To watch movies these days requires that I leave the apartment after the kids are sleeping and see at around 9:30. This means I'll probably get back a bit an hour or later my normal bedtime, which means that I only want to watch movies I'm sure I'll like.
Although I used to read many comics, including a few issues of X-Men, and many issues of Wolverine (which I liked much better), I was never really into the X-Men. It was a bit typical action-comic stuff, nothing very interesting to me. But the review of this movie have been fairly positive. I especially like Ebert's review on Ebert & Roeper, where he observed that the powers of the characters vary wildly. One has the power to kill everyone on the planet, while another has X-Acto knives coming out of his knuckles. Another good quote from his online review: "What would happen if Pyro and Iceman went head to head? I visualize the two of them in a pool of hot water."
So I was in the mood for a fun action movie, so I went yesterday to go see it. I won't go into a long review here, but it was quite entertaining. Like everyone has been saying, it is indeed better than the first one. But you have to have seen the first one, or else you'll probably be completely lost. There's one scene I find a bit puzzling. Near the very end, Magneto flies up around Cerebrus 2, and rearranges all the panels on the wall with the power of his mind. Um, why did he do that?
Posted by ahyatt at May 5, 2003 12:45 PM