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KissMeImARebel
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RE: Sequels That Surpass Their Predecessors - Now Disc. "X2: X-Men United"
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IMHO Supremacy was the best of the Bourne movies. It had action as good as Ulimatum, and it had the most meaning - the whole bit with him coping with his own loss and visitng the Russian girl in the end.
I think X2 is my favorite of all the superhero flicks that have appeared in the last ten years. The first X-Men movie did a decent job, but X2 knew how to combine superhero-action with drama and suspense (a great illustration being the scene where Rogue gets sucked out of the x-jet and is rescued by Nightcrawler).
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BobaFrank
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RE: Sequels That Surpass Their Predecessors - Now Disc. "X2: X-Men United"
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Spidey 2
X2
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X-2 was wonderful, I truly enjoyed it.
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rumsmuggler
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Same here. I find that I enjoy the X-Men films more(at least the first two) over time than I do with the Spiderman films, which I seem to like less and less the more I watch them.
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X2 is definitely this best of the three, though I thought the first one was great, too bad The Last Stand couldn't keep up with the quality. I'm curious to see what they're gonna do with the Wolverine prequel.
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The2ndQuest
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X2 is, by far, the best superhero movie that still retains fantastical elements (so, Batman Begins excluded  ). It took what did work in it's predecessor and expanded upon and improved upon it in every way. The assault on the mansion is just a dream sequence for fandom to see realized. All the little cameos that meant something, the intensity, etc. Not to mention it managed to effectively bring together the plotlines of Magneto, Weapon X, Nightcrawler and the Phoenix. And the small touches for fans (you know every comics geek was just drooling over the names of mutants and projects in Stryker's computer).
Unfortunately, X3 wasted the potential X2 setup for it (for example, what happened to the firebord seen at the very end of X2? That's just a mind-boggling idiotic inconsistency- "gee, you know what we should totally ignore? THE TEASER CLIFFHANGER FROM THE LAST MOVIE THAT IS THE WHOLE BASIS FOR THIS ONE!"). It also reduced the brilliant Pyro arc from X2 into an annoying punk. Funny thing is, the movie is actually halfway salvageable if they reshot/added 10-15 minutes of footage.
Here's hoping the Wolverine and Magneto movies can salvage the franchise. At least they cast Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool.
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I loved Wolverine defending the mansion - easily my favourite sequence in the film.
One of the things that I really liked about this movie was the spread of age-ranges in the cast. I loved the scenes between the older actors: Stewart, McKellen, and Cox. They added real weight to the film. Also, the scene between Magneto and Pyro was pure gold.
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rumsmuggler
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I wish they could have found a way for Singer to direct X3 instead of passing on it to do that lame excuse of a Superman movie. I expected much more from that film.
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The only detriment to the film was making Kitty little more than a Cameo...again.  Instead she has to wait for the worst installment in the series to get her due.
*sigh* Its tough being a Kitty fan. 
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rumsmuggler
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Spiderfan posted:
*sigh* Its tough being a Kitty fan.
Indeed.
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BartSimpson-SithLord
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4/28 12:18pm
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rumsmuggler posted:
Spiderfan posted:
*sigh* Its tough being a Kitty fan.
Indeed.
Thirded.
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Jango10
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The2ndQuest posted:
X2 is, by far, the best superhero movie that still retains fantastical elements (so, Batman Begins excluded ).
Spider-Man 2 > Batman Begins > X2
As I said before, I'd rank the first Spider-Man on par with the X2.
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The2ndQuest
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Well, I've already expressed my position on SM2
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darthdrago
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X2 was indeed superior to X-Men, though I did like the first one as well.
In fact, I felt that storywise, the first two X-Men films were better than the first two Spider Man films (I did enjoy both SM1 & SM2, before anybody pulles out their torches & pitchforks). But that's probably because I liked the X-Men comic a little more than Spider Man, and I was a subscriber to both titles for years.
Am I the only person who was hoping that Colossus would get a larger role in X3?
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Jango10
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"28 Weeks Later"
I was worried when Danny Boyle didn't sign on to direct the sequel, but I believe he left it in good hands. This is my favorite zombie movie of all time. Granted, I'm not a big fan of the genre, but this is great anyway. While the first one may have been a suspense/horror, 28 Weeks later is more of an action/thriller. The highlights include the fire bombing of London, and that crazy good ending.
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