I partially agree with you about the first two X-Men movies, though my less-than-enthusiastic attitude now probably mostly has to do with what to me were poor story choices and poor casting choices with regard to particuarly Rogue and Storm. That put me off rather badly. The good characterization of some of the others (particularly Wolverine,a nd good acting by Hugh Jackman) did a lot to compensate.
hough I confess to being especially cautious regarding Magneto; *that* backstory had better be handled with dignity and grace.
Yes, I have similar mixed feelings. Ian McKellen is one of my favourite actors but his Magneto is not quite "my" Magneto, which is more like the Jim Lee version... McKellen gives him the right intelligence and arrogance but not the right machismo or aggression. Which is okay. But - it would be only too easy to make the character look simplistic or foolish. Dignity and grace? We shall see.
I agree about Batman Begins, though my main problem with it was the pacing - and the casting of Katie Holmes in a role that was well-written enough to deserve better. (Compensation: good acting by Christian Bale, whose looks are in his favour.)
When a prominent antagonist says things like "When I get out of here, I'll kill you myself" instead of "People like you were the reason I was fraid to go to school as a child", it does kind of sum up the switch from the people to the powers.
Good point.
they could have fixed that with *two lines* of dialogue...
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Date: 2006-12-02 01:57 pm (UTC)hough I confess to being especially cautious regarding Magneto; *that* backstory had better be handled with dignity and grace.
Yes, I have similar mixed feelings. Ian McKellen is one of my favourite actors but his Magneto is not quite "my" Magneto, which is more like the Jim Lee version... McKellen gives him the right intelligence and arrogance but not the right machismo or aggression. Which is okay. But - it would be only too easy to make the character look simplistic or foolish. Dignity and grace? We shall see.
I agree about Batman Begins, though my main problem with it was the pacing - and the casting of Katie Holmes in a role that was well-written enough to deserve better. (Compensation: good acting by Christian Bale, whose looks are in his favour.)
When a prominent antagonist says things like "When I get out of here, I'll kill you myself" instead of "People like you were the reason I was fraid to go to school as a child", it does kind of sum up the switch from the people to the powers.
Good point.
they could have fixed that with *two lines* of dialogue...
And I really wish they had.