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Summary: By George, I think they've got it...!
Review: Although still a bit cluttered and slow-moving in parts, this was a vast improvement on the first "X-Men" film, which I thought was a complete dud. A couple of things are happening: first, obviously, special effects technology is finally catching up to the imaginative stretch of the early comicbook artists, and the action is starting to look cool enough to be convincing and fun. The opening sequence with the teleporting Nightcrawler is a good example -- not true, perhaps, to the character's original power as seen in the '70s, but very cool onscreen. Second, the studios are starting to get a sense of how to pace these things. For some reason movie producers who take on comicbook plots always seem to feel the need to endlessly stop the plot dead so we (the audience) can stare at the heros and bask in their awesome presence, a legacy, I'm afraid, of the uber-dismal "Batman" franchise. Personally, as a longtime comicbook reader, I just want them to get on with it and hit me with some action! I'm way over the point where it's amazing to me that these characters are on screen -- I want to see them do stuff. This film did a pretty good job moving in that direction. They assumed a fair amount of familiarity with the various characters, and that the audience for this film was prepared to see amazing and uncanny powers manifest themselves onscreen, and the tendency to explain, explain, explain was minimized in favor of action. The pacing of the action was a bit slow (it felt like they were just padding the movie at times) but in general they seem to be getting the idea. At the end of the film I thought, what they really need is to get to the point where making these blockbusters is as routine and as fluid a process as producing the comics -- if we were up to, say, X-Men Movie #12, I bet things would be a lot smoother and more fun. I've got my fingers crossed that this is the direction we're headed.
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Summary: Better Than The First!
Review: Rarely is the second movie as good as the first. This one was actually better! X-Men could readily replace Star Trek (and most definitely Star Wars) as the new sci-fi movie franchise. I am looking forward to a third (any rumours?).
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Summary: 2 x-men
Review: this film was amazing- i hadnt even seen the first one and had no interest in seeing this one-my cousin dragged me to it-but i was thoroughly surprised-loads of action and really exciting-u have to c it
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Summary: X2 is not only the best comic book movie ever . . . . .
Review: . . . . it also happens to be one of the best sequels to date. Movie sequels are usually pretty bad. It's very rare for a sequel to match the success of its predecessor. It's even rarer for the sequel to be better. Well, in the case of X2, director Bryan Singer and company have come up with the perfect sequel. It's bigger and better than X-Men in evey category. This is what Matrix Reloaded should have been. X2 has a really cool well-written story, it manages to juggle and successfully develop multiple characters (most of them get some really cool sequences to show off their stuff), and X2 doesn't go the route of usual comic book flicks (cliched origin stories, etc) and still manages to capture the soul and heart of the comic lore perfectly. Oh, and it also features one of the best intro scenes ever! I could get into particulars but suffice it to say that X2 is not only the best comic book movie of all time and one of the best sequels -- it also happens to be the best movie of the year so far.
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Summary: Awesome
Review: Awesome!! That's all that can really be said! I am an abot x-men freak & I thought this movie was brillant! Better than the first & I cannot wait until the next installment! The battle between good & evil shall enseuth!
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Summary: Better Than The First
Review: The movie started out with lots of action and it didn't stop till the end. It's cool how troughout the movie it leads up to the next X-men movie. The fight scenes where incredible. Lady Deathstrike and Wolverines fight scene was the best one. Can't say enough about the whole experince. Would defiantely go and see this again at the movies.
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Summary: Top notch
Review: I thought X2 was one of the best movies I've seen. Well, I might be slightly biased. I love the X-Men comics, I loved the first movie and I love Hugh Jackman. Anyway, I thought that this was the perfect sequel to the first movie. The first one was basically an introduction of concepts and characters. Setting the stage, so to speak. I am so glad they didn't reiterate issues in the second one to familiarize the audience with information covered in the first movie. It's definitely not a sequel that can be seen without seeing its predecessor. I loved everything about this movie. The special effects were awesome-especially Nightcrawler's "bamf" smoke. I loved the developement of Mystique's character- I always thought she was certainly Magneto's best ally- Sabretooth was a massive screwup who couldn't be trusted with the most simple of tasks. I don't think there's a single thing in the first movie that he did right. Anyway, Mystique got the job done time and again. Another character that I think was developed excellently in X2 was Jean Grey. In the first movie I sensed the depth to her character, her lack of self-esteem and frustration with Scott's overprotectiveness, but in X2 you could really see where her character was going. I can't wait to see her Phoenix persona in X3. Oh, and I thought Bruce Davison did a great job acting as Mystique acting as Senator Kelly. I loved the cameos by Colossus and Siren. Hope to see more of them in X3. Anyway, I think I've rambled on enough. In conclusion, I would definitely recommend this movie. Highly.
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Summary: how wonderful x-men was.
Review: X-men was a exciting movie!You should go see it.You will love it!
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Summary: The Good gets Better
Review: X-Men 2 is one of those rare movie sequels which surpasses a good original. It's an action movie where the personalities outdid the special effects, and this movie has great special effects. Storm was amazing and she simply blew me away. There might be a battle for which mutants came out as the favorites for the audience but in my opinion Storm, Wolverine and Mystique easily won. Everyone has their favorite X-Men characters and neither Fire nor Ice could change their minds. The latest mutant added to the movie lineup, Nightcrawler, at times added the right touch of humor but at times he was straight out of Sesame Street. He is still not a bad addition to the mutant cast. The RX7, and hopefully not a mutated version, was a great choice for the X-Men 2 car. Storm and the 7, that should have been the combination. Once again another Marvel Comic Book turned Movie and a success. Nuff Said!
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Summary: "You are a god among insects."
Review: X2 is a god among insects. Quite simply it is the best film to hit the screen in years. Wonderful. Outstanding. Amazing. Stunning. There are not enough superlatives to describe it. This is a film with no missteps and no false notes. It is a film that radiates a glow about it. It is film that restores one's faith in the cinema to faithfully translate material from other mediums. It is a triumph. X2 is a rough amalgamation of Chris Claremont and Brent Eric Anderson's "God Loves, Man Kills" graphic novel and Barry Windsor-Smith's "Weapon X" storyline with elements of Mark Millar and Adam Kubert's "Return to Weapon X" storyline thrown in. After an attempt on the President's life by the mutant Nightcrawler (Alan Cumming), an emboldened William Stryker (Brian Cox) asks for permission to conduct a raid on a mutant training facility disguised as a school. The school in question is the home base of the X-Men. When the soldiers arrive at the mansion, a confused Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) is confronted with a ghost from his past, the students in the school are captured or forced to flee the school grounds, and a major step in a sinister plan to wipe out all mutants from the face of the planet is completed when Stryker gains access to Cerebro. The X-men are forced to enter into an uneasy alliance with their arch-enemy Magneto (Ian McKellen) to stop Stryker and a final showdown takes place at a hidden military base where victory is eventually achieved - but at a price. The acting and special effects are top notch across the board in X2. However, it is the small touches director Brian Singer has inserted throughout the film that make it special. Not only is X2 an entertaining film in and of itself, but it also astounds in the manner it lays the groundwork for the next films in the series. When Wolverine visits a seemingly-abandoned military base, he comes across a wolf from a certain super hero Canadian team. When Mystique (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) impersonates Lady Deathstryke (Kelly Hu) and accesses Stryker's computers, we glimpse entries on everything from the Sentinel program to Muir Island to Franklin Richards of the Fantastic Four. When a security guard is seduced by Mystique in a bar, we overhear Dr. Hank McCoy (Steve Bacic) having a debate with Sebastian Shaw. And from the opening scenes of the film, we catch glimpses of the Phoenix force slowly taking over Jean Grey (Famke Janssen). Inserting such detail into a film is not noteworthy in itself. The last Star Wars film did the same thing to distraction. What makes X2 special is that it inserted these details in a non-obtrusive manner and introduced them in a way that expanded upon the mythos of the X-Men universe. When Stryker yells to Wolverine that someone will finish what he started, we have visions of Sentinels dancing in our heads. When Jean tells Cyclops (James Marsden) that she's afraid something terrible will happen, we have visions of Dark Phoenix wreaking havoc. When Stryker's soldiers are storming the mansion and we see Colossus (Daniel Cudmore), Siryn (Shauna Kain), and Kitty Pryde (Katie Stuart) in action, we have visions of the next generation of X-Men coming to the forefront. X2 has the feel of a film made by a director who truly understood the source material and did everything within his power to translate it to screen faithfully. The spirit of this film is remarkably similar to that of the comic books. The easy rapport between friends Jean Grey and Storm (Halle Berry) is just right. The tension created by the romantic triangle of Cyclops, Wolverine, and Jean Grey is just right. The frustration Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and Magneto feel in their failure to convert the other is just right. The desperation Wolverine feels in his inability to put all the pieces of his past together is just right. Singer has done the most amazing literal translation of comic book characters to the screen ever seen. Never has a translation from page to film felt so right and so pure. Fans of the comic series will recognize immediately the heroes they shared so many adventures with and fall over themselves in ecstasy knowing that there are still so many classic storylines left that can serve as the foundations for future films (and who didn't have a smile on their face when they heard Stryker's son was assigned number "143" as his identification number?). Here's hoping that the X-Men franchise can maintain the impressive standard set by X2. The final shot of X2 showcasing a future threat forming below the water certainly has set expectations high. Bring on X3!
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