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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DonAdam" data-source="post: 875934" data-attributes="member: 2446">Sure, people make jokes in poor taste in those situations; but not Magneto. It was totally out of character.The helmet comment, on the other hand, made perfect sense and was very funny.Now, though, it's time for the rant about suspending disbelief:I'm all for suspending disbelief. I'm watching a movie about mutants and superheroes.However, all I ask for is consistency. The problem with Nightcrawler switching from teleporting blind to not doing it was the total lack of consistency with what I had accepted from the movie (in willing suspension of disbelief) before.Some people say that suspension of disbelief also means I shouldn't worry about consistency. This is nonsense. If you cannot ground moments of tension in what is happening and has happened in the film and have to resort to constantly changing the rules, there is no basis for the tension. I have no reason to care about Jean sacrificing herself when I know she could have done the same thing from the cockpit.And I don't go looking for inconsistencies. I've had people point them out in other movies such as the Matrix and Minority Report, but they were few and relatively subtle. But this movie kicked me in the face repeatedly with them, and at what were supposed to be terribly dramatic moments.Compare this to the first film. Off the top of my head, I can't think of anything that wasn't consistent. It was very carefully constructed. Even the cartoon (from the early 90's, not that 90210 evolution nonsense) showed more careful plot construction than X2 did.There is no reason to feel any tension or care at all about what's going on when the film makers are just going to fiat what happens left and right. That is very, very, very poor moviemaking.Why did I pay the money? Because the first film, despite a few minor problems, did an amazing job and didn't have these issues.</blockquote>

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