Agreed on Professor X being Stewart. Good casting. I wish he were used more in the films, though. I could use more of him and less of the baby X-Men. I also like Hugh Jackman, for all that he's nowhere close to the Wolverine of the comics. He can bring some intensity, but Jackman's frankly nowhere as mean and surly in the main as the Logan I'm used to, so my liking him always makes me feel conflicted. One wonders how a shorter, less photogenic, more intense actor would have done...
-------------- Original message -------------- From: "Adrianne Brennan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I wholeheartedly agree. Jean Grey is one of my favorite X-Men, and wow did they do her character in. O_O I gotta say tho, fab job casting Patrick Stewart as Prof X. I had been waiting for that since early days of high school and PRAYED for it. :D ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon on 12/2: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 11:53 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: True. You know, i enjoyed and enjoy the X-Men flicks, but as time goes on I like them less. It's not that they're bad, it's just that stuff like the treatment of Rogue and Ice Man bothers me. It's Halle Berry as a really bad Storm (accent gone, powers mostly weak, shoulda used Angela Bassett). It's "X3", a really disappointing movie, that gave us crap like Juggernaut only being invincible while he was running, a wasted--and too young again!--Angel, and a Callisto whose powers are completely jacked and rewritten. It's the loss of Nightcrawler, and the bad treatment of Jean Grey and the Phoenix storyline. I still really like X2 and will watch it it again. But the major changes to characters and plots are starting to make me see the X-flicks as slightly less than top tier superhero flicks. For grade A, top tier superhero pictures, I think I'd list the first two Superman movies (still hold up even after all this time, and notable for taking time to actually build up a plot), the first Batman picture (hugely influential in creating the grim superhero category for a generation), the two recent Batman flicks (amazing in acting, writing, action, and direction), Iron Man (more "fun" than Batman, but expertly done fun, and love those gadgets!), and the first two Spider-Man pictures (like Superman, notable for putting writing and plot first, which makes up for the weak FX). Then I'd follow with X2, X1, Daredevil, maybe X3. Haven't seen the newest Hulk picture yet, so don't know where I'd place that. Near the bottom would go Punisher (both versions), Fantastic Four (both movies, which are crap), Elektra, and at the bottom--Catwoman. -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Adrianne Brennan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Agreed. I'm a fan of the main characters, and when they decide to do this sort of thing, they lose me and the rest of the audience. :P ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon on 12/2: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html
