Am I The Only One Who Likes It?

[Batmoney]

All I can say is that for how bad it may be, it does not deserve the credit (or lack thereof perhaps) of being on any top 10 worst lists or anything like that. It's not a very good movie but I can think of plenty of worse comic film attempts.

I'd watch it over Ghost Rider or X-3 any day of the week, even over and over.

[gordonblu]

Ghost Rider, Catwoman, X3, Fantastic Four (first one w/Alba), Howard the Duck...


Actually the second half of Howard is pretty entertaining; just the first half sucks IMHO.

[Batmoney]

Oh yeah, Catwoman, how could I forget. Who takes on the perfume and beauty industry as a villain? I mean come on!

[johnnygobbs]

Ghost Rider, Catwoman, X3, Fantastic Four (first one w/Alba), Howard the Duck...

I've never understood why X3 is so disliked.  I actually thought that in terms of the action sequences it was much better directed than Singer's X-Men films.

[Catwoman]

Oh yeah, Catwoman, how could I forget. Who takes on the perfume and beauty industry as a villain? I mean come on!

i would...

[gordonblu]

I've never understood why X3 is so disliked.  I actually thought that in terms of the action sequences it was much better directed than Singer's X-Men films.

The plot is all right but the execution is bad, the acting is bad, they cut off one character half-way and have another character fulfill his role, which all adds up to it being more of a flop instead of a hit.



I love John Powell's score though.

[johnnygobbs]

The plot is all right but the execution is bad, the acting is bad, they cut off one character half-way and have another character fulfill his role, which all adds up to it being more of a flop instead of a hit.



I love John Powell's score though.

I didn't think the acting was any better or worse than the first two films to be honest...alright, apart from Vinnie Jones, but everyone else did a good job IMO particularly one of the new additions, Kelsey Grammer as The Beast.  Admittedly, I didn't like the way the film disposed of Cyclops, but he wasn't particularly well used in either of the first two films either, and at least the makers of X-3 showed some courage in killing off major characters.

I guess I don't have particularly negative feelings about X-3 because unlike most people I wasn't all that taken with the first two X-Men fiilms.  It wasn't that they were bad, and in fact in some areas, like the casting of Ian McKellan and Patrick Stewart as former friends turned enemies it was positively inspired.  It's just that it was clear that Singer wasn't really a big fan of the comic-books; after all he even stated in an interview before the film's release that comics were 'inferior' forms of literature (which is kind of ironic coming from a guy who made three comic-books films in a row during the last decade).   

Which arguably explains why the X-Men films are amongst the least faithful of all the big comic-book movie adaptations, and it's also unfortunate that Singer and the studio presumably buckled under fan-boy pressure to ramp up Wolverine's role to the detriment of almost every other character, in a not roo dissimilar fashion as to how Sam Raimi allowed the inclusion of Vnom in Spider-Man 3 to overshadow his otherwise excfellent work on the movies.

I guess that's one of the reasons I'm looking forward to X-Men:First Class; no Wolverine.  It's only a pity that it's not a proper reboot but a prequel, since I'd love to have seen the original team, including Angel and Ice-Man as contempories of Cyclops, Jean Grey and The Beast; but it seems that Fox is determined to slavishly follow the vision of a man who wasn't even a fan of comic-books let alone the X-Men comic-books.

[Catwoman]

x3 sucked in my opinion. brett ranter thinks he's hot sh*t and can do what he wants and that's what he did.

[gordonblu]

I didn't think the acting was any better or worse than the first two films to be honest...alright, apart from Vinnie Jones, but everyone else did a good job IMO particularly one of the new additions, Kelsey Grammer as The Beast.  Admittedly, I didn't like the way the film disposed of Cyclops, but he wasn't particularly well used in either of the first two films either, and at least the makers of X-3 showed some courage in killing off major characters.

I guess I don't have particularly negative feelings about X-3 because unlike most people I wasn't all that taken with the first two X-Men fiilms.  It wasn't that they were bad, and in fact in some areas, like the casting of Ian McKellan and Patrick Stewart as former friends turned enemies it was positively inspired.  It's just that it was clear that Singer wasn't really a big fan of the comic-books; after all he even stated in an interview before the film's release that comics were 'inferior' forms of literature (which is kind of ironic coming from a guy who made three comic-books films in a row during the last decade).  

Which arguably explains why the X-Men films are amongst the least faithful of all the big comic-book movie adaptations, and it's also unfortunate that Singer and the studio presumably buckled under fan-boy pressure to ramp up Wolverine's role to the detriment of almost every other character, in a not roo dissimilar fashion as to how Sam Raimi allowed the inclusion of Vnom in Spider-Man 3 to overshadow his otherwise excfellent work on the movies.

I guess that's one of the reasons I'm looking forward to X-Men:First Class; no Wolverine.  It's only a pity that it's not a proper reboot but a prequel, since I'd love to have seen the original team, including Angel and Ice-Man as contempories of Cyclops, Jean Grey and The Beast; but it seems that Fox is determined to slavishly follow the vision of a man who wasn't even a fan of comic-books let alone the X-Men comic-books.

even if you didn't like Singer's films, the drop off in quality is still fairly noticeable. Singer at least tried to make sure his characters felt real, while  Ratner turned them into cheesy comic book characters.

I am excited for First Class as well. I liked James Marsden as Cyclops, but felt the scripts didn't support him. X-Men FC SHOULD give Cykes the credit he's due; pity Marsden can't play him again.


edit 8/21/10 Just read X-men First Class will NOT feature Cyclops or Jean.

[Slash Man]

I like it. It's not the worst of anything (except maybe in the Batman line, but there's some stiff competition). I guess audiences found the new, '60s-inspired theme a bit hard to take in... but those were the same people who drove WB to stray from Burton's vision.

Either way, the result was entertaining. Batgirl wasn't really needed, and I didn't find Poison Ivy or Bane too interesting, but Mr. Freeze was. The humor and forced dialouge brought down any attempts at a serious moment, but Arnold really made a good derranged doctor. Had all the humor been taken out, he would be an interesting villian, like that part where he talks about how Batman's emotions make him weak. It does lead up to a satisfying conclusion, though.

Again, this is probably my least favorite Batman, but I like all of them. This one does have its place in history, and people just hate it for the heck of it.