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Summary: No Match for Spider-Man....
Review: Well this book shows what a no talent hack Singer was. He made all the charecters look like Matrix clones and the concept ideas looked terrible when brought to the screen. Since then, this movie has taken a back seat to the more popular and better made Spider-Man movies, and Singer has jumped ship to make Superman. X2 is now little more then a bland infomerical
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Summary: While we anxiously await the DVD...
Review: An astounding companion to the film, this book should be on every X-fan's wish list, and probably on that of anyone interested in how a real two-hour block of entertainment is made. There is real heart in this film--it stands out from most summer blockbusters as a simple, non-preachy statement on tolerance, gorgeously wrapped up in the craftsmanship of thousands of film artists, performers, computer graphic artists, and editors. It's a work of art, a rollicking ride, and this book is a terrific tide-me-over for anyone yearning to own the film on DVD in the future.
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Summary: X-cellent collector's edition!!!
Review: Being new to the world of the X-men, this book has everything to offer for the die hard fan. The Beautiful black hardcover (not to mention its wonderful slipcover with the entire cast on front) is amazing! The book is filled with illistrations, costume drawings, stroyboards, idea drawings of the proposed danger room, characther bios, and the best part...the complete movie script of X2! Well worth buying. I would suggest any fan to buy to add to his/her collection.
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Summary: X-cellent collector's edition!!!
Review: Being new to the world of the X-men, this book has everything to offer for the die hard fan. The Beautiful black hardcover (not to mention its wonderful slipcover with the entire cast on front) is amazing! The book is filled with illistrations, costume drawings, stroyboards, idea drawings of the proposed danger room, characther bios, and the best part...the complete movie script of X2! Well worth buying. I would suggest any fan to buy to add to his/her collection.
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Summary: This book is awesome
Review: If you are looking for concept art, production stills and behind the scenes photography, this is the book.The book goes in chronological order, for the most part, and shows the concept drawings and paintings, the storyboard sketches (and text), and places them next to finished photography of the sets and characters, which gives you a great idea of how the concepts are turned into reality. It takes you into character development for all of the major characters, with concept art to final film stills. The characters covered are: Nightcrawler (with a great full page poster of "the amazing nightcrawler"), Charles Xavier, Wolverine, Jean Grey, Cyclops, Rogue, Storm, Pyro, Magneto, Mystique, Mutant 143, and Lady Deathstrike. Most characters have only 2 pages each, but Nightcrawler, Mystique, Wolverine, Mutant 143, and Lady Deathstrike have multiple pages which show sketches and final photography. The locations/sets covered in the book are: the White House, X-Mansion, Cerebro, Plastic Prison, X-Jet, Alkali Lake, and Stryker's Base. This book is 100% filled with great content: drawings, photos, and storyboards, along with a section on the special effects. I wish it were twice as big, but everything in the book is awesome.
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Summary: The Ar of X2: X-Men United
Review: My first impression was WOW! This book captures the essence of the movie. It's great to see the story boards it just makes you remember every scene of this excellent movie. It's obvious all the crew involved in X2 cared a lot about details and art and this book crowns it. The addition of the movie script is great, i think we fans love to read the original script to see what scenes didnt make it to the final and wonder what they looked like (if they add them in the DVD it would be fantastic). The quality of this book is absolutely great. Beautiful pictures in every page you turn. A must to every X2 fan.
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Summary: A Mutant Makers' Pictorial
Review: The Art Of X2 is a great companion to the movie. Director Bryan Singer and Production Designer Guy Dyas allowed the editors at New Market Press great access to storyboards, sketches, sets, costumes, cast and the special effects team, for a rounded look inside the film. Aside from a 20 page inroducton/overview on the making of the film, text is reserved for photo explanations, cast quotes, and minimal crew commentary. This allows for the photos to "soar" off the pages and not get bogged down by "wordy" text. Readers can still get a sense of what making the film must have been like. The book comes in two ways: a hardcover and softcover version. Divided into 4 sections, the deluxe hardcover of The Art Of X2, goes beyond the softbound edition. It includes more illustrations, a complete version of the script (as of April 2003), an eight page gatefold featuring Nightcrawler, and a 16 page spread of art/photos from the first film. In my opinion, if "film books" are your thing, than the hardcover version is your best bet--only X fans of the highest order, need to, also consider the hardcover. The book has 264 pages and is recommended
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Summary: NICELY PUT TOGETHER!
Review: THE BOOK DESIGN AND CLASSY JACKET ALONE ARE WORTH THE MONEY. LOVED THE MOVIE. THE ONLY PROBLEM THAT I HAVE IS THAT THEY DON'T PUT ENOUGH COHERENT STORYBOARDS INTO THE CONTENT. ALSO, THE NIGHTCRAWLER'S MOCK-UP CIRCUS POSTER DON'T REALLY GIVE ANY ADDITIONAL VALUE OVER THE BOOK'S GENERAL CONTENT.
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Summary: Teamwork +Bryan Singer makes great movie
Review: This book is for people interested in pre-production on a complex movie. This deals with production art, meaning storyboards and concept art. With this book (which includes the screenplay) we can see how things evolve from concept to the final costume, make-up and set design. If this is your cup of tea, then drink up 'cause this here is EARL GREY.
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Summary: Overblown book about an overblown movie....
Review: Well the film makers have often said that they based the X-Men movies by doing various things. One being to read the comics and the other was to look at other movies that had been made before which used a lot of visual effects as well as the best of cast and film crew to make the best movie they could. The second movie regretfully missed the mark, mostly because they tried to something in terms of the story which seemed like a cross between Wrath of Khan and the Empire Strikes Back. Do a slightly darker entry in the film series where the fate of a beloved character is left up in the air at the end, and it requires a thrid movie to resolve. Empire Strikes Back did this quite well, but Wrath of Khan did not, and neither did X2, I'm sorry to say. It just came off as a pale climax to a movie that ran a bit too long and the story did not seem to go anywhere but down. Even the visual effects company that worked on this movie went out of business shortly after they finished. One can only hope that they will do better in future movies. In a final note, X2 was also a drawback due to all the story spoilers that geek magazines like Wizard Magazine, and internet geek sites like superherohype gave it. By letting us know what was going to happen in the movie well ahead of release, it robbed us of any change to cry at the death of a beloved charecterby the end of the movie, so in a way, this movie was lost to the internet geeks. IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.
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