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

[Black Omega]

Saw it tonight and quite enjoyed it. The plot has issues. For example, why is Magneto still free at the end of the movie?

But the action is non-stop, for good or ill. Main characters get killed. But never in a way that precludes them coming back. Juggernaut was a ton of fun. So was Mystique for the short time she was on. Pyro is still a creep.

No matter how hard they push Storm, Halle just never really makes the character interesting or appealing. I liked the beast. He's never a killing machine, he just hits and kicks people in very acrobatic beast style. On the other hand, Wolverine kills quite a few people.

Good movie, but more in a turn your brain off and enjoy the action sort of way.

 

[ohGr]

Meh.

As i said on another forum, the best parts of this film (for me) were 1.) the Snakes on a Plane teaser during the previews and 2.) R. Lee Ermey's voice-over during the "soldiers grabbing their weapons" scene. (What can i say, i'm a Gunny fan.)

 

[RigaMortus2]

I just saw the movie... Don't have time to put my 2cents in, but I wanted to say, the best line in the movie:

Juggernaut: Don't you know who I am? I'm Juggernaut b i t c h!

For those who don't get it...
Warning: Bad Language Ahead
http://www.wimp.com/juggernaut/

 

[Lord Pendragon]

Hrm. Well, reading here and elsewhere, I'm probably going to hold off on seeing this movie until either it comes up on my brother's Video-on-Demand, or as a rental.

There are three tiers of comic book movie for me.

Tier I are movies that are good, with no regard to the fact that they're based on comic books. Batman Begins and Spiderman 1 and 2 are the only movies on this tier.

Tier II are good comic book movies, even if they don't quite hold up compared against the body of movies in general. X-men 1 and 2 are on this list, as is Fantastic Four.

Tier III are bad, even for comic book movies. Daredevil and Elektra are examples.

From what I've read here and elsewhere, it looks like X3 is going to fall somewhere between Tier II and Tier III for me.

 

[BrooklynKnight]

I'm sblocking it because it contains spoilers and minor profanity.

[sblock]The big internet phenomenom the last couple of months has been the "I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!" cartoon.

In X-3, there is a scene where Juggernaut tells Shadowcat, "Do you know who I am?...I'mt he Juggernaut, bitch!"[/sblock]

Link!

 

[Jakar]

I wonder why they (the movie makers) chose to kill all those characters? And do the killers repent?

Do they always have to repent?

 

[delericho]

I felt that a lot of the CGI wasn't up to the normal standard, and some of the subplots weren't properly fleshed out (notably Rogue's decision), and that the main plot was perhaps a little fast.

Apart from that, though, I thought it was an excellent film. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

 

[Remus Lupin]

Tier II are good comic book movies, even if they don't quite hold up compared against the body of movies in general. X-men 1 and 2 are on this list, as is Fantastic Four.

Tier III are bad, even for comic book movies. Daredevil and Elektra are examples.

I'd make a minor switch in your ordering. Daredevil is Tier II, Fantastic Four is Tier III.

 

[buzzard]

I thought it was a good movie. It was nothing spectacular, but it did a nice job of rounding out the trilogy. I can't imagine seeing it without seeing X1 and X2, since I doubt it would stand on its own worth a damn. However it had good action, no really bad dialog, and most of the acting was pretty solid. It was nowhere near the level of Batman Begins, but it was still worth seeing. I am not upset at paying full price. I will buy it on DVD.

buzzard

 

[Pants]

If ye fear spoilers, ye best be turnin' back now... yargh...

I felt that a lot of the CGI wasn't up to the normal standard, and some of the subplots weren't properly fleshed out (notably Rogue's decision), and that the main plot was perhaps a little fast.

I really thought that rogue's decision was the culmination of what had happened over the last two movies. Then again, I haven't seen those movies in a little over two years, but I still had no problem with her decision.

I'm just cutting n' pasting what I've posted elsewhere, forgive me if this is just a little 'stream of thought'-ish, I wrote it late last night after getting back from the movie.

Overall... I enjoyed the movie.

Felt kinda rushed in parts and some of the dialogue was clunky, but I like that the movie went all out and killed off some characters. I guessed that Cyclops would be one to bite it, didn't see Xavier or Jean getting killed (in Jean's case, again). Some characters needed more screen time and some of the plot could've been expanded upon. As it is, the plot made logical sense to me, but it felt unnecessarily vague at points.

Why did Pheonix join up with Magneto?
Probably for 2 reasons: 1) She saw the 'cure' as being a way to 'cage' her again or 2) Magneto was there, offering her freedom from Xavier and she took it.

This plot could've been cleaned up a bit. It's a bit too haphazardly constructed and it could've been left out of the movie without really hurting anything.

I was surprised that Rogue actually took the cure, though it really made sense for her character as established in the movies so far.

I thought Mystique getting cured and Magneto's subsequent reaction was brilliant. Though it may not mesh with how the character is portrayed in the comics (I'm not sure, I don't read them), I thought it was a nice way to show how Magneto has truly become what he's hated most of all... a racist. And he doesn't even realize it.

Angel needed more to do. Though with the way his character has been established so far, I wonder if any subsequent movies will kick out the whole 'Archangel' idea. Probably. I don't see a movie about Apocalypse being as interesting or relevent as the previous films.

Halle Berry just... isn't that good. She has very little screen presence, though thankfully, her wig is better this time and she actually gets to do stuff.

Colossus was underutilized.

As usual, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellan, and Patrick Stewart carried the movie... acting-wise. Famke Janesson, Kelsey Grammer, and James Marsden were really good too.