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[evergleam]

1. I went to Atlantic City with Racheal this weekend. I cannot tell you how nice it was to just destress for a little while, and not feel so constantly keyed up for a weekend. I drove up Friday night, and got there kind of late, we went to the very late showing of X3, and then crashed and slept in on Saturday before heading to the shore for three days. We spent most of the weekend on or near the beach--we must have walked at least six miles back and forth on Saturday. We got caught in a late afternoon rain storm, walked through a couple of casinos, and ate at the Rainforest Cafe. Sunday was our beach day, and we spent the entire afternoon out there. Even slathering myself in sunscreen and covering myself up with a towel for most of the day didn't stop the sunburn--I blame the fact that it's just so damn easy to fall asleep out there. :p Yesterday we went to the Boardwalk and ate gross food and played minigolf and all that good stuff. Like I said, it was nice just to relax for a little while.

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Well, unfortunately, count me among those who didn't really like it. It's not that it wasn't entertaining, because it definitely had it's awesome moments, it's just that, well, if you know me at all I'm sure you know what my problems were, but I can't stand to see something with so much potential not use it. The movie lost itself in its special effects and forgot what made the first two so much fun. I read this somewhere, and I completely agree, it's like the movie was afraid of its own themes. It should have focused on Rogue and whether or not to take the cure, mirroring that with what was happening to Jean, mirroring that with Wolverine and Storm, etc. etc. etc. It should have played up the Iceman/Pyro dynamic as a mirror to Professor X/Magneto, friends and reluctant enemies. It shouldn't have shied away from all the relevant issues that the movie raises in relation to what's happening in the world right now. That's why we like superhero movies, you know?

The biggest mistake I thought the movie made, though, didn't even have to do with the lack of substance or the really bad dialogue or the awful ending. I can't get over the fact that the heroes, the good guys, the people with the moral high ground used the cure against Magneto. That was a wrong decision, in my opinion. Well, no, it was only a wrong decision because the movie seemed to condone it. If you're going to have the superheroes do something so morally questionable as that, there should be repercussions. There should be at the very least, I don't know, a little guilt or something.

Like I said, mostly, I just hate to see such wasted potential. But, enough of that, how about a poll?!

[Poll #738876]


3. I've been talking to my uncle about flying up to Boston for a weekend sometime in June. I'm actually getting really excited, though I kinda wish I could have gone this past month before the weather started shifting into unbearable mugginess. I've been thinking about it a lot, and I'm really going to start saving to move up there. I'm not sure if I'd rather try for this winter or next spring. I may just wait until after my sister graduates high school, because I'd like to be close until then, but who knows. Maybe I'll go up in June and decide I never want to leave. :p

4. Speaking of unbearable mugginess, it's not even June yet and the awful Maryland summer weather has started. It is so gross outside right now, and on top of that, it's sort of freezing in my office, so going back and forth is not so much helping my sunburn-crazy body temperature. Couldn't we just have the perfect May weather stay a little while longer?

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[girlcontinuum.livejournal.com]

I think Hugh Jackman is attractive and all, but I had to mark that option anyway. On principle. Oh, Dr. Cox.

Using the cure on Magneto was wrong on so many accounts. You don't just take away Magneto's powers, especially if the good guys are going to do it using the cure that they were against in the first place. I know, the dramatic irony, yadda yadda, but it doesn't work. None of the storylines worked like they should have, really. I couldn't even be all that entertained because the dialogue sucked. Blah.

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

I think I'd blocked those last two Batman movies out. :p Batman & Robin is definitely worse than Daredevil, though Batman Forever gets points for the Holy rusted metal, Batman! line. :p

None of the storylines worked like they should have, really.

You know, and that may just be the saddest part. That movie should have written itself, it was all there. And they just, didn't use it, for whatever reason. And not even so the special effects could be awesome, because while seeing the Golden Gate Bridge uprooted like that was cool and all, it was a little overkill, you know? There were like, what? 30 mutants? He could have just floated them over on top of some cars or something. :p

[egosomnio.livejournal.com]

I do agree that there should have been a lot more of a "this is a bad thing" vibe about how they took out bucket-head, like sort of a low-scale version of using the atom bomb. It's a big deal, even if it's the only way (a friend of mine I saw it with, who is apparently more bloodthirsty than I thought she was, wanted to know why Beast didn't just stab him in the throat. Even a decent kick to the back of the head should have been able to knock him out).
All the "cured" mutants will get their powers back later, anyway, if/when they make more. Even if they have to resort to the plot-device machine from the first movie to do it.

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't think I would have minded the decision to do it if it didn't seem like the X-Men thought it was okay to do it to someone like Magneto. If there'd been even a little remorse or reluctance, maybe it wouldn't have bothered me so much. Well, probably it would have, but in a different way. :p

I was saying to Racheal that same exact thing, it'll be easy to give everyone back their powers. All that takes is one line of dialogue. Or hell, just show the "cure" wearing off. Obviously nothing needs to be explained in the movie. *coughDarkPhoenixcough*

[jayel4192.livejournal.com]

I was saying to Racheal that same exact thing, it'll be easy to give everyone back their powers. All that takes is one line of dialogue. Or hell, just show the "cure" wearing off.

Ummmm....... I'm not sure you stayed long enough, if you say that.

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

Oh, I definintely did. I *always* stay to the end of the credits. The end of X-Men proves why. ;)

[egosomnio.livejournal.com]

Or hell, just show the "cure" wearing off.

You mean like a metal chess piece twitching?

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

Well, Magneto is awesome and that kind of thing would happen to him regardless, I think. I was thinking more along the lines of Rogue kissing her boyfriend and suddenly he starts being drained of all his life force and stuff. There'd be a nice bit of symmetry there.

[egosomnio.livejournal.com]

Yes, he is, but he took, what, four doses of the stuff? That seems like it would be about even with most others taking one.
Also, the people over at IMDb have been having all kinds of fun ideas on when Rogue's powers could come back. Most of them...uncomfortable, at the least.

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

Yes, but Noble, he's MAGNETO! He can do ANYTHING!

Heh. Hee hee hee. I love the Internet.

[egosomnio.livejournal.com]

You'd be surprised. Man can't catch a baseball to save his life.

[delenn-xi.livejournal.com]

Hm, good point. Although I think I was more bothered by them using the cure just because I like Magneto so darn much. I think my biggest issue with the movie was how out of character some of them seemed. But it was still fun, so I'm happy. Except I'm still kinda bitter over the lack of Gambit.

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

The one thing I think the movie got really, really right, was Magneto's reaction to Professor X's death. I only wish they could have dealt with that even a little bit more. Really, their relationship is one of my favorite things about the movie series, so of course I always want to see more there. :p

I agree about the OOC-ness of some of the characters. I felt bad for Cyclops, he got kind of a raw deal in this movie. Actually, most of them did, because the movie sort of forgot that it was about the characters and spent so much time on the plot, I think.

[delenn-xi.livejournal.com]

Yeah that part made me happy. I was glad they didn't make him flippant about it or anything because that would have killed me.

They certainly did arrest the character development in lieu of plot, which was kinda sad since I think the best part of the entire X-Men universe is the characters.

[jayel4192.livejournal.com]

Overall, the movie was disappointing in a lot of little ways that added up fast.

But the big finish between Logan and Phoenix? I'd sit through a much crappier movie if just for that 5 minutes or so. Hugh was so on.

But yes, that scene does remind me of how much more the Xavier/Magneto plotline could have been.

[evergleam83.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and that was the problem, I could have overlooked a couple of little things, but they just kept adding up.

And I guess Hugh was pretty good, but he didn't really have much to work with. I wish they could have actually played up the relationship a bit more than they did before he had to kill her. But then, my complaints are always about the lack of emphasis on character relationships, so I'm sure I'm biased. :p