review: X-Men: The Last Stand

[Patrick_Gibbs]

Ooooh, that article made me furious. For one thing, "M:I-III" was so much better than X3, though I can't argue the point that Cruise scared people off is true.

But what really upsets me is the remore possibilty of GANDALF winning his overdue Oscar for a campy performance in a bad film (meaning "Da Vinci," not "X3," though I do think Howard did a much better job directing than Ratner did.)

And two other points: 1:) there can not be a thinknig man's Michael Bay and 2:) Ratner is not a thinking man's anything. Not that that he's awful - Ratner actually did a better job with Hannibal Lecter than a great director like Ridely Scott, and better than a not so great director like Jonathan Demme. But he's not particuarly talented.

[Spriggan]

wow, take your medication lately?  that was a freaking book you typed based off of 2 lines, on top of that they're just movies so they're nothing to get worked up about.

[42]

I think our poor movie reviewer has been under a lot of presure lately. Maybe he should consider taking a vacation. Five or ten minutes should be enough.

[stacer]

I thought his arguments were credible. I wouldn't call Ratner untalented, but he certainly doesn't bring the depth to a film that Singer did. And that's what I miss, because though Rush Hour was fun, it simply didn't do what X-Men did for me, which was really get into the characters with a depth few movies of that genre do.

[caiticlu]

So to get off the review for a moment, I am looking into the comic book world, and Id like to start reading the XMen comics... where would you suggest I start... There are so many different ones... and I have no idea whats what!

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

this about says it all

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/guides/guide-display/-/89DQQXAY5RI1/002-1931825-8710439

[caiticlu]

thanks that clears it up for me

[Spriggan]

actually there's a DVD with every issue from the first up till 2005 on it, 42 has got it.

edit Here it ius

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

or you could watch this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YveSHqhOkdo&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fblog%2Ewired%2Ecom%2Ftableofmalcontents%2F




ok

there arent a lot of X-men... but dang its funny, and there is a wolverine.

[caiticlu]

ok wow thats special... haha

And Im surprised by how relatively inexpensive that dvd is....

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

marvel isnt evil, or cruel just absurd. So Its not a shock to me that its affordable.

[caiticlu]

nothing in this world seems affordable to me anymore... I suppose that is the curse of the college student however, all the money that doesnt go to classes, food, and housing now goes to insanely expensive gas...

[42]

I will just warn you that the DVD has a gazillion issues on it. Hence, it is a great time-wasting tool, but not so good to have around when you should be doing homework.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

or you could watch this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YveSHqhOkdo&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fblog%2Ewired%2Ecom%2Ftableofmalcontents%2F

The "crisis" group at the end was awesome. Esp. with the cross-dressed Supergirl.

[Faster Master St. Pastor]

Even though I've never been really exposed to comics (so I have no idea what e is talking about) I think this is great.