[Crazy Jetty]

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Originally Posted by perrych

One Letter, one number: X2.

The first X-men movie was ok. It certainly put together a great cast. But the story was merely alright - I'll never understand why they can't just mine the comics for a great story, or at least not go so far from the story so that it is almost unrecognizable.

The only thing I feel I need to do is remind everyone that at the time X-Men came out, there simply were no good superhero movies (Baring Superman). No one took them seriously, and Blade (Which marvel distanced themselves from to keep people from realizing it was a comicbook movie) and X-Men were what set the stage for All the ones we enjoy today.
So at the time, X-Men really was one of the best comic/superhero movies of alltime.
Other than that, I compleyely agree.

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X-men: The Last stand was really poorly done. Major characters die meaningless deaths. Tons of new characters are added with no sense of back story or depth. The whole of the movie seemed a waste.

On this, I could *not* agree more. Moreover, a ton of those new characters were unrecognizable as to whom they represent. (It was almost two years before I realized that was Omega Red Wolverine fought in the forest. And I *still* can't figure out whom a lot of the secondary and cameo cast are supossed to be).
The only good points are Kitty Pryde, and Kelsey Grammer as Beast.

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But X2 ... now that was really well done. And it is why people forgive the first movie so easily. Much like Spider-Man 2, which had its flaws, it also elevated the story as well. Heck, you could say the same thing about Empire Strikes Back - without a great second movie in a series, the movies either are forced to reboot or be abandoned altogether (ie Hulk and Fantastic 4). (A notable exception - Transformers; but it made so much money, who could stop it?)

Again, I could not agree more.

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First Class was really well done - easily my favorite superhero movie of the summer. Its ONLY failing was trying to connect it to the earlier movies - a completely unnecessary action, and one that only hurt it in the end.

I hope it goes forward in a new direction. I want to see Charles' and Raven's relationship explored. It's complicated enough that it interests me, and worth delving into further.