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sff_corgi_lj) wrote2006-06-04 09:36 pm
sff_corgi_lj) wrote2006-06-04 09:36 pm
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X-Men: The Last Stand (should be spoilerless)
Add me to the cheering multitudes. It's spectacularly epic (and I'm a sucker for British Columbia locations). The rework they did on the origin of the Phoenix works for me; introducing the canonical reason would have been too much to cover and justify, I think, in the cinematic story's context. The pace is breathless without being rushed, and the FX of all varieties are brilliant (yay, WETA DIGITAL!!). But everybody'll know all the good points.
I have a few afterthought reservations. Although Brett Ratner did step up and perform admirably, there's a bit of lack of heart to the film as a whole; whether that's from the script or the actual direction, I can't really say.
Some of the composition... well, let me use a sort of allegory. One of the reasons the sequel to Saturday Night Fever, Staying Alive, was panned was the way the otherwise venerable director composed all the shots of the dancers/dancing. He never shot it like a dance movie (considering the physical talent, more boos to him for it) but kept using medium shots, shorter cuts and never letting the audience appreciate the lines of the bodies and the trajectories of the choreography. There's a reasonable bit of X3 that could have used wider shots or at least wider establishing shots to frame the action better (I'm thinking more of the fight in the forest than the big fight at the end). We don't get to see Wolverine, for instance, the way we have previously. Considering Hugh Jackman's physical talents, here's your snorkel for the gutter, he needs to be shown off better.
And speaking of the most excellent Wolverine, when did this series turn into the Wolverine Show? I don't mind for myself, not being a Marvelite, but setting things up so he's the ONLY one who can save the day? Three times in a row? It starts to chafe.
The last thing is more a note to snicker about than anything seriously pro or con about the movie: Has anybody ever liked Storm's hair? This time, it just strikes me as kinda bizarre.
P.S. They STILL shoulda cast Steve Bacic as Hank McCoy/the Beast again, even if Kelsey Grammar might be the only actor in English-speaking creation who could say 'Oh, my stars and garters' and not cause the audience to crack up.
I have a few afterthought reservations. Although Brett Ratner did step up and perform admirably, there's a bit of lack of heart to the film as a whole; whether that's from the script or the actual direction, I can't really say.
Some of the composition... well, let me use a sort of allegory. One of the reasons the sequel to Saturday Night Fever, Staying Alive, was panned was the way the otherwise venerable director composed all the shots of the dancers/dancing. He never shot it like a dance movie (considering the physical talent, more boos to him for it) but kept using medium shots, shorter cuts and never letting the audience appreciate the lines of the bodies and the trajectories of the choreography. There's a reasonable bit of X3 that could have used wider shots or at least wider establishing shots to frame the action better (I'm thinking more of the fight in the forest than the big fight at the end). We don't get to see Wolverine, for instance, the way we have previously. Considering Hugh Jackman's physical talents, here's your snorkel for the gutter, he needs to be shown off better.
And speaking of the most excellent Wolverine, when did this series turn into the Wolverine Show? I don't mind for myself, not being a Marvelite, but setting things up so he's the ONLY one who can save the day? Three times in a row? It starts to chafe.
The last thing is more a note to snicker about than anything seriously pro or con about the movie: Has anybody ever liked Storm's hair? This time, it just strikes me as kinda bizarre.
P.S. They STILL shoulda cast Steve Bacic as Hank McCoy/the Beast again, even if Kelsey Grammar might be the only actor in English-speaking creation who could say 'Oh, my stars and garters' and not cause the audience to crack up.
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And... yes, I agree, although I don't know Cyclops all that well m'self [opens Cyclops link]. I do think that even with the obvious *coughfootofheightcough* changes to Logan, Jackman does a great job of getting what I, from my remove, see as the heart of the character.
Heh. WE know why you want to write X4, and it ain't cleanup. ;)
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Really, the main reason I want to write X4 is for cleanup purposes. I would do a great job. I could work with the movieverse while paying adequate homage to the comics.
And I can write Emma Frost in, so we can have a hot blonde traipsing around in lingerie!no subject
And here I just thought you wanted to mess around with Anna! Two-timer.no subject
Although if she was, we could postpone the introduction of the White Queen (aka Emma Frost) and the Hellfire Club (one of the long-standing X-Men opponents).
And Emma Frost's immense collection of lingerie that she traipses about in!