HEY! I almost forgot! Saturday we (KC, Breezomatic and I) went to see X2, X-Men United. What a movie! Actually some acting going on in the midst of all the special effects, unlike a lot of action movies that are out there now.
I have been an XMen fan since reading the comics in my youth. Granted, that was a long time ago and I have forgotten most of the plot lines and character details. That does not mean I can’t step in and see the movie and be thrilled by sticking to the details I remember. There is a lot of interesting trivia about the movie; it can be found here.
Patrick Stewart is a great Professor Xavier. Heck, he’s already bald and his demeanor is so much like what I remember from the comics that he is a natural fit. While Ian McKellan does a great job as Magneto, I remember the comic picturing him as more of a muscle-bound specimen than Ian can play. Hugh Jackman is excellent as Wolverine; you really can empathize with his character’s lost past and search for identity. The addition of Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler was intriguing as Alan is one of those actors who seems to give a great performance no matter how bad the movie might be (Josie and the Pussycats); and he does a good job here. Halle Berry as Storm is great; very much like the Storm I remember, but in this one Nightcrawler seems to bring out a side of Storm that is not in the comics. Famke Janssen as Dr. Jean Grey does a good job; her role is set up as Phoenix in the next XMen movie. Rebecca Romijn-Stamos reprises her role as Mystique and is getting better with each movie she appears in; my question is how can she do the flips and action scenes clothed only in paint and some foam prosthetics and not lose them? (In a cast of very hot women, she is definitely the hottest! - sorry, I had to say that)
No, I won’t discuss the plot line other than to say you are introduced to more XMen and some of the students at Professor Xavier’s School for Gifted Children. However, some of the characters don’t fit the comic book character. I don’t know if that is better or worse, but I do know it is different. The one thing I keep asking is “Where is Beast?” Beast is one of the main XMen team, similar to Wolverine but driven by his intellect and not so much by his temper.
All in all, the movie captures your attention from the beginning and keeps it throughout the entire two hours and thirteen minutes. It is a good movie with some really good actors working together. I’d rate this one a 9 out of 10.
May 14, 2003
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