wait for the third installment in this series. Recommended for superhero fans, including those who thought the first film didn't live up to its potential.
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