X2 Review

[mrv3000]

I have the vague feeling I'm supposed to be doing something. (Anybody know what?) Oh well. Found this link over in mst3k. It's a review of X2 by Kevin Murphy.

http://www.ayearatthemovies.com/reviews.htm

WARNING: You probably shouldn't read it if you only want to see 100% positive reviews. I have to say this is one of the more interesting reviews I've read. It's an article that is better read after you've seen the movie and one for when you're in the mood for a little pondering.

spikesbuffy - do you have his book? Is it like this article? I think I may need to go get that book.

Comments

Re: Hmmm.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Thought you might be interested in this. :)

And you *don't* have to have read the comic books to get it all.

No - even though I had questions, I wasn't lost. Very virgin X-Men friendly.

There can't help but *be* in jokes for the people who've read 35+ years of back story. I'm not saying it's fair, I'm just saying it is. ;)

Yep.

One of the big precepts of X-Men canon is that they don't kill unless pushed to a wall.

Really. I never would have known that from the films. I like that. Of course, I'm from the mindset of asking why the climaxes of many films always end in bad-guy deaths?

Still, it's only got a 'PG' rating on the cover. And this last issue, a cat got puked on and ate the eyeball off a the severed head of a chupacabra monster.

PG? Wow. :P

I read stuff that I *know* thirty year-olds blush at. But then, I had my head on straight and knew what was reality and what wasn't.

I was *way* less rooted in reality. Even all the way through high school I couldn't watch horror movies because I'd be awake all night in a cold sweat, worrying about what was in my closet. Yep - behavior for a 5-year-old. Don't know when that all changed - probably college.