Just saw X-Men III (Now with spoilers!)

[iwatt]

I wonder how anyone could -not- see it coming

Now if you had seen Xaviers death coming well in advance I'd be impressed...

After she offed Cyclop's all bets were off. That one caught me completely off guard.

Personally, Cyke was never my favorite X-men (too much of a goody two-shoes) but about the only thing I never liked of the movies is how they completely down-played how great a natural leader he is. The first one at least showed this better, but 2 and 3 really butchered that character.

 

[Servitor of Wrath]

I wonder how anyone could -not- see it coming

Now if you had seen Xaviers death coming well in advance I'd be impressed...

I don't know how impressive anticipating that would be (not that I did until his hand started disintegrating). As mentioned earlier, the wise old mentors tend to die off: Kenobi, Gandalf (or so it seems for a while), Dumbledore, Qui-gon....

 

[fanboy2000]

if you had seen Xaviers death coming well in advance I'd be impressed...

I saw it comming about a minute aftere it happened.

Yeah, I'm slow. Post-cognition is a real pain.

 

[Jdvn1]

After she offed Cyclop's all bets were off. That one caught me completely off guard.

Definitely.

I was hoping one of those darts would go into Phoenix, before Beast used them all on Magneto.

I was hoping that Xavier would pull of saving Jean at the last second, but after he died, I thought, "... Ben Kenobi? ... He's gotta come back somewhere." That smile gave it away.

I just came from the movie and was very impressed. My favorite of the three.

 

[Chaldfont]

Just saw this movie Friday. I have to say, of the three, this was the first time I saw action scenes of truely comic book proportions. Magneto moving the GG bridge! Pyro and Magneto throwing car bombs! Storm finally being somewhat cool! Iceman finally looks like Iceman (for like 10 seconds)!

And we get to see Shadowcat and Colossus in action! Claremont's X-men rule!

And, as all who read comics know, no villain is truely defeated and no hero is ever really dead.

Great summer flick. Makes me want to read comics again.

 

[Viking Bastard]

While I agree with many of the complaints people have made, I did thoroughly enjoyed it.

I don't really consider Cyclops dead. We didn't even see him die. Pff. It's the X-Men, forgawdssake!

 

[danzig138]

I kind of liked Punisher.

If it wasn't for the SO, I would sometimes feel like I'm the only person who really, really liked The Punisher (the new one). I watched it, and turned around and watched it again with the SO. And I've watched it several more times, and I enjoy it just as much. While Batman Begins is my favorite*, The Punisher is right up under it with Spiderman 1/2, and Superman. Way above the X-Men films.

X2 is right there with F4, and Blade 1, but below Blade 2.

I enjoyed X-Men 1 about as much as I enjoyed Hulk and Blade: Trinity. Which is to say, not very much.

So far, nothing I've seen about X3 indicates that ti will be a film I like.

 

[cwhs01]

Personally, Cyke was never my favorite X-men (too much of a goody two-shoes) but about the only thing I never liked of the movies is how they completely down-played how great a natural leader he is. The first one at least showed this better, but 2 and 3 really butchered that character.

Actually, i think that Cyclops of the movies is a pretty good rendition of the character from the early comics (including and especially the dark phoenix saga). An annoying boy scout with emotional and selfconfidence issues. I'm not sure he was such a good teamleader in those early issues, seeing as phoenix isn't the only X-men to die in those issues. It is merely hinted (okay, more than hinted probably) that he could BECOME a great leader. The cyclops-wolverine-phoenix lovetrangle is also spot-on.
Storm is more like the later incarnation, less of a weather "goddess"/witch. Too bad they didn't go with the "punkrock chick with an attitude (and mohawk)" version.

Another small surprise was that we learned Rogue's real name. has this ever been revealed in the comics?

 

[iwatt]

Actually, i think that Cyclops of the movies is a pretty good rendition of the character from the early comics (including and especially the dark phoenix saga).

But he barely apperas in X-2 and X-3. I thought they did a good job with him in X-1 (with the very short scren time he got), but he really isn't in the other 2 flicks.

 

[David Howery]

finally got around to seeing this tonight. I'll agree with some of the others on here that there seemed to be too much going on... the script was definitely weaker. Now, I never did read superhero comics when I was a kid, but as I understand it, there were two separate story arcs: the mutant 'cure' was one, and the Phoenix saga was another. The movie would probably have done better to concentrate on one or the other, and save the other for a 4th movie. IMO, the cure story would have done better for this one (leave Jean still presumed dead and gone), with the cure non-permanent... and then everyone shows up in the 4th movie for the Phoenix saga/final battle/grand showdown....
that said, I did rather like this movie... I wouldn't call it a bad movie... and I'm a sucker for special effects.... the battle at the end was pretty neat, although the whole Phoenix thing at the end seemed kinda added on....