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Movies and TV / Re: review: X-Men: The Last Stand
« on: May 30, 2006, 06:04:20 PM »
Bryan Singer did not ABANDON " X Men." He merely signed on to direct "Superman." It was his plan to make "X3" his next movie, but Fox and especially MArvel threw a coniption, fasttracked the project, and then they hired Ratner (which hardly seems like a coincidence. Why would you just happen to pick the guy that just got fired from the same A-list franchise that your first choice just left to do? Because you want to stick it to your first choice, that's why. Considering how awful the buzz was on at the time concerning Ratner, and how upset people were at the idea of him directing "Superman" (which he was fired from shortly before Singer signed on), I have come to the conclusion that Marvel chose Ratner to make the statement that Singer was not a hot property, but that X MEN was the hot property, and that they could make it successful even with a director that no one had any enthusiasm about.
Marvel brought the comic book movie back from the dead by beign savvy enough to hire interesting directors such as Singer, Sam Raimi and even Ang Lee to make their movies more than just schlock. I think that Lee's "Hulk," a film which I happen to love, and which got mostly favorable reviews, scared them away from lettign directors have control of their properties, and as such, they have gone in the other direction, hiring hacks who aren't burdened with issues like "atristic vision," who are willing to just do exactly what they tell them to. That, combined with their obsessive need to have a new Marvel movie out every six months or so, is going to kill the genre every bit as much as the increasingly bad "Batman" films and all of their imitators did in the '90's.
The only thing that can save the future of comic book movies at this point is the fact that "Superman" and "Batman" are still in such good hands, with Singer and Chris Nolan.
Now, if we can just ensure that no one EVER casts Halle Berry in one of these again (or if they do, that they keep her on a short leash), than there might still be a chance. At least Marvel still has "Siper-Man 3," but I live in fear of what they will do to the franchise when Raimi and company movie on and they start making them with a new director and new actors.
Marvel brought the comic book movie back from the dead by beign savvy enough to hire interesting directors such as Singer, Sam Raimi and even Ang Lee to make their movies more than just schlock. I think that Lee's "Hulk," a film which I happen to love, and which got mostly favorable reviews, scared them away from lettign directors have control of their properties, and as such, they have gone in the other direction, hiring hacks who aren't burdened with issues like "atristic vision," who are willing to just do exactly what they tell them to. That, combined with their obsessive need to have a new Marvel movie out every six months or so, is going to kill the genre every bit as much as the increasingly bad "Batman" films and all of their imitators did in the '90's.
The only thing that can save the future of comic book movies at this point is the fact that "Superman" and "Batman" are still in such good hands, with Singer and Chris Nolan.
Now, if we can just ensure that no one EVER casts Halle Berry in one of these again (or if they do, that they keep her on a short leash), than there might still be a chance. At least Marvel still has "Siper-Man 3," but I live in fear of what they will do to the franchise when Raimi and company movie on and they start making them with a new director and new actors.