Comic Book Superhero Movies--Good and Bad
Since Batman Begins has just opened, I feel compelled to speak on the subject of the comic book superhero movies. Actually I wanted an excuse to say something:
Oh... My... God...!
Go see Batman Begins. It's the first time Batman has ever been made into a movie. Really. Just watch the movie; you'll believe why I say that. It's that good. I only found two minor, almost invisible things that I didn't like about the movie. Great acting, story, direction, mood--everything. Go see Batman Begins. It's the movie to beat this summer, maybe this year. It's that good.
Conversely, I should also vent my frustration over another comic book superhero movie, the dreaded X-Men 3. I'm a huge X-Men fan, but I was dreading this movie.
Now, I want to organize a massive boycott of the waste of film. For as much as Batman Begins and X-Men 2 got those characters right, X-Men 3 will get them wrong. Now, I shall spoiler-warn my ranting.
S P O I L E R S
A H E A D
OK, now that I've got that out of the way, being an X-Men fan, I've noticed that all the key X-Men tales over the years have included 3 elements that are the essence of character in X-Men. Those elements, in order of appearance in comics, are:
1. Cyclops
2. Jean Grey-Summers/Phoenix
3. Wolverine
You get the whole team dynamic and the great X-Men love triangle in that tiny little package. Cyclops and Jean getting married changed absolutely nothing in how these characters interact (It took Hack Morrison's New X-Crap to screw that up).
So what do I have against X-Men 3? Well, they're bringing Jean back as Phoenix, which is good. The problem is how they're doing it. Cyclops will find her, they'll interact for a minute or two, then she accidentally disintegrates him. Check Aint-It-Cool News and they'll tell you the same thing, since that's where I read it.
A lot of people don't care for Cyclops. He's my favorite X-Man. He's essential to the team since he was the first, the trendsetter. He's more devoted to the dream than Xavier. He's the true leader of the X-Men since all the others turn to him when he's around. He brings out the best character elements in the other characters in the story. This is especially true of Wolverine. Remember the scenes they had together in the first movie? That was their interaction exactly. Nor was their interaction in the second movie inaccurate; when Jean died in the comics the first time, they could actually admit that they respected each other.
In conclusion, my advice. Don't see X-Men 3 when it comes out. Do see Batman Begins as soon as possible.
Oh... My... God...!
Go see Batman Begins. It's the first time Batman has ever been made into a movie. Really. Just watch the movie; you'll believe why I say that. It's that good. I only found two minor, almost invisible things that I didn't like about the movie. Great acting, story, direction, mood--everything. Go see Batman Begins. It's the movie to beat this summer, maybe this year. It's that good.
Conversely, I should also vent my frustration over another comic book superhero movie, the dreaded X-Men 3. I'm a huge X-Men fan, but I was dreading this movie.
Now, I want to organize a massive boycott of the waste of film. For as much as Batman Begins and X-Men 2 got those characters right, X-Men 3 will get them wrong. Now, I shall spoiler-warn my ranting.
S P O I L E R S
A H E A D
OK, now that I've got that out of the way, being an X-Men fan, I've noticed that all the key X-Men tales over the years have included 3 elements that are the essence of character in X-Men. Those elements, in order of appearance in comics, are:
1. Cyclops
2. Jean Grey-Summers/Phoenix
3. Wolverine
You get the whole team dynamic and the great X-Men love triangle in that tiny little package. Cyclops and Jean getting married changed absolutely nothing in how these characters interact (It took Hack Morrison's New X-Crap to screw that up).
So what do I have against X-Men 3? Well, they're bringing Jean back as Phoenix, which is good. The problem is how they're doing it. Cyclops will find her, they'll interact for a minute or two, then she accidentally disintegrates him. Check Aint-It-Cool News and they'll tell you the same thing, since that's where I read it.
A lot of people don't care for Cyclops. He's my favorite X-Man. He's essential to the team since he was the first, the trendsetter. He's more devoted to the dream than Xavier. He's the true leader of the X-Men since all the others turn to him when he's around. He brings out the best character elements in the other characters in the story. This is especially true of Wolverine. Remember the scenes they had together in the first movie? That was their interaction exactly. Nor was their interaction in the second movie inaccurate; when Jean died in the comics the first time, they could actually admit that they respected each other.
In conclusion, my advice. Don't see X-Men 3 when it comes out. Do see Batman Begins as soon as possible.
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