Bagpuss said:
Also was the screaming girl Siryn? (Banshee's daughter from the comics).
I was disappointed that Professor X fell completely for Jason, I thought he was ment to be a much stronger mentalist than that.
DAMN, that movie ROCKED!
That was Siryn...she was identified as such in the credits, as was Jubilee, Colossus and others.
As for the Professor, he did have a inhibitor device slapped on his skull, and presumably was drugged, as well. Not that much of a stretch that he could be dominated under those conditions, frankly.
I (and my friends) were initial disappointed that Bobby didn't freeze the water comming out of the dam, until I thought about it. He's only learning the extent of his powers, a lot of the time he still needs to touch things to freeze them, the wall in the corridor, the tea cup (although he blast the lad in the Museam with ice so they aren't completely consistant on that point).
Mostly frozen water vapor in the air at the museum. Notice how little effect it actually has. Movie Bobby's powers require physical contact and some time for it to actually work. Note that it takes at least five to ten seconds for the ice wall to form. That water WASN'T waiting.
Why didn't Jean do everything from the plane? She gave it power so why didn't she just do that and take off? That's the main sticking point. I guess she didn't have time and she can't use her TK on the water through the glass of the cockpit, or lift the plane if she is actually in it, but still her giving it power didn't make much sense.
Considering the last time, just twenty minutes prior, that she'd cut loose with her power, she shattered the whole dam superstructure (creating the crisis in the first place), I can see why. That, and the fact that she caught on fire while tapping the power that deeply, among other things. She was most likely afraid of killing everyone while trying to save them. Since we never see Jean levitate, it's safe to assume she can't affect herself directly (yet).
Alan Cummings' Nightcrawler was, like Hugh Jackman's Wolverin, SPOT ON. I couldn't have asked for a better performance, or more faithful capturing of the character's essence. It was like watching so many events in the comic distilled down to their pure source, and then displayed for my enjoyment.
it's gonna be a Hella good summer.
