OK, this could be one heck of a discussion
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Phoenix: LOVED her! So much so that my hair is now like hers and Im considering changing my Halloween costume (not something I do). However, very much underused. She should have gotten more of the film. To me, she was more important than she was made out. She (allegedly) killed the the man she loved, followed by the Professor. These are big things. Therefore, they should have been dealt with more. However she turned out to be more of a sub plot. Magneto seemed to have these big plans for her. She was his big gun. What happened with that?
Xavier. I cried. I actually jumped a mile out of my seat when he died. I didnt see it coming at all. I really didnt think they'd kill him. I get that there wasnt much for him to do. But I have to wonder (sorry Al) that if Halle Berry hadnt threatened to leave if the writers didnt give her a bigger part, would they have killed him? It seems like they killed him just so Storm could have something to do. (I know they needed Jean to go over the edge but she'd already done that when she killed Scott)
See where you blame Storm/Halle Berry, i blame the Cure story. I think that was handled quite poorly, in that not enough time was dedicated to the likes of Rogue and Angel. These two are of huge significance in the comic version, but are cast asunder and it becomes that weapon(which although cool, i thought again was too quick).
See Storm had to step up as leader, she had to prove herself to us, the viewer that Xavier was right in suggesting that she take lead. If it would have just been, Xavier dies, Storm takes over with nothing going, i'd have been really angry, i mean lest we forget Storm is a Goddess in Africa.
As for the Xavier/Phoenix story, that had to be dealt with like thta. Cyclops(i'm not sure he is dead, just something seemed a little off) could be viewed as an accident, a mistake. We had to see Phoenix kill, and kill someone inportant. I get what you are saying, but honestly, i saw absolutely nothing wrong with how these things were done.
Cyclops is one of my fave Cartoon/Comic characters but it has been disgraceful how poorly he has been treated in the movies, and as for Marsden going to Superman, well thats given me even less of an opinion of him.
Fact is, you sign onto a character you stay with him. He should have stuck with Cyclops, not jumped ship because his Buddy is directing a new movie and he could have a jucier role...he should have been the one to stop Phoenix, infact i'm actually really angry that it wasn't......
Beast: Loved him. Kelsey Grammer was the perfect actor to play him. But the one problem I had. I thought he was a doctor, not a politician
He was still called Dr Hank McCoy, its not uncommon for Doctors to become politicians. Infact Beast is the perfect guy to become one. He is truly learned, diplomatic and powerful.
But i gotta agree with you on him being such a great character.
Rogue: WTF? Seriously? I suspect things could go badly here. If indeed the cure doesnt work, Bobby could be in real trouble. Theyve been going out a couple years now and not even been able to kiss. Now that she can touch him, things will probably get intense. And if the cure doesnt work (well you saw what happened when she kissed that guy in the first movie, this could be so much worse!)
Kitty: Loved her. Funny girl. But seemed more like a plot device than a character. Seemed to me like she was stuck in there to get Rogue jealous. She was in the first two in the background and now all of a sudden, she's one of them? But none of the other kids are.
Well see thanx to that little scrap at the end with Magneto, i personally believe that this cure was only temporary, now that Leech is free i'm guessing its only a matter of time before the effects begin to cancel. Having said that, lets hope that she isnt getting jiggy with Bobby when they come back, last thing either of them need is a power drain at the wrong moment and her turning something into an ice bullet.....owww
(i'm so sick)
I totally agree with Kitty.
Love her character and i adored her tete a tete with Juggernaut, but it was like...'where the heck did she come from', i mean even Collosus had some lines in 2.
And the whole Bobby/Kitty thing, personally Rogue is Gambits lady so i wouldnt have shed a tear if he'd have cheated on her.
Storm: Annoyed the hell out of me. But thats just cos Im angry that people had to take a backseat to her. I wont get into it.
I think you should because honestly i don't believe that the characters like Phoenix took a back seat because of her.
I would say that Storms more pronounced role affected the cameos of alot of the other characters, but the major ones, i think they were done the way they were gonna be.
It should have been the Dark Phoenix Saga not the Cure, thats where the issue is.
Magneto: Was so angry at him. I always thought, yeah ok, bad guy, but really just misunderstood. Then I saw what he did to Mystique. She sacrificed herself for him and he just left her. It was so sad to see him at, what appeared to be, a retirement home at the end. But then when he moved the chess piece So I have some theories there. But I'll leave them to the end.
Personally i'm in agreement here.
I have loved his character and i still thought he was great, but it did feel like he lost his way a bit and the writers had backed off him near the end.
Though i loved how he went at Pyro.
Personally i would have liked to have seen Magneto paying some respects to Charles in his own way, like see him hovering in the back ground at the funeral, or even say something when playing chess before he moved the piece.
Juggernaut: Amazing. I laughed so hard at him. But then I love Vinne Jones.
Hate Vinnie Jones, but i loved that he needed a 'pee'.
Though Juggernaut was better than expected.
So, my theories about "the cure".
Either it doesnt work properly, or its temporary.
or
Mutants are in classes. Maybe more is needed for higher classes of mutants. Magneto is obviously a higher class. 4 Im assuming since Jean is a 5. Maybe it works less well on him and he's fighting through it.
Im assuming it wouldnt have worked on Jean at all. Or they could have just cured her instead of killing her.
Maybe it only works on certain mutants.
Personally, i think that the cure is only temp. I mean until they have a fully successful experiment that sees a mutant lose their powers for the rest of their life, they can't be sure its indefinite.
Jean, i gathered was 3/4, Phoenix was 5. Personally i don't think that this class had any effect of the mutant, if the cure was administered i think it would take effect. I'd suggest rather that the more ability, thus higher the Class the more 'Cure' is needed, but once its in the system its doing what it needs to.
I think that the reason Phoenix was killed was because there was no 'cure' at hand and Wolverine had to do what he had to so she would stop, and remember she wanted that.
This is how i would class them
Class 5 - Phoenix
Class 4 - Xavier, Magneto, Storm, Mystique
Pesonally, mutant strength wise, i don't think Wolverine is in there league, nor is Beast, Bobby, Rogue, Cyclops, Jean, Kitty and Pyro, having said that the way that Magneto and Co were so dismissive of Level 3's indicates that they have little power or aren't exactly that formidable, so i would need toknow the criteria for the groupings.
Lastly, does anyone think the whole thing between Wolverine and Phoenix at the end was exactly like Xander and Dark Willow?
MAN I WAS TOTALLY THINKING THAT WHILE WATCHING...i was having flashbacks of Yellow Crayons!!!!