I've never read the comics - which is probably why I'm not annoyed with the Wolverine movie, my friend who I went to see it with was very annoyed that they apparently did the character of Deadpool very badly, but since I have no idea who Deadpool is meant to be, I don't care.
So, my objection to X-Men 3 is not based on faithfulness to the comic, it's more that I think it is a weak and unsatisfactory conclusion to a trilogy whose first two instalments I really liked. There are a few major flaws in it, IMO, the first is that there is just too much plot packed into the film with the result that neither Magneto's attempted uprising, the Phoenix storyline surrounding Dr Jean Grey or the 'mutant cure' storyline really seemed to get the attention they deserved. They could each have been the main plot of a film, but all three in a single film is a bit too much. The Phoenix storyline works particularly badly, the set-up is good and the scenes with Professor X and her are probably the high-point of the film, but for the rest of the movie she just seems to hang around with Magneto's bunch, not doing very much. Similarly, there are too many characters meaning that even previously major characters like Rogue barely get any screentime, even though she has a potentially very interesting plotline as she gets to decide whether to take the mutant cure or not. I think there were other problems as well, but it has been a few years since I've seen it so I don't remember them all.
I think, if I hadn't seen and liked the first two films and hadn't been really looking forward to X-Men 3 I wouldn't mind it so much. If it had been, say, a Fantastic Four movie that had similar problems I might be happy to accept it as reasonable entertainment without complaining about it too much.
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Date: 2009-05-05 07:06 pm (UTC)So, my objection to X-Men 3 is not based on faithfulness to the comic, it's more that I think it is a weak and unsatisfactory conclusion to a trilogy whose first two instalments I really liked. There are a few major flaws in it, IMO, the first is that there is just too much plot packed into the film with the result that neither Magneto's attempted uprising, the Phoenix storyline surrounding Dr Jean Grey or the 'mutant cure' storyline really seemed to get the attention they deserved. They could each have been the main plot of a film, but all three in a single film is a bit too much. The Phoenix storyline works particularly badly, the set-up is good and the scenes with Professor X and her are probably the high-point of the film, but for the rest of the movie she just seems to hang around with Magneto's bunch, not doing very much. Similarly, there are too many characters meaning that even previously major characters like Rogue barely get any screentime, even though she has a potentially very interesting plotline as she gets to decide whether to take the mutant cure or not. I think there were other problems as well, but it has been a few years since I've seen it so I don't remember them all.
I think, if I hadn't seen and liked the first two films and hadn't been really looking forward to X-Men 3 I wouldn't mind it so much. If it had been, say, a Fantastic Four movie that had similar problems I might be happy to accept it as reasonable entertainment without complaining about it too much.